We woke up early this morning--6:45--in order to get on the trail early. There are many hiking trails throughout the area, since there are mountains surrounding the Casas Bajas valley. We went up along the river and then a small gravel trail. It went zigzagging up a scrubby mountain that overlooked the town. There were a few signs of farm life: olive groves, some dilapidated old farm storage buildings, and a short squat stone fence zigzagging up away from the trail. The view of the valleys below was stunning.
Walking up a bit more, we discovered a manmade cave made of rocks, and another storage unit, the roof made of thatched bamboo.
We got back around 10 and were ravenous. We ate bread with Nocilla, a jamon serrano meat pie thing that was really good, paraguayo that was also very good, kiwi, and pear. We chatted with our nice hostess Carmen as we ate.
Then we went to the square after packing and ate some olives and peanuts along with the best drink ever: Lemon Fanta. Vanessa and I got enormous jamon serrano, olive oil, and herb sandwiches for the road.
The road....is long and annoying
So, the iPhone Maps app sometimes sucks if anyone was wondering. It took us to the wrong address after literally 7 hours of driving. So, 9 hours after leaving Casas Bajas, we finally got to a gas station near Malaga, the southern coastal city that my mom´s family is from. Our hostess for this house drove like a crazy woman up a mountain to show us to our home for 2 nights. Sadly, the house was lacking in the clean department, but it had beds, so we slept and tried to forget about the very, very long trip that day.
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| Almond |
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| Inside a tiny manmade cave |
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| Wild blackberries |
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| Wonderful lunch for the road |
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