Andalusa

=ANDALUSA - Mazagon - Seville= Leaving Portugal behind us we traveled south east to Mazagon (it’s got a “th” sound coupled with a grunt for its Spanish pronunciation). Its in the heart of Columbus country as he sailed from nearby on his voyage in 1492. The apartment we are staying at is pretty well right on the beach but very new. So new in fact, that most of it isn’t completed yet. When finished and in mid summer it would have hundreds of guests – right now there are 7 couples here – makes it very quiet, plenty of room in the pool and parking right at the front door thank you very much. We bought food etc at the local supermarket (which, of course, was closed from 2pm – 6pm siesta time don’t you know? The hours seem to change from town to town – just as we work them out they change them on us!) Still it was good just to cook for ourselves for a night or two instead of having to eat out. And we decided that lazing by the pool wasn’t a bad way to spend an hour or two either. Oh, the sunsets aren't bad - a bit distracting when you're trying to read a book in the fading light with a glass of cold wine in your hand though. Tomorrow we head off for Seville and Gail has Flamenco dancing in her sights whilst we are there. I don’t think she means us to do it I think (hope?) she just means to see a show or catch some somewhere. From there its on to Cordova then finally the villa in Mijas for an extended stay.
 * We visited the replicas of his 3 ships, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, which were built for the 500 year commemoration and actually sailed the original route! They are quite small and would be a challenge just to sail in a sheltered bay – can’t imagine them passing OH&S in Australia or anywhere these days! Very interesting although all the notice boards etc were in Spanish of course so we just guessed as best we could. || [[image:IMG_3622.jpg]] ||
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