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| Zahara. When we arrived it was a little hazy. We climbed up to the castillo you see on the very top. |
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| Views were amazing. The water in the reservoir was a teal color, like you'd see in the Caribbean. |
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| Pretty church in Zahara. See the sky? That's typical. No clouds. Very blue. Lots of sun. It hasn't rained a drop since Easter. |
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| Grazalema. Another picturesque pueblo blanco. We bought a couple of rugs made here. |
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| This was an unusual door knocker b/c it looked like a man's hand, and it was a right hand. The "limp hand" door knocker is typical of Spain but usually it's a woman's left hand. Wonder why the difference here? |
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| Fabulous drive to and from Grazalema. |
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| More landscape. Most roads are in great shape in southern Spain. I love driving b/c there is so little traffic (maybe b/c gas is so expensive at more than $7 a gallon!?) |
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| Last stop was the Cueva de la Pileta about 40 minutes from Grazalema. This privately owned cave had literally hundreds of prehistoric drawings, 20-30,000 years old. We made our way with kerosene lanterns. The owner takes no more than 25 people at a time. In our group, we had a French family, Spanish folks, and Jim and I, the lone Americanos. |
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| On our way home, we went through a little town and saw this curious sight: An hombre obviously had ridden his horse into town, hitched him up, and sat down for a cerveza. Gotta love rural Spain! |
