Tuesday was a day off, doing pretty much nothing other than
recovering from Monday’s exertions.
Wednesday we were on the road again, and returned to Olvera
via Setenil de las Bodegas, named after its once flourishing wine industry.
This wasn’t the reason we were visiting though, as it was wiped out in 1860 by
an insect infestation. Our real reason for visiting was to see the houses which
are built into the rock (photos attached).
Lost in translation
We called into a small shop to buy some bread, I said to the
girl in my best Spanish (with hands wide apart) “Baguette”? She replied
“Pasta”? Confused where that came from, I pointed to some bread and she said
“Baguette”? I thought that’s what I just said! Anyway, we left with 2 and got a
discount coz she didn’t want a note.
We headed up to Olvera, passing some goats standing on an incredibly
steep rock face, and pushed the boat out by paying 7 euros for the aire. Oh the
joys of mains electricity and water, not together you understand?
Ahhh chums we are so jealous! Your photos are fab, the story makes us feel like we're with you and the weather...
ReplyDelete...let's just say that this week it's been dark grey, alternating heavy rain and light rain, wind from every direction and there's a storm approaching for the weekend. Such fun :-(
Us non-FaceBook users are so grateful that you persevere with the blog. :-)
Cheers!
Ha ha, its worth it for you guys! Actually, the blog is returning to pretty much normal as I'm managing the data sensibly now. Latest entry shows we don't always get wall to wall sunshine but cheap wine compensates :-)
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