After a relaxing week at a golf resort near Murcia, we headed to the Costa del Sol region of Spain. We took a day trip to Granada, a day trip to Mijas, and an afternoon at Aventura Amazonia.
The Alhambra is in Granada. It is a spectacular site. Nathan prepared a great presentation on the Alhambra and you can see that here – Nathan’s presentation. Also check out our photos page. I posted my two favourite photos here.
We also visited the Basilica de San Juan de Dios in Granada. The outside doesn’t look like much but the inside is very ornate. Probably the most gold coloured and fancy altar we’ve seen.
The problem we had with Granada was some of the roads can only be driven on with special permits or are for taxis and buses only. Unfortunately, our GPS didn’t know those rules and we violated the rules 3 or 4 times. We were expecting a large bill from the car rental company for all our fines. But when we received the charge to our visa there weren’t any extra fines … Yet
We couldn’t go to Spain without seeing some Flamenco dancing so we headed to Mijas. Mijas is a small village about 19 km from where we were staying but it took us about 45 minutes to get there. Me. being Miss Cheapo was tired of paying the tolls so I thought what the heck, let’s take the scenic route. What a scenic route it was!! We winded up and down some very skinny roads but had some awesome views. The Flamenco dancing was great and Mijas was like a little treasure. We saw an old original bullfighting ring and had some fantastic views.
The boys also spent an afternoon at Aventura Amazonia. It is a ropes course and zipline adventure park. Super fun and very safe.