Traveling with Ellen

  Today was one of the more special days of this trip. The weather was cool, but a light jacket was all that was needed and for the most part of our tour, the sun stayed out. We took the included tour, approximately three hours, which included a bus ride to see the highlights of the city and a good bit of walking. I’m at about 9500 steps and it’s just passed noon. The bus to our left at 8:30 AM and we were guided along the beach area. Malaga has a beautiful long beach area that they say is man-made. Most of their beaches are pebbles and rocks, but they drained sand from the Mediterranean and covered the rocks to make a sandy beachy area. The bus wound its way up to one of the highest points in Malaga, Mirador Panoramico de Malaga.  From there, we were able to see views of most of the skyline of Malaga. There’s also a beautiful hotel up there.  Spain is known for their Paradors.  These are state run historical hotels Usually old monasteries, fortresses or castles and ...

I had a lovely day today.  My tour left at 8:45 am by bus for the town of Jerez and the Tio Pepe bodega.   Sights as we drove to Jerez Salt pans.  Salt from the ocean bring dried This is where my knowledge of the definition of bodega went wrong. I was sure I knew it a bodega was and that I had picked a tour that would take me to shops or shopping. Well, when you look up the definition of bodega, the alternate definition is a winery. Oops. So our first step on the tour, about a 45 minute drive was to the TO Pepe winery where they make sherry.   Before our tour, we walked around the small town of Jerez Looking at all of the squares and churches. It’s a small little town and very pretty. There were some Andalusian horses hooked up to some carriages. The owner of the carriage and horses allowed some to sit in the Carriage for free and have their pictures taken. The old fortress near Tio Pepe This windmill, belonging to the Tio Pepe winery is in the Guinness Book of World...