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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Never-ending Views

Still very cold but dry and sunny, too wimpy to walk we briefly became "domingueros" or sunday drivers and explored a route never done before. No idea why, just a must-do-one-day lane.

Well yesterday was the day and boy what views. We live in an incredibly varied landscape, always beautiful, yesterday we were stunned. Endless views, rolling on forever, huge white clouds suspended in deep blue skies, 360 degrees, rugged grey outcrops, pink almond blossom and black olives strewn like confetti.

Rolling olive groves merged into steep scrub inclines of the sierras, clear running stream, grazing goats and ancient ruins.






A gorgeous drive, we´ll be back, planning on making it the start of a walk, when the weather warms.

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