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Saturday, 11 November. After a nice breakfast buffet at the Tropicana, we walked to the
Nautilus for a 9:00 a.m. presentation on "Andalusian Culture and the Flamenco." It was very
good. The professor who gave the lecture was accompanied by a woman who demonstrated
many of the Flamenco movements. Afterwards we had lunch at El Candil with Tom and Kyoko.
At two we left by bus for a tour of nearby towns of Marbella and Mijas. The weather was
overcast and misty. Marbella is a very upscale resort town on the sea. It has beautiful parks,
expensive condominiums and houses, and very exclusive shops. Many entertainment stars and
other celebrities have homes there.
Kyoko & Jane |
Jane & Darrell
at fountain in Marbella |
Flowers hang from balcony |
Mijas is very different, a village of whitewashed houses
perched in the costal mountains. There were donkey taxis available to ride to the upper part of
the village, but we preferred to walk. On the way, we sampled the delicious sugar coated
almonds being prepared by a street vender. We saw the smallest Plaza de Toros in Spain, as well
as the shrine of the "Virgen de la Peña," carved inside in a big rock by monks in 1548.
Mijas |
Mijas street |
Virgen de la Peña |
Restaurant with a view |
We got back to the Nautilus at 6:20 and decided to stay there (in the bar) until dinner at
7:45 instead of going back to our hotel first. All eleven of us staying at the Tropicana had been
invited to have a "special surprise" dinner at the Nautilus to help make up for having been
"bumped." We all sat at the table waiting for the "special surprise" while everyone else was
going through the buffet lines. We finally realized that they were not going to give us anything
that was either "special" or a "surprise," so we started the buffet. It was quite lavish with many
choices.
When we got back to the Tropicana, we had to repack our suitcases. We packed the
smallest of the three with what we'd need on the overnight trip to Seville and Granada.
Everything else went in the other two bags that would be moved from the Tropicana to the
Nautilus while we were gone.
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