Travel
Not much to shoot today on our hike and subsequent siesta for most of the afternoon. I do really like the photo I was able to get from the top of the hike of Marbella and the Mediterranean but that is really the only one from today.
Headed to Gibraltar tomorrow. Hopefully we will see some of the famous Macaques that roam the rock!
Not pictured is the 40% grade that we had to hike up but I'd say it ended up being worth it.
If I had to use only one word to describe our first real day in Marbella, it would have to be 'Relaxed.' We spent a good part of the day on the beach enjoying the absolutely perfect weather (which apparently is the same for 300 days a year). In the late afternoon, we went to the old city where we walked around the tile streets taking in the sights and sounds. I happened to stumble upon a wedding reception outside the main cathedral of Marbella which was certainly unexpected but interesting to see the differences and similarities to American weddings and receptions.
I guess you could call this day 1 in Marbella even though we spend the largest portion of the day in either Barcelona, the airport, on a plane or in a car driving through the Andalucian countryside. For this reason, I only really have 2 photos to share but this weekend should include a trip to Gibraltar so there will be a nice opportunity to make up for lost ground in terms of volume of photos.
We spent most of the day today at La Sagrada Familia. Not really my taste in architecture on the 'Passion' side of the building (not much for cubism I guess) but it is so cool overall. I had not seen many photos taken of the inside before so I did not really know what I was getting myself into. It's also amazing that they are just 40% complete after 120 years yet expect to be finished by 2036. I'll believe it when I see it in 21 years I guess.
After dinner we went to see the Font Màgica de Montjuïc which absolutely blows the Bellagio in Vegas out of the water (yes that pun was intended). We fly south to Malaga and the southern coast in the morning so stay tuned for new adventures!
