title A Walk up a Hill, Paella on the Beach and Granada, Andalusia, Spain - 19th April 2018 intro We have a quieter day, which starts out with a bit of a hike up into the hills behind the "Cappuchinos" apartments, and the reward of a good view out over Nerja and the Mediterranean Sea. Then, after a couple of hours by the pool, we get the bus down into the town again and visit the heaving Chiringuito de Ayo paella place on Burriana beach front. The next day we roam a bit further afield and head up to Granada for a poke about. When we get there, we discover that the centre of the city - where we're parked - is about to be sealed off thanks to an imminent Easter parade, and so we have to leave a bit earlier than planned. All of which means we actually end up spending more time eating in cafés than we do actually exploring and stuff, but "them's the breaks". Anyway, we do get to look around the cathedral and a bit of the city, which is especially memorable for its incredibly squeaky roads, which are so noisy that at first we think that the hire car has broken down in some really exotic way. However, everyone else's car is doing it everywhere too, so we eventually come to terms with it. imgp9207 The gang heads off down El Cappuchino imgp9208 Fred runs about in the hills imgp9209 Fred's got a big stick imgp9211 Fred's stick contains a million ants imgp9212 Ever upwards, past a random moped imgp9214 Spanish snail imgp9215 Harry looks at a rock imgp9216 Fred and Harry in the rocks imgp9217 We pause for a few minutes imgp9218 The view over Nerja imgp9220 Isobel and the boys have a drink imgp9223 The Capistrano village, and the sea imgp9228 Fred looks out imgp9230 Isobel looks around imgp9231 The local swimming pool and the "Superamericado" imgp9233 Up in the hills imgp9236 We head down again imgp9238 Back near the apartments imgp9240 We hang out by the swiming pool for a bit imgp9242 Harry's got a hoody on his head imgp9243 The palm trees by the supermarket imgp9246 It's time for paella down on the beach imgp9248 A truly massive paellera imgp9250 It's quite an operation at Chiringuito de Ayo imgp9251 The dude tends to his paella imgp9258 It's a bit chaotic imgp9261 One of the omnipresent rug dudes sets up his pitch imgp9262 The charcoal supply for the paellera imgp9264 Isobel unfurls our beach blanket imgp9266 The boys look at ice cream imgp9267 The boys are quite happy to score ice cream again imgp9269 Grass-covered parasols imgp9271 Ice cream on the promenade imgp9273 Isobel strides around imgp9275 A nice sunset over the sea imgp9282 Mini pokes around the apartment again imgp9289 Evening view over El Capistrano imgp9291 Isobel hangs around by a Jamón Ibérico market stall imgp9292 The Mercado San Agustín imgp9294 Harry looks at his prawns and eggs suspiciously imgp9296 A whole tonne of shellfish imgp9297 Isobel under a painted mural imgp9298 Graffitoed shutters imgp9300 Some dudes rush past with big flower bushes in pots imgp9302 On the streets of Granada imgp9305 Near the cathedral there's a herbs'n'spices stall imgp9306 A nice lantern in a shop imgp9307 Stickers all over some street furniture imgp9310 Some kind of trough, fed by three water spouts imgp9313 Grand apartment block by the cathedral imgp9316 Some dude waits to get in imgp9317 Angels look down from on high imgp9318 The street by the cathedral imgp9321 Ornate columns in the cathedral imgp9322 Fred looks bored already after only five minutes imgp9326 Chequerboard cathedral floor imgp9328 A very ornate church organ imgp9331 A nice domed ceiling imgp9333 Mediaeval music imgp9338 Isobel roams around imgp9344 The boys want to buy stuff from the shop again imgp9345 Under the orange trees imgp9346 More shutter art imgp9347 We roam the graffitoed lanes of Granada imgp9349 Fun graffiti on a fruit-shop shutter imgp9350 The Plaza de la Romanilla imgp9351 Back on the lanes, looking up to the cathedral imgp9353 The foothills of the Sierra Nevada imgp9355 More mountains and empty roads imgp9358 The gang waits in the tiny hire car imgp9368 Fred and Harry in the Terrazo la Parra imgp9371 The boys are playing pool imgp9374 Harry cues up imgp9378 More pool action imgp9381 Fred and Harry in the pool room imgp9386 We end up playing with an Irish family