this keyboard has funny keys again. ñ纪!
im skipping over a day that i already typed up on the ipad, the second day in salobrena.
god ç, this keyboard is WEIRD. im sitting in the lobby of a hotel, a tiny 13 bedroom hotel in arcos de la fronterra. this is one of the andolucian towns of the white hills town washed spain. this hotel has a computer, so im chargin up the ebook and doing this in the mean time.
we left saolbrena after several stops along the way. the ipad? (see_? funny keyboard) orange internet card run out, and there was no way to prepay it outside of an orange shop. the one in salobrena for whatever reasons didnt work out – i stayd in the car and read – so we headed to the next largest city, motril. * motril gifted us with an orange shop, as well as a clothing store where i got a little something for maha, and a little something for me.
on the way to arcos de la fronterra we had:
1. a short stop over for food
2. a brief lesson – my first!!!!! – in manual drive. its not so hard! i mean its hard as hell, but i loved it. i wish i learned how to drive a manual before i learned how tp drove an aut0pmatic – it is really truly fun!
arcos greeted us with a frustating, insanely terrible frustrating trip of one way INSANELY narrow streets where we aboslutely could not drive a car through. after 2 sepearete attempts at following google maps intstructions, we ran into the sicutation where google recommended we drive up a set of stairs. we finally gave up and parked the car and just hiked it up the road with the bare minimum of “wants” and the key ingridients of must-haves (ipad, ebook, cameras, passports). its a bit scary that most of our needs are digital.
the hike was exhausting – it was still sunny (5-6pm) and it is HOT (30c). after a long and painful hike we arrived – afeter a a lot of complications and navigating the tiny streets – to the hotel. the hotel looked unimpressive, and dark, and small, and though it was recommended by our holytourguide Rick Steves, we both felt weird about it. the hostess took us down a set of stairs, and then another (after the hike!) and we both thought that this sucks. and then…
the angels sang
she opened the blinds
and the curtains
and the doors
to our huge
open
massive
patio facing an enormous drop into a valley opening up to 300+ km of open air. it was maginificent. it … perfect after that hike. completely unexpected. boy, were we glad we payed the extra 10eu for the “patio” versus the balcony. i wish i could show pictures now!!
after getting in, i tanned some more while reading, while tim saught out drinks. his exploration resulted in the definite idea that the patio-bar around the corner is the best deal, so we hoofed it over there. after a glass of wine i walked around and took some photos (observing a weddng that was taking place – a videographer, a photographer were shooting the couple, and the rest of the streets were filled with at least 50-60 completely overdressed people). after that – quick stop at the hotel room to change – and off to a nicely spanish-italian dinner we went. our waiter was italian, so it was a fun experience speaking more than one language at a time. :)
man, its hard to make a smiley on this keyboard!!
anyway, here i am, ebook probably all charged up, and my mind blown away by the completely new keybaord lay out Ñ= <<<< thats a smiley face, argh. i must go now to release the computer... short entry fo 700 words, ha-ha, tonight. hugs! * the cities here have dedicated free wifi zones, which really help in figuring out where is the next closest city with a real orange shop. also, good for tweeting.