HOLA [Shan]

Where we left off in Sevilla we were trying to get Flicker to post our new Spain pics as their own group, by date of posting, and not back with Ireland so yáll don´t have to scroll down. Will keep trying. Flckr is also stupid at letting us rotate photos that are sideways, and takes 10 years to upload. Don´t you hate it when bloggers complain about the tech, zzzzz.

We´ve been camping on the playa near Cadiz and now in the mountains near Ronda. We went to Tarifa just to see Africa, and were not disappointed: its mountains sleep tantalizingly close across the Mediterranean, ringed in mist. Andalucia is beautiful, dramatic and seductive as a field of poppies. I found that my father´s spirit is with me whenever I lie on the beach. We dozed all morning in a plaza where a guy played deep classical Spanish guitar, then had some langorous tapas and lemonade. It works.