The Apujarra

This morning I took a walk around the property while everyone else was sleeping.

Sunrise over the mountains 

Breakfast

Eating on the terrace

Stairs down to the lower terrace

And they kept going

A swinging bed by the pool

View from the lower terrace

Looking back up at the house. Our window is behind the trees on the left side.

Walnut tree

An awesome stone sink outside

After breakfast we headed further into the Sierra Nevadas.

Embalse de Beznar reservoir

The Alpujarra is an area with gorgeous little whitewashed villages that sit along the southern edge of the Sierra Nevadas. Today we visited Capileira, Bubion and Pampaneira, three very small villages nestled together at the top of a very narrow winding road.

The flowers everywhere are just beautiful. We started at the highest of the three villages, Capileira. I bought some tiles (go figure), a couple of little pottery bowls for salsa and finally, after much debating over which one, chose a leather backpack from Piel J Brown, a leather workshop.

Next we visited the lowest of the three villages, Pampaneira.

Looking up at two of the villages, Capileira and Bubion, on the hillside.

A little waterway running right down the middle of the sidewalk. We went to a hidden gem of a shop at the end of the walkway and bought some olive oil from the region. They only have a gazillion kinds from which to choose.

Looking down the street at the wares.

This was a plate of potatoes and what we think was squid that they brought out for us to eat before our meal. They eat a lot of potatoes here. This entire dining experience was terrible. 

We sat on the patio along with about a thousand flies and several fat cats that tried to reach up on the table and swipe our food. It was so bad, I don't know why they would want it. 

We also bought chocolate from Abuela Ili, an artisanal chocolatier. You could smell the chocolate as you walked in the door before even going downstairs.

Our last stop was Bubion. The only shop in this tiny village is a rug weaver. I bought two small rugs from her. She tried to tell me the rugs could be washed in the washing machine but I had no idea what she was saying so she pulled out her phone and spoke into her translation app. It seemed so out of place in this little shop but it worked.

You may not be interested but here is a pic of the purchases I made today. 

Looking down into the valley

Back to the B&B where we took a little walk around the block.

A few pine trees with huge pinecones.

Then fixed ourselves another antipasto meal for supper. 

We've decided to stay another night at the B&B and spend some time in Granada tomorrow. I'm off to bed.