Mary and I have safely made it to Spain, and we've been here for a little over a week. This post covers how we got here and what we've been doing. If you just want to look through our pictures, check out the flickr pics.
We made another incursion into downtown Copenhagen, because, well, you can't possibly see the whole city in one day. This time we could cover a lot more ground because our host outfitted us with bicycles! After visiting Parliament and the famous library, we wandered across the bridge...
How do I explain Christiania? It's a community (rather, its own parliamentary-represented district) of free-spirits, where cannabis is sold willy-nilly on the streets. Beyond a certain point we were not allowed to take pictures. Sorry :(
Carlsberg, brewed in Copenhagen, boldly assumes the label of "Probably the Best Beer in the World."
We finished up our top-secret marketing work for our host, and then, just as quick as we'd arrived, it was time to leave Copenhagen.
Mary awoke from her airborne slumber just in time to notice Paris outside the window, the Eiffel Tower is visible in the center of the picture. You can find more of Mary's mile-high photography in our flickr pics.
This is the top of the one-tree hill residing in the backyard of our current place of dwelling in Spain. Specifically, we are residing in La Atalaya, a sort-of suburb of Villanueva de Algaidas, which is a sort-of suburb of Antequera. Furthermore, Antequera lies within the jurisdiction of Malaga, a province of the autonomous Spanish community of Andalusia (occupying the south/southeastern most area of the country). To make it easier on yourself, click here to see it on a map. It's both warm (in contrast to Copenhagen) and beautiful; we're not too far from the mountains or the beach, but we are back in olive country. We took some great pictures from the top of the hill of the surrounding valleys, click through our latest flickr pics!
Spain is the final European country on our itinerary, and thus our journey is approaching its conclusion. We've a month to spend here, and we intend to make the most of it! Our new hosts are English expats who are involved in an adventure-sports business. They share the house with Mary, myself, their five-year-old, and a pair of his retired grandparents. When Mary and I are doing odd jobs in exchange for food & shelter, we watch the little boy (more often then not, I'm playing Wii with him). While he may appear to be a perfectly normal English child, he always surprises us in that he's fluent in Spanish!
Our new hosts are the proud owners of five wonderful dogs! The little one in the top-left, number six, is being looked after while its owners are away.
On the way between La Atalaya and Villanueva de Algaidas, there lies the old ruin of a monastery. We really enjoyed the fact that it is open to the public! As always you can see more in our flickr pics.
For those of you who didn't know, Andalusia is where the dining concept of tapas originated. What this means for Mary and I is that we can walk into most bars (including one practically across the street) and have a couple beers and few small-plate appetizers for less than five euro- an unbelievable turnaround from Copenhagen, where a cup of coffee was the equivalent of ten US dollars. We'll try to get out another blog post as quickly as possible to tell everyone about our wonderful weekend in Granada!
Adios,
Jake
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