Right.   I said a day of nothing but Pool/Beach time after Gibraltar, didn't I?   The Marriott Marbella filled out with sunbathers with the temp. barely reaching 70F. Sky was clear, blue, and easy enough to get a burn.   We did some walks on the beach. Jen & Ash actually went for a dip in the 65 degree sea. The resort has two indoor heated pools...one right on the beach, but we prefer outdoors and the hottubs are packed.   So we look up an off-road...

Andalusian Adventure is a horseback holiday outfit in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park - Monda, Spain. We leave Malaga for the 30 km drive up into the foothills of Sierra Nevada for a private 2 hour ride at 3:30pm. A truck rear-ends a car on the A-355 and after 40 minutes of wreckage clearing we show up a 1/2 hour late. The proprietor is a Brit named "Lee" who very politely gets us saddled up and going (not sure he buys our story or just thinks Yanks ar...

The biggest monument or site to behold as yet....Rock of Gibraltar. Quirky place where one might spend a couple days on a history lesson. Best to Wik it, but here's some historical relevance. It's a Brit colony..defended, opened, closed, and evacuated through history....since 1400s. The principality/town resembles closest thing to a Pirates of the Caribbean set ...more so than any Caribbean island we've been to! Bristling with ramparts and gunport...

Easter Monday is noted as coolest day of week - 65F so we decide to placate Mom and head to Malaga for some art and cathedral viewing. Doesn't sit well w/ the girls until I promise to book a horseback ride through the Sierra in afternoon.     We get on the A7 and its a traffic jam all the way...90 minutes to go 45 km. Girls are nauseous from the stick shift motion. I try to take side roads , but only adds time.   We arrive at the Malaga Cathedral with...

Easter Sunday and everyone's finally feeling the 2nd day lag. I haul out of bed to fix traditional Easter fruit crepes and by the time we get to point of eating, it's 1 pm. Ugh....! We were going to see the week-long ending procession of Semana Santa in Marbella, but the sun is shining brightly and we turn to the pool & beach. Quite busy w/ newly arrived families and few rowdy groups of mostly American & Brit travelers, but great scene and we all lay ...