The last village on our excursion was a very hot stop. Eventhough it is high up in the mountains the heat was emmense. Capaleira is situated in the same valley as Pampaneira but much higher and on the pictures it is clear that the village produces a very picturesque environment.
The picture speaks for themselves but notice the
A 45 minutes drive on narrow mountain roads later we arrived at Trevélez. This small village is often said to be the highest village in Spain, elevated 1476 m. above the ocean, and being so is often used as an offset for mountaneers venturing off into the Sierra Nevada.
Our first goal in Trevélez was lunch. [...]
The second village we visited was Pampaneira. This is one of three villages which is clinging to the side of the deep Barranco de Poqueira ravine and is one of the most dramatically sited, and most touristed, in Las Alpujarras. The white washed stone houses seem to clamber over each other in an effort not to [...]
This morning we got up at 8.00, oversleeping half an hour. We met up at the “Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones” (The congress center) with the bus and the about 20 other people going on the trip to the Alpujarras. And guess what: We have our camera up and running. You can see pictures from our [...]
All real websites and blogs needs to have competitions - and so does ours. We therefor now launch the big “What you can’t miss in Granada”-Competition.
The competition is simple. Find a site, monument or other place of interest within the vicinity of Granada and write a comment on the page GRANADA with info on the place. [...]
Yesterday we wanted to put our spanish skills to a test, so we got tickets to the brand new Transformers Movie. It was on in a cinema not far from where we live in a shopping mall by the name Neptuna. We have marked it in the map in the map section.
In Spain they don’t [...]
As you might have noticed, it has been a quiet couple of days here at J|K. We have now entered the past tense forms in the spanish language and they are to say the least a bit complicated.
The first week went on with present tence forms and “Presence Perfect” (Preterito Perfecto) forms and the bit of past [...]