After a stopover for a car charge at a closed shopping centre adjacent the motorway, indeed way above the sea, we arrived in Nerja. We’ve stayed here twice before, drawn back to the myriad of narrow lanes, variety of hospitality & choice of beaches (all being black/fine gravelled, but not so fine).
At 15.30, after collecting the keys for our flat, we started looking for lunch. With so many places closing ‘til the from 19.00/20.00 evening sessions, we queued then sat down at a table of the Italian restaurant immediately opposite our flat. We finally had our food order delivered to our table at 6pm, some 2.5 hours later.
Having seen the tiny kitchen, as above, from which two chefs produce pizzas & all sorts of other traditional Italian dishes, our frustration was converted to respect. Oh, & they do all the washing up in there, too!
Next Nerja day is sunbathing & swimming (for Kath). Dinner in Michelin restaurant Sollun, a five course taster + wines package at a really attractive price, proved worthy of its accreditation with close attention of Mastercraft guiding us through the course & wines.
Two more days of glorious sunshine bathing, on two fab beaches, brings us to the end of this Nerja trip. Feel, somehow, we might yet again return one day.
Now time to drive into the mountains, to visit a former colleague at Glam Poly! Jime has been living in the Sierra Nevada mountains, cultivating his finca to produce grapes & olives for since 2011. A tour round the Finca was followed by a lunch in the main local town, Linjaron, about a mile away. He & his partner love their lives high up in them mountains. On the way down, Kath & I agreed we couldn’t live Iike that.
Chris & Kath's Travel Time 