knoefz
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Last December we visited my parents in Law who live in Spain during the winter months. This was our chance to travel to Andalusia, the very south of Spain because we could borrow their campervan 
Yay.
The trip was awesome. I've visited Spain many times before and it's always a success. People are very friendly, food is good, weather is good, both cities as nature are amazing. This trip was no exception.
First we stopped in 2 mountainous nature reserves, Sierra de Maria an the Sierra Nevada. After that we visited the city of Ronda and Cordoba. We ended back at the house in SantaPola where our trip started. This was the first time we took Guinness (our dog) in to an airplane. That was a bit nerve wrecking, my biggest fear was that he'd end up somewhere else than we would. I've had this happen to my luggage before. Luckily everything went smooth
Here's some pics to share, hope you enjoy the and don't think it's too much I have a hard time leaving pics out. 
The view from our first campsite in the Sierra de Maria:
An old farm nearby
View during one of our hikes there, about 1600m above sealevel if I remember correctly
Nights were cold, luckily there was no snow, we were not prepared for that
Many almond trees
Hiking food along the way came in many forms
Cactus fruits:
Almonds left from the last harvest
Some were blossoming already
Oranges
Olives were ripe, we saw them being harvested at many places (boy these taste extremely bitter straight from the tree):
Leftovers after a hike, had them with a beer at the campsite
Figs, forgotten in the last harvest?
Trees there also produce more things people use...
This is not a molested oak tree
but is used to get cork
More damaged trees?
for collecting resin... don't know what they make from it.
Heaven for the dog
Sheep stampede
Lunch break
We found water
Who was there first??
A lake in the Sierra Nevada
Stunning scenery imho
We met a local
The man herding the sheep didn't need a path fro descending.... he had 2 horses that didn't like going down this way.
The black one took a while...
City of Ronda, living on the edge
Luchtime outside of Ronda
One of the good thing about Spain.... whenever you order a beer, they alway surprise you with some delicious snacks... free of charge!
And more if you order a second beer
Guinness enjoyed the Spanish landscape
So did his buddy Chivas (dog from my parents in law)
When running too much the cooled down by digging a hole in the sand in the shade
Flying back home, some idiot was shining a laser pen at our airplane (the green light in the pic)
The trip was way too short... we had a magnificent time.
Hope you guys enjoyed the pics.... sorry there's no knife pics
Yay.The trip was awesome. I've visited Spain many times before and it's always a success. People are very friendly, food is good, weather is good, both cities as nature are amazing. This trip was no exception.
First we stopped in 2 mountainous nature reserves, Sierra de Maria an the Sierra Nevada. After that we visited the city of Ronda and Cordoba. We ended back at the house in SantaPola where our trip started. This was the first time we took Guinness (our dog) in to an airplane. That was a bit nerve wrecking, my biggest fear was that he'd end up somewhere else than we would. I've had this happen to my luggage before. Luckily everything went smooth
Here's some pics to share, hope you enjoy the and don't think it's too much
I have a hard time leaving pics out. The view from our first campsite in the Sierra de Maria:
An old farm nearby
View during one of our hikes there, about 1600m above sealevel if I remember correctly
Nights were cold, luckily there was no snow, we were not prepared for that
Many almond trees
Hiking food along the way came in many forms
Cactus fruits:
Almonds left from the last harvest
Some were blossoming already
Oranges
Olives were ripe, we saw them being harvested at many places (boy these taste extremely bitter straight from the tree):
Leftovers after a hike, had them with a beer at the campsite
Figs, forgotten in the last harvest?
Trees there also produce more things people use...
This is not a molested oak tree
but is used to get cork
More damaged trees?
for collecting resin... don't know what they make from it.
Heaven for the dog
Sheep stampede
Lunch break
We found water
Who was there first??
A lake in the Sierra Nevada
Stunning scenery imho
We met a local
The man herding the sheep didn't need a path fro descending.... he had 2 horses that didn't like going down this way.
The black one took a while...
City of Ronda, living on the edge
Luchtime outside of Ronda
One of the good thing about Spain.... whenever you order a beer, they alway surprise you with some delicious snacks... free of charge!
And more if you order a second beer
Guinness enjoyed the Spanish landscape
So did his buddy Chivas (dog from my parents in law)
When running too much the cooled down by digging a hole in the sand in the shade
Flying back home, some idiot was shining a laser pen at our airplane (the green light in the pic)
The trip was way too short... we had a magnificent time.
Hope you guys enjoyed the pics.... sorry there's no knife pics
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