Wed 10 Jan 12° Almeria

Beautiful day for our exploring, a one and half hour walk started off well along the promanade,  then up and up .....castles are always on top of hills.....then many, many steps, knees and hips  complaining but worth the  views from the top.

The historic Monument of La Alcazaba medieval fortress, 500 years old, similar to Alhambre in Granada but bigger and amazingly it was free entry.

Water ways running down from  the top through well maintained gardens which were once streets and houses.

When we had finished and come outside we spotted a Moroccan cafe restaurant  so after all our excersie and climbing we treated ourselves to morrocan tea and cakes yummy, €8.50 for 4 cakes and a delicious pot of sweet morrocan tea.

Met Julian from Wanaka and a young German lawyer Peter, we walked together to the Catedral Fortress  at €4.50 entry including audio guide well worth it.

Afterwards Julian offered to shout us a beer in the square, first beer came with crisps and cheese tapas, 2nd beer with plate of tomatoes and olive oil.....Tony  said how good the tomatoes were, so 3rd beer we got an even bigger plate of  tomatoes.

Had a good chat, two great guys, Peter went off to his hotel and Julian offered to walk us to the bus stop. Much easier than the long walk in.

Chorizo risotto for dinner.