Costa del Sol Arrival

All of a sudden there it is, over a hill past some windmills...the Mediterranean Sea and Costa Del Sol! Rather suddenly we were on a four lane highway. Highways are interesting around here....speed limit 80 k/h and 15 sec later 40 k/h and then into a round about figuring out which car is going where and then figuring out which exit to take. Doug and I have a code now - exit according the the hours of a clock. Managed to find Casa Olina without a hitch (LOL) where we were met by Albert who is Danish origin, retired from a career in Vienna and bought this place where he lives on the upper floor and there are 3 spacious units he rents out. Lovely accommodations, extremely well equipped with many thoughtful details and an immaculately kept artistic garden surrounding a pool with views overlooking the Mediterranean. Given Sunday, all shops are closed so we are recommended a nice spot for dinner called LaSal by the ocean; it was very warm walking down to it in part because we needed to figure out how to get over the highway via a pedestrian bridge. This is a suburban area about 10 miles from the small city of Estepona; very different environment than the cities we've been staying in. The houses and condos are all built on a hillside so most people get a view of the ocean. After dinner a walk along the board walk and saw, yep, another Moorish ruin!Read more