Órgiva: old friends, new camino

As you can see from the photo, Ned got to hang out his favorite Spanish composer today, Manuel de Falla, not to mention the writer Federico Garcia Lorca. As we walked around the town, we also stumbled upon a sign similar to one we glimpsed yesterday indicating that we were on a camino we had never heard of: Camino Cristo de la Luz. According to its website (https://www.cristodelaluz.es/es/caminos-del-cri…), it runs from Sevilla to Granada to Dalías in Almeria province, passing through Órgiva on the way. Its 16 stages cover 420 km and pass through several villages we are interested in exploring, so I’m glad we ran across those two markers as I had no idea this route even existed.

Today’s sunshine was a great boon. Ned picked some oranges from a tree in our garden, and we were able to enjoy them on our sunny balcony looking at the nearby hills that no longer have any snow on them.

Our walking efforts went into making a Wikiloc track that gives the background of eight interesting sites that are quite nearby: the local church, “one of the finest examples of Baroque religious architecture in the region,” whose bells we hear throughout the day; the fountain and cross that accompany the church; a nobleman’s house built on the remains of an old tower of a Muslim farmhouse; and three houses that have features of the local style of building - ie, lots of balconies. On some streets, we felt like we were in New Orleans!Read more