Beautiful Grazamela

Last Thursday was a bank holiday here in Spain and when you get a public holiday in the middle of the week it's normal to take an extended break by doing a "puente". So last week many people took the Friday off too to enjoy an extra long break.

On the Thursday we just went into Gibraltar to do some shopping and then on the Friday we headed up to Grazalema, voted one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. It's up in the mountains near Ronda.

We were heading up there to spend the weekend with Maria de Castro and family. We had a very Spanish weekend and it was excellent. The weather was perfect, the scenery just spectacular and the food was brilliant. And of course, the company was great too.

Maria's family own one of the oldest water mills in Spain so she took us into the heart of the mountains to see it. Being an engineer that was the highlight of my weekend. However, my camera ran out of charge and I'm waiting for Susan to download the photos we took with her camera instead. As soon as I have them I'll post them here. It truly is an impressive piece of engineering, the way the mill is integrated with the house.

If you've never been to Grazalema then you need to make it a priority. Such a stunning place and the food (very important for me!!) is wonderful. I suggest you order the local speciality of "venado".

I'll post some pics here soon....