Finally, a road trip. We rented the car in Almerimar from Europcar for about 30 Euros per day. The marina office arranged it for us and they brought it to the marina and we drop it off there as well. What could be easier? We found more of the Spanish Greenhouses lining the roads, not just the coast. Known as Andalusia we were going to cover much of the eight provinces in Spain’s Southernmost Region. We realized we were now in the Land of the Spanish Olives and the hills were inundated with olive groves. And the road signs cracked us up:
First stop, Cadiz. This is the only place in Spain to get our SWITLIK life raft serviced and ready for the Atlantic crossing. We got lost trying to find the place and showed up 5 minutes before closing but were able to drop off the raft so they could have it for the week while we travelled inland. We drove to Puerto America to check out the marina and were shocked by the desolation we felt pulling in. No shops…all closed up and had been for awhile. Trash everywhere. Not a place we wanted to bring Jay Sea Dee. Then we drove to Puerto Sherry and found it much better although there are a lot of empty slips here and not a lot of action going on.
After staying the night in Cadiz, we headed to Granada to meet our friends Tim and Linda at the train station. We found them and headed to The Alhambra Palace Hotel for the night. What a beautiful hotel and a close walk to Alhambra (a Grand Monument). Alhambra was built as the Royal City for the Moors between 1335 and 1410. Granada was the last stronghold of the Moors in Spain. It was not captured until 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella.
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