Garrucha

Well, after Granada I caught a bus to a little town called Garrucha, on the Almerian coast, to stay with a friend of a friend from work. Aaron and Marianna used to live in Granada, but now they live in Garrucha, a seaside town very popular with British tourists.. or at least they did until about a week before I got there, when they moved to the pueblo - outside of Mojacar in the middle of nowhere. An absolutely beautiful place, but not the easiest to do stuff on your own, so on the first day there, I spent the whole day hanging out at their place, reading, listing to music and finally using the pool which is shared by all three residents of the little community.

The rest of the time there was great. Aaron took me to Cabo de Gata, which is the national park there. We swam in the ocean at the base of a huge mountain range - just amazing! Have to tell you that prawns were the most expensive things I'd ever seen.. so didn't get to eat them for dinner, but the fish we had was truly amazing.

Marianna and I did a huge dash to the train to get me to Barcelona, including a stop at the gas station because it looked like we could break down!! Luckily I made it in a mad rush, and made my way to... BARCELONA!