My mum and dad have been here at our home in Alhaurín El Grande, near Malága, for 2 weeks so that I could enjoy celebrating mothersday, my mum’s birthday and their wedding anniversary with them. As a birthday treat we went to stay in Pampaneira near Granada, to enjoy a nice walk through the three villages enjoying lunch and tapas along the way. Little would we know that the walk that was described as one of the easiest in the book we were reading would turn out to be 7Km of up hill climbs and aching bones, particularly concerning to my parents who are in their late 60’s and early 70’s. During a particularly steep climb up to the village we planned to have lunch in I had to walk ahead of them to save myself from the moans and groans, leaving Simon, our son, to amuse them as they walked up the hill.
The saving grace when we got to the village was the wonderful “Bodega” we found. It was a fantastic setting for the “birthday” lunch - yes you have guessed it, this energetic hike was in fact her birthday treat!!! we enjoyed a plate of mixed sliced meats and a plate of tomatoes with garlic, oregano, sesame seeds, sea salt, pepper and olive oil …….. and a dish of local bread. The meats were all eaten, then the bread was gone leaving tomatoes and the lovely juice in the dish. So…another basket of bread was requested only for the tomatoes then to run out so another dish of toatoes were ordered and this went on and on……………. and soon the aches and pains became a more distant memory and the oooo´s, ahhh´s and mmm´s took over the day.
Tags: Birthday, Bodega, Granada, Pampaneira
March 18th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Walking in Granada…
On saturday we set off for a sleeply little village a few hours drive from home, tucked away in the Costa Tropic. After setting off on saturday morning we arrived in the village of Pampaniera and started looking for the guide book that was supposed to …