Getting to know Estepona...

Welcome back to the sunny Costa del Sol!  

Norma and I have been settling in for the past several days, and so far all is well! Our apartment is working out well, and we love the neighborhood- about a 5 minute walk to the beach, or to the grocery store. We have a gorgeous view out to the Mediterranean with Gibraltar in the distance...

We've rented a car our first week, so we are getting out for some short drives to walk in neighboring towns, and after a two day delay, my bike finally arrived last night ;-)  Today was a good example of a near perfect day wandering... A bike ride in the morning about a third of the way up the Puerto fel Penas Blancas climb (+1200') to see how my assembly went (perfect!), then a drive up to the village of Casares for a walk, lunch, and some sketching!

Lunch was at a great little cafe with this view onto a little plaza. Goat stew for lunch- really good! Norma and I wandered all over the village, up and all around, with spectacular views from the old Moorish castle!  

.Needless to say, we got our exercise today  ;-)

We have our car for another couple of days before we return it to the airport in Malaga, so we'll probably get out and wander more in the countryside over the weekend, then stay closer to home next week when we are pedestrians :-)

Cheers!