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Transatlantic — Mijas Street Scenes

The photos you are viewing in this series on Mijas and Málaga were taken on 3 November 2021. And today I’m going to concentrate on images taken whilst roaming streets of the old portion of Mijas. Mijas is just a really fun town to photograph, as the whitewashed buildings offer up a nice canvas for the occasional splash of color against the walls, or the bright greens or the surrounding hills.

“Street Light”

We’ll begin where we left off last week, near the bullring. Heading north on Pl...

Fun Photo Friday — Málaga and Mijas favorites Part 2

Mijas, Spain

Time to this week’s Fun Photo Friday favorites of Mijas, Spain:

Transatlantic — Mijas Church and Bullring

Mijas, Spain

In the upper portion of Mijas, in what constituted the original population center for the town, lies a magnificent brick church. This is the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Mijas

This structure dates to the mid-16th century, and was built upon the ruins of a castle and a mosque. I found several details worth photographing, such as the bells contained within the belltower and the brickwork tha...

Transatlantic — Mijas Flowers and Views

Terraced homes in Mijas, Spain

Who knew that white could be so colorful? Mijas is awash in wash. That means: whitewash washes walls wherever one watches willowy wisps of wisteria, wallflowers, wedelia, and watsonia. In other words, splashing against the whitewashed walls are colorful signs and bright flowers.

Color amidst the whitewash

Both Ursula and I were enchanted with the winding, narrow streets as well:

Mijas streets

So, let’s just avail ourselves to some of the more colorfu...

Fun Photo Friday — Málaga and Mijas favorites Part 1

Málaga Sunset aboard the departing Harmony of the Seas

Here are today’s selection of Mijas Fun Photo Friday favorites:

Transatlantic — The streets of Mijas

Mijas, Spain

If you want me to give you a street-by-street tour of where we went and what we saw, I’m afraid I must disappoint you. Once you get into Mijas the narrow streets curve and bend as you traipse up and down hills. The buildings are all charming in their own way, but you soon get lost in a sea of whitewashed façades that offer little to distinguish them. But these buildings are brightly decorated with colorful flowers rising from myriad pots affixed to walls and balcony railings:

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Transatlantic — Harmony of the Seas; Málaga and Mijas

Mijas, Spain

We left behind Barcelona aboard Royal Caribbean’s fantastic megashipt Harmony of the Seas (Review: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) on October 31 and arrived at the first of our two destinations three days later. But we spent scant little time in Málaga, as Ursula had us booked for a tour of the charming Spanish town of Mijas some 21 miles/34 kilometers down the road. We alighted from the bus at the Office of Tourism, where we had a restroom break before taking off on foot into the wh...

Fun Food Friday — Restaurante Anduriña

Restaurante Anduriña

I haven’t done a Fun Food Friday in so long that I hope I don’t blow it. How will I measure success with today’s article? I’m aiming to leave you with your mouth watering, your tummy growling, your blood sugar plummeting in anticipation, and your hand reaching out to make reservations for a trip to Barcelona.

Ursula waiting in anticipation

We found this hidden gem by doing what we usually do in an unfamiliar city. We asked the hotel receptionists where they personal...

Barcelona — More Gothic Quarter Photo Fun

Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter

Since this week I posting a Fun Food Friday restaurant review, I’m going to treat today’s trek through Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter more like a Fun Photo Friday. I hope you don’t mind. But, on the plus side, since today’s article concentrates on images then you won’t have to waste too much time reading my text. So, without further adieu, here is today’s photo gallery/slide show. Click on any image to enlarge it and engage the slide show:

Barcelona — Gothic Quarter Details and Fun Photos

Today and Wednesday I’m not going to waste a lot of your time with text, as no matter where you turn in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter you’re going to find some fun stuff to see and photograph. Take for instance the tiny door pictured below. I positioned Ursula next two if for size perspective. Beyond graffiti decorated doors, there’s just a lot of rich details in this area going back many, many centuries.

[image error] Local Color on a Small Door

Fortunately, the streets were mostly empty. That allowed...