February 3-25 2006
Viva España!
We flew out of wintry Dushanbe to sunny – but still cold – Spain for three wonderful weeks in Cheryl and Tony’s villa (aptly named Casa Paradise), relaxing, exploring for a cortijo, eating and drinking. Andalucia in almond blossom time – mmmm!
Several explorations and encounters later we found this one – Casa de Manolo – on the flanks of the Sierra Nevada near Orgiva in the Alpujarras, about an hour from Salobrena and Granada. It's the small building with a chimney in the photo. We’re thinking about it as a mountain retreat. An escape for when Salobrena fills with vacationers, with plenty to do to keep us out of mischief in the years to come. What do you think? There’s water – town water and azeicia water for irrigation – no electricity and the only access is on foot. Mateo, a local builder can do what needs to be done to make it habitable and we’d like to explore options for solar and wind power.
The small town in the bottom right hand of the photo is Orgiva. Look to the left and there is a road zigzagging up a spur leading to Cañar, the village way above Orgiva with the slim white church tower. Follow the road back down from Cañar and the cortijo is below and to the right of the last white house in the village, hidden in the olive trees. The terraced land extends to about a hectare of olives, vines, fruit and nut trees, with plenty of space for growing veggies.
Cheryl and Tony arrived the last week of our stay and it was great to hang out with them. Yes, we took them to check out Casa de Manolo. Verdict – a great location. Watch this space.
We flew out of wintry Dushanbe to sunny – but still cold – Spain for three wonderful weeks in Cheryl and Tony’s villa (aptly named Casa Paradise), relaxing, exploring for a cortijo, eating and drinking. Andalucia in almond blossom time – mmmm!
Several explorations and encounters later we found this one – Casa de Manolo – on the flanks of the Sierra Nevada near Orgiva in the Alpujarras, about an hour from Salobrena and Granada. It's the small building with a chimney in the photo. We’re thinking about it as a mountain retreat. An escape for when Salobrena fills with vacationers, with plenty to do to keep us out of mischief in the years to come. What do you think? There’s water – town water and azeicia water for irrigation – no electricity and the only access is on foot. Mateo, a local builder can do what needs to be done to make it habitable and we’d like to explore options for solar and wind power.
The small town in the bottom right hand of the photo is Orgiva. Look to the left and there is a road zigzagging up a spur leading to Cañar, the village way above Orgiva with the slim white church tower. Follow the road back down from Cañar and the cortijo is below and to the right of the last white house in the village, hidden in the olive trees. The terraced land extends to about a hectare of olives, vines, fruit and nut trees, with plenty of space for growing veggies.
Cheryl and Tony arrived the last week of our stay and it was great to hang out with them. Yes, we took them to check out Casa de Manolo. Verdict – a great location. Watch this space.
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Progress on Casa de Manolo is on a Spanish timeframe. Our solicitor, Jose, is in touch with the agent and will do the neessary searches. We'll see.
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