This is a quick picture of the outside of our new house. I know what you are thinking.... "a pool?" We will be living about 4 blocks from a beautiful beach. Needless to say we fee EXTREMELY lucky to have the opportunity to be living here in Southern Spain. We have several bedrooms for guests too... come on over!
There is an amazing farmers/meat/seafood market in Jerez (largest city near us 20 minutes by car) with anything you could want. We need to start taking some cooking classes soon! Neither of us really know how to prepare fish. Everything is amazingly fresh and really fun... sort of have to be aggressive when ordering, and cant let the old women push you around (because they will).
There is an amazing farmers/meat/seafood market in Jerez (largest city near us 20 minutes by car) with anything you could want. We need to start taking some cooking classes soon! Neither of us really know how to prepare fish. Everything is amazingly fresh and really fun... sort of have to be aggressive when ordering, and cant let the old women push you around (because they will).
Tricia isnt as excited as I about the fact that Spain is a major producer of olives. You can pretty much get any kind of olive you want. I LOVE it. 
Seafood...
Squid
Tricia and Maggie in downtown El Puerto (our new home).
Maggie on her new beach. Ha. She loves being here also. She had a hard journey on the plane ride over. 22 hours total from San Francisco to Spain (including all connections) and no bathroom breaks. Needless to say her crate smelled horrible and she really needed to go # 2 when she arrived!
A view of the beach that is near our house. El Puerto.
We took a weekend trip to Sierra de Grazalema, a small mountain preserve 1.5 hours drive. It snows here in the winter! We are very excited that there are some good mountains near us. The natural preserve has some great hikes from village to village.
Grazelma. Many towns in this area have a very Muslim influence (white washed buildings) and exist on a route called "La Ruta de Los Pueblos Blancos" You can hike from one to the other. I cant wait to explore this area!
Mark on a vista near Sahara de la Sierra (Pueblo Blanco).
This is our rental that we have been driving (Chevy Matiz). It is a fun little car to drive, but not much on power. We are hoping to buy a little Honda or smaller European car soon. Maggie in the back seat... she pretty much lives in the car for now.
