The past weekend Amy and Gabriel came to visit me in Alcañiz. They also picked up Evan in Madrid, a friend from the Chicago area, who had been spending some time in Spain. They arrived Saturday night and after grabbing some dinner we went to camp out by the resevoir. Sunday morning we went to one of the churches here in Alcañiz. After church I showed my guests the undergound passages/old freezer under the central plaza and the castle. That afternoon we headed to los puertos de Beceite which is the mountain range before you get to the Mediteranean coast. We climbed a 4 pitch route while Evan swam in the river below. Amy and Gabriel were quite impressed with this natural park I have 40 minutes from Alcañiz. We got Evan on the rope after our multipitch climb for a little introduction to the sport. Then we headed to the free camping area in the same area. Evan cooked up a delicious risotto utilizing some wild herbs he found while wandering around with the mountain goats while we were high up on the wall climbing.
Monday morning we did a little hiking, being very unimpressed with Picasso´s cave, we headed up a stream which turned out to be a very beautiful little canyon with some technical rock hopping and manuvuering. Back at the cars we headed back to Alcañiz and bought some pork sandwiches for lunch and the visitors headed home. A good little visit.
2 comments:
Oh, beautiful, beautiful Spain! I love how you can just drive out of town and BE out of town. Why am I living in Southern CA ?
...try living in Chicago
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