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Took a bullet train to Cordoba.

Walked into a burial chamber that was built almost 6,000 years ago. The Dolmen of Menga, Antequera, Spain.

The boys and their mom stayed behind to shop in Antequera. The rest of us hiked a few miles to a former convent, now a hotel serving cold beer. Back at our Airbnb it was announced today is Uncles‘ Day. We refreshed ourselves with ice cream, and reserved cream cakes for later.

Lost in videogames, unimpressed by the catenary.

Posted Backpacking with Kids in Andalucía: Snapshots of Nerja.

After wandering around uncrowded sights in Antequera, including a castle and a cathedral, the boys sought sustenance.

Thumbs got plenty exercise, thanks to Nintendo, on an an inter-city bus from Granada to Antequera. We’ve rented a house for a week in Antequera, a less-touristy town with plenty history and a base for day trips by train.

Explored the Alhambra. The ten-year-old was the most competent fixing problems with our audioguides, usually with a couple swipes of the screen.

Somehow our nephews had energy for roughhousing in the hotel pool after riding an inter-city bus to Granada, a metro ride to the city center, and a strenuous walk, backpacks on backs, up the hill to our hotel, just outside the walls of the Alhambra.

Walked through dramatic caves on the outskirts of Nerja. Missed a scheduled bus back to town, but managed to procure six seats in a coach pulled by this contraption. A banal commentary in three languages was compulsory, but we had a good laugh.

After dinner we walked. At each intersection, our nephews threw a coin in the air. Heads, we turned right, tails, left. Once, the coin rolled into a crack between cobblestones. After a failed attempt to lift a cobblestone, we walked straight ahead. The game ended at a gelateria.

Took in the view from the balcony of our room in a parador (hotel) in Nerja, Spain.

Arrived in Nerja, southern Spain, this morning, after an overnight flight. This evening, one-by-one, we succumbed to Morpheus.

Between flights, explored the former TWA Flight Center at New York’s JFK Airport, now a hotel. Opened in 1962, it was designed by Finnish-American architect, Eero Saarinen.

Cycled to two Carnegie libraries in St. Paul.

Cycled past agricultural fields at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul.