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After dinner, the boys wanted to visit a fish spa. Dad said no, so I fulfilled my uncle duties by treating the nephews. The fish made a beeline (fish-line?) for less-scrubbed parts of the boys’ feet. The fish pedicure was still in progress when Dad posted pictures on Facebook.

Our nephews enjoy this for breakfast, white bread with no crust. The product name hurts my eyes.

Walk + bus + bus + walk from Antequera to an Airbnb in Marbella, Costa del Sol.

Hiked in a rocky, eroded place. Sierra del Torcal mountain range, near the town of Antequera.

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.