**See pictures for this hiking trip a couple posts ABOVE**
We took the bus from Granada to Bubión, a 3 hour amazingly beautiful ride. In Bubión we set off hiking on the steep beautiful trails through the mountainside with views of cute pueblos blancos (white towns) settled in the mountains.
We spent the night in Busquistar, in the home of this wonderful French woman named Angelic we met on the trail. She found places to sleep for all 6 of us, and we had a really nice time with her. She works as a shiatsu masseuse, and is a really friendly sweet woman. We ended up playing guitar and piano and singing for hours together that night, in a mix of English and French songs. And her house was adorable, with buddhist decorations and a great view of the mountains from her front door.
The next morning we hiked to our destination, Trevélez, the highest city in all of Spain. On the way there was a snow-fed pond thing, and Alan and I hiked down to it, climbed over the barbed wire fence (with some difficulty) and felt the water. Cold! I convinced Alan he would regret it if he didn't jump in with me, and he decided he'd do it if I did. It was so freezing! As soon as we jumped in we were struggling to climb out, which proved rather difficult as well, as the pond was lined with a slippery rubber covering which made for a fun time of slithering and pulling to haul yourself out. ha! It was so wonderfully refreshing! I thought of you Tyler, we would have been racing to that pond together :)
In total we hiked 32 km, so 19 miles. It was a gorgeous hike, and our group was awesome. We enjoyed our trail meals, napping on rocks in the sun with gorgeous views, and the various dogs and horses we saw along the trail, and the adorable cats in the cute pueblos!
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