A small adventure

Earlier this week, Matt and I traveled to Ojén. Ojén is a small mountain town about 30 min north of Marbella. We had read about a wine museum located in the town that sounded fun and wanted to check it out. Had no problems getting a bus, in fact we were the only people on the bus initially and it was a very scenic drive up the mountains. Had a great view of the sea from the top, and the weather was wonderful. We arrived before the museum opened, so decided to follow the main road (continuing up the mountain) to look for some better views. The road is very curvy and there is no such thing there as a sidewalk, so we had to be on guard for cars, not that there was much room for us since one side of the road was rock and the other usually was a strong slant down into the valley. We walked for a while stopping at some exercise stations (I don't know why they were here, or who the target population is for these things) on the way, saw some older people walking the road with us, and went up til we got tired. Figured by the time we got back to town, the museum would open.

Went into the museum, hoping to be able to taste some local wines. Only to find out it was more of a gift shop then museum and the main guy was on the phone, so it didn't look like we were going to get any tastings. Disappointed, we headed back into town to get the bus back to Marbella. It was a wonderful day after all, and thought we could redeem the disappointment by spending the afternoon on the beach. Turns out the next bus wasn't until 2pm, that left us with 2 hours to wait! So we continued to wander around this very small place, happened upon some historic caves. And ended up spending the rest of the time in a small cafe, watching the old men gather. I have to say, they were pretty adorable, they obviously knew each other and going to the cafe was part of their daily routine. They would just wander in, sit with their friends and the waiter would bring them their regular drink (either wine or beer), they would talk (or argue depending on their tone) get up and leave.

Time passed... and I learned all about gaming. And we finally got the bus back. Managed to get in some beach time. All said, it was a cute town just rather not have spent so long there.