Most of the day was spent wandering through back streets and alleys like the one above. We did check out the beach and a flea market. We also found a great bookstore that has books in many languages, mostly Spanish but also English, French and others. The air here is redolent of the smells of chorizo cooking, tangerines and pungent spices. We walked past a recently excavated dig which unearthed graves dating back to Roman times as well as the Spanish Civil War. To be reminded of the many layers of civilization is part of the reason I find travel so much fun and so educational. To speculate about the various stories and people who walked here in past centuries is fun. It is challenging to make up stories of the people who might have been here before us. Explorers, traders, craftspeople, religious of various kinds from idol worshipers to monotheists of various kinds. The imagination runs wild here.
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