Today it was a last walk through the town and enjoying the architecture of arabian baths of the XI century, the archeological sites and monuments and imagining what life was like through the centuries in this important part of the Mediterranean. Well, the columns of Hercules were here, too! The street where I'm living now in the midst of the very old part of the town is situated on top of the old fish factories, Ceuta always was famous for. Garum made here from tunafish was a delicious, very expensive, and throughout the roman Empire asked for fish sauce.
From here I walked along the coast to the Fortaleza de Hacho, high upon the city, but was not allowed to enter because of the military. The views were splendid, though, more so since the sun was out again after two long days of rain and drizzle.
Every now and then on the way I sat down in front of a cafeteria or teteria (or inside, because of the rain), had a cafe con leche and some churros, or peppermint tea with pan moruno, and mused about how different life and lifestyles can be, but all so beautiful, if lived to the best!
What helped feeling good today besides the sunshine was the nice woman I met in the post office. I helped her find out about the stamp machine, and we got to chat, and she's from Almeria, and actually from Mojacar, one of my favourite spots on earth! She thought I was 35 - she definitely made my day!!!! :-))
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