The Andalusian Countryside, pt. III

As previously promised, I'm finally sharing some six-week-old photos from a hike my host mother took us on in a public park in the countryside. It was full of smallish mountains and slightly-arid terrain and eucalyptus trees.

More interesting than the landscape was the hike itself, though. At one point, my host mom took us up to this house on a hill, because she thought there would be a nice vista, and we ended up finding a dog and some kittens hanging out there. I gave the dog water and tried to pet it, but it seemed very scared and poorly cared-for, so we left after a while. As we were leaving, however, a pickup truck pulled up and the guy inside started asking us why we'd been snooping around this private residence (there are certain instances in which it is legal for people to maintain private homes in public parks here, similar to the U.S.). My host mom and he got in a bit of a yelling match, with her telling him that "the countryside is for everyone!" and him telling us to get lost. It was absurdly funny.

Little Córdoba