Adios Olvera

Our time in Olvera is coming to an end a week early. We were always going to finish up our month in Spain by visiting Granada a few days before flying out of Malaga, but because I now have to visit the Australian Embassy for some notary things, we're leaving 8 days early and will have a look around Madrid as well. Then back to Granada for a quick visit before saying "Adios, Spain".
It has been fun and at least we get to finish off 2012 in Olvera and take part in the grape swallowing tradition with each toll of the bell at midnight on NYE. You might be interested to know that we'll be eating our grapes from a can! Yep, who knew grapes came in lots of 12 in a can, they must be made especially for NYE? You can buy fresh grapes but they must be out of season because they look like crap. So tinned grapes it is for us tomorrow night.
At the moment, I'm typing this in Zahara de la Sierra, a small pueblo blanco near Olvera. We went for a drive on Sunday and loved the village so much that we decided to stay for the night and enjoy a bit more of the great atmosphere we found in the main town square and surrounding streets.  This place also has the added attraction of a massive lake which I'm sure would be well used in the summer, but for us now, makes a beautiful view out of our hotel window.
We'll be back in Olvera for a tidy up before NYE tomorrow, then we hit the road again on new years day. Apparently it's only a short drive to Granada so we'll probably make it by lunch. We have plans to visit the Alhambra Palace, etc the next day before catching the train to Madrid that night. It's only four and a half hours apparently, thanks to the new bullet trains.
Will post some new years eve pics soon, but in the meantime, here are some from Zahara de la Sierra.
Happy new year everyone.