Farewell Andalucia

by Geoffrey Clarfield (September 2015)
 

A Forty-Year Wait

Forty years ago, I drove with a bunch of friends from Fez in Morocco, through Spain to Paris. It was the hottest part of the summer and after taking the ferry from Tangier to Algeciras we drove along the Spanish coast, up into the eastern desert of Almeria, famous venue for the filming of Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, down to Torremolinos, where the uglification of the Costa del Sol was well underway, up to Barcelona and over the border into France and onwards to Paris.  more>>>

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  1. Dear Geoff- loved this piece too! You made Spain, which I haven’t had the pleasure of visiting it, yet, come alive yet again. Keep up the articles -they are truly marvellous.

    Love,

    Sharon

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