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May 3 

Awoke to another overcast, cloudy day.  It was still jacket weather and it looked like it could rain again today.  Today we went to Xativa castle where Michal painted a demo again of the castle.  As he was painting, it got very sunny and hot and I wasn't dressed properly to stand to paint.  I went to sit underneath a tree and attempted to paint another structure I thought had interesting lines.  Unfortunately, my first attempt at it failed and I tore it up in frustration. 

More photos.  A delicious lunch.

scenic view from the top  

  13,000 windy and breezy steps later we walked down the ancient path to the bottom of the hill.   

May 4.  A sunny day to paint the garden at Dalvaro's Las Orchidas.  Here's the painting I did that morning.

  and later in the day, Michal did a demo from the porch of the main dwelling.   a view from the elevated porch. 

Many miles stepped up to this point and many more miles to be stepped to come.  So far, over 70,000 steps on the fit bit since I arrived in Barcelona Spain and two aching ankles from the steep climbs we had done since we got to Benigamin.