Donkeys y siestas

We are sitting in our cozy little apartment listening to Jimmy Buffet (who else when you are vacationing in a sea side town?) dreading the packing that lay ahead of us. After living comfortably in one place for an entire week you can probably just imagine what a chore this will be.

We went to visit the local donkey sanctuary today which was a memorable experience. The sanctuary is home to about 15-20 donkeys, a handful of dogs, two hogs, some piglets, and a goat. There was even a donkey who is due to give birth any day. We are a bit disappointed we will miss seeing her donkey baby (foal?). Many of the animals have either been rescued from deplorable conditions or dropped off at the front gate of the sanctuary by their owners who are either unwilling or unable to care for them. We paid 2 euros for a bucket of carrots to feed them. Most of the donkeys were segregated into various pens, but there was one forty-year-old girl named Chica, who was allowed to roam freely during visiting hours. We quickly became Chica's favorite friends, though this wasn't too difficult since we were the only visitors at the time. After feeding her a couple carrots, we moved on to feed some of the other donkeys (we had to be fair, right?), but Chica followed us everywhere we went, frequently nudging Aimee, who had the bucket. It turns out that donkeys are not unlike dogs in their ability to make their wishes known. Clearly, this tactic has paid off for Chica before. And, needless to say, we didn't fail her this time either. In fact, she probably got half the bucket.

That's pretty much all we did today. Although, we did take our siestas and have our cappuccinos at our favorite local wi-fi hotspot. Clearly, our level of activity has dwindled dramatically since arriving in Nerja, which is evidenced by our recent step counts on the pedometer. Today's was an all time low--- 5,213. Que lastima!