{"id":364,"date":"2016-05-11T22:37:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/?p=364"},"modified":"2017-05-19T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T03:45:52","slug":"soggy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/","title":{"rendered":"Soggy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been raining across the whole Iberian Peninsula since May 6. I&#8217;ve lost track of the number of times I&#8217;ve been drenched. I&#8217;ve now purchased an umbrella and a poncho, which haven&#8217;t kept the rain at bay but have kept me from repeating the soaking I had walking to the bus station in Sevilla (and the bus station in C\u00f3rdoba, and &#8230;).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-364 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/img_1334\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sevilla&#039;s Metropol Parasol (in the rain)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1334.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-370'>\n\t\t\t\tSevilla&#8217;s Metropol Parasol (in the rain)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/img_1343\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1343-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Wet Streets of Ronda\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1343-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1343-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1343-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1343.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365'>\n\t\t\t\tWet Streets of Ronda\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/img_2561\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2561-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Ronda&#039;s Puente Nuevo with muddy water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2561-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2561-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2561-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2561.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367'>\n\t\t\t\tThe water flowing beneath Ronda&#8217;s Puente Nuevo was reddish brown due to all the sediment being washed down after so much heavy rain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For the most part I&#8217;ve tried to soldier on despite the rain. The sun has come out for part of the day every day, and I&#8217;ve managed to get out during a dry spell. Jimena de la Frontera was the toughest; there&#8217;s really not a lot to do there other than walk around the castle ruins and the river.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-364 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/img_2636\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Jimena de la Frontera in the rain\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2636.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-368'>\n\t\t\t\tRain approaching Jimena de la Frontera\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/05\/11\/soggy\/img_2692\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2692-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Santuario de la Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2692-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2692-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2692-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2692.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-369'>\n\t\t\t\tSantuario de la Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n (in La L\u00ednea de la Concepci\u00f3n) after rainfall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Now I&#8217;m in La L\u00ednea de la Concepci\u00f3n, the Spanish town across the border from Gibraltar, and I can feel the days of walking around in the rain with inadequate rain gear catching up with me. (My first stop in Gibraltar today was at a pharmacy to pick up some cough medicine.)<\/p>\n<p>So, time to take it easy and give my body an opportunity to recuperate. I&#8217;ve enjoyed the go-go-go of the past week, but it&#8217;s hard to maintain. On Friday it&#8217;ll be sunny again and I&#8217;ll be by the beach relaxing for a few days!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been raining across the whole Iberian Peninsula since May 6. I&#8217;ve lost track of the number of times I&#8217;ve been drenched. I&#8217;ve now purchased an umbrella and a poncho, which haven&#8217;t kept the rain at bay but have kept me from repeating the soaking I had walking to the bus station in Sevilla (and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,39,33,37,38,25,36,11,8],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travelogue","tag-andalucia","tag-gibraltar","tag-grand-european-adventure","tag-jimena-de-la-frontera","tag-la-linea","tag-rain-in-spain","tag-ronda","tag-sevilla","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}