Angela and Roland's European Adventure: Monday 5th December

On the beach there is a splendid bronze sculpture of a cow (by Oscar Estruga). Angela had seen the cow on the beach the day before, but it was only when up close the next day that we noticed the rather “Ahhem!” graphic statue of the naked woman inside. It all became clear when we then realised it was a depiction of the Greek myth pertaining to Pasiphae daughter of Helios. According to the myth, a bull had been gifted from Poseidon to her husband the King of Minos. The bull was meant to be sacrificed, but because the King refused to sacrifice it, Poseidon put a curse on his wife, Pasiphae, so she fell madly in love with the bull. Hence Pasiphae’s little deception of building a wooden cow to tempt the bull whilst she was inside. It’s a little twist on the Greeks bearing gifts myth. Anyway all turned out OK in the end as she gave birth to the Minotaur. Well, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, and certainly not Pasiphae’s .

Bronze Statue of Pasiphae inside a model cow

Roland having fully recovered, we spent the morning walking along the lovely long beach followed by tapas and beer for lunch (Cava for Angela) at a beach front bar. In the afternoon we browsed the shops but the town is quite deserted during the daytime and you wonder how the shops make any money. However, from 5pm onwards the place comes alive with families out shopping and even those with young children and babies seeming to be out in the dark until late in the evening.

Here are a few pictures from the town.