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Who knew that white could be so colorful? Mijas is awash in wash. That means: whitewash washes walls wherever one watches willowy wisps of wisteria, wallflowers, wedelia, and watsonia. In other words, splashing against the whitewashed walls are colorful signs and bright flowers.

Both Ursula and I were enchanted with the winding, narrow streets as well:

So, let’s just avail ourselves to some of the more colorful sights awaiting you in Mijas:

If you want me to give you a street-by-street tour of where we went and what we saw, I’m afraid I must disappoint you. Once you get into Mijas the narrow streets curve and bend as you traipse up and down hills. The buildings are all charming in their own way, but you soon get lost in a sea of whitewashed façades that offer little to distinguish them. But these buildings are brightly decorated with colorful flowers rising from myriad pots affixed to walls and balcony railings:

The occasional produce and seafood shops offer another colorful subject for your camera:

But don’t forget that all important bottle of wine:

Until this week’s Fun Photo Friday, I’ll just leave you with these images to whet your appetite:

We left behind Barcelona aboard Royal Caribbean’s fantastic megashipt Harmony of the Seas (Review: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) on October 31 and arrived at the first of our two destinations three days later. But we spent scant little time in Málaga, as Ursula had us booked for a tour of the charming Spanish town of Mijas some 21 miles/34 kilometers down the road. We alighted from the bus at the Office of Tourism, where we had a restroom break before taking off on foot into the whitewashed town.

There is just so much to see and photograph in this enchanting sea of whitewashed buildings lining narrow, twisting, hilly streets that I’m going to spend the next four weeks presenting images of Mijas to you.

Across from the tourism office is the Plaza Virgen de la Peña (Virgin of the Rock Plaza):

Outside the tourism office is one of the attractions for which Mija is quite famous. This where, if one is so inclined, you can hire a Donkey Taxi. These guys are colorfully adorned and just plain cute:

Stroll south on Pl. Virgen de la Peña, hang a right westbound on Av. del Compás, and you will soon stumble across images such as these, which will give you a taste of what awaits you for the next four weeks: