“Vera had failed as my ideal of a town where strange guitars might be made and played; Almeria also fell far short of my once youthful imaginings.” On the road from Almeria they encountered a group of dwarfs (Misadventures pg 168).

See: http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/04/jan-and-cora-gordon-dwarfs-of-almeria.html

and http://www.pbase.com/hajar/jan_and_cora_gordon_in_spain