Ronda

On the way to Ronda, we met a horse.


And saw some spectacular views.


To get to Ronda, we had to drive through mountainous terrain. The mountains were dotted with little Spanish villages, which we could see off in the distance and the wildflowers were beautiful.




Ronda is known for it's Matadors and it's gorge, which runs through the middle of the city and can be seen from various perches up above. We were staying in a very cool hotel at the bottom of the village, so when we wanted to go into town we had to walk up a steep hill through the historic ruins. In Spain they aren't so concerned about safety, so we could climb up on walls and to the top of towers without anyone caring or stopping us. It was pretty cool.

Our very aromatherapeutic room:


Roman ruins:


Our hotel from above:


The gorge:


My very own matador!



We had dinner at our restaurant (the other one that tied for best meal of the trip). It was Morrocan inspired food again and I had shrimp tanjine. Our table was pulled up to a couch, where I was pretty comfortable. Jim took this picture from the stairs above:



My tanjine! It was seriously good!


This is Jim's interpretation of what he thinks he looks like when he's posing for a picture. HAH!


The next day it was raining, but it was our last full day in Spain, so we decided to brave the weather and wander around Ronda a little more. We started with the Roman baths next to our hotel:

There was a pretty interesting movie (in Spanish), which explained how the baths used to work. Fortunately it was animated, too, so it didn't matter that we couldn't understand anything else.



Jim was a little reluctant to partake in the next project, because of the rain, but I insisted that I run to the top of the ancient tower again and pose at the French soldier from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (Someday we will actually go to the North of England where it was filmed and run around on the hills with coconuts, but for now we have to settle for places that look similar).



Sadly, we had to leave Ronda for Malaga, which was our last stop before heading back to London again.