Kade enjoying a boat ride in Thailand. On the way to Monkey Island!

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Ronda, Day 1

We bought round-trip bus tickets from Seville to Ronda.  It was mostly a very scenic trip on a highway.  Very easy.  And once we got to Ronda, we had some time to kill.  We decided on breakfast at a roundabout a short distance from the bus terminal and our Airbnb.  Ronda is not a big city, but it is a very popular spot for tourists - usually those working their way from Seville to Malaga, on the east coast.  And lots of tourists just get off buses for a few hours, and then head back out.  But not us!  We were staying two full days.  On the first night, we simply wanted to go check out some of the old bridges Ronda is known for, and we wanted to experience a sunset at the gorge.  We did both  The next day was going to be busier, and we needed to rest.








a lot of Chinese tourists



nice view from our Airbnb




"Purple Rain" kitchen


looking up at our apartment building and balcony





very lucky finding this wonderful bakery

Church of La Merced



gorge viewing area




Orson Welles

Ernest Hemingway













Cousin Jeff standing on Puente Nuevo and surveying where we'll hike in the morning

See another bridge?  Rhonda has three historic bridges.




































This is the little tapas place where we ate.  We sat outside, right in-between those groups.  The food was surprisingly good, and even more surprisingly, cheap.  We had more than a few occasions in Spain where we looked at the bill and laughed.  And we had eaten and drunk a lot.

Click here for the Airbnb.

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