RONDA

Thurs/Fri/8th.9th/ Feb
On Thursday morning Brenda had a hair appoitment in Sabinillas,then
in the afternoon we went to Marbella on some business-what a surprise
it has changed! We were last in the Marbella area 20 yrs ago when we
acquired our time share-16kms down the coast.We carried on to have
a look at it as it was upgraded last year and we were surprised to see
that we have acquired a good spot,although we are selling it at the moment.
The day was horrible as it rained cats and dogs all day.
RONDA:
What a change- a brilliant sunny day so we changed plans and went to
Ronda.The drive up to Ronda is spectacular-the A 376 is one of the
top ten drives in Europe and climbs over the high serrania around
hundreds of bends! We arrived on a beautiful blue-sky sunny day.
We had parked in the centre so only had a short walk into the main
square.The bullring is the oldest in the world and is very interesting as
there is a museum around the outside.We then went to the famous
bridge over the 300ft gorge that was made infamous in Franco's time.
We had lunch at the restaurant over hanging the gorge called Don
Miguel, Brenda had a Brochette of Monk fish with King Prawns and
i had the Roasted whole Leg of Lamb! We then went across the bridge
to the oldest part of the town and lost our selfs in the narrow streets
and discovered the oldest hotel "Hotel San Gabriel " It is an ancient
Andalusian house located in the heart of the historic area and dates
back in the family from 1736! All the great bullfighters stayed here and
it was also famous as Orson Wells and Hemingway used it as a base.
It has the smallest cinema in Spain-5seats only with all the famous
stars that have used it have left their signed pictures.The old square
around corner has a beautiful church and the town hall.The bells of
the church were going mad as there was a funeral taking place.
The pictures below show Ronda on a beautiful day,the old bull !!
and Brenda !!! with her new haircut.