Ronda

We took one day and drove to Ronda. It was a pretty drive on a windy road through the mountains. You could see quite a distance from the mountains since it was such a nice day. We could just barely make out the coast of Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar. We arrived in town and drive around and around looking for parking. We kept seeing signs or parking which we thought would lead to a parking garage but we soon realized the big "P" signs were just signs saying you could park on the road. We eventually lucked out and found a good spot and got out to see the town. We fortunately parked across from a chocolate shop so we stopped in for a little sugar boost. He headed to the tourist information office for a map of the town. The main attraction of the town is the bridge. The Puente Nuevo crosses a nearly 330ft (100m) deep gorge. It was a beautiful gorge and amazing to think about how this bridge was built. After seeing the bridge we stopped for a quick lunch and then walked though the old part of the town. It is a very cute town. We continued on into the new part of town to go back to our car but first we needed to stop for some churros y chocolate. For those of you from the U.S. who are about our age you may have had a Spanish text book called "Churros y Chocolate". This always sounded good to me since how can fried dough dipped in chocolate ever be bad?? We learned that churros is eaten for breakfast and is not generally served in resaurants in the afternoon. Luck was on our side though and we came across a Churreria which served Churros all day. We finished our day in Ronda eating our Churros and then headed back to the hotel for more pool time.