Friday, March 07, 2008

Ronda et al

And yet another night of no flying, this time headed northwest to explore some smaller towns in the spanish countryside. The scenery around here is pretty cool, it makes trips out of the city worthwhile even if there is no destination. This trip we took smaller super windy roads. It's really hilly here, not gentle hills but pretty sharp ones. And lots of towns built on the sides or tops of steep hills. Seemed strange at first, especially when sometimes there was a shallow valley nearby that would be so much easier to build on, but then someone reminded me that there was lots of fighting in old times around here, and a defensible position was probably the top priority. Visited Ronda, built at the top of a tall cliff, with a deep gorge going through the middle of it, quite interesting landscape. And an absolutely enormous impressive stone/brick bridge to go across it. Photos won't do it justice. Stopped in Casares on the way back, one of the little towns on top of some crazy terrain.

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Blogger Silvenwolf said...

Btw, I sent your wedding invitation to your condo in Calgary... any hope of you heading back into town before June?

9:02 p.m.  

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