Now, to power through the Ronda trip...

If I were to sum up Ronda in one word, it would be beautiful. Or perhaps "awe-inspiring"? Awesome, mind-blowing, really really cool (chulo! I have been learning to use that word this week. Been using it a lot with my host sisters. They'll show me something, like some heart necklace or whatever, and my consistent response has been: "¡Que chulo!" Unfortunately, I got a little mixed up with that and "cholo," due to the song "Lean Like a Cholo"... still don't quite understand what that means). Anyway, the point is that it was really incredible, though I doubt that, as always, my slanted pictures will do it justice. At least there won't be any ceiling pictures in this bunch. That's got to count for something. 


I've come up with 12 pictures of just Ronda landscape alone that I wanted to put up, so I'll try to narrow it down a little. That would take forever to load. I'll weed out some of the most slanted ones...

 It was so beautiful that, in my feeble attempt to make my pictures look just as beautiful, I am going to make them GIANT. Ronda! I think I could live there.

 I am attempting to add more pictures with people in it. Anna, Lily, and Paloma for you. Standing on the bridge that is right below. Ronda is divided in two parts, that are situated on these cliffs, and are connected by this giant bridge. It's really really huge... And yes, it was actually necessary this time to slant the picture to get the angle I wanted. Below, there's a river. And apparently they used to keep criminals in the bridge, where the door is... It was basically impossible to escape for obvious reasons.

And another picture with people! With me in it... but please don't look too closely. It's an awful picture of me. It was really sunny...

 And now, for the landscape photos! It was truly breathtakingly beautiful. I wonder if the people who live there ever get used to the view. I don't think I ever could. It would be a shock to the senses every time you looked outside.

And I know this is a strange thing to throw in, but it reminded me of Grinnell in the spring. It's already spring here, in a way.

In Ronda, we also visited a Bull Fighting ring. No actual bull fighting going on, for which I was very grateful. I'm not sure I could handle watching a bull fight... Actually, I'm pretty sure I could not. But the ring was cool.

Next stop was the Arab baths, which were, quite frankly, freezing, because they were underground, but otherwise very cool. Hearing about them made me want to go to one... particularly the room with hot water. Still craving long, relaxing, hot showers.

 And a ceiling picture! Just for good measure. And because there are flower windows on the ceiling...

That's all for the Ronda trip. I've got a list of other things to write about, as I am already more than a week behind, but I'll write about that tomorrow.