I’ve been looking forward to Gibraltar, to hear some English spoken, to have the „British feeling“ 🙂 We saw the Rock of Gibraltar getting closer. After walking over the border (notice my cousin Gerd’s shoes and socks from http://www.anziehendes.ch !) we had to cross the landing strip of the airport -there is no other way…

Since we arrived in Ronda the night before, we could start with the sightseeing straight away. Ronda is a town basically built on two rocks, separated by the river Guadalevín. We walked to the famous Puente Nuevo. Apparently it took 40 years to build the bridge, and it’s 100 meters high! The houses are standing…

After breakfast we drove off, past Ardales, through lovely countryside, with lots of olive trees (still no vines…). We headed for Setenil de las Bodegas. A lot of the houses there are built into the rock. It’s a very unusual sight, We walked around the village, through narrow streets. We stopped at a deli food…

We were booked for a walk on the Caminito del Rey (path of the king). It’s a walk through a canyon that used to be one of the most dangerous walks on earth (!). It’s been rebuilt in 2015, and now it’s not dangerous anymore, but still spectacular. The amount of people that are allowed…

We drove back to Antequera to see some dolmen. The museum at the site of the first two dolmen was to open in one week only, so unfortunately we couldn’t really go inside, but we were shown a film of how (they imagine) the dolmen were built. The site is done up nicely. There is…

We were probably the only ones at the Camping, and there were only a few people around the lagoon. When it rains plenty in autumn and winter, the lagoon is full of water, and there are a lot of very pink flamingoes breeding. That wasn’t the case last winter, so the water is very shallow…

Leaving our „night spot“ that we had the last two nights: It was time to do some chores, like washing clothes… We drove into Antequera for that. The hill just next to Antequera is called La Peña de los Enamorados (Rock of the Lovers), but it looks like the head of a red Indian. We…

In Torre del Mar we got up just a bit late to see the sun rise, but we did see green birds, shrieking loudly. After leaving Torre del Mar, we went to a shopping center with some special murals 🙂 Everywhere there are a lot of cyclists on the roads. Considering that the cars always…

We spent the night next to a reservoir, the Pantano de los Bermejales. Before driving off, we had a look around. As usual our „quick walk around“ turned into quite a walk 😉 Our next destination was the coast, so the road took us through lots of olive (and some almond) tree plantations again! We…

We drove further west, out of the Sierra Nevada, past Pampaneira, Orgiva and Lanjarón. The villages are all stuck to a hillside, painted white, and with flat roofs. It sometimes smelled (or rather stunk…) of dried ham (Jamón Serrano). It’s THE speciality of that region. We then reached Granada. We headed straight to the Alhambra….