Luckily the weather forecast was wrong, and it turned out to be quite a fair day. There are a couple of visitor centers around El Rocio. At the first one, La Rocina, we did a 4 km tour. We saw lots of flamingos and glossy ibis … … a purple Gallinule (with huge feet!) and…

Before we drove off, we went for a little stroll again… But since we walked all over the place yesterday, it really was only a small stroll 😉 This flower, a cistus, is blossoming everywhere. I like it for its creased look, as if it just got out of bed 🙂 The workers of the…

Two destinations were on the agenda that day. The first is close to San Nicolás del Puerto: a little stream with lots of waterfalls, the natural monument Cascadas del Huesna. Since it was Saturday, and very sunny, there were quite a lot of people, but the area was big enough for people to spread out….

We slept right outside the bullring… We went to have another look at the village, because yesterday we only thought of the memory card, and it was getting dark… In Andalusia people often leave the front door open, so that you can see their beautiful doorways! The streets in this village are very narrow. We…

We decided to visit the Parque Natural de la Sierra Norte. This park lies north of Sevilla. We drove quite a few miles before we had a break at a village called Castilblanco de los Arroyos. On the photo top left you see a car getting an involuntary wash 😦 There were a lot of…

Our place for the night was very idyllic: We hesitated to do the walk (because of the weather forecast), but what a good job that we did go! It turned out to be another WOW walk. Our senses got spoilt: the smells, the quiet, the flowers, the birds, the scenery – it was great! We…

It was a wet day… We meant to go walking in the wandering dune of Valdevaqueros, but it was raining, so we just drove through… Then we headed along the coast, towards Barbate. The roads weren’t in very good condition… The scenery reminded us of Scotland! We postponed our walk to the next day…

Our spot for the night was above Tarifa, so we had a good view of the viillage and across the sea to Morocco. It’s a bird watching place, and apparently you can see thousands of migrating birds in spring and autumn. Unfortunately it was too cold 😦 Lots of flowers, and the Strait of Gibraltar:…

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…