Ronda

I cannot believe that it is already November!!! I just have a little more than a month left in Spain, and since I am traveling nearly every weekend until then, the time is just flying by!

2 weekends ago me and 2 friends traveled to the small city of Ronda for a day trip. We left bright and early on a 7 am bus and arrived at Ronda at about 9:30. Ronda isn't very well known throughout Spain, but if you ever get the chance to see it, you must!! I think cute little cities like Ronda are the heart and sould of Spain. Ernest Hemingway called Ronda one of the most romantic cities of all time. Several of his books were inspired by his travels there.

We wanted to do as much as we could in the 8 hours that we were there. We started off just walking the streets of the city. We soon ran into El Puente Nuevo - the New Bridge. This bridge was built in the 19th century to replace to old bridge. The town of Ronda is split in the middle by a river and is at the top of some amazing gourges.

We soon found ourselves exploring and hiking in the gourges. We climbed up waterfalls and mountains, walked down into mines, and strolled through several gardens. The weather was absolutely perfect! A little hot, but there was a constant breeze that kept us cool.

We also visited a museum that had an Inquisition exhibition. It was very creepy but interesting to see all of the instruments like the guillotine that were used.

In most of our school trips we spend so much time in catherdrals and museums that it gets a little overwhelming at times. I loved that this little trip was completely unplanned and we just walked around and saw what we wanted to see.