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Then on to Ronda, where we toured the old Muslim city and visited an old Palace or two. The new part of town was formed during a 15th century tax revolt. |
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One of the old palace homes. |
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Ronda is also perched way up on a cliff. |
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We stayed in the Parador in Arcos de la Frontera. In a noble effort to appeal to the tastes of the many flavors of visiting foreigners, the Parador provides an impressive array of toiletries. |
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The parking outside the hotel was somewhat wacko. Fortunately you hand over your keys and they deal with it. |
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Never did find for sure out what this pencil-sharpener looking thing is. Portuguese ashtray? It says "fogo" on top (not "fuego" as one might expect) and contains a little bit of water with gray stuff in it. Pressing the button has no apparent effect. Naturally I jammed a pencil in there, but it refused to electrocute me. Alison suggested I wait until we return home to electrocute myself, so I left the investigation unfinished (probably wise as the logical next step was disassembly). |
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The old church next to our hotel (built on an old mosque of course). |