Home..

Waking up at 5:30am... started my journey off with a ten min taxi ride to the bus station in Ronda, waited for 20 mins, then a two hour bus ride with the locals into Malaga.  Then a 15 minute taxi ride to the Malaga airport to catch my 8 hour long flight to NYC. Waited 20 minutes for the shuttle to take me to the appropriate terminal at JFK,  waited another hour, then another 5 hours on a plane. At the baggage claim at LAX I was relieved to see a very special lady named Kristen waiting for me with a smile:)

Home!

Kristen made my return special...

and filled my fridge with Spanish tapas!

Visits to the Pueblo Blancos...

My guides for the day.. Don and Jill.

Lovely couple from New Zealand.

First stop (and my favorite)....Setenil. The house are built into the mountains!

Don was a former drama teacher and now an amazing painter-- which meant free art lessons all day:)

Torre Alhaquime.

Olivera...

Lessons on light, color and composition.

 

The majestic Zahara.

 

 

My first watercolor lesson!

Don's on the top, my unfinished one on bottom.

And finally, tapas at El Lechuguita again.

 

Back to Ronda...

El Lechuguita..best tapas spot in town.

Cordoba!

Late night drinks+EARLY morning train=

...one tired cookie.

Switched trains in Sevilla... um...the high speed trains are much nicer.

First stop..breakfast.

tostada, zumo de naranja, cafe con leche.

My hotel.

okay room, but the terrace...

was incredible.

Yes, it was right behind the Mezquita.

I felt like a princess.

Beautiful Cordoba.

Alcazar.

Mezquita.

Welcome to 600AD

Incredible.

Tapas with Jessica.

Cool part of town.

Ancient Roman ruins.

Moving here..making this my ride.

Popped into the Jewish quarter...all the girls seemed unhappy here, the men on the other hand...very happy.

Procession? Or celebrating their national holiday?
Either way..what's going on with the guy in the jacket?

View from terrace at dusk.

My terrace from other direction. Look at that sky!

Muy bonita.

Amazing at night.

Roman bridge at night.. A walk I'll never forget.

Good night Cordoba.