8th July - Ronda. They put on a wonderful breakfast at the hotel with some very interesting food that we are not used to seeing at breakfast including black pudding and fritatas. I have noticed in Spain the local women dress very well and no one wears black. Their sun dresses are colourful and pretty with lovely sandals and they are generally slim. There also seems to be a distinctive fashion - shoes all have T bars and the off one shoulder or yoke neckline is p...

7 July Seville to Ronda 32C. We picked up our rental car this morning for the next 2 days and set off for Ronda. It took us 2 hours to get here and saw mainly sun flowers, wheat fields and olive trees along the way. We are staying at the Parador in Ronda which is a beautiful hotel set on the side of a cliff. Our room overlooks the gardens and has a balcony which is lovely. We walked around the town and had lunch then crossed the "new bridge" (which was built ...

Friday 6th July – Day 9 – Seville. Decided to have an easy day as the feet are starting to get a little weary with the devotion to tracking down and viewing Andalusian Architecture. First up was a casual visit to the Parasols – a huge and controversial (according to our Concepcion) development in the Plaza de la Encarnacion which has been converted from a somewhat dowdy suburban marketplace into a market place encased in advanced architecture (s...

5th July Seville is living up to its hot weather and we continue to see the sites. First up today was the Plaza de Torres (Bull Ring) which is just around the corner from where we are staying. They run 40 minute tours of the place including the museum. The ring itself isn't that interesting – there are 5 gates, in sequence for (a) Toreador and team (b) Bull In (alive), (c) Hospital, (d) McDonalds – at least, that’s where I think the dead bulls g...

4 July Seville Hot Hot Hot. We met our guide this morning for the walking tour of Seville, she was excellent and so we also joined her for this afternoon's tour of the Cathedral. The tour group was mainly Australians with a few Americans. Concepion our guide took us around the old part of Seville and we enjoyed her commentary on the history of Seville. She impressed us with her local knowledge and flavour - one example when describing the overwhelming displays of...