Some of the buildings that are hundreds of years old built right on the cliff edge. I had to look from a distance sometimes as the sheer drop made my legs wobbly!

The "new" bridge at Ronda. Only built 200 years ago!

Josie and Claudia (who likes to be called "Audie") dancing on top of the mountain pass !

We hired a Pepe car to fit 7 and set off into the mountains for a 2 day adventure. Driving around Seville we are reminded of the huge population that live in high rise apartments; they are everywhere. The rolling countryside is green this time of the year and with the winter sunshine it looks especially charming with no fences between a patchwork of different colored fields and a white casa (houses) every now and again. We reach the foothills of the sierra surpri...

After a fantastic start to the new year we enjoyed a lazy afternoon at the country cottage of Muriam's sister Marylena. It was a rustic little Spanish hasienda literally in the middle of their olive groves just outside the little town of El Pedroso. A few of Myriam's siblings were there and we sat in the sun sharing slow baked lamb, tortillas de Patata, crusty bread, olives, bacon cooked with walnuts, salad, chorizo cooked in wine, and the obligatory glass of red...