Days 276-282, 15-21 March 2015, Day trip to Ronda (16th), final tapas outing (21st), Hugely Important Solar Eclipse (unseen due to clouds), Nigh-on miraculous six odd days of constant rain (unheard of in southern Spain and contributed to non-sighting of eclipse). Obviously a very big week. We had taken a squiz at the weekly weather forecast and it did look a bit dodgy, so we took the Toro by the horns on Monday and hit the freeways for a day trip. Lucky that -...

Days 84-89, 4-9 Sept '14, Fuengirola / Ronda / Puerto Banus / Marbella (Excursion!) Life has been progressing gently and the Spanish studies along with it. Yesterday I was definitely overdue for an outing and hugely excited about my day trip to the Andalusian white village (pueblo blanco) of Ronda (followed by the jetset's harbour "Puerto Banus" and glitzy, glamorous Marbella). Before we get started remember... if Paella is "Pie-AY-ah" then Marbella is pronoun...