Ronda Rocks!

Pun included. First of all, I bought a SEVici (bike rental pass) for the week for 5 Euros. Basically, there are bike rental stations every other block, with 10-20 bikes available, and you can have one rented out at any time. It's VERY convenient. I started that today. I feel like I'm flying. Mom and Dad you're going to love Seville. We will be able to bike EVERYWHERE.

Ronda was really awesome. The cliffs overlooking the river and landscape are SUPER high (see photo). Basically, we arrived at about 11:30 and found a map and a good way down closer to the river.

Side story: We ran into these two Japanese 20-year-olds in Toledo right when we got to the top of the rocks after climbing for 30 minutes. We saw them AGAIN in Ronda at a popular overlook. They fit many sterotypes about liking to take photos. First, the one guy had a camera bigger than my head. Second, they each took photos of Phil, Micah and myself as a group. Then, they had someone take a photo of all five of us. Then, each of them wanted solo pictures with each of us. It was quite the ordeal. Also, they are neither particularly good at English or Spanish. However, they are VERY nice and we were happy to see them again, what are the odds!? We have their contact info and if I ever need a place to stay in Japan...

Back to Ronda. This is the exact day I've craved since I was a kid. What day exactly? Calvin Walker, Mark Walker, and myself in Colorado walking upstream for hours along the river, going back and forth accross the river over the rocks. It was so much fun. The climb down was not too challenging, but there were some slippery areas and small holes we had to squeeze through (see Phil photo). We had lunch on rocks that were more or less surrounded by water, waterfall about 100 yards upstream(see lunch photo). We then followed the river downstream and caught a trail to make the climb back up. That was exhausting (see me exhausted photo). We almost went out for a second hike but were too exhausted. Phil left his glasses at the riverbank where we had lunch, so he had to go alllll the way back down for a second trip. We took the 6 PM bus and made it back for dinner. Hope you enjoyed!

Internet is not working for Ana and Gustavo. I need to shut off. Will post more photos soon.