Up late today with a long pleasant breakfast in Ronda. We forgot to mention the scent that permeates Ronda - the almond trees are in bloom and it is truly heavenly. They are in bloom 1 month early and, with the storn approaching, will likely lose their blossoms. This happened last year also, the whole crop was lost for the area. Climate change again.
We drove through the mountains to Granada today. Lovely high wide valleys with miles and miles of olive groves and just starting to grow green pastures. The olive groves looked like braided rows undulating to every horizon. No wonder a dish full of them appears on every table for dinner! We drove into Granada trusting nuvi...big mistake. He took us up one way streets and told us to turn where there were no turns. Then a nice older (?) arab man with no teeth on an ancient motorini spotted us and, through sign language, convinced us to follow him. With map in hand, to assure we weren't being slowly led to slaughter (he could only go about 15 k/hr uphill), he led us to our hotel. We paid him for the service and hope the 3 Euro went to repair his almost flat tire.
We checked in and then headed out to explore the Albayzin, the old moorish quarter where our hotel is. A long walk downhill and around old town, then we caught bus #32 which tookus up to the Alhambra and then in a circle around the Albayzin back to our hotel...it's on top of a steep hill. Great "lunch" at 2 pm consisting of:
Garlic and egg soup (poached egg at bottom of chicken broth and toasted french bread in it)
Sliced deep fried eggplant,lightly battered, with a molasses/balsamic vinegar topping
Fava beans with cured ham (and a fine chianti - or at least rioja)
Grilled thin sliced iberico pork served with green chilis over the top, resting on a bed of thin sliced potatoes simmered in OliveOil and chicken broth till tender.
Naptime.
Just woke up (8 pm) and off for dessert somewhere. We need to be up early for the Alhambra tour tomorrow so will not stay out till late!
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