August in Spain 4 - Ronda, the 1st Time
Saturday, August 18
Mary was reading the book A Mighty Heart a few weeks ago. When she was done, I started reading it since I’ve been done with my niece Mina’s Cold Eyes. The fate of Daniel Pearl was a known fact. The book was still an interesting read with his wife Mariane Pearl talking about her life with her husband and detailing the efforts for his rescue after he was kidnapped by Pakistani Islamic extremists.
We went to church this evening at the 5 pm mass. We try to go when Robert plays guitar and sings with the choir. Then we went on line to book our flights and accommodations for our trip to Barcelona next month. Once we’re done with that, we had pizza for dinner and then we went to the movie theater on base to watch A Mighty Heart with Angelina Jolie. As expected, the movie was pretty predictable. I would have rather watched Bourne Ultimatum but they won’t show it till Thursday evening. It’s showing tomorrow as well but, we’ll wake up early to go to Ronda.
Cool.
Sunday, August 19
My cough got worse overnight. I had very little sleep but I was still excited to get up once Mary knocked on our door for us to get ready on our trip.
We drove out around 9:30 towards Ronda. Mary and Robert have all kinds of books, brochures and leaflets regarding European travel. Based on what I’ve read about Ronda and the pictures I’ve seen, it’s a must-see-place here in Spain. He loved the place so much that Orson Welles’ ashes were supposed to have been scattered there. Ernest Hemingway had a lot of good things to say about the place. Our friend Alicia’s daughter Jane has asked if we’ve been there as well. They live in London but her dad is Spanish and I’m assuming she’s known of Ronda from previous visits, perhaps?
It took us about an hour and a half and it was pretty hot when we got there. Robert parked by the bull ring and we walked from then on. Reading about it and looking at pictures on travel brochures is nothing compared to experiencing Ronda in person. It seems as if the town was constructed above sheer cliffs. For me, its main attractions are its bridges. Of course it has a number of pre-historic churches as well. There was quite a bit of uphill and downhill walking through streets of cobblestones.
Check out the ancient Arab Baths below.
I slept all through the drive back due to lack of sleep from the night before. We got back at around 5. BourneUltimatum was showing at 6 on base but we’re all pretty beat so I didn’t even bring it up.
Monday, August 20
We woke up around 9 today, grabbed a quick bite then we went out to walk on the beach. It was fairly early so there weren’t too many people on the beach yet. On the way back however, was a different story. In a matter of about 45 minutes the number of people has almost doubled with a lot of them walking from their cars trying to stake a spot. I noticed there were quite a bit of elderly people and really young kids. While Donna and I were walking, I couldn’t help but think how fortunate we were to have the chance to be soaking up the sun on a beach in Southern Spain on a WORK DAY!! How sweet is that??!!
I’ve been chatting with a friend of mine on line and he’s been voicing out his frustrations in life in general. I try to tell him each one of us has his own cross to bear. Mine may not be as heavy as his, or so he thinks anyway, but I, nevertheless, do have my own cross to bear. And I put the emphasis on the fact that no matter how it seems so difficult on whatever it is we’re going through, some bloke out there is in even much deeper sh*t than we are. We just have to step back once in a while and count our blessings.
Robert calls Romar and Girlie quite often. He was saying Girlie is almost done with her masters. She’s supposed to graduate next year. I can tell how proud Robert is on her accomplishments. She’s all happy when he told her he’s staying a bit longer this time when they visit the US in October.
Mary was reading the book A Mighty Heart a few weeks ago. When she was done, I started reading it since I’ve been done with my niece Mina’s Cold Eyes. The fate of Daniel Pearl was a known fact. The book was still an interesting read with his wife Mariane Pearl talking about her life with her husband and detailing the efforts for his rescue after he was kidnapped by Pakistani Islamic extremists.
We went to church this evening at the 5 pm mass. We try to go when Robert plays guitar and sings with the choir. Then we went on line to book our flights and accommodations for our trip to Barcelona next month. Once we’re done with that, we had pizza for dinner and then we went to the movie theater on base to watch A Mighty Heart with Angelina Jolie. As expected, the movie was pretty predictable. I would have rather watched Bourne Ultimatum but they won’t show it till Thursday evening. It’s showing tomorrow as well but, we’ll wake up early to go to Ronda.
Cool.
Sunday, August 19
My cough got worse overnight. I had very little sleep but I was still excited to get up once Mary knocked on our door for us to get ready on our trip.
We drove out around 9:30 towards Ronda. Mary and Robert have all kinds of books, brochures and leaflets regarding European travel. Based on what I’ve read about Ronda and the pictures I’ve seen, it’s a must-see-place here in Spain. He loved the place so much that Orson Welles’ ashes were supposed to have been scattered there. Ernest Hemingway had a lot of good things to say about the place. Our friend Alicia’s daughter Jane has asked if we’ve been there as well. They live in London but her dad is Spanish and I’m assuming she’s known of Ronda from previous visits, perhaps?
It took us about an hour and a half and it was pretty hot when we got there. Robert parked by the bull ring and we walked from then on. Reading about it and looking at pictures on travel brochures is nothing compared to experiencing Ronda in person. It seems as if the town was constructed above sheer cliffs. For me, its main attractions are its bridges. Of course it has a number of pre-historic churches as well. There was quite a bit of uphill and downhill walking through streets of cobblestones.
Check out the ancient Arab Baths below.
I slept all through the drive back due to lack of sleep from the night before. We got back at around 5. BourneUltimatum was showing at 6 on base but we’re all pretty beat so I didn’t even bring it up.
Monday, August 20
We woke up around 9 today, grabbed a quick bite then we went out to walk on the beach. It was fairly early so there weren’t too many people on the beach yet. On the way back however, was a different story. In a matter of about 45 minutes the number of people has almost doubled with a lot of them walking from their cars trying to stake a spot. I noticed there were quite a bit of elderly people and really young kids. While Donna and I were walking, I couldn’t help but think how fortunate we were to have the chance to be soaking up the sun on a beach in Southern Spain on a WORK DAY!! How sweet is that??!!
I’ve been chatting with a friend of mine on line and he’s been voicing out his frustrations in life in general. I try to tell him each one of us has his own cross to bear. Mine may not be as heavy as his, or so he thinks anyway, but I, nevertheless, do have my own cross to bear. And I put the emphasis on the fact that no matter how it seems so difficult on whatever it is we’re going through, some bloke out there is in even much deeper sh*t than we are. We just have to step back once in a while and count our blessings.
Robert calls Romar and Girlie quite often. He was saying Girlie is almost done with her masters. She’s supposed to graduate next year. I can tell how proud Robert is on her accomplishments. She’s all happy when he told her he’s staying a bit longer this time when they visit the US in October.
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