First Days in Andalucia

Andalucian countryside

Eating in Hemingway's footsteps - Lunch in Ronda

Ronda featured in Hemingway's Spanish Civil War novel For Whom the Bell Tolls.  It is unusual in that one community has been built on two sides of a deep canyon:

The "white towns" of Cadiz - not built for traffic

The best job in the village is collecting tips from tourists looking for a parking spot.

But the views are worth it:

The anarchic kids of Cadiz

Cadiz is the only city centre I have been to where the loudest noise is that of kids playing.  Maybe it's to do with so much sunshine and a lack of playgrounds, video games and organized sport.

Tarifa:  kite surfing capital of Europe

Looks a lot of fun, but I think I'll stick to windsurfing in sheltered bays