Spain trip report(last spring)

Stalin, the Monkey picture from Gibraltor is for you and II. She wants to see more pictures, and you want to see the relatives of the Grand Poobah. OOPS. Having difficulty getting the damn picture to import. Still working on it.
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Yeah, we are back from Spain. Got back late Wednesday night last week. Worked Thursday, and Friday. Didn't really get over jet lag until Sunday.

We stayed 7 nights in a resort area, and 3 nights in small towns. The small towns
provided us the opportunity to get a better experience of the Spanish culture.

Highlights:

* Warm weather
* Great beaches
* Lodging in Ronda. A funky old hotel, literally hundreds of years old. 18 inch thick stone walls. Great views. Fully stocked wine cabinet (all you can
drink price included with the room). Amazing full breakfast/brunch.
* Good food/wine (expensive due to the weakness of the dollar vs the Euro, and
the fact we stayed in a resort area)
* Caves de Piletta - an hour tour in some caverns that have 20,000 year old
cave painting! High up in the Mountains and a pain to find. Rick Steve's directions stunk!
* Acinipo A Roman settlement build in the first century AD. The amphitheatre is
still standing.
* Ronda A small town in the Mountains divided by a River. The town was founded
over a 1000 years ago. One side of the town was Muslim/Moorish, and the
other Christian. There is a 300 foothigh (80 feet wide) stone bridge crossing the River and connecting the two halves of the town.
* Granada/Alhambra - Another City founded in the 700's after the Moors took control of Spain. Alhambra is amazing, staggeringly beautiful really. Inside the city
walls is a Castle/Fortification (Alcazar), and two Palaces, one Muslim and
one Christian. They also have uncovered the ruins of the little villages
inside the fortifications, where the workers lived. Huge beautiful gardens
everywhere, and amazing ancient fountains everywhere. Too much to see and
take in.
* Gibraltar - climbed the Rock to the top. Beautiful views of Morocco, and the Spanish Coast. Nice Pub's in town.
* Sentenil - one of the Pueblo's Blanco's (white villages). The village is in a gorge and the city and houses are actually built into the side of the cliffs in
caves, and hacked out of the rock.

Lowlights:

* Service was horrible in the Restaurants. I guess they are used to serving the super rich, so when ordinary Joe's come in, they treat you with a serious lack of respect, and attention.

The next to last night in Marbella, I had it out with the owner of the Restaurant, when they brought the bill to our table, the waiter threw the bill on the table, and threw it at my wife! We had just spent about 125 Euro's so it wasn't like we were Peon's.

* Too many butt ugly old farts with way too much money, with 18/19 year old hotties on their arms.