We arrived into Malaga by train, then took a local train to Fuengirola, then a taxi to Puerta Banus to the time share. We finally made it there about 5:30pm. What a long day. Checked into the time share, nice place, great balcony (do bad it wasn't warm to sit out there and enjoy it). We settled in and then went off to find dinner. Puerta Banus is approx 10 minutes from the condo, so walked down to find something for dinner and checked out the big boats in the harbour. Wow they are luxury yachts..
We had a great week here, except for the weather, but was warmer than London so that was good. We did a day trip to Ronda - we took the city bus to San Pedro then change to another city bus for an hour ride thru the mountains to the town of Ronda. What a town - it is centered over a deep gorge. Very impressive, quaint cobble stoned streets, arches and a bull ring. We spent the day touring the town, doing a little shopping and lots of sightseeing. The views of the gorge and bridge were just awesome. Then boarded the city bus for the return trip down the winding mountain road. We went to Gilbrator on a tour - really enjoyed it. It took us up to the top of the rock, impressive views, to a cavern and saw the tailless monkeys, they come right up to you and will take your packages if your not careful, especially if you have food. They were very cute though. Had to have our passports for this side trip as Gilbrator is still British. We spent a couple days walking the beach, gathering shells, watching the boats and enjoying the little sunshine that came out. We walked along the harbour lots, checking out all the expensive yachts, sailboats and cars. Had some great food while there, both Spanish (paella) and American (nachos) and they were very,very good. We went into old town Marbella one day on the city bus, saw the statues of Dali there, some were pretty strange, check out the beach and the harbour there. Then walked the streets of old town which were small cobble stoned with lots of little shops. Dad was thrilled...!!!
We really enjoyed our week here, Dad even bought a ham with the hoof attached and we ate on it for days. It was delicious. We headed home on the 5th of Jan back to London. I went back to work on Tues, Mom and Dad stayed till the 14th, so they went out to a number of the London sights and museums while I was working. The weekend we went to Borough Market and the Tate museum - it was a freezing day, but we braved it anyway. Then Sunday we made a trip to the British Museum and some souvenir shopping. Monday and Tuesday they visited a few more museums and Harrods and Wednesday morning they headed back to the states. What a great visit we had.
