Farewelled our new friends from Brisbane,
always good to meet Aussies to share travel experiences with and the lovely
staff at Hotel San Francisco in Ronda. The hotel couldn’t be more removed from
one’s image of SF.
The drive to Cordoba was fairly easy, mostly
highways with large farms on either side full of olive trees. Haven’t come
across any farm animals yet. Got into Cordoba late morning on a lovely day;
stopped at a MacDonald’s to use their free Wi-Fi, to contact our host via
WhatsApp; contact was made to organise meet and greet. In spite of this contact
and the use of a GPS, we still couldn’t find our lovely apartment, as it’s
located in an area and street where cars are not allowed.
So, we parked the car
illegally as close to where we thought it was; Ursi stayed in the car, whilst I
went on foot to locate it. I had the
address written on a piece of paper, which I showed to various people without
joy until I came across a lady postie, who directed me to it in sign language.
God bless posties the world over. Met with our host Carmelle checked in and
then ran back to where Ursi was to guide her to a parking station
close by recommended by Carmelle. The apartment is in an old fashioned Spanish
building with a large courtyard in the middle. Happy days.
It’s located a couple of minutes from the old
town and all the sights to see. We duly made our way to it after unpacking etc
and first stop was to the tourist information office to get the maps and guidance
on things to do and see. Thereafter, made our way to discover the old town to
stretch our legs (again) after the drive from Ronda. A 10km walk later during which we took some photos, made our way back to a
supermarket (no markets close to us) to buy grocery’s as we had decided to eat indoors.
As usual, Ursi
cooked up a storm; a tuna salad accompanied by red wine for her and water for
me (sounds boring, doesn’t it). Both having a sweet tooth, we followed it with chocolate, Swiss of course. Following dinner, before catching up with our mail,
news and surfing the net; we are struggling to find suitable accommodation in Seville (through Booking.com and Airbnb) our next destination on18 April. We'll chill for the rest of the evening/night and get to it tomorrow.
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