Andalucia Road Trip, Day 1: Arcos de la Frontera, Sierra de Grazalema, Ronda




23 de junio 2009. Free of coursework at last, the traveling twins strike again. This time the plan was to do a road trip through Andalucia's pueblos blancos, the former territory of the Moors in the 1300s, and to do it camping style, which turned out to mean a very different thing in Spain. The first day consisted of cutting across the national parks in the mountains from Arcos dela Frontera, a tiny town with Spain's oldest altar and some saints' skeletons, until Ronda, a city built on top of a gorge. Some highlights from the first day....

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  1. Janjan PerezJuly 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    wow... a pizza made from fresh mountains :)

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  2. Karlo AvenidoJuly 5, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    OMG. It's a real body?? Not a doll?? Woooowww.

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  3. sunny castilloJuly 5, 2009 at 10:28 PM

    ahhh.. another reason why i should go back to spain!!

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  4. Napo CayabyabJuly 6, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    ganda ng color jeneen...

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  5. Francesca Lois SarenasJuly 6, 2009 at 2:11 AM

    vigan?!?
    lol
    calle crisologo?

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  6. beng garciaJuly 6, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    murag pinas neen!(tsinelas ka pa kasi..)

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  7. beng garciaJuly 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    You look prettier than ever,Neen...while your twin looks thinner!!! how bad can Spain be when it comes to food,eh? compared to the UK! I think he has been doing too many laps,or is it just that he's homesick:) Both of you look good though- can't wait to see the next trip of the twins...is diving in the Red sea still in the works?

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  8. Fred QJuly 6, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    at last, a pic in Arcos - the place i pm'd you about :-) And just in case you find time in Cadiz, take a pic of Cervantes 3, where I stayed for a week. Better still, see if the descendants of Francisco Gomez Plana y Sanchez Cosio still reside there. Regards to the twin :-) you guys are looking good!

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  9. Jemi AquinoJuly 6, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    talavera???!!!

    okay, this parallelism is really strange. Puebla, where I went with company, is famous for their ceramic crafts. an art that was introduced by Spain (who else?).

    isn't having company lovely? =)

    that we will never be alone, even when the company parts ways.
    and reunions will be always in our horizons.

    HUG. HUG. HUG.

    we struggle through the rough times to find ourselves, once more, in adventures like these. =)

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  10. mariflor garciaJuly 10, 2009 at 1:34 AM

    i agree with your mom, being tan becomes you... just watch your weight.

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  11. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    har har jan :P mmm can still remember the flavor of fresh mountain-grown mushrooms in my mouth...

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  12. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    yes it is. not even in the cathedrals of madrid or granada did they have saints on display. but we go into a little village church, and look what we find...not just one, but two!

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  13. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    where have you been nga ba? did you ever go south?

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  14. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    hey napo :) yep, some sunsets you just cant make a bad photo of

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  15. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    haha sorry, di ako maka-relate, di pa ko nakapunta dun e :P hey belated happy birthday, kix!

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  16. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    of course...feeling right at home hehe

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  17. Jeneen GarciaJuly 13, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    hahaha...will take note, tita. unfortunately, i'm headed for the germany--the land of mashed potatoes and sausages. uh oh.

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