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The long (and winding) road to Ronda

Yes it was a long day, a very long day.  I left "home" at about 6:20 to get the bus into central Malaga where I was to be picked up and did not get back here until 7:30 that evening. There were 7 of us waiting at the stop - a family of four, a couple and myself.  I arrived after the couple who were very strange.  In fact I was closest to the bus when it pulled up but they ran to get in front of me to get a "better" seat on the empty bus.  More on them later... TWO HOURS LATER we were on our way to Ronda...the rest of the time was spent driving along the Costa Del Sol picking up other passengers.  Luckily after three hours on the bus and just before we arrived in Ronda we had a 20 minute break.  Finally... coffee!!!   (and a pee break!)  I then came out of my coma and started talking to the lady next to me who was really quite interesting. Soon we were at the Ronda bus station and our group was split in two which was much better.  Off we went on a walking tour.

Finding Nerja (to be quite a lovely place)

Get the title?  I am trying to be creative guys.  So here I sit in my room on a lovely morning.  The sun is beating down on me through the open window as I type this.  Yes life is tough.  I am having yet another "rest day".  This cold sucks, it really does but hey Queen E. and I have something in common right now.  It is a bad one I can tell you - one of the worst I've had.  I'm calling it "the cold that just won't leave".  Or more likely the flu. We will have our four week anniversary on Friday. Last night I got strict instructions from my airbnb host Pilar "Laurie, rest tomorrow".  So that I am.  Later I will meander down to have a late lunch along the beach somewhere and pick up a few supplies at the local supermarket. Yesterday's trip to Ronda was very long and exhausting - but that's a story for another post. I had never heard of Nerja to be honest but Pilar told me I must go as it was beautiful.  It is 40 km east of Malaga where