NOTE: This post is stale due to posting problems from Europe, hence the radio silence.

Right, so Internet cafe stops have been few and far between this trip. We are coming up on the half-way point of the trip, having seen Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Arcos, several White Hill Towns, and now Ronda. Tomorrow we head to Granada for a night, then on to Cordoba to see Amy´s parents off before heading north to Oviedo to start the second part of our trip.

Overall, things have been fantastic. I think I must have been Spanish in another life because I absolutely love it here. We were worried that Spain might be catering to tourists more than they did five years ago when we first visited, but that´s not the case at all. There are a few things that are new, like English explanations of art in the Prado and an English advisory on the AVE train to Sevilla, but that hardly counts as spoiling a true Spanish experience.

Our Spanish is so-so. We are understood but we have a hard time understanding, especially here in the Pueblos Blancos where the Castillan accent is exceptionally thick. But generally, we do fine and probably take for granted how much having a good dose of language training actually does help.

Lots of stories, lots of (hopefully) great pictures, but those will have to wait. Hopefully another update sooner than later, but we´ll have to see. Hello and love out to all our friends and family, including my ´rents whom we left in Toledo and were continuing on through Provence up to Zurich and beyond. Hope all is well at home!

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