España Experience: Ronda, part 2

Ronda was just beautiful, and we could have spent much longer there! But we wanted to let Big Ben see the Plaza de Torros. (Remember I said each town had a nativity display? I really liked Ronda's...complete with bulls at the manger, of course!)

These statues were tributes to the town's most famous bullfighters, as Ronda is the home of modern day bullfighting and to many of the most famous fighters.

Things get a little crazy when you travel with five kids.

This bull sculpture was really fascinating, as it was massive, but perfectly balanced though the bull's foot is up.

This arena was built in 1785 by the same architect who built the Puente Nuevo, the lookout point that is so famous. There is a still a bullfighting school here, and it is known for its classic rules and structures.

We looked all around for hoof prints. And then the real game began. Creating hoof prints and trying to pass them off as "authentic" and "look what I found" and "Is that for real?"

There was a wonderful museum there with gorgeous saddle wear, costumes, and weapons. Big Ben borrowed my phone to photograph every dueling pistol ever collected there.