On the Road from Seville

Beautiful countryside between Carmona and our next destination, Ronda, including acres and acres of sunflowers, grown for oil.

We stopped at an old cemetery with a memorial to the victims of Franco:

 Zahara, one of Andalucia's "Piedras Blancas," or white villages, sited on a beautiful lake

Along the way, we visited ReservaTauro, a ranch operated by a well-known bullfighter, who raises bulls and horses for bullfighting, as well as oaks to supply acorns to feed the black pigs who provide tasty Jamón ibérico

                     

 We got a demonstration of herding bulls and the training of a young horse:

Interesting legwear and stirrup, but note to self: don't get so close that the horse steps on your sandal and knocks you down...

A two-year-old being trained for the bullring

Rocky, who is a solid as a brick wall, is the mount of the picador