Day 17 Marbella Spain

Medical Update: I went to sick bay a few days ago and received antibiotics for the crud I picked up earlier on the trip that had spread to my lungs. I am feeling much better and the lungs are much clearer. 

Today we arrived in Puerto Banus and had to tender into the harbor where we caught a bus for an hour and a half drive to Marbella Spain. We arrived at a very small winery to have a tasting at an incredible location that was a monastery that was built in the 15th century. The owner, who is an architect, rebuilt the monastery into a winery and used the old chapel as his barrel room. It was amazing. The wine was very good and we purchased a bottle of red wine for dinner tonight. Then we took the bus to town which was incredibly crowded with tourists. We walked around for about an hour and saw a famous bull ring and an amazing bridge that spanned a very deep gorge that was about 300 meters deep.  Then we headed back to the harbor to catch the tender back to the boat to pack for our disemarcation tomorrow morning. We are heading to Barcelona after touring Malaga by bus. Here are the pics for today.

Puerto Banus is a very chic place where Clooney comes and Antonio Banderas vacations. Antonio is from this area.

The city walls from the 15th century.

The view from the winery.

The winery and old monastery.

The grounds.

The natural spring which allowed the monks to build here in the middle of a desert.

When they found this property, the debris and soil filled the room almost to the top and there was no roof. The owner spent a lot of money restoring the original frescos in the church which is now the cellar.

The dog is 17 years old, damn near as old as us!

Exterior of the church wall.

The famous bull fighting ring we couldn't go in.

Famous bull fighter statue.

300 meters to the floor.

The small window in the bridge was once a prison cell.

The only empty street in town along with my fat finger.

Saw this bull fighting ring from the drive home.