Getting ready for the kids

Last night it was warm enough after dinner to sit outside on the terrace with a glass of sherry. Bliss!

This morning we got the train out of jerez to the airport to pick up a hire car ready to get Natalie and the kids from Seville when they arrive tomorrow. (If the storms havent cancelled the flights!) Afterwards we drove to El Puerto de santa Maria and stopped at an archaeological site on the way. It was a settlement dating from 3000BC up to medieval Islamic times and was situated on a ridge looking over the ocean. Now it looks out over the huge agricultural plain south of seville where the river mouth has silted up and the whole bay has disappeared. We also checked the beach in el Puerto to see if would be a good place to take the kids , but we think that we have better choices. We couldn't resist having lunch in a favourite tapes bar at the side of the river in el Puerto,Læs mere