Xerex deportivo f c
12 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Back to see my Xerex football team. Once again they are top of the league, having had a disappointing season last year ( they only came sixth!) they won 2-1, so with Barnet also winning with a goal inЧитать далее
Lovely sunny day
11 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
More pics around the castle
Flamenco night with Janet
11 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Last night we went back to flamenco bar with Janet, and today a walk around the moorish castle.
Weekend with Janet
10 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Janet arrived yesterday morning for the weekend and we took the train to meet her at the airport. I'd forgotten what a pretty station it is in Jerez. The weather was dull and grey and miserable but weЧитать далее
Churros and chocolata
8 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Churros and chocolata for breakfast again in the market square. It's extruded dough plunged into deep hot oil and eaten in a cup of hot chocolate.
Janet is coming in tomorrow morning for the weekendЧитать далее
More museum
7 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Mûseum pics
Jerez museum
7 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The museum in Jerez is quite small, just two floors of an old mansion, but is really well put together. It covers everything from Stone Age pottery from the surrounding, Roman, Punic , and visogothicЧитать далее
Day 4 and 5
6 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Yesterday we just wandered around revisiting some places, and discovering new tapas bars. Today we spend most of the time on the roof catching some sun. It was lovely when the sun was out, butЧитать далее
Flamenco
4 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Last night we went out to the tapas bar that has real local flamenco that we went to many times before. It is now so well-known that they are putting on a show every night, and also in the afternoonsЧитать далее
Arrived
3 февраля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The journey yesterday was unenventful, we even arrived a bit early, and didn't even lose any of the bags. The apartment is really nice, well-appointed and comfy. The weather is chilly but the sun isЧитать далее
Trying to set a trip photo
16 января 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Last day - whale watching
7 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We were due to go on a whale watching trip today, but Lynette didn't feel up to it so I went alone. Just a few minutes out of the harbour we came to a school (school? Pod?) of maybe 30 or 40 dolphinsЧитать далее
Day 7 - more
6 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After lunch we drove all round the eastern end of the island, and stopped at a pretty waterfall, and had doce de leche icecream. Then a trip to a tea plantation, a tour of the factory and a welcomeЧитать далее
Day 7 - volcanic geysers and hot pools
6 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Last night we had dinner at a fish restaurant on the harbour, and indulged in some local favourites, including some really tasty octopus and some not so tasty limpets. Then today we started the day byЧитать далее
More volcanoes and pineapples
5 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lots of volcanoes
5 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Another good day today despite it being cloudy most of the time but still 22C. This island was originally two, formed by volcanoes 1 - 2 million years ago. About 50,000 years ago some fissures betweenЧитать далее
Day 5 - from Faial back to Ponta Delgada
4 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Trip out in the morning sunshine to the other end of the island to see where the last big eruption created a small offshore island that then got joined to the shore. The eruption went on for eighteenЧитать далее
Day 4 - ferry to Pico island
3 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Leisurely breakfast and a stroll around the port, then a 30 minutes ferry journey to Pico, the next island, for the day. The tour took us all around the island visiting a wine museum (but with noЧитать далее
Day 3 - on to Faial
2 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Finally got the flight and arrived in Faial in time for a tour round the port. It's the fourth busiest marina in the world because of the trans ocean sailing boats that put in there, also cruises.Читать далее
Day 3 - Terceira to Faial
2 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Spent the morning on a walking tour of Angra do Heroismo, which is a UNESCO world heritage site, on Terceira before having lunch and leaving to go to the airport. Flying this afternoon to the nextЧитать далее
Day 2 - island of Teseira
1 октября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
After lunch, in a stunning new restaurant, we when down inside one of the volcanos where the lava cut tubes into the rock and these are now tunnel-shaped caves. As well as being a great experience itЧитать далее
Arrival
30 сентября 2017 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Arrived at Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel at midnight, and left at 6.30 to get a flight to the island of Teceira. Spent the morning sightseeing by minibus, especially the rock formationsЧитать далее
Monday
25 сентября 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Sunday 2
24 сентября 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Sunday
24 сентября 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Carvery lunch, baking muffins with grannie and playing hide and seek
Saturday
23 сентября 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We all swimming in the pool on base in the morning, after Finlay and I went the playground, then Andy put a new seat on the back of his bike for Finlay. He loved it!






























































































































The stadium is so empty!
ПутешественникIt's a 22,000 seater stadium and they get crowds of maybe 4 or 5 thousand, so yes most of the stadium is empty. Still plenty of noise though!