Arrived
25 stycznia 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Straight forward journey for once and we arrived at the apartment just on midday local time, in time to sit in the sun in the square and get some tapas.
Settling in
26 stycznia 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
This morning we walked down to our favourite cafe in the market square to get churros and chocolate for breakfast and, horror, it's closed for refurbishments! Natalie will be distraught!. Fortunately Czytaj więcej
Oh Wow! Just ... Oh Wow!
29 stycznia 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yesterday, like every day so far, was sunny, warm and clear blue skies, so I went for a wander around in the afternoon, revisiting places like the castle and the cathedral, seeing what's new and Czytaj więcej
Restaurants
31 stycznia 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
One benefit of the rise in tourism is that there are more restaurants opening and some that used to close for the winter are staying open. On the first night we tried a new one just down our street, Czytaj więcej
A week!
1 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
A week - we have been here a week already! We really haven't done much other than reacquaint ourselves with the centre of the city. Today I walked over to the west edge of the city where there are big Czytaj więcej
Yesterday
2 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Weather has been very dull and overcast for three days, it even poured with rain over night Friday. Yesterday though was sunny again but with a sharp cold wind. I walked around the south of the city Czytaj więcej
Flamenco and football
3 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Today has seen clear blue skies and sunshine again, although there is still a cold wind. Last night we went to our favourite flamenco bar for the late night performance and it was as good as usual, Czytaj więcej
Going on a trip
4 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Tomorrow we are going to go to Córdoba for a couple of days. We have been there before a few years ago and it's easy to get there from here. We can get a train to Seville then change to another train Czytaj więcej
Journey to Cordoba
5 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Bit of an early start for us - up and out by 9.30 to walk to the station. The first train to Seville was an ordinary Media Distancia train but still very comfortable. The second was the high speed Czytaj więcej
First day in Cordoba
5 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Our holiday in Cordoba started well with a delicious tapas lunch a few doors down and this is the town where all the restaurants give you a free glass of Pedro Jimenez after the meal, which it would Czytaj więcej
Full day in Cordoba
6 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We spent the morning in the Archaeological Museum which has pre-historic, Roman and Moorish sections all very well displayed. The Roman finds are particularly fine as Cordoba was the capital of the Czytaj więcej
Alcazar
6 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
After a siesta we went for a stroll around the Alcazar, similar to the one in Jerez but with beautiful gardens. Most was built in the 14-15C after the reconquest but still in Moorish style.
Last day in Cordoba
7 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
For our last morning in Córdoba we visited the 8c Arab bath house. It was beautifully decorated and wonderfully elegant, but nearly all that has gone now, being stripped over the years to be used for Czytaj więcej
Football . . . And more football!
10 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We had a gentle day lazing in the sun yesterday, and today I took in two football matches. At lunchtime I went to Jerez industrial, who are a small non-league team probably at an even lower level than Czytaj więcej
A day trip to Arcos de la Frontera
11 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Arcos de la Frontera is one of the "white towns" of Andalucia, built on rocky outcrops in the north of the province. It is only 45 mins from Jerez by bus so we went for a day trip. It was quite pretty Czytaj więcej
The kids come to visit
14 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Last night being Valentine's Day we thought the bars and restaurants would be overflowing so we just went to the bar over the street which is very local in character but has some good food. Their Czytaj więcej
Kids arrive 2
15 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
More pics
Sunny saturday
16 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We all met up at a cafe in the market square for a breakfast of churros and chocolate then wandered around in the sun till lunch time. The kids enjoyed kicking a ball around in the main square and we Czytaj więcej
More pics
16 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Sunday
17 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After breakfast and walking down to buy a Sunday paper, we thought that the kids would like to go for a ride in the horse carriages that ply the tourist trade, but Finlay was adamant that he didn't Czytaj więcej
Kids going home
18 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
This morning we had to get Finlay and Emily up and out to meet Natalie and Andy to go back home. They seem to have really enjoyed their weekend in Spain and we certainly love to spend time with them. Czytaj więcej
Tuesday
19 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Last night we went to the posh restaurant that Andy and Natalie had been to the night before and indulged in some really good food and a series of fine sherries, most of which we hadn't tried before. Czytaj więcej
Wednesday
20 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today we went to a small family-owned bodega, Dios Baco, named after Bacchus the God of wine, and owned and run by a man and his five daughters. The daughter who showed us round was "Lupe", short for Czytaj więcej
Leaving Jerez
21 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
So tomorrow we are leaving. I can't believe the time has gone so quickly, but then it always does. We get a train from Jerez to Cadiz and we should arrive at our apartment in Cadiz around midday, but Czytaj więcej
Arrival in Cadiz
22 lutego 2019, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The transfer to Cadiz went very smoothly and our apartment was ready so we were able to move straight in. It's not the apartment we originally booked which was in an old look out tower up 4 flights of Czytaj więcej













































































































