Brilliant start
31 stycznia 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
All the arrangements worked perfectly and we are here safely. The taxi arrived on time at 3.30 and got us to the airport on time despite the M11 being closed and needing a long detour around the Czytaj więcej
Settling in
1 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
After the journey yesterday, a long good nights sleep last night was very welcome. Today a trip to the supermarket to get stocked up, but first breakfast in a cafe next to the market. Last year it was Czytaj więcej
Sunday football
2 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Went to buy my Sunday paper and was delighted to find that my paper stand has discovered the Sunday times. A couple hours in the sun doing the crossword then off to the football. Previously I would Czytaj więcej
Climate change?
3 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Yesterday and today it's been hot - 23-24C in the shade and really hot in the sun - too hot for us! The locals say it is unusual just like spring weather in February. We only brought a small amount of Czytaj więcej
Quiet couple of days
4 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The last two days we've pretty much stayed in and just enjoyed being here. It's been 23 or 24 degrees and beautifully sunny although a chill wind got up yesterday and through the night last night, and Czytaj więcej
Janet arrived for the weekend
7 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Janet came on the morning flight ( it was an hour and a half late) for the weekend. The weather changed yesterday afternoon so this morning it was heavy black cloud and quite chilly. Thankfully by mid Czytaj więcej
Tasting at Diez Merito
8 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The morning started with thick fog, and it looked like it had rained. Breakfast on chorros and chocolate , followed by a tasting a at a bodega called Diez Merito, that we haven't been to before. The Czytaj więcej
Lunch in the sun at Fundador
9 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The day started a little overcast but brightened up and I walked down down to buy a paper. By lunchtime it was nice and warm and sunny and we walked across the city to have lunch in the courtyard of Czytaj więcej
Oranges
11 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The amount of walking that I'm doing here is certainly helping my foot. Today I walked for a hour and a half inside most of the walls of the medieval city. It gets swollen and sore afterwards but at Czytaj więcej
Night out in Jerez
12 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We went out to eat at a very old favourite restaurant and on the way back stopped for some sherries and flamenco. Jerez at night can be very pretty, I'm not sure why , maybe it's the colour of the Czytaj więcej
Day trip to El Puerto de Santa Maria
13 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We took the train to El Puerto (de Santa Maria) and for once didn't go there to visit our favourite sherry bodega. The bullring there is famous, it's the third biggest in all Spain, and in the season Czytaj więcej
El Puerto 2
13 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After the bullring we wanted to see the castle. It's not big but a very good looking castle and we've never found it open. Today there was supposed to be an English tour (and sherry tasting) at 11.30, Czytaj więcej
Sunday
16 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Lynette went to mass in the cathedral today so I went with her to remember what it was like. We've been many times before of course but last year the bell tower was covered in scaffolding so it was Czytaj więcej
Semana Santa
17 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
They are truly insane here with their preparations for Semana Santa - the big processions carrying statues of saints through the streets in Holy week. At 11.30 tonight, after Tim had gone to bed, we Czytaj więcej
We are on holiday
18 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Yesterday morning we woke up to thick fog all over Jerez. It lasted till late morning but then it was gone. Today we took the bus to Rota, a small town with an incredible beach (and Spanish/American Czytaj więcej
Rota
18 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Sailing into Cadiz
19 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This morning started bright but with a sea mist so strong we couldn't even see Cadiz. After a lazy morning we caught the midday catamaran from Rota to Cadiz, and by the time we were half way across Czytaj więcej
Back to Jerez
20 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
This morning we had a quick visit to the old cathedral in Cadiz, which was left in place when the current cathedral was built and is now a rather nice parish church for the city. Then a walk to the Czytaj więcej
Saturday
22 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
It's starting to get really hot here, and it's a beautiful morning and perfect for chorros and chocolate for breakfast. Over the last couple of days the flowers of the orange trees have opened and the Czytaj więcej
Sunday and monday
24 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Sunday evening I went to a football match at the minor club in Jerez. They are two divisions below the other club , but are at the top of the table and could go up. When we first came to stay in Jerez Czytaj więcej
Oranges
25 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
I'm going to miss the fresh orange juice here. Juicing oranges are 3 kg for 3 euros, 40p per pound!
The Alcazar
25 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The fortified central part of the city inside the moorish walls is the Alcazar (castle) and although extensively modified after the Christian reconquest, is still an interesting and beautiful Czytaj więcej
Flamenco festival
26 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
This week is the annual flamenco festival and the city is heaving. It's full of flamenco fans from all over the world, so you can hear English, American, German accents as well as lots of people from Czytaj więcej
Carnival de Jerez
27 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
This weekend is also Jerez carnival weekend. It's unusual, I think, that it coincides with flamenco week. We will the main events, but today was the children's parade, followed by a competition for Czytaj więcej
Going home
27 lutego 2020, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
We sat out in the plaza last night for a goodbye meal. It was quite balmy and the restaurant tables outside were packed. Today it will be 25 degrees and sunny here. There was snow in wendover Czytaj więcej









































































































Great start! Hope the rest is as good. I'm off to see the Troy exhibition tomorrow taking advantage of my new location! Davina xx