Jerez 2020

januari - februari 2020

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- 13 feb. 2020 10:30
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 12 m
- Spanje Andalucía Puerto de Santa María, El El Puerto de Santa María Plaza de toros de El Puerto 36.59697, -6.2329636°35’49” N 6°13’59” W
Dag 14
Day trip to El Puerto de Santa Maria
13 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 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 (May) gets all the top toreadors, and we had never been there. It is spectacular and well worth the visit.Meer informatie
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- 13 feb. 2020 13:20
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 17 m
- Spanje Andalucía Puerto de Santa María, El El Puerto de Santa María Plaza de Alfonso X El Sabio 36.59676, -6.2265336°35’48” N 6°13’36” W
Dag 14
El Puerto 2
13 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 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, but, guess what, it was closed for a private function. So we went to the town museum, which was very small but had artefacts from excavations in the nearby hills. They were OK, but nothing spectacular, so we gave up and went for a coffee in the cathedral square. It must be the most hideous cathedral in Christendom! Then went for lunch in a restaurant that we know, that is owned by the daughter of the family who own and run our favourite bodega, and has wonderful food right by the river where many of the Spanish ships sailed to the new world from.Meer informatie
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- 16 feb. 2020 11:11
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 56 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Parroquia De San Dionisio 36.683094, -6.13761636°40’59” N 6°8’15” W
Dag 17
Sunday
16 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 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 nice to see it uncovered and cleaned. On the way we came across a group of men practising with one of the huge heavy floats ready for the Easter processions. They are carried on the backs and shoulders of maybe twenty men (or maybe more!) and they are so heavy that they have to have relays of teams to carry them. After the cathedral l went for a walk around the Sunday flea market in the castle square.

We had lunch in the sun in the local plaza where one of our favourite restaurants has just reopened, and the food is as good as always. On to the football stadium, with a good big crowd today, and another win!Meer informatie
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- 17 feb. 2020 22:52
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 59 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Parroquia De San Dionisio 36.68306, -6.1376536°40’59” N 6°8’16” W
Dag 18
Semana Santa
17 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 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 heard the sound of the ponderous music they march to getting louder. Opening the shutters and looking over the balcony we saw dozens of men carrying one of the platforms up our street. As it's a narrow pedestrian street with two bars at the top they had to stop whilst they moved the tables and stools out of the way. Then with a mighty heave back onto their shoulders they were off again. Crazy!Meer informatie
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- 18 feb. 2020 14:01
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
- Spanje Andalucía Rota Plaza del Padre Eugenio 36.616203, -6.35797836°36’58” N 6°21’29” W
Dag 19
We are on holiday
18 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 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 naval port). We'll stay here till tomorrow then go on the catamaran to Cadiz for a couple of days. It was fantastic to see the beach and the ocean again and we had lunch in a restaurant overlooking the beach. Then the clouds rolled in and it stayed overcast all afternoon. The hotel room has a huge terrace overlooking the pool and sea , and we had hoped to sit with a glass of something and watch the sunset. Ah well! I did go for walk on the beach and a paddle in the waves ...the water was crazy cold, but I suppose it is the Atlantic in February!

I have great memories of coming here with Natalie and Finlay when he was maybe six months old and they stayed with us in Jerez. I think it was his first experience of beach and sea. We had intended to come here with them all the next year but the apartment we wanted was not available so we took the one up the coast in Chipiona instead. Then we had a few glorious days before the Atlantic storm arrived and it rained rather a lot!Meer informatie
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- 18 feb. 2020 20:04
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
- Spanje Andalucía Rota Plaza del Padre Eugenio 36.616207, -6.35797936°36’58” N 6°21’29” W
Dag 19
Rota
18 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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- 19 feb. 2020 11:41
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 21 m
- Spanje Andalucía Cadiz Plaza de San Juan de Dios 36.530743, -6.294436°31’51” N 6°17’40” W
Dag 20
Sailing into Cadiz
19 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 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 the bay, the clouds rolled over and there was rain along the horizon. It cleared up after an hour or so and the afternoon was clear bright and hot. There were some HUGE cruise ships in the port so the city had much more tourists than when we were here last year.Meer informatie
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- 20 feb. 2020 09:25
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 56 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Parroquia De San Dionisio 36.68309, -6.13758236°40’59” N 6°8’15” W
Dag 21
Back to Jerez
20 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 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 central post office to post cards for Finlay and Emily in the lion-head postbox ,followed by a long lunch and the train back to Jerez.Meer informatie
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- 22 feb. 2020 11:42
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 59 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Parroquia De San Dionisio 36.683067, -6.1376436°40’59” N 6°8’16” W
Dag 23
Saturday
22 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 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 air is full of the scent of orange blossom. It's also getting really busy - it's flamenco festival week, at the end of the week it's also Jerez carnival, and this weekend the city seems to have filled up with visitors and the bars and restaurant are packed to bursting.

Nice place for peace and quiet though is the archeology museum so it was good to visit and see some of my favourite pieces again. The marble column is Neolithic deity figure and is the model of the bronze one I sculpted and had cast for a present for Lynette. The marble head is Roman and I love the detail in the girls hair braids.Meer informatie
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- 24 feb. 2020 20:25
- 🌙 14 °C
- Hoogte: 56 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Parroquia De San Dionisio 36.68309, -6.13758736°40’59” N 6°8’15” W
Dag 25
Sunday and monday
24 februari 2020, Spanje ⋅ 🌙 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 their pitch looked like the Sahara desert, mostly sand and covered in ruts. During our stay the council, who own it, dug it up and reseeded it and now it's wonderful! Barnet's pitch has really suffered with the weather and lots of matches have been called off as its unplayable. They would give anything for a pitch like the one here now!

Yesterday was a walking-about day and I went past the Jerez bullring. It's all closed up now as the season doesn't start till May. In the evening we went to one of the best restaurants here, which we have been to every time we are here. They have a five course tasting menu (they are very small courses!) paired with a different fine sherries with each course. We were pleased to find it as good as always.Meer informatie
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