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    8 февраля 2022 г.
    Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Tim on our roof terrace about 6.15pm
    Remains of our tapas for dinner

    Arrival

    6 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    We arrived yesterday after a long but uneventful journey. Flight from Heathrow to Madrid at 10.30 was not too early and easy. Madrid airport, as always, was dreadful. We had allowed 2 hours connection time between flights and needed every minute of it. A 40 minute queue for passport control, then a health form check, then a vaccination record check before we could get the transit - which was packed like sardines, just like the London underground used to be - to the other terminal. We arrived at the gate for our flight to Jerez as it was boarding so no time to buy lunch!
    Landed in Jerez at 5pm and miraculously our suitcases made it with us! They often go walkabout at Madrid airport. Our apartment is on the top (3rd) floor of a more modern building and has a beautiful terrace. It's nicely furnished in a Moroccan style. We slept really well - the beds are comfy and its so quiet, which was the main reason for moving from our previous apartment. We had a quick meal of sherry and tapas at the nearest bar which was tasty and reminded us of why we so enjoy coming here.    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Our apartment is where there used to be a brick factory. This chimney is all that's left.

    First day

    6 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    We went down the road to get chorros and chocolate for breakfast and then a bit of basic shopping, and spent some time in the sun on our terrace. Wonderful! In the afternoon we went out for some lunch but everywhere was completely packed, Sunday is a big family and friends lunch day and we could only get a table in the shade. Nice to be out and among lots of people again. Afterwards we walked around the streets seeing places we knew, and arrived at the little square where we lived the first time we were here, and picked a bagful of seville oranges from the trees there for marmalade when get home.Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Our terrace
    A fountain at the end of our street

    Resting in the sunshine

    7 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    After a bit more shopping this morning, I had lunch out on the terrace in the sun. Its 21 degrees today and clear blue skies. Next door is a music college and over lunch someone was playing beautiful piano, and this afternoon seems to be woodwind. A very pleasant bonus!

    Tonight we plan to go to a tapas bar that is in the Plaza just round the corner so if it's OK it will very convenient. Then tomorrow a trip to the market and maybe buy some fish for dinner tomorrow.    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Beach at Sanlucar
    Moorish style buildingCeiling in the cathedralMermaid statues on top of the market buildingMmmm!

    Day trip to Sanlucar

    10 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We took the bus this morning from Jerez to Sanlucar de Barrameda. The buses in andalucia are brilliant, always on time and this 45 minute journey cost just 2 euros each. Sanlucar is a small city at the mouth where the river Quadalquivir joins the Atlantic ocean. Its famous for its sherry, manzanilla, its seafood, especially prawns, and horse races on the beach.

    It was well-off in the times of the Spanish exploration of the new world, and Colombus and Magellan sailed from here. It's the 500th anniversary of Magellans first voyage around the world so there are posters everywhere about it.

    We had a look at the spectacular beach where the horse racing takes place, then walked through the old town to visit the cathedral, built in 1360, where Colombus and Magellan prayed for safe journeys. Had a look in the central market, which is full of many, many, types of shellfish, and lots of fish we'd never heard of , stopped at our favourite manzanilla bodega, had lunch in the sun in the Square and got the bus home. A great day out!    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Picking oranges
    Poor man - what happened to his head?

    Jerez cathedral

    11 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    It's still sunny every day although today there is high hazy cloud all over, and tomorrow we could get some showers. This morning before it got too hot I walked across town to the alcazar (castle) and then to the cathedral. Its one of my favourite places to visit, its horrendously over decorated (the Spanish seem incapable of leaving a square inch of wall without carving something on it), but it's wonderfully light and airy and peaceful. I discovered some bits I hadn't seen before, and outside workmen were harvesting the last seville oranges from the park outside the castle so the air was full of the smell of oranges. They have to pick them before they all fall off otherwise the roads and pavements are covered with squashed slippery oranges.Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник

    Covid and technology

    12 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    When we arrived it was a legal requirement in Spain to wear a face mask not only indoors public places but outdoors as well - and virtually 100% complied. People on the streets all wore masks all the time, only taking them off once sat down in a bar or restaurant. On Thursday this was relaxed to only being required in indoor spaces but over half are continuing to wear them in the street.
    Yesterday was the first time we were required to show our covid pass to enter a restaurant, previously we have sat indoors and no-one checked. We carry them everywhere and it was a relief to find that the Spanish phone app that scans our UK issued QR code recognised it and gave us a big green tick. In Greece in September it didn't work and we were turned away.
    A much less welcome use of technology is that many restaurants have dispensed with printed menus and expect you to scan a QR code on the table to view the menu on your phone. We had never done this before so at first pretended we didn't have our phones with us so the waiter lent us his phone to see the menu. We have since worked out how to do it but really hate it. It is difficult to read on small phone screens and difficult to discuss what to have and share when looking at separate screens across a table. I fear when covid is no longer an excuse, they will continue this malign technology to save printing costs.    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник

    The cloisters next door

    12 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    There used be a monastery attached to the church in the next square and a few years ago the cloisters were in bad state of repair. They were taken over by the city council, refurbished and are now a really beautiful event venue for concerts weddings etc. And it is just next door - we can even see the roof of the refectory from our terrace. And until yesterday we didn't know it was there. After a visit there we walked across town to stock up sherry from our favourite bodega in Jerez. I think we've got enough now to keep us going till christmas!Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Themain stadium in Jerez
    Jerez Industrial

    A football day

    14 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    First I went to the lunchtime match at Jerez Industrial , the third team in Jerez, came back for lunch and to get the bus across the city to the stadium which is shared by the other two teams, Xerex DFC and Xerex CD. When we first moved here years ago Xerex CD were bankrupt and DFC were their replacement so DFC (deportivo football club) became my club to support in Jerez and its nice to be able to see them again.

    Industrial lost 0-1 and DFC drew 1-1 having played with 10 men most of the match. Still a good days fun and a pleasant walk home into the setting sun.

    (The less said about Barnet the better!)    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Alcazar walls and tower
    Setting up the stands

    Alcazar

    15 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    I spent some time walking through the alcazar (castle). It's a place I enjoy, and I wanted to check it before the kids arrive next weekend. Mostly it's only the walls that remain but they can walk along some of them and there are big open spaces to run around in.

    Council workmen are busy this week putting up stands for people to use at Easter. Its a while off yet, but Easter here is a really REALLY big thing. There are processions every day in Easter week as every church in the city (and there are a lot!) brings out its huge floats, first of Jesus then of Mary. They are huge, and heavy enough that can take up to 100 men to carry them through the narrows streets. The local papers give maps every day and times of which procession is going where and the streets are completely packed with crowds watching them well in the early hours of the morning    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Mmm!
    You can see how close it was to the sea. Now farmland!Beach at el puertoTapas bar in el puertoWhy do we like it so much? It's owned by our favourite bodega!

    Getting ready for the kids

    18 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    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,Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник

    Kids leaving tomorrow. Boohoo!

    25 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Lunch in the main square in the sun for the last time as we have to drive to seville airport first thing tomorrow. Finlay tried mussels and said he liked them but there were lots left at the end, so I think he prefers clams. He also got stuck into the padron peppers, mild green chillies roast and spread with sea salt.Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    Sun mosaic from a set, with the moon and planets
    Amphitheatre, it could seat 25,000 peopleTigerOne of a set of colourful birdsBread ovens - they look ready for pizza!

    Italica

    26 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Having taken Natalie and the kids to seville airport and seen them off, we drove northwest of seville to visit the remains of the roman city of Italica. We were here over 20 years ago and remember the spectacular mosaics of a very rich roman city. Then it was completely open and we were free to wander around at leisure, but today we were disappointed to find large sections roped off entirely and other parts subject to restrictions and timed entries. The mosaics however are still wonderful.Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    The labyrinth
    Ariadne and bacchus

    Bacchus and Ariadne

    26 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    As I'm currently reading the myth of Bacchus and Ariande, I was pleased to find a huge mosaic telling the story.

    Ariadne was the eldest daughter of King Minos of Crete. Every year Athens had to send a tribute of 6 young boys and 6 young girls, that Minos would send into the vast underground labyrinth which held the bull-headed monster of the minotaur. Theseus, Prince of Athens, came with one years tribute and, with ariadne's help entered the labyrinth and killed the minotaur. She fell in love with Theseus and when he left she sailed away with him,but he abandoned her alone on the island of Naxos.

    The god Dionysius (Bacchus) took pity on her and, enchanted by her beauty, married her.    Читать далее

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJEREZ 2022Путешественник
    The main gate into town originally Roman then Moorish
    Moorish Alcazar behind the gateOrange garden of the church, like in SevilleMecieval builing on the Plaza MajorPlaza MajorStreet with the door to our Posada (lovely B&B) on right

    Carmona

    27 февраля 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    We stayed overnight in a really pleasant town to the east of seville, Carmona. Turns out this is quite a well-off town, and has been from before roman times, a local civilisation known as Turdetani, with an economy based on olive oil, wine, wheat, and cattle. It was an important roman city, then visigoths, then Muslim , before the present day one. As a result there are roman remains everywhere, and the present town centre is built on top of the roman city. Just outside the old city walls is a huge roman necropolis with some outstanding tombs, and tomb offering goods.

    Overall we really liked Carmona, it was a good place to wander around, a good discovery!    Читать далее

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