Jerez 2023

February - March 2023

A 34-day adventure by Tim Lynette Read more

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- Feb 1, 2023, 1:00pm
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686273, -6.13560436°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Day 1
Arrival
February 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
All the arrangements worked well and we arrived at the apartment in time to go out and get milk and bread for morning and went out for dinner later. Jerez is much as it last year but inevitably some of our favourite places are closed and empty, but I'm sure there will others yet be discovered.Read more
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- Feb 2, 2023, 4:31pm
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686243, -6.13559936°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 2
Sunshine!
February 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Yesterday we came via Barcelona. There don't seem to be any direct flight to jerez anymore and in the past we've come via madrid but madrid airport is huge and busy and chaotic - the London flights come in at one end of a very long terminal and the jerez ones at the very far other end so we always seemed to running through the crowds to get from one to the other. This time we flew with vueling and their terminal at Barcelona is new, quiet and very efficient. Much better! Even the bags turned up without going on their own holiday in Barcelona.

Today is sunny and warm, 17 degrees during the day, although a chilly 1 or 2 degrees at night. Breakfast was churros and chocolate, followed by a trip to the shops and round the market - as fascinating as usual. Lunch in the sun in our local square.Read more
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- Feb 3, 2023, 7:10pm
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686245, -6.13560236°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 3
Friday
February 3, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Another trip to the market to get fish for dinner tonight. We bought a big slice of marrajo (mako shark) and another of tuna. This coast is famous for its tuna, every year since time memorial the tuna have come out of the med and up along the coast of cadiz. The towns on the coast show this in their names ... Zahara de los atunes, Barbara de Los atunes ...

Afternoon in the sun .... I don't know how long that will last - Pete is coming for a few days next week from Zurich and at the moment the forecast is cloudy and showers.Read more
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- Feb 4, 2023, 9:37pm
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686318, -6.13551636°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Day 4
First few days
February 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
It's been a busy first few days. As the temperature is still low until about 11.00am we have spent the mornings shopping to stock up on all the essentials including visits to the great market. The supermarket we used most last year - just 5 mins away has closed down, bought by Carrefour, so we have been to the other 3 all 10 minutes away. None is perfect. It is irritating to have to go to different ones depending on what you need. However, these are minor irritations as we have, so far, been able to spend each afternoon on our beautiful terrace in the sun. We are so lucky to be able to relax in this lovely place. For some reason we are also sleeping incredibly well - don't know why.

This evening we went to one of our favourite restaurants that we have been to every year we have been here - Almacen. It is in an ancient grocers shop with beautiful carved beams and tiles. The food is pretty good too and tonight we couldn't finish what we ordered. Must try not to be tempted to order too much.Read more
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- Feb 5, 2023, 7:21pm
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686241, -6.13559936°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 5
Sunday - church and football
February 5, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Gentle day today. Lynette went to mass in the cathedral and coming out there was a procession and brass band. I went to see jerez third football club play a local Derby (which ended up 1-1). Not great football but sitting in the sun, blue sky, why not ! We met up for lunch in the sun in one of the little squares in the centre.Read more
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- Feb 6, 2023, 7:07pm
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686254, -6.13561236°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
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Day 6
Pete arrives
February 6, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
From our terrace we get wonderful sunsets, and this morning a full moon moonset! This morning Pete arrived for a few days from Zurich and we got back into Jerez in time for lunch in our local square.
Hope you're enjoying the weather, Pete! [Natalie]
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- Feb 7, 2023, 6:18pm
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.68627, -6.13562936°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Day 7
Watching the rain!
February 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yes - rain!

We went this morning to go a electronics shop to get a charger lead for Petes laptop. It turns out the Swiss plugs are completely different to anyone else, not like standard European ones or UK ones. Luckily the first shop we tried had the exact one , so we could go to chorros and chocolate breakfast happy. Then the clouds started to build up and this afternoon we had thunder and lightning and heavy rain. I hope it stops soon, we are supposed to be going out to eat tonight. It should rain all day tomorrow too, and clear up Thursday and be nice again after that.Read more
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- Feb 9, 2023, 3:38pm
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686245, -6.13559736°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 9
Visit the castle
February 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Pete wanted to visit the castle this morning so we walked across town to it, its only maybe 20 minutes walk . Its not much of a castle really but it's one of my favourite places to wander round. It's just the walls of the moorish city and some towers, with a small mosque and Arab bathhouse but its quiet and peaceful in the sunshine, and surrounded by a park full of orange trees.Read more
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- Feb 11, 2023, 3:58pm
- 🌬 17 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686238, -6.13560536°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 11
Pete gone. Armstrongs in spain.
February 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
We put Pete in a taxi yesterday to go to the airport, and he emailed us last night to say he was home again in Zurich. He seemed to really enjoy being here, even though the weather was poor.

Today Natalie, Andy, finlay and Emily flew from Luton to Malaga, picked up a hire car and drove to granada. They will stay there till Tuesday and then drive across Andulucia to us. At least the weather is now warm and sunny again.Read more
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- Feb 11, 2023, 10:00pm
- Altitude: 53 m
- Spain Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686245, -6.13560136°41’10” N 6°8’8” W
Day 11
Museum and flamenco
February 11, 2023 in Spain
This morning I went to the museum. I've been many times before but its nice to see my favourite pieces and find more.

This evening we took in some flamenco in our favourite flamenco bar, last year it was disappointing - because of the covid changes but now it seems to be back again. I think the kids will love it next week!Read more
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