Jerez 2023

februari - maart 2023

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- 12 feb 2023 22:19
- 🌙 13 °C
- Hoogte: 53 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686273, -6.13561636°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Dag 12
Sunday and the storks arrived
12 februari 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Sunday today so a quick walk to buy a newspaper. There used be one place where I could get English papers but it seems to be closed so I have to put up with the diario de jerez.

Then a stroll around the cathedral, which is pleasant, without being grossly OTT as many Spanish churches are. And in late evening a football match at my favourite local team, xerez deportivo. When we first came here they were newly formed and played in the bottom local league, but since then they have been promoted five times, and now playing in league 2, the fourth level of Spanish football. But now they are fixed in the relegation zone so not so good! They scored in 20 seconds, and held out till the 75th minute, and ended up 1 -1, which doesn't really help much.

While I was watching the game, the sky was filled with storks flying in from Africa, there must have been thousands of them!Meer informatie
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- 13 feb 2023 19:43
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 45 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera 36.6949, -6.124736°41’42” N 6°7’29” W
Dag 13
Strange weather
13 februari 2023, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Last year we were here for 4 weeks and we didn't see any rain. The weather was mostly warm and sunny and predictable- you could rely on the forecasts.

This year it has been totally unpredictable. We had a few lovely days when we arrived but as soon as Pete was here we had rain, heavy clouds and cold. Poor Pete - he came to escape the cold in Zurich.

Since he left we have had some warm sunny spells each day but also much cloud and also it has been really windy - orange warning winds.

The weather forecasts have differed depending who you look at - we usually use BBC and Accuweather and they are usually reliable - but they also change each day so it's impossible to plan ahead. We just hope that Natalie, Andy and the grandchildren get some good weather whilst they are here - but some are forecasting rain on Wednesday 😣Meer informatie
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- 13 feb 2023 20:01
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
- Spanje Andalucía Puerto de Santa María, El El Puerto de Santa María Bodegas Gutiérrez Colosía 36.59329, -6.22882736°35’36” N 6°13’44” W
Dag 13
El puerto de santa maria
13 februari 2023, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today we took a 10 minute train ride to El Puerto de Santa Maria, just down the river from Jerez and on the coast. Its where Christopher Colombus was supposed to sail to America from, but the port wasn't owned by the king who wanted to take credit for the trip so he made them sail from Sanlucar, a bit further along the coast. The Duke of el puerto funded one ship, the Santa Maria, and filled it full of produce from the area, including barrels of sherry!

There is a small castle in el Puerto which was a moorish castle and mosque and is now a private castle. In all the years we've been we have never seen it open for visits - but today it was so we managed to get a look around. It's only small, but it's been done up really well, so worth the wait. Then lunch in a favourite tapas place just along the river, owned and run by the daughter of the family that owns one of our favourite sherry bedegas Gutierrez Colosia.

In the meantime, Natalie, Andy, Finlay and Emily had a guided visit around the alhambra in Grenada. They come to us tomorrow afternoon.Meer informatie
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- 14 feb 2023 12:00
- 🌬 17 °C
- Hoogte: 53 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686289, -6.13557636°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Dag 14
Armstrongs arrive
14 februari 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Natalie, Andy, finlay and Emily left granada this morning, driving to jerez and stopping in ronda on the way. Ronda is a lovely little town , perched on a spectacular gorge.
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- 15 feb 2023 13:07
- Hoogte: 53 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686263, -6.13560236°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Dag 15
A day at home
15 februari 2023, Spanje
Fresh orange juice for breakfast, followed by churros and chocolate, and a walk around the fish market for finlay to buy clams and Andy to buy wonderful slices of red tuna.

We cooked the clams and the tuna for dinner. Finlay just loves clams!Meer informatie
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- 16 feb 2023 21:45
- Hoogte: 14 m
- Spanje Andalucía Rota Plaza de Jesus Nazareno 36.622604, -6.36364436°37’21” N 6°21’49” W
Dag 16
Beach day at Rota
16 februari 2023, Spanje
After breakfast Andy and Natalie picked up Emily and Finlay and drove out of Jerez to spend the day at the fantastic beach at Rota, about 30 mins drive away. Lynette and I walked across Jerez and went to Rota in the bus and met them on the beach. The buses here are marvelous, although they less frequent than they used to be, the bus to Rota was only 2 euros each!

Lunch in the sun on the prom in time for Andy to give us a lift back to the bus station for the afternoon bus back to Jerez.

In addition to a huge wonderful beach, Rota has a huge US navy and marine base so you can sit on the beach and watch the ships going in to the base, or over the bay to the port at Cadiz.

Tonight Andy and Natalie have a dinner out at one of Jerez's best restaurants, which they have been to before and absolutely love.Meer informatie
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- 18 feb 2023 11:04
- Hoogte: 53 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.686287, -6.13562536°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Dag 18
Flamenco with the kids
18 februari 2023, Spanje
We took the kids to our flamenco bar last night which they loved. They were dancing in the street afterwards on our way to a restaurant.
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- 18 feb 2023 15:00
- Hoogte: 9 m
- Spanje Andalucía Rota Atlántico 36.624998, -6.37309736°37’30” N 6°22’23” W
Dag 18
Last day with the armstrongs
18 februari 2023, Spanje
For their last day here, Natalie and Andy thought they would go to the beach again, but although they went and spent a couple of hours there, it was very windy so they came home again. In the evening we took Finlay to a book shop where he had seen a book he liked (in Spanish - he's learning at school!) And then on for a last meal together. While we were there a float went past with maybe 20 men underneath. They were practising for the easter parades when they carry huge silver statues of the virgin mary around the city, which are immensely heavy!Meer informatie
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- 19 feb 2023 16:24
- Hoogte: 45 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera 36.6949, -6.124736°41’42” N 6°7’29” W
Dag 19
Sunday on our own
19 februari 2023, Spanje
The Armstrong's left at 6.30 this morning to catch the plane home from Malaga 2.5 hrs drive away. Not without drama - the exit barrier from the car park wouldn't rise so the remote assistance told us to lift it manually which with some effort we did and they escaped.

I went to mass at the cathedral today as usual but the place was packed, with plastic chairs in all the aisles and chapels and only standing room in the remaining spaces. I don't know what the special occasion was but there were 5 bishops and over 50 priests there. After mass there was a procession through the streets of Jerez with groups carrying hundreds of banners and a band! They seemed to be from parishes all over this part of Andalucia - I heard groups from Chipiona and El Bosque. I think they were the confraternities that take part in Semana Santa but there were none of the big heavy statues today.

It has been very quiet in our apartment this afternoon and we are already missing our visitors.Meer informatie
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- 21 feb 2023 16:39
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 53 m
- Spanje Andalucía Jerez de la Frontera Lustau 36.68626, -6.13560236°41’11” N 6°8’8” W
Dag 21
Going on holiday!
21 februari 2023, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Just for a couple of days.

Tomorrow morning we will catch the bus to Sanlucar de Barrameda, a journey of maybe 45 minutes. Sanlucar is a town and port on the estuary where the river Quadalquivir meets the ocean, and is famous for its manzanilla, a type of dry sherry like fino, which is supposed to get the tangy taste of the sea in it. The town is also famous for it's seafood.

We should arrive in time for lunch, then a doze in the sun, before going out again to one of the restaurants along the river front. On thursday morning we have booked a tour and tasting at one of the manzanilla bodegas before lunch and our bus back to jerez. I'm going to need a good diet when we get home!

Friday sees the start of the Flamenco festival. Its a big thing and the city is already filling up. Last year we took the kids to one of the early shows, but the best ones are only on very late, starting at 10 or 11 pm. I don't think we will be going to any this year.Meer informatie
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Reiziger So pleased to see you are having a lovely time x sheila
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