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Austerity and decadence in Jerez
We arrived here in the small regional city of Jerez de la Frontera a couple of days ago. Jerez is known for its sherry production industry and Andalusian dancing horses. We're renting the most amazing loft-style apartment in a converted bodega where they used to produce sherry. This is the first town we have come across where the impact of the dire economic situation and the austerity measures here in Spain are visible and obvious. For example, the owner of this ...
Help me Ronda, help help me Ronda!
... away, will take a while to get to because the road is windy. We decide we will go there tomorrow. This afternoon we have to make a few Skype calls, which end up being fruitless because the embassy in Rome keep telling us they a busy right now and go away and call us another time......pretty painful given how hard it is for us to make a call in the first place! When we finish playing embassy games, we go out into Ronda once more and ...
Rain in Spain doesn't fall only on the plain
... and is a funny man. He checks us in then we go out to look at Ronda. After a bite to eat we go for a wander.....wow! Loving Ronda. What a beautiful little town and we take a bunch of photos. The new bridge is spectacular at night, but the streets are equally lovely. There are people wandering around and it feels like a very safe place to be. We think Ronda is pretty special, but you be the judge, I'll post some of the photos from ...
Day two, farmland, tunnels and flats
Having survived the day before we decided to give it a go for day two. We were a bit worried about the hills, but decided that especially since day 2 was mostly on a bike path (Via Verde) we would give it a shot. One thing is that the meters climbed for day one hadn't been listed for each stage so it was difficult to gauge how high the hills were that gave us trouble. On day two the altitude was listed and it seemed to be slighty uphill the whole way.
We got ...
Days end, first day cycling
... fish. So then I said the only thing I know how to say in Spanish about how the food is, which is "muy bien". That turned out to be the right answer and he stopped worrying. It's true it could have been better, but I have no idea how I would have explained that, and I figured that's just how they prepare fish there so no worries.
Following that, he brought a quite delicious limoncello-like after-dinner liquer. Between that, and the wine, things were looking up considerably. ...
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