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Hostal La Giralda Rota

Avda San Fernando, 34 Rota, Andalusia, 11520, Spain and Canary Islands

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3000 Year Old City

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... the taxi driver correctly, he said the Battle of Trafalgar took place there. I will have to confirm that.

We walked through the castle and took several photos. There were numerous art shows on exhibition too. We left the castle and walked to the taxi stand. At the taxi stand was a monstrous tree. Actually, there were two trees. We asked the driver what kind of trees they were. He said they were ficus trees. He also said they ...

Jerez

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

Jerez, the sherry capital of Andalucia and probably all of Spain, is a cute but dirty seaside town about an hour from the ferry across the straight to Africa. It is non descript but offered a decent stop to explore the old quarter and sample some local food. I finally found a leather jacket (I've been looking for one for several years now). It wasn't the smokin' deal I wanted but still on the lower end of all the ones Ive looked at in the past ...

Christmas Base of Ops

A travel blog entry by tlvice

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... Gateway Lodge.

At the main gate to the base, we stopped to obtain a pass for our vehicle. This time, because of our license plates and our diplomatic passports, we were told we could just pass through.

The staff at the lodge were very friendly. While we were checking in, one of the men printed out the weather forecast for our stay. We have two rooms here, both nicely appointed. There is a bedroom, bathroom, ...

Thanksgiving in Rota

A travel blog entry by tlvice

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... we plan to shop there to get some of our Christmas bargains. Other businesses on the base that made us feel at home included Subway, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Baskin Robbins. It was like a little piece of the United States.

Rota has a spectacular lighthouse which is just across the street from the Port of Rota. On this particular day, the weather was either cloudy and rainy, or there were spectacular ...

Solo uno mes mas!

A travel blog entry by anniemac7

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... it was made of two different materials. The top part was made of limestone because it weighed less and was less expensive. However, by now it has started to crumble, so there are nets on the top half of the Catedral so nobody gets knocked out by the limestone. There is a crypt at the bottom of the Catedral, where there is a statue of the Catedral's saint, Santa Victoria, as well as her blood. We walked ...

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