Hotel Los Jandalos Jerez Jerez De La Frontera

... and got ready to go out. Thinking I was back in L.A., I brought a red dress and heels with me. Everyone else had decided that the beach was a casual place, so flipflops and jeans would be perfect. Trust me, you'll notice the contrast in the photo I post! Anyway, we walked around the small city until we settled at a tapas bar. Cadiz is a very small city with little cobblestone streets and antique looking buildings. We walked around the ...

... and Cameron Diaz in it. I hope they get a part! Lunch was interesting and kind of like eating in a Chinese restaurant as the plates just kept coming! After lunch we said goodbye to the sons and continued walking and finally ended up back at the ship but not before taking a rest in the Plaza DE Espana across from the ship. When we were there the park cat ladies came by and fed the wild cats who were pretty friendly. Great ending to a very nice day!

... set up a little ladder so that the mice could drink the sherry out of a wine glass!


Then we went to the horse show. Very similar to what the Lippanzaner Stallions do. It was…an experience…but I don’t think I’ll ever go watch something like that again. But I can at least say that I've seen it.

We got up really early (for us vacationers). It was about 8:15am. We decided we would drive 2 hours to a city called Jerez de la Frontera to see the famous dancing horses of Jerez. The tour guide said it was worth the drive... We arrived to another city. Not as big as Seville, but a city nonetheless. Shae was super excited to see the dancing horses. The show started at noon and lasted 1.5 hours. Shae lasted about 20 minutes - which was pretty good for her ...

... on top of Moorish towers…who went for water?!

Of course the Spanish would never use the word "Gibraltar" until you're practically under the famous rock. They’ve always been in a snit that the Brits never have it back. Driving down a causeway towards the backside of the Rock, we got to the checkpoint border. Traffic was backed w-a-y back waiting to get through; I got the impression ...

... 500 square meters - 126 meters long and 83 meters wide. The transept is 37 meters high and the Giralda is a total of 98 meters in height. What I really wanted to see was the Tomb of Christopher Columbus although the High Alter is quite spectacular. The High Alter is 65 feet high and has a total of 44 scenes depicting the life of Jesus. It is carved out of chestnut and walnut and is covered in gold leaf. It was amazing. The organ has 7,000 pipes and is ...

... process, this is called the drink of the angels. some of the barrels we past are signed by famous people, i feel like getting my white chalk out of my pocket and scribbling away!!! liz taylor, oliver *********** seyena, wiston churchill, 42 million litres are made from this winery!! so much history, with the first grapes being pressed in 5th century bc, william shakespear comending the vinos to boot, even the arabs dabbling in the craft even though ...

... so cluttered and looks like it must have been his mother´s house, but he was too lazy to redecorate when he inherited it. There was pink everywhere and there were enough fake flowers to open up a shop...not that anyone would shop at it. The best was the kitchen. On the fridge, he had written in red marker all over it things like ¨NEVER OPEN NEVER¨, ¨DANGER¨, ¨NO TOUCH¨ and then it was duct taped shut! The other appliances all had ...

... just to sit in one spot and observe all the well dressed but incredibly drunken people that come there. I still can't believe that I accidentally arrived in Jerez right when horse festival began. Had I shown up a day later, I wouldn't even have been able to get a room at any hostel in the city -they were all booked because of the event. For that reason I couldn't stay there any longer either. That was okay though, I had seen enough of Jerez for this time.

... skills. This is the town in which I spent 6 weeks on a sabbatical from work trying to learn Spanish... Well, I definitely acquired a liking for afternoon siestas, long evenings enjoying the wonderful Spanish red wines and beautiful Spanish sunsets, thought the language lessons still need to continue!