Serit Jerez De La Frontera

... most Boho hostel you'll ever set your eyes on. It was an amazing first-hostel experience, I'll tell you that. Blew away all my expectations! It was a tall slender building that was very old. The downstairs lobby/kitchen area had a large table and wrap-around seat with plenty of pillows and tons of space. Ok this is going to be way too difficult to explain, therefore, please just take a good look at the photos! Just know that they had really cool ...

... 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!

Today was the second and last excursion we did through Holland America. Jacqui had wanted to see the Andalusian horse show, and we could also get in a sherry tasting with it!

First off was the tour of the Gonzales Byass winery. I'm not a big fan of the normal sherries, but I love the sweet sherries. And it was cheap. I got a ...

... something to see. After the show we headed to another white village town called Arcos de la Frontera. This was another cobble stoned hillside town set among 2 churches and a convent. We had a nice lunch and walked around the town. The streets were narrow and tiny and mike did a great job of navigating through the narrow roads (he's getting much better)...we left and started our 2.5 hour drive from there to Nerja our destination for the next 7 days ...

... Spanish side wasn’t overly-motivated to make it easy for tourists to enter Gibraltar. It looked like at least an hour wait, and it was hot, so after a u-turn, and a picture on the way out, and ticked Gibraltar off the “Saw It” list and headed north, up the coast. But the history and symbol of Gibraltar as entrance to Mare Nostrum and as a wartime bunker were not lost on me…
Arcos de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands thedicksons

... complain. As we approached Seville we were reminded that this is the time for the April Fair by the many horses, carriages, riders and women dressed in their Andalucian clothing. How festive! You will see some examples in the following photos. We only had about three hours to spend in Seville, which really is not enough time - but we took advantage of the time we had and were off to a running start. Deciding between the Cathedral and the Alcazar - we ...

... ordered a wine or sherry to go down nicer with the delicate salmon and ham but my mouth automatically speaks the words" una cerveza por favor" both the ham and salmon deserving a delicate red or even a white to be washed down with. head back to the hostel for siesta but not before i have some fun with the camera and my very own photo shoot!! then wake in time for a quick walk around the block, i come across and procession mary or someone being carried ...

... your friends and go see a show. And its also really weird because you go see these guys on stage, and they are all tough looking and macho and amazingly good looking. But then they walk out after the show and they look puny and tiny. I wouldnt have taken a second look at them if they walked by me in the street. But they were so hot on stage... maybe it was the white suits. We saw the cathedral ...

... family´s rented out mansion, ate a kilo and a half of fried fish for dinner, and tagged along with his american navy and local spanish friends at night. Brittany confirmed her reputation as the funniest drunk ever, as she announced to the bar that her name has THREE syllables, cried about what a great mom she has, and rolled off her bed about 5 times back at the house.

... purposes! It wasn't just Paulo and I who had been attracted by the horses to come here. We started talking with a British girl who had come to Jerez with one of her friends just for the festival. How lucky was I to accidentally stumble upon this special event! J Once I entered the festival grounds, I realized soon enough how big of a deal this festival really is. Besides the fancy parades with ...