Sherry Tasting and the Andalusian Horses

Trip Start Jan 01, 2009
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Trip End Dec 31, 2009


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m/s Noordam
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Flag of Spain and Canary Islands  , Andalusia,
Thursday, October 22, 2009

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 bottle of the sweetest sherry called "Nectar" for 8 Euro.  I really didn’t like their regular sherry though.  They were pretty cool though.  When celebrities or royalty come visit, they have them sign a barrel of Tio Pepe instead of signing a guestbook!  And they have a family of mice that are sherry connoisseurs.  One of the distillery workers 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.
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