Spain week five, day seven

Friday May 30th 2008

Hacienda, Villamartin, Spain

A thunder storm first thing this morning for several hours and the possibility that we wouldn't be able to go out anywhere today. But we decided to take a chance on going to Jerez - if nothing else we could visit our nearest hypermarket and re-stock with some of the things we can't buy locally.

But as we passed Arcos, the weather started to improve and was fine by the time we got to Jerez. So another decent sight seeing day was in order. Fiona had her trusty guidebook to hand and a good plan for the day.


Sherry barrels and blue-flowered Jacaranda trees

The facade of a building that featured Julius Caesar on the left and Hercules on the right - I forget what it was

The main entrance to the Cathedral

A statue of the founder of the Tio Pepe sherry bodegas in front of the cathedral

View of the Tio Pepe bodegas with the cathedral behind

The only disappointment on today's itinerary was that the Alcazar was closed for some work of some sort and doesn't re-open until next week. But we enjoyed the cathedral, had a delicious plate of seafood in one of the squares and another good day out.

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I did get a parking ticket though, and the instructions on how to pay were really complex even though they were translated into English. It would seem I could pay a charge at the ticket machine and enclose the ticket for this in a little envelope into a letter box below the machine. I have no idea if I did this correctly or not.