Villajoyosa, Spain
Villajoyosa translates as ‘Joyful Town’. When there is a chocolate factory in town why wouldn’t your town be full of joy?
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Elche, Spain
Tens of thousands of palm trees and the exclusive ‘Misterio de Elche’ play are just two great reasons to visit Elche.
Alicante, Spain
We celebrate our one-year milestone of continuous travel this month and find our life has been enriched beyond measure.
Costa Blanca, Spain
Live classical music on the street below and a bottle of cava from our host makes a lovely first impression.
Bustling Barcelona
Barcelona has been in the news recently with demonstrations for and against Catalan separation and demonstrations regarding ‘overtourism’. We have focused our explorations primarily on beautiful southern Spain but despite the tensions in Barcelona, we wanted to make a brief stop in this north eastern city.
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Sevilla, Spain
Sevilla is a majestic city and we are thankful we saved it for our final destination in Andalusía. We often awoke to the soothing sounds of horses clip-clopping past on the street below.
Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera or Jerez is known for its flamenco, horses and sherry but this wonderful town of Spain has much more to offer. There are castles and magnificent churches and where we were introduced to the “Secret language of the Spanish fan”.
Spanish Hospitality
In a previous blog, Celebrating Sherry in Jerez, we mentioned we met a wonderful couple, Lola and Pepe, one evening at a sherry and food pairing event. So began a few weeks of the four of us enjoying wonderful adventures together. Continue reading “Spanish Hospitality”
Cádiz, Spain
We have spent 3 weeks exploring Jerez de la Frontera and felt it was time to spread our wings. The city of Cádiz, home port to the Spanish Armada (navy), beckoned and is just a short 30-minute train ride south.
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Celebrating Sherry in Jerez
If you plan to visit the lovely city of Jerez, you may want to be here during the Fiestas de la Vendimia de Jerez, the Sherry Festival. When planning our travels months ago we read about this festival and, as we didn’t know that much about sherry or this region of Spain, we had to add it to our travel plans.
Our Tapestry 