Cádiz
Drove to Cádiz via the crossing between Harwich and the Hook of Holland. Quite a long drive, almost 1200 miles, stopped off in Bayonne in France and Trujillo in Spain where we met up with Luis a fellow diver, "nudibranch hunter" and avid bird watcher. It's his home town and is very beautiful.
In Trujillo we stayed in the local Parador. Very medieval, expected Don Quixote any minute knocking at the door.
Cádiz, one of the oldest continually habituated cities in Europe. It was founded by the Phonecians. In the 18th century, the Port in the Bay of Cádiz consolidated as the main harbour of mainland Spain, enjoying the virtual monopoly of trade with the Americas until 1778.
It is like a lollipop on the end of a stick like peninsular. A maze of very narrow streets with fantastic architect. You can now cross a bridge to get into the old town. The new town has spread down the reclaimed land of the "stick"and there are modern hotels and facilities. All in all a wonderful place.
It is like a lollipop on the end of a stick like peninsular. A maze of very narrow streets with fantastic architect. You can now cross a bridge to get into the old town. The new town has spread down the reclaimed land of the "stick"and there are modern hotels and facilities. All in all a wonderful place.
We went to Cádiz I could attend language school for four weeks and avoid the English winter. We visited Jerez de la Frontera to visit "Tio Pepe", a sherry bodega. Also visited some of the beautiful " white towns" in this region. Terifce was vey interesting, it's the narrowest point where Europe meets Africa and where the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
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