2009 - NCL GEM - TRANSATLANTIC - CADIZ

OVERNIGHT, WE TRAVELLED SOUTH & TODAY ARE DOCKED IN CADIZ.

THE EXCURSION TAKES US INLAND TO ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA. ONE OF THE WHITE HILL VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN SPAIN & A STOP AT A SHERRY MAKING PLACE IN JEREZ.

WITH MAYBE TIME FOR A LOOK AT CADIZ.

ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA

JEREZ

WE ARE HERE IN JEREZ, FROM WHICH WE GET THE WORD SHERRY, FOR WHAT ELSE - A SHERRY TASTING.

I HAD BOOKED THIS CRUISE & THIS TOUR LONG AGO & ALMOST FORGOT I HAD.

SOMETIME BETWEEN BOOKING & LEAVING ON THE CRUISE I HAD GIVEN UP ALCOHOL & HERE I AM IN A PLACE JAMMED PACKED WITH THE STUFF.

WE HAD 4 BOTTLES OF SHERRY PER TABLE OF EIGHT OR TEN.

I DID TRY SOME.

FIRST A LITTLE TOUR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT...

MY MEMORY OF SHERRY IS RETIREMENT PARTYS AT WORK. OUT WOULD COME THE SHERRY. HORRIBLE STUFF & IT GIVES THE WORST EVER HANGOVER IMAGINABLE.

I GUESS THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE CHEAPO, CHEAPO STUFF COS THE SHERRY HERE IS DELIGHTFUL. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR I SUPPOSE.

SOME SEVILLE ORANGES IN SEVILLE? JEREZ - IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH

MOVING ON TO CADIZ - WAS THAT DRINKING ENOUGH TO PUT THE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS? NAH!

SOME FINE SPANISH ART LOOKING OUT ON THE OCEAN .....

DIDN'T COLUMBUS SET OUT TO FIND CHINA FROM HERE?

GOOD JOB HIS NAME WASN'T SOMETHING LIKE SHICKLEGRUBER.

SHICKLEGRUBER DAY

NOT COLUMBIA BUT SHICKLEGRUBER.

PRE-SHICKLEGRUBER ART.

JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT.

ANOTHER FINE DAY & TOMORROW IT IS GRENADA FOR THE FAMED - ALHAMBRA