Reading and Roaming
JEREZ Jerez is a city of about 200,000 people not quite an hour away from Seville. It’s in the province of Cadiz and is the capital of the sherry world. For Americans, the city name is pronounced nothing like it’s spelled, and my rendering of it is, “Hreth.” Also the Spaniards aspirate the ‘j” in …
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TRADITIONAL & WHIMSICAL Sevilla or Seville in English is a city of surprises. With about 725,000 people, it’s twice the population of Granada, yet not a huge city like Barcelona or Madrid. Our hotel is in the old town and once was a home that housed several families all living together. It has two courtyards …
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ARRIVING The scenic drive from Cordoba to Granada took us past groves and groves of olive trees for miles and miles. And up and down and around the mountain’s curving roads. The entire time was not quite two and a half hours. And then, suddenly, we were in a big city again, more Barcelona-like than …
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WHY CORDOBA When we arrived here yesterday and took a short walk in the old town, we saw large group after large group of tourists (not Americans, but Spanish, Asian, and others) following the voice or the flag of their guide. The town was busy and, so seemingly touristy, we wondered why Cordoba was on …
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