Madrid to Cadiz

 

 

 

Grand Plaza, Madrid

 

 

 

 

Faye stops for some vino

 

 

 

 

Incredible works of art in the Prado Museum

 

 

 

 

More refreshment needed

 

 

 

 

Boarding the LTV high speed train to Seville

 

 

 

 

Rocketing through the countryside at 135 mph

 

 

 

 

Beautiful country blurred by speed

 

 

 

 

Seville's great cathederal

 

 

 

 

Mandatory early morning coffe and crossants

 

 

 

 

Hotel lobby

 

 

 

 

Cathederal Plaza

 

 

 

 

Ready for touring, Cathederal Plaza

 

 

 

 

The only way to see Seville

 

 

 

 

Another palace...

 

 

 

 

Civilization at its best - a coffee bar in Seville

 

 

 

 

Chic shopping botiques

 

 

 

 

Antiques

 

 

 

 

Spanish lace and leather

 

 

 

 

Moorish architecture restored

 

 

 

 

Seville residential back street

 

 

 

 

Typical side street

 

 

 

 

Tile art on the street

 

 

 

 

Puerto de Santa Maria train station

 

 

 

 

Superb seafood meal, Puerto de Santa Maria

 

 

 

 

Cadiz beach

 

 

 

 

Entrance to one of Cadiz's parks

 

 

 

 

Inside a park in Cadiz

 

 

 

 

Beautiful tile wall interior of Jerez de la Fronteria train station

 

 

 

 

Detail of tile and brick exterior Jerez train station

 

 

 

 

Central plaza - Jerez de la Fronteria

 

 

 

 

Main prominade of Jerez de la Fronteria

 

 

 

 

Entrance to the Pedro Domecq bodega

 

 

 

 

Plaza between Pedro Domecq cellars

 

 

 

 

Deep into the cellars at Pedro Domecq

 

 

 

 

End of tour refreshments await - from Fino sherry to Carlos Premiero brandy

 

 

 

 

Gasp - where are the wheelchairs for our trip back to the hotel?

 

 

 

 

Tile prayer stop - Our Holy Mother

 

 

 

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