Exploring Andalusia
August 8, 2014
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Sevilla
The first stop of our trip is Seville. We immediately picked up the rental car at the airport in Málaga and drove to the Andalusian capital. We arrived at our apartment at «Calle Arfe», it was just a stones through away from the Cathedral and the river. I didn't knew that Seville's Old Town is one of the three largest and also oldest in Europe.
Plaza De España
Behind the wide and refreshing park of María Luisa lays this giant building. Each little province of Spain is represented with its names, maps and coat of arms.
Plaza De Toros
This is the oldest bullring in the world. I don’t really like this place, lots of suffer and death happens inside this circle.
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Arcos
On our way to Cádiz we made a short detour to «The White City». The wonderful, historic town of Arcos de la Frontera is located at a hilltop position and reminded me of old arabic and greek cities.
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Cádiz
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María’s apartment
We stayed on the 11th floor of the tallest building in Cádiz. So we literally had the best possible view to the cathedral and those amazing sunsets behind the white skyline.
Calle De La Palma
We discovered a street with many small restaurants and bars. Depth discussions and ravishing scents of fish dishes filled the air. We couldn’t resist and so we sat down at a free table of the «Taberna El Albero».
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Bodega Sandeman
On our last day in Cádiz, we decided to make a day-trip to Jerez de la Frontera. This region is known for vineyards that produce the famous Sherry. So we visited one of those dozens Bodegas and took part of a guided tour.
Degustation
Our guide taught us a lot about the production of the Sherries. It turned out to be very a complicated process to create those dry Finos or the sweet Creams.
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Gibraltar
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Top Of The Rock
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Runway Walk
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La Casita
At a beautiful and curvy road towards to Istán our hosts girlfriend Anna waited for us at a corner to an unpaved track, she then lead us to the small Lakeside Cottage downhill. The Casita is quite isolated from the outside world. Later the day our host Giles came home from work, and he showed us how to use the generator and how we could get warm water.
Embalse De Istàn
Unfortunately the lake was very low, cause of a dry winter. We could clearly see the original water level and our host Giles showed us pictures when he was kayaking directly to the yard in front of the house. Damn!
The Little Guard
Fifty was a lovely, young cat who is guarding the Casita from all small intruders. Her beautiful faded fur gave her the name inspired by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’.
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More To Discover
Andalusia is wonderful. Great food, best weather and nice people (especially the Sevillanas). But there is so much more to see, e.g. Ronda, Alhambra or Cordoba. I will definitely return, next time probably in september when all the big spanish «Feria’s» are. Olé!
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Locations
Sevilla, Arcos, Cádiz, Jerez, Gibraltar, Istán
Camera
Apple iPhone 5S, Nikon D600
Editing
VSCO, Lightroom, After Effects CC