We have officially left Portugal and are now back in Spain. The difference is very noticeable and I am not happy!!
Our current first night is a campsite at Santiago do Compostela to do some internet stuff – again!
Basically the satnav has failed and not having this abroad is a major inconvenience.
June 2009.
Stayed at the campsite Camping Aldea, which was adequate. They have a nice restaurant though. The only reason to stay here was paragliding at Matalascanas. El Rocio is the site of an annual religious pilgrimage. We did not go there in the motorhome as we were told that the roads in the centre are [...]
On our visit to the Sandeman Bodega we learnt some sherry facts.
Palomino Fino is the most used sherry grape and yielded Fino sherry. This juice is fortified with additional alcohol during fermentation to give a 15 degree alcohol level. In the casks a layer of yeast grows and this acts on the grape juice (biological [...]
June 2009.
Stayed at the campsite Playa Las Dunas in Puerto de Santa Maria.
We arrived late to a very empty site. The next morning was get a taxi to the ferry dock in Puerto de Santa Maria to take us to Cadiz. There were some waves and the catamaran hulls did not do so well with [...]
May 2009.
A stop of convenience on the southern Spain coast. Campsite: Camping El Pino a 3 of 5 star rating. The Spanish receptionist had lived in Brighton for 3 months (as many Spanish have we discovered) and the shop was run by Brits. There were lots of Brits in that area. Quick move on, ha, [...]
May 2009.
Stayed at Camping Sierra Nevada. Due to the size of our motorhome we were directed to a pitched that was basically on the side of a gravel area that looked like a boules/petanque area. Then we even got that wrong and parked incorrectly as I discovered when a German knocked on the door of [...]
