Cádiz to Jerez de la Frontera

My time in Cádiz was spent buying walking poles, buying a SIM card for the phone, getting a room in a hostal (all the hostels were closed as it’s the off season), taking the poles back to exchange them and finding something to eat.....empanada atun and a beer. 

View from my room last night. 

This morning I took the catamaran from Cádiz to El Puerto de Santa Maria and cut off 40km of walking.  Apparently I walked only 15km but I’m feeling it. I think part of the tiredness is jet lag and part is that the route is  unfamiliar, not well marked and so you’re awareness level is up a bit. But I saw some great scenery. Had my first breakfast in Spain: tostados aciete con tomat y café con leche. 

The views of the harbour were beautiful as we left Cádiz. 

And here is my first spotting of an arrow. It was hard to spot from the other side of the road so I crossed and verified and relaxed. 

As you can see, the weather is fine. I started out with mitts and by 10am, I didn’t need them. By 11, I took off my coat and by 11:30 I took off my puff jacket and put my sun visor on. There was no place to stop between the two towns and I ran out of water about 30 minutes from a bar on the outskirts of Jerez so stopped and had water, beer and some seafood salad. 

I’ve just come back to the pensión (8pm) after walking around town visiting  the cathedral (Our Lord San Salvador), the church of Santiago, where the greeter gave me all sorts of advice but still wasn’t sure which was the correct route out of town. And then a dinner of tapas and beer. Huge mussels and stuffed peppers. 

Now a hot shower and bed.