CONIL AND CADIZ

Buenos Dias,

Early post from us this week.

Bull tartare is a meal too far even for me, Andy & Jude. But I did enjoy a toro stew. The weather is improving but the rain of March has provided us with a wonderful array of wild flowers along the cliff walk.

Cadiz is not one of the most exciting cities in Spain. Even for museum/galleryites like us, the main museum is an underwhelming collection of not very interesting artefacts and pictures: the second museum, unless you have a specialist interest in the Cadiz Constitution (1820-23) you may be wise give it a miss.

There are a lot of narrow passageways, a cathedral (under repair), a few churches and a pleasant walk along the city walls but not a lot to detain us.

Conil is a very Spanish resort. Lots of good restaurants (great seafood and fish: still waiting to try sea anenomes), more bars per square metre than I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), loads of posh hotels and a variety of rooms and villas to let. Outside of the campsite, tourists are nearly all Spanish. Few people speak English and most menus are monolingual. Although the tourist office speak English, none of their pamphlets have been translated.

The old town winds it way up narrow streets from the seafront,

but there is not much to do in the town other than eat and drink. There are a lot of interesting (though desperately signposted) coastal walks to attempt along with a few cycle paths. It is currently caracoles season in Conil which I intend to enjoy and report on next week along with a view on the sherry bodegas of Jerez to which Pauline in particular is looking forward. I may throw in a quick midweek post if the mood takes as internet access is a bit sporadic so I may take advantage if all is working.
Hope all is well back in the UK (and elsewhere).

Adios
J&P