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Day 14 - Saturday January 31, 2026 - Cadiz Spain

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I had a lovely day today.  My tour left at 8:45 am by bus for the town of Jerez and the Tio Pepe bodega.   Sights as we drove to Jerez Salt pans.  Salt from the ocean bring dried This is where my knowledge of the definition of bodega went wrong. I was sure I knew it a bodega was and that I had picked a tour that would take me to shops or shopping. Well, when you look up the definition of bodega, the alternate definition is a winery. Oops. So our first step on the tour, about a 45 minute drive was to the TO Pepe winery where they make sherry.   Before our tour, we walked around the small town of Jerez Looking at all of the squares and churches. It’s a small little town and very pretty. There were some Andalusian horses hooked up to some carriages. The owner of the carriage and horses allowed some to sit in the Carriage for free and have their pictures taken. The old fortress near Tio Pepe This windmill, belonging to the Tio Pepe winery is in the Guinness Book of World...