Day 90, 2 October 2012, Arcos de la Frontera.... Three months on the go. After a wonderful 8 days in Arcos we are both a little sad to be farewelling it. It is ancient, quaint, startlingly white due to frequent painting, 20% of the old town seems to be for sale or rent due to the general misery of the Spanish economy, but it's been our longest stop since we left home. Over our time here we explored the old town with the assistance of a walking tour brochure pu...

Day 89, 1 October 2012, Arcos de la Frontera. The Chimney. The Apartment. St James, the patron saint of Spanish birds - Aside from leaving the house periodically for fresh air and to use the computer at the tourist office, another very peaceful day. We sat and enjoyed the sun and breezes coming up off the lake and eventually had a siesta. I was woken somewhat rudely by the sound of someone in the apartment. Which is pretty impressive given we're 3 floors up a...

Day 88, 30 September 2012, Arcos de la Frontera. Specifically, on the sofa. Thank the heavens, a rest day. Today's cover photo, courtesy of the internet, is Arcos´s second Church, San Pedro. And I mean the second church. San Pedro and Santa Maria were duking it out in the 17th and 18th century about who was numero uno church in Arcos and the Pope had to rule on it. St Mary's won. Apparently, goss, goss, it was such a big deal, that back in the day the pari...

Day 85, 27 September 2012, Dress up day, Arcos de la Frontera - Not Sevilla. When we woke up at 8 am after the best night´s rest in almost three months, it was so dark we almost rolled over and went back to sleep. But having checked the time we thought we should check the status of the Sevilla adventure - departure slated for 10 am (hideously early start). One look out the window confirmed that not only was Sevilla postponed for the day, it may well have wash...

Day 84, 26 September 2012, Feria de San Miguel, Arcos de la Frontera - We are truly on Spanish time now. By the time we were dressed and ready to roll it was onwards of 1 pm... We explored the local shops including a cheese store so ripe it was about to pop. The sun being well and truly up (apparently - we´ve brought heavy cloud cover and rain to the South of Spain...) we popped into a bar in a cave. 2000 odd years ago it was a hidden Synagogue and jews sough...