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The image above perfectly sums up the horse fair in Jerez: proud men on beautiful horses, huge barrels of Fino wine, and attractive Andalusian women in wild Sevillanas dresses…
Listen to the podcast, see all the photos in Flickr and check out the short video below…
The Feria de Caballos in Jerez (map) takes place every year at the beginning of May. We found details of exact dates at Andalucia.org
. You can also see a Spanish video blog from the event here.
Great podcast! Loads of atmosphere. Thanks
greytop
22 May 07 at 9:58 pm
Missed this year, but went the two previous years, some shots here,
http://www.pbase.com/abwhitt/jerez2006
Frank
22 May 07 at 10:16 pm
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks B & M.
Stuart
23 May 07 at 5:55 am
Maybe you could sell the fan on e-bay!!
celia stevenson
23 May 07 at 10:46 pm
Great pictures! It’s nice to see how people of all ages, sizes and social classes put in an effort to dress up and to look beautiful for the fiesta. I can appreciate this kind of cultural pride because it’s so sincere – these Andalucians are simply having a good time in a very Andalucian way!
Edith
27 May 07 at 5:09 pm
Nice use of the Ken Burns button in iMovie!!
Gary
27 May 07 at 7:26 pm
[...] Yesterday was regional elections day here in Spain. The general opinion is that it was a bit of a draw between the big guys, the PP and the ruling PSOE. As I have far more fun analyzing wild Spanish Fiestas and Tapas, I thought I should leave it up to other eminent Spain bloggers to let you know exactly what went down. [...]
Regional elections in Spain - Notes from Spain: Travel, Living in Spain, Podcasts, Forum and Photos
28 May 07 at 9:31 pm
Just curious: what exactly is a pingback, and what is its purpose?
Edith
1 Jun 07 at 7:17 pm
It let’s blog owners know when people have linked to one of their stories/posts. In this case I linked to my own post from the regional elections one, and it left a message in the comments here to tell me so – a pingback.
Ben
1 Jun 07 at 7:59 pm
[...] It didn’t feel brave, it felt completely insane! Anyway, the photo on the right is me at the Jerez sherry fiesta in May this year, in my element, en mi salsa, feeling pretty damn good about having made that move. [...]
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1 Sep 07 at 5:23 pm
Feria in Jerez!!! What can I say, WOW!!! I was there in 2004 or 2005… Can NEVER get enough of feria…
nealsoto00
9 Sep 07 at 11:57 pm