Ubeda, Baeza, Cazorla according to Phil

the green pottery of Ubeda

Jabalquinto palace in Baeza

El Salvador Church in Ubeda

Cazorla

    Cathedral in Baeza

Ubeda

Last Thursday was a holiday so we had a long weekend and decided to go to Ubeda, in the Jaen region.  My co-worker Cristina is from Ubeda and she and her husband were also going to Ubeda for the weekend so we rode with them.   Amy and I stayed in a campground outside of town but we ended up hanging out with Cristina and Luis a lot and getting rides with them as our campground was a ways out of town.  Thursday after setting up camp, Luis picked us up and a group of us went out for tapas and some typical plates and then walked around a bit seeing the sights in Ubeda and going in the El Salvador church.  We went out for tapas again for dinner.  We also ordered some side plates.  Friday, Pepe, Cristina´s father, gave us a ride to Baeza, a neighboring town.  Both Baeza and Ubeda are very old and have a medievil feel.  In Baeza we walked around and really enjoyed the cathedral, especially climbing the bell tower.  We returned to Ubeda via bus and went out for icecream as it was my birthday.  Amy couldn´t have any because of her milk allergy.  Friday night we went out for tapas and some side plates once again.  This seems to have been the theme of the weekend.  Saturday Cristina and Pepe were going to Jaen to visit Cristina´s sister so we rode along.  We went rock climbing on the cliffs beneath the castle there.  It was shrouded in fog all day, but fortunately it wasn´t too cold.  Sunday, found us going to Cazorla with Luis and Cristina with the express purpose to eat tapas.  Cazorla is a small town at the base of the mountains.  We had two Olympic platters which is a big plate of tapas with like 5 different tapas for each person.  Next we went to Luis´s uncle´s house for cafe and then returned to Ubeda and headed home.