Spain. We arrived and quickly realized that the concept of siestas was taken very seriously. The first day we tried to find dinner or food of any kind around 5:30pm after several attempts at sitting down at a restaurant and being told there was no food we finally gave up and settled on pastries for dinner. We were able to meet with my friend Lena and wonder around the small beach town of Cadiz.
Spain spanish is very different from the spanish I am used to. The pitch and pronunciation is very different. I struggled with commuting throughout the trip. We explored Cadiz went to the markets, and the beaches taking in the endless images. We walked along the seawall for the first evening and by the time we were finally ready for bed the little town was just waking up and getting ready for the evening. Children played in the streets on playgrounds and spent family time in the restaurants and bars with their families well into the late night.
We spent the second day at the beach in Cadiz and found a small space for ourselves in the crowded Spanish beach. The next day we journeyed into Seville a beautiful city about 2 hours north. We lost ourselves in the streets and explored for the day. We visited Seville Cathedral where Christopher Columbus is said to be buried. The Cathedral was beautiful and massive.
Instead of going straight back to Cadiz we stopped off in Jerez, the home of the Andalusia. We went of a Sherry bodega tour of Sandemen Sherry, and sampled Sherry. Finally returning back to the ship. With no time in between we arrived in Morocco today and are in port for six days.
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