Hello all! Sorry about the photos. We will hopefully get that figured out shortly. If not, you’ll have to wait till we get back! So we’ve been in Spain since yesterday. We awoke to an announcement telling us that we had reached Spain! It was an awesome sight to walk up the stairs and look out the window to see land! We are in Cadiz (pronounced GA-deeth… sort of, they have a rather strange accent here). It is apparently the oldest standing city in Western Europe. There are, of course, tons of plazas and old cathedrals, etc. The city was highly fortified, if that’s the right term, in the olden days, so there’s a wall around the old city which drops down into the ocean. Yesterday night we traipsed around trying to find a nice little bar to have some Spanish beer, but found absolutely nothing, but we walked VERY far, so at least we saw a good amount of the city! Today we slept in late and headed out to the beach in the afternoon. It was incredibly crowded and filled with super tan people. There was a wall/walk out into the ocean with a fortress of some sort on the end, so we walked out there. We also had a nice dip in the ocean, but the bottom was made up of pebbles instead of sand, so it hurt our fit a bit! Didn’t stay very long, its really hot, and we were hungry, so we headed back to the ship for an early dinner. We’ve been able to use our Spanish skills here, which is really fun, even though the people here have an accent which is incredibly different than what we are used to. We had a really nice taxi driver on the way back to the ship after the beach, so we decided to ask him where the bars were, and we got a great answer, so hopefully we will take it easy at a local pub tonight! We are currently sitting on the steps of the main cathedral in Cadiz, looking out on a small square surrounded by old buildings and palm trees and little outdoor tapas/wine bars. Its really windy right now, with winds as fast as 20 mph! There is free wifi in certain places throughout the city (mostly in plazas and parks), so we are definitely taking advantage of that! Miss you all very much! Please keep emailing, and for those of you that haven’t responded (you know who you are), you better respond soon because if you don’t, we may block you from access to this blog! ( Well I don’t know if we can actually do that, but you get what I mean).
xxoo Kiah and Rachael