¡cádiz!

 

bienvenido a cádiz! 

today was our little day trip to cádiz, which took about an hour and a half by bus to reach this coastal town. it's a little smaller than sevilla and i loved it. we got there are took a tour of the different plazas and cathedrals before beach time. (yes. i could appropriately sing "vamos a la playa...")

the colors, i really love them. 

(barking dog was an additional perk of the tour. he could definitely get right through those bars.)

women dressed up for a wedding! we've seen so much of this already...and seeing everyone so snazzily dressed doesn't get old. these women have bold-colored shoes & bags & dresses & hairpieces that match perfectly. it's awesome.

 

 who do you think trims these trees? dad, can you pull this off?

 

and this little niño was just too cute not to photograph. the pigeons, not so much. but they're freakin' everywhere. even on the beach. they don't like sand kicked at them. i tested that out.

the way to the top of the tower of La Catedral. italy's towers all were teeny, narrow, spiral staircases. not here! ramps! i think this is because they took horses up there. don't ask me why. this reminded me of that book where the cow went up the stairs, but couldn't get back down. no one knew what i was talking about... mom. what's the name of that book?

FROM THE TOP! BEAUTIFUL & BREEZY

then we walked along the water. cádiz is a penninsula...so there was a port side, where all the big boats came in, and the beach (playa) side!

and i obviously had to include the kermit graffiti (SO happy to see this, by the way).
fun fact: "kermit the frog" is "rana gustavo" in spanish. that's his name!
i knew rana means frog (thanks señora redford!)
and then it was free time. score. time for beaching...

i wont show you the picture of my sunburn. that's almost too painful to look at. no...it's not that bad. but i definitely got some defined marks from where my suit was and was not. whoops!

plans for tomorrow? first day without a despertador (alarm clock).