Goodbye Spain!

Yesterday was pretty low key. We decided not to go out of Cadiz and walked around for a little while during the afternoon. However, we went to lunch first on the ship and were approached by an older couple. This happened to be Gretchen and her husband Ray. They are from South Carolina. They asked to sit with us and to talk so we kindly let them join us. This is there 5^th and last voyage. They were on the Fall voyages of 99, 02, 04, 06, 09. They have seem much of the world, but they wanted to experience it one last time and because this voyage was so extremely special. So that cut about an hour out of our day. It was very interesting what she had to say about some places I am visiting especially Varanasi in India. She said she has not been there in 10 years, but would never forget it. So, I’m pretty excited to live that experience too. After leaving the ship a little after 1230 we went to search for a few souvenirs and to kill some time. However, in Spain they have this time called Siesta time which they close all stores at 2pm and do not reopen to 5pm or after. At this time they all go home and take a nap. So, it’s tough in the afternoon to find something to do. We came back to the ship and I sat outside on the deck for awhile. Then, we ate a little bit of dinner on the ship and went to take naps. We met up around 9 and started out journey to find the bars of Victoria Beach in New Cadiz. The bus in itself was an experience. I’ve never been so close to another person in my entire life. And they just kept letting people on and on and on. It was so cramped; thankfully we were close to the door so when we had to get off it wasn’t difficult. We roamed around for awhile before finding a restaurant to have a little bit to eat. We tried the Ham that the interport lecturer had told us about and it was delicious! I also had the lamb and that was really good too. Then, we got some kind of fried fish all different types on a platter, most were very very good too. After, we decided to look for a bar. We found the bar Woodstock which was the same name of the bar in Old Cadiz. We went in and had a beer then decided to move on. So, we went to the bar that was on the beach and had 2 beers. The beer of Cadiz seems to be a beer called Cruzcampo and it was really good. So, then the lights go out and they tell us bar closed at 2am. So, we finished our drinks and were on our way to find the bus stop. However, the streets were dead and there were no buses to be found. We then decided to start walking back to the ship and finally got a taxi. It was an experience to say the least. This took us about an hour of our time between walking and finding a taxi to get back to the ship. Today is our last day, kind of came so quickly! We went to the food market for my friend’s food and culture class and then we went and finally tried Paella. It’s a type of rice that has vegetables, meat, or seafood in it. I tried the seafood one and it was really good. Later we found Gelato which I had yet to try and I absolutely loved it. The food in Spain was delicious, although the area wasn’t too good for tourists. We sat at outside at a resturant and had one last Cruzcampo before boarding. Now, I am back on the ship and we leave around 6pm and will be in Morocco Thursday morning. I’m excited for the next country, but sad to leave Spain so soon.

PS. WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE A DOG HERE? I've never seen so many in my life.