Al-Medina Golf Hotel & Spa Cádiz

... and colors inside!
The owner, who was a tall American woman with long red hair who wore a long gauzy skirt and most definitely went bra-less, explained the rules to all of us. The kitchen was communal, as in all things in the fridge that were not labeled were up for grabs, and breakfast was coffee, tea, and oatmel. In Cadiz, the plumbing is horrible so you can't, ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT, flush anything down the toilets. I don't think any of us ...

... to communicate. We were able to watch Flamingo dancing at the center in town as there was a special performance that night and the star was a young man who grew up in Cadiz and Loly and her husband have known as a child. After the show we went to lunch with Sergio and Oscar their sons. Oscar is older and speaks a little English and looks just like Jon Vaglio. Crazy. That morning both sons were at a casting call for a movie to be made with Tom ...

... set up a little ladder so that the mice could drink the sherry out of a wine glass!


Then we went to the horse show. Very similar to what the Lippanzaner Stallions do. It was…an experience…but I don’t think I’ll ever go watch something like that again. But I can at least say that I've seen it.

... something to see. After the show we headed to another white village town called Arcos de la Frontera. This was another cobble stoned hillside town set among 2 churches and a convent. We had a nice lunch and walked around the town. The streets were narrow and tiny and mike did a great job of navigating through the narrow roads (he's getting much better)...we left and started our 2.5 hour drive from there to Nerja our destination for the next 7 days ...

... like a baby in a cradle. Puts me right to sleep, but I love my classes and professors. I’m in Multicultural Detective Fiction, Interpersonal Communication, Intro to the Solar Systems, and Global Studies. 

Our cabins are SUPER small. The twin bed is about half the size of a normal twin bed. My roommate is nice; her family came from China when she was 14 and now works in a Chinese restaurant in Arizona.  Talk about a change! There is a ...

... from the retreating Moors in the 14th and 15th centuries. Arcos is about 50 km. inland from Cadiz on the coast.

on driving: The directions said “Get to the top by the palace lookout” but with scant directions on how to do so. I have a photo of our Ford navigating the town’s tight alleys…..there were 3 fingers of space between stone walls and the car’s outside ...

... As if you can't lend a bit of money to get that paid. So I said 'Ok.' And that was pretty much that, until she started complaining about the fact that she didn't get the money back she had paid as a guarantee for the hostels. When I said that was only 10 eu she even started pouting and begging me to transfer 10 eu on her account since it was only 10eu and she was in some money trouble now. I remember saying something like 'I am not that crazy' and turn around. So I went ...

... they transcend time. I walk on cobbled streets through throngs of bodies, at times I am carried by the movement of the whole. The street lights suddenly go out. There is a communal gasp of surprise and excitement. The entire plaza, filled with people, are hushed, holding their breath in anticipation. Hooded figures in long black cloaks move silently forward, bearing signs and symbols and six foot candles, an enormous silver crucifix and burning incense ...

... en we zijn er mooi door met 8.75/10. Applausje voor mezelf, dankuwel :-) Woensdagnamiddag zijn we onze huurauto gaan halen, want we gaan donderdag en vrijdag een roadtrip maken naar Gibraltar, Marbella en Ronda! Vermits we dat via het internet hadden vastgelegd, moesten we dus gaan uitzoeken waar da verhuurcenter ergens gelegen was. Ik had het opgezocht op het internet en die kaart zei me dat het in het nieuwe gedeelte was, ok kei ...

... tiny staircase leads up to the second floor. On all the floors part of the hallway is made with see-through tiles! -very uncomfortable when you walk across them! The second floor has the small dorm rooms (4 people in each), and two bathrooms to share. I moved to one of those dorm rooms today, instead of the ****** beds, which my back really didn't like, in the large 10 people dorm rooms. They do cost twice as much though, but are also that much more comfortable. The ...