Hotel Argantonio Cádiz

... say that we didn't make the mistake of forgetting this rule and had to go fishing in the toilet! She took the girls upstairs to the terrace - where we would be sleeping in hammocks under the stars. It wasn't until the next morning when everyone woke up with mosquito bites all over that we realized why this seemingly tranquil accomodation was so cheap!
We left our stuff at the hostel and made our way down to the beach. I am happy to say that I ...

So today we didn't have an excursion because we had our own private tour guides in Rachel's host family from three years ago. They met us at the pier and were so happy to see Rachel it was great! They took us on a walking tour of historic Cadiz and we had breakfast at one of their places they like and we had churros an coffee with milk. Loly knew everyone we walked by it seemed and although they spoke no English and we speak little Spanish we were ...

... 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.

... show was actually really good - she just got very bored, very quickly. you see one horse dance you've seen them all...Mike took her outside to play in the courtyard. The arena is set in a beautiful garden with a fountain. They had a ton of fun running around the garden and I thoroughly enjoyed the dancing horse show. There are 8-12 horses and horsemen who come out in the arena and do the most amazing horse dances all to beautiful spanish music. It is ...

... our huge backpacks and it was all locals. We decided to try the jamon (ham) that our professors from Spain had spoke so much about. When they brought it out it looked like raw bacon. The waiter told us that you use your hands to eat it. We were worried that he was messing with us so we would look like stupid Americans! The jamon was ... interesting? That night a lot of the ...

... farly uneasy to see a million of trains packed with dressed up, stoned and half-conscious people; they were shouting, dancing and staggering on the station, dashing towards the city centre. When our train finally arrived, delayed over 2 hours, it was stinking so much of sweat and alcohol that its windows were steamy and everything was sticky. I considered thanking God for the air-condition that helped to sort it out.

I was back home almost at midnight.

... up and back about 10 times. He was pulling himself by his hands, but kicking his floating feet just like real swimming. That was neat to see. I know i said I'd put up photos of our cabin today, and I tried to take a few, but our room was too cluttered. I didn't want to put that up. I'll get to it soon, but suffice to say, we've got a pretty awesome setup. Wehave a "suite on the very top floor (7th), which has a bedroom area and a living room area (but essentially in the same ...

We left Barcelona, Mike going one direction and Sophia and I the other, at 10 pm on the 14th. We arrived in Cadiz, three busses later, at 7 pm on the 15th,( but we did get to play in the park and savour the scent of the orange blossoms in Seville on our way)! I am learning tricks for sleeping on trains, planes and automobiles. After traveling through so many countries I am finding it difficult to speak, even in English. There is a multi-lingual traffic jam in my head ...

... totaal gn koud gehad int water. Nu ja, als ge zo heel den tijd bezig zijt, hebdet ook al warm dus ja. Veel foto's heb ik niet genomen, enkel na het surfen, want er was ook niet veel om foto's van te trekken, want ik had al moeite om op mijn plank te blijven liggen. Ik ben een paar keer rechtgeraakt op mijn knie, maar verder ook niet. Ik heb vooral veel onder water gezeten (dus van mijn plank gevallen) en veel water binnen gekregen. En ja de Atlantische Oceaan smaakt ook ...

... moustache and her muscular upper arms! The bus drove past the harbour on the way out of the city, past the enormous cruise ship docked there. If it wasn't for the orange rescue boats on the side of it, I would just have taken it for being another hotel with a fabulous view! It was a long drive on the windy roads from Câdiz to Algeciras, and then further on to Marbella on the Sun Coast. At least two hours ...