Los Cantaros El Puerto de Santa Maria

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

Today was the second and last excursion we did through Holland America. Jacqui had wanted to see the Andalusian horse show, and we could also get in a sherry tasting with it!

First off was the tour of the Gonzales Byass winery. I'm not a big fan of the normal sherries, but I love the sweet sherries. And it was cheap. I got a ...

... 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 ...

... came out of the safe port in Cadiz. British naval-battle tactics were fast and aggressive, cutting through the French line and reining hell into the lightly defended aft of the French ships; the cannonballs mowed through everything up the length of the ship, leaving a bloodbath – then turning to deliver mercilessly broadsides to the crippled ships. Flotsam & bodies washed up on Cape ...

... years ago and many of the people were overjoyed to see him. I don't know how they became such good friends considering that Jim can only speak ten words of the language and they don't seem to speak any English. We went on an hour long ride through the countryside, past some huge wind farms. We arrived at an exquisite coastline and some ancient Roman ruins. After touring the ruins and museum we got back in the caravan of 12 or so ...

... in de smaak, Camellia zei 'you are the best host I've ever seen'. Van Magdalena en Janin hebbek oorbellen gekregen, van Lisa chocolaatjes (wel geen belgische ma soit), van Kirsten een ketting en cakejes, van Baffi en Ramus een fles schuimwijn of champagne denkek en een zelfgemaakte taart, ze heeft ni zo heel veel smaak, ma bon tkan er door, tis nl gemaakt door twee duitse mannen, da wilt wa zeggen dus haha! Om elf uur gingen de duitse meisjes door en ...

... we willekeurige vakken kiezen, bestond uit erasmussers. Opvallend is dat er hier kei veeel duitsers zijn man! Vandaag int school ook een meisje uit Londen leren kennen = Camillia, echt n tofke en ook een duitse = Christine. Wa kei grappig is, is da hier op elke hoek van de straat een bank is met bancontact en er kei veel apothekers zijn, kheb er nog nooit zoveel op zo'n kleine plek gezien, ni normaal! Wel goe natuurlijk, ma tis eigenlijk wel wa overdreven! Wak ook kei lastig vind, zijn ...

Since this is the last one of these and I unfortunately have finals coming up, I am going to keep it short and sweet! Basically Spain was a lot of fun!! I traveled independently with some really good friends, we saw and did some really fun stuff and just had a good time. It was really bitter sweet for me being the last port and all. Getting back onto the ship on the last night was really emotional for a lot of people, including me. I have had such an amazing experience and ...

... was sorted out and I tried to sleep during the ride. I arrived home at 1pm and slept until 830pm. I do not have school tomorrow, thankfully and I don't think I will ever be doing Cadiz again. Supposedly, there is usually a ton of musical groups but because of the rain, most did not show up. A couple (literally, two) drumming groups walked to different plazas and played and that was AWESOME. Had there been more of that, I would have enjoyed it MUCH more. I ...