Prestige Palmera Plaza Hotel Cádiz

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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 ...

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 ...

Hello again, Sorry it is taking me so long to get these done, im not even sure if anyone out there is looking at them.. oh well, here i go again trying to remember what has been happening!! So we arrived in Cadis after a short bus trip, We were told that it was a beautiful beach town, we arrived to a big party hostel full of Hippies very friendly people!! the fist thing i noticed was were werent allowed to fluch toilet paper... not something im used to ...

... few hundred feet, was very picturesque. It took all day to make the trek.

Next day, we drove in the opposite direction to the coastal city of Cadiz. This became the landing site of all the Spanish fleet returning from the New World with their riches, beginning with Columbus’ 2nd voyage. Cadiz is also the oldest city in Western Europe (1100BC) having been home to the Phoenicians, Greeks ...

... I was happy that the bus from the train station got quite near to the hostel because well..woman alone in the big city of Sevilla, with a temperature of I don't know 36?, a huge suitcase on wheels and a bag on her back and a horrible sense of orientacion, would rather want to arrive at a hostel soon. Using the shower I euphorically yelled and shouted and thanked God for the terrific blessing of a good shower. This was paradise after just one week of standing in rows too long ...

Woensdag EINDELIJK laatste examen, ale ja eindelijk, kheb er wel maar twee gehad, ma dan nog, als ge op erasmus zijt, dan zijn da er zelfs twee téveel! Soit, ook al punten gekregen van Engels = 18.50/20. Woensdag nog wat int oude gedeelte rondgehangen, terrasje gedaan in de volle zon aan de Catedral, aaaah zalig! Dan onze fietsen teruggebracht en met de bus naar het appartement gegaan. Tegen kwart na acht de bus teruggenomen naar het oude gedeelte en daar gaan eten in een ...

... naar Oostenrijk. Hij was 78 en nog steeds gezond, dus het kwam wel ff hard aan. Dan nog een paar anekdotes voor deze week: Ik zat maandag in de les en vanuit een van de klaslokalen zien we uit op een lager schooltje en plotseling viel het me op, dat er kindjes op het dak liepen. Wat blijkt, daar is de speelplaats gevestigd! Was me dat even verschieten. Dan deze week krijgen we constant enquetes om in te vullen. In Antwerpen moeten we dat ook doen over de vakken ...

... bartering....which I´m horrible at.... 50+ people in lines for churros... Haven´t tried them yet because of the lines, but they must be good right?? Then everyone goes to mass, and then it´s a MASS exodus to the beach...you thought the beaches were crowded before..... ALL the shops close up, except for a few, which are CROWDED..... so THAT´S why the supermarkets were packed on Saturday..... Ok, well, I´m ...