Quercus Cádiz

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The next day was the official day we would be entering Africa via a ferry from Spain to the Spanish providence in Africa. There we stocked up on lunch supplies and alcohol due to the fact that Morocco is a dry country and we are quite the group of lushes. (Well at least a handful of us). The insanity of the amount of alcohol we had to get into the truck was awe inspiring. We were trying to cover six weeks’ worth of casual drinking for 24 people.

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... 5-0, so it was pretty fun to watch. After hanging there for a while we found our way to a "discoteca", or disco, what they call clubs. It was a lot of fun since there were a lot of Semester at Sea kids. We didn’t get back to the ship until probably 5 in the morning, which made our day of travel that started at 8 AM the next day pretty fun.

That day was filled with a lot of waiting for the bus, a plane, and another bus before finally getting to our ...

... so we set out to explore the coast westwards from the campsite. Quite close to the site were the ruins of Baelo Claudia, a Roman city and fish-salting base from the second century BC. About 2,000 people lived here and they were provided with a basilica, a theatre, a forum, a market, a thermal baths and four temples. These days they would be lucky even to get a post office. The ruins were nicely excavated and displayed and it was easy ...

... a wide-ranging subject focused on our port stops. Today and yesterday was political, travel and historical overview on Spain given by an academic from UVa named David Gies. in 2007 Prof. Gies was "knighted" by Spain, so I guess even that country considers him a good resource. :0) Anyway, I'm learning a lot from all angles, even before we've gotten anywhere. Last night Matthew's MICE class gave a concert on the 7 Forward Deck entitled Anemoi. He described it as a "Wind ...

... have the highest movie production in Latin America). It has been interesting to see and to learn about how much the USA influences other countries, even through cinema. We went shopping a few days and I spent the nice days reading in the park or different plazas. I started reading a book that takes place in Barcelona, The Shadow of the Wind, which is very good. We saw a Spanish movie, Ocho Citas (8 Dates ...

... there we headed out to explore the city. We went to the Plaza de Espana, where there was live music and an acrobatics show. It was a really cool place to be. We had a really nice time walking around and found a cozy little Italian restaurant to eat at. The food was delicious, and we ate a ton of it. We headed back to our hostel, to get some rest and call our families. We stayed up late laughing and enjoying each others company. The next morning some friends met us ...

... extraordinarily strong wind. However, Tarifa is known as "wind capital", so we should not have been surprised. We wandered up the street, making friends with goose-bumps. At last we reached Hostal Facundo. After much door-ringing and some confusion about our reservation we were let in. Sneeze wondered about renting a towel and, once again, I was angry at not being able to get beyond the most elementary handful of phrases.

... come out ultra rare. Don't really understand it but they don't seem to cook things here. weird! Spicy mustard, or deli mustard as we call it, is Mustaza Americana I think I spelled that right. crazy spaniards This week in studio should be interesting. We break off into groups to start our actual design process working with some of the spanish students. So I'll have to post back and let you know how that goes. Should be interesting.

Hi All, Thank you for all or your e mails and well wishes! We really enjoy going to the cafe and bringing up messages from home. Even though our travels are very exciting,we miss our friends and family. I guess it's my turn to write the travel log this time. The most stressful thing that Don and I have to argue about is what pictures go on the log. I guess I had better get to typing if I want some say in the picture selection. Here is Morocco from my ...

... thought we were dying of something terrible.) Very very ill and we hadn't drunk thaaaat much but we hadn't taken care with local water or condensation on the bottles. Thought to ourselves let's go out for some air. Get to the hotel gate & quickly realise you HAVE to let a local guy guide you or you will be plagued. So there was an old man style tea hut at the gate of the hotel where lots of guys hung out & the younger guys pounced on us so we picked one 'Myel' & explained ...