Today we went to Cádiz. Just a quick day trip. We didn't see anything too exciting. But the weather was nice and Cádiz has beaches so we were all over that. We took an 11am bus and it took us about an hour and a half to get there. Then we walked around a bit. We found the cathedral and were able to take a quick peak inside but to really see it you had to pay which we didn't want to do. We did pay to go up in the tower of the cathedral because it promised a nice view of the city. It was kind of cool and the view was nice and it did point out some different landmarks that could be seen.
But a large chunk of our time was spent just relaxing on the beach. It wasn't really hot, but it was warm enough. It was kind of windy so that made sure you never got too warm. But the sun still felt awesome and the ocean was so pretty. It was just a fantastic way to spend the afternoon. Instead of trying to describe it, I'll just let you look at the pictures and be super jealous ;)
We came back on the 6:00 bus, but before we went to the bus station we wanted to get some ice cream for a perfect end to the trip. We saw these kids with ice cream cones but we could not figure out where they got it. So we got our ice cream from burger king... but it was delicious and satisfied my craving so it was all good. Got back to sevilla a little before 8 I believe. Then made the long walk back to the house in dusk when it was not nearly as warm as it had been that afternoon. And I was looking super touristy in my flip flops. Spaniards don't believe in wearing sandals until summer. And apparently it really has to be summer like probably june or something. You can't just dress for the weather. That would make too much sense.
But anyway...we ate dinner a little after 9 but I wasn't by myself this time because there are two girls from switzerland staying with us for the next 10 days. (the other girls are in morocco this weekend and won't be back til late tonight, that's why I've been eating alone this weekend) But while they live in switzerland only one of them is even part swiss. Her mom is swiss and her dad is american and the other one is polish american and was born in new york and lived in florida and china and poland. I know the one's first language is english and it might be for the other as well. That's what they speak with each other. Although it sounded like they might at least know some french as well. But I wonder what kind of school they go to and what language they would speak there. My guess would have been german. I think they said they're from Geneva, but I don't know what part of switzerland that's in. Now I'm going to have to google switzerland. I'll be interested to learn more about them. They're really young though. I never got around to asking them how old they are but you can just tell. I would guess maybe 13 or 14, 15 tops. And they've only been studying spanish for like a year and a half I think they said. So they're pretty brave I think. It's been cool getting to meet these high school students that come and go.
Ok, hopefully that's enough to satisfy ya'll and partially make up for the long absence last week. I'll try to do better this week and I'll try to do something interesting at least once so that if I do post it will actually be worth reading.
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