I know that it has been a while since my last post, but I spent parts of the last two weekends in C�diz, Spain and wanted to wait and write about all of it in one post. Sorry for the wait! Like I said, two weeks ago I took a day trip with my study abroad program to C�diz and absolutely fell in love with the town. Our guide told us that it is around 3,000 years old! It is also considered a twin to Havana, Cuba, and they filmed the James Bond Die Another Day movie there (it’s the one with Halle Berry). They also have a huge celebration for Carnaval. C�diz is about 1.5 hours from Seville by bus, and it is a popular beach destination for many sevillanos. It was definitely my favorite day trip so far, so I decided to go back this past weekend, too!
During the first trip, we climbed the cathedral tower to see a beautiful view of the city, walked through the streets, and then spent the rest of the afternoon laying on the beach and getting ice cream. The cathedral is in this first photo.
Here is the view from the top!
A table full of sea urchins! I had never seen these in person before. On a side note, C�diz is known for having incredible seafood tapas, and I have to agree with that.
The next two photos were the view while we sat on a wall eating packed lunches.
I loved this day trip to C�diz so much that my boyfriend, three friends, and I decided to go back for the following Friday and Saturday (last weekend). It was another amazing weekend, even though hardly anything went as planned. This started the minute we stepped off of the bus and were told that the hostel we booked wasn’t actually in C�diz. We were a little worried until we found out that we would just have to take a boat to Santa Mar�a, which was the location of our hostel. We thought this sounded pretty cool and decided to go on an adventure!
We had planned to spend two full days on the beach, but never even made it on Friday because of the situation with the hostel. However, it was completely worth it! It was a beautiful hostel, and we stayed in a room with three bunk-beds. After exploring our new little town, we cooked a huge Italian dinner, made sangria, and relaxed for the rest of the night. This was especially fun because we don’t have many opportunities to cook together in Sevilla since all of us live in different homestays. We had a great night and met people from around the world. We shared our sangria with Germans and played with a hilarious 7 and 1/4 year old Irish girl. She was very particular about her age and never wanted to leave our sides. This was mostly due to the fact that she had a crush on my boyfriend, which was both funny and adorable. Before finally going to bed, we decided to build a fort in our room with the bunk-beds and sheets and all slept under it…yes, we are all five years old. It was an amazing hostel experience, and I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard during an entire night. I literally had tears streaming down my face.
The next day, we finally made it to the beach in C�diz! The following photo was taken on the beach last Saturday, and the tide was extremely low due to the large moon. You can see where the tide normally comes up to, and you can really see the difference if you compare this photo with the one above that was taken just one week earlier.
After the beach, we walked back to catch the bus home and grabbed some seafood tapas and ice cream along the way. This was our view of the cathedral on our walk back!
I loved C�diz, and I definitely recommend it!
Location: Cádiz, Spain
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