Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Schedule: Open day

Hello everyone. So it has been an amazing adventure that I have had in Cadiz, Spain. You all are probably so eager to hear about everything since I haven’t uploaded anything till now.

Today was my last day in the wonderful city of Cadiz. This morning I went to the fish market and had the best time of my entire trip thus far. The people were so welcoming and friendly. They all saw my camera and instantly wanted their pictures taken. I had such a blast. There was water splashing, bones cracking and lots of yelling going on from the vendors. I felt so absorbed into the environment that I couldn’t help but enjoy myself. I hope that you enjoy the images as much as I had taking them. I talked to several of the vendors and even when I didn’t understand them they still wanted to talk to me, it was fantastic.

Finally the last thing that I did in port was head to the beach. I walked along with some friends, picked up some sea glass and put my feet in the water. It was so hot today. The beach was covered with couples, kids, and grandparents. Also an interesting thing that I feel somewhat jealous of is the fact that the women are so comfortable in their skin. Women of all ages, shapes, and sizes went topless. It was so cool and so refreshing to see. I was completely moved.

As we walked quickly back to the boat to meet the on ship I snapped my last few photos of the beautiful town of Cadiz, Spain. I have Polaroid’s hanging in my room from the few days I had there and it is nice to be able to have those up so I can reminisce already. We pulled out from port at 1800 and headed to Gibraltar. I had a funny picture of myself with my hair all-windblown because holy cow is was like 30 mile an hour winds on deck 7. It was so much fun to be up there with the other students, faculty, and the kids. We all stood there as the sun went down remembering all the memories that we have created in Cadiz.

Oh oops. I accidentally had a Coke today. Sorry.