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Off roading in Cadiz

On our walk to the wine store last night, we saw there was a Marimekko exhibit at a contemporary art museum, and there is also a ferry to take to Puerto Santa Maria to have lunch over there, and yesterday I walked to Plaza EspaƱa and saw Casa de 4 Torres – which is a house made of four houses designed to look as one facade – with four towers, it was impressive. All this…

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A slice of the pie

Cadiz is considered the oldest Western city due to its strategic location dividing Europe from Africa. Yesterday, Tin and I went out for a little exploration that started blocks from our apartment in Plaza Fragela – where the great theater Falla and the University of Cadiz are located. Our destination, if we had one, was to check out the gym that offers pilates and other classes, but it was closed and suddenly we found ourselves…

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Don’t monkey around with Gibraltar

I’ve always had a romantic notion about the rock called Gibraltar because my second husband proposed that we marry there since we wanted to do it in Spain but Spanish bureaucracy made that near impossible. We took an excursion out to the rock while in Zahara de los Atunes – five cars of Spaniards – what a trip! We stopped at this restaurant to have a typical Catalunian or Andalusian breakfast (it was highly debatable…

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