Cadiz - October 12

Today we arrived in Cadiz under dark clouds and threatening skies. It’s Sunday and Columbus Day to boot. We originally wanted to go to Jerez de la Frontera, home of the sherry industry and the Spanish Riding School, but everything is closed on Sunday. Instead we decided to wander around Cadiz. The ship was docked right downtown, so we set out with our rain gear. Despite the steady rain which began to fall, we walked through the narrow cobbled streets to the Cathedral which is quite pretty and to the sea wall that extends around the city on the opposite side from the harbor. Some of the streets were very picturesque with the typical Spanish wrought iron balconies, many with flowers and plants. We stumbled upon the area around the market , which was closed of course, but the area around it was bustling with people going into Tapas bars for lunch. As the rain was coming down pretty hard we headed back to the ship. Along the way a beautifully restored old car pulled up to a building in front of us. The car was decked out with tulle bows on the doorknobs and inside were a bride and groom going to their reception I suppose. Later in the day the rain stopped and we walked ashore again for a little while and took a picture of the old car. Late in the afternoon, just before we left, the sun came out and we had a lovely sailaway.