....is Espana!!!! I love it here and I don't want to leave ever! I hopped on a bus and we toured the amazing, breathtaking Spanish coastline with its bright blue water and fine sand. Then on the tour, we hit the Rock of Gibraltar! After getting off our first bus, then walking through the border control (because Gibraltar is a colony of the UK and is not technically Spain), we got on a second bus to ride up to the top of the rock! There were monkeys everywhere! I couldn't believe it--they would just run right up to you! Needless to say, I got some fantastic pictures of me with various monkeys, as well as various pictures of monkey butts! ; ) We also went inside the rock where there was a cave! It was really cool.
When I got back, I took a siesta (I'm in Spain, after all!) and then one of my roommates, Liz, and I hit Cadiz! We walked around and saw the city. The Spanish stay up all night and sleep all day! And I'm not kidding, at midnight, there were still young children with their families everywhere! We did as the Spanish do, and tried the famous Sangria and ate tapas! It was a lot of fun! I have some great pictures, too. At one place we went to, a British couple was sitting next to us, so we talked to them for a while. It was fun to talk to someone in English! The Spanish refuse to talk to you in ingles, even though the tourist industry demands that they know the language, and they do. But they still are very proud about their culture and language. It makes me want to brush up on my Spanish so I can come back and stay forever! I say that now, but everyone says you will say that at every port, that you want to stay forever. We'll see if I want to stay in Ghana forever!
Today, I slept in, as I haven't had a day where I could sleep past 7:00 in over a week (which is NOT okay when they constantly keep advancing the clocks!). Then, I'm going to get lunch on the ship to save some euro, then walk around Cadiz with some friends. Tomorrow, we leave for Seville!
OMG--so I lost or misplaced 20 euros! I was really upset because it is only the first port and I'm usually really good about that stuff. I was wearing a money belt too, so my only thought is I dropped it somewhere. I guess I will just have to be more careful on the rest of the trip. I can't believe I've only been on the MV Explorer for a week; it feels like home already.
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