CÁDIZ

As I write the post today, I am savoring our final sea day…… OH, how I enjoy sea days!  Don’t get me wrong, touring new sites and learning about new places has been really fun and rewarding, but sometimes it’s nice to have a break and enjoy the quiet, with no plans!  Plus, it gives me time to catch up on my blogs!  I’ve been trying hard to keep up with our adventures on a timely basis, but we’ve had FIVE days in a row with excursions and I’m way behind.  The ports we have visited lately have all been wonderful, so I do feel the need to write about each one and share photos.  We leave the ship in three days, so I know I won’t be caught up by then.  I don’t want to spend time writing when I could be attending one last lecture, one last lunch or dinner with new friends, one last cocktail hour, one last evening show……. You get the gist, too much to do with too little time.  As Martha would say, “It’s a Good Thing!”

With all that said, today I’m going to continue on, today talking about Vejer de la Frontera and Cape Trafalgar. We ported in Cádiz, Spain.  Cádiz is a port city on the scenic southern region of Spain.  We didn’t spend time in Cadiz, but viewed it as we passed through en route to our destinations for the day.  From the limited views from our bus, it appeared to be a beautiful city.  However, that being said, I can’t imagine it being more beautiful than the city, er town that we visited today.  We traveled about an hour south of Cádiz to Vejer de la Frontera.

Beautiful views from the bus along the route.  We loved the bull statue!

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“Vejer de la Frontera is a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cadiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate.  The town occupies a low hill overlooking the Strats of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves.  It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248.  Agricultural and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood and a running of the bulls is held annually.”

That’s what Wikipedia had to say about this town.. I say that it is beautiful, charming and the kind of town that I love to visit.  Almost all the buildings were painted white with multi-colored doors, narrow walkways of cobblestone and beautiful plants and greenery.  I really can’t give any more facts that this and each walkway and street looked just like the last one.  This would be a fun town to get lost in!  Enjoy the photos…….

There were a LOT of #7 door addresses!  Probably because there were so many winding streets!

Balconies make me catch my breath, especially filled with flowers!

Precious!  Little girls in Spain like to be princesses too!

Local church:  Iglesia Divino Salvador. Was built over a former Mosque.  Interesting!

 

I don’t know why, but I have always been captivated by unusual and charming doors….  This town did not disappoint!  Lots of  #7’s!  For those wondering about “why #7?”, well, #7 is my home address.  

7 Seabrook Landing 

After walking through all the beautiful streets and walkways and doing a little shopping, we headed back to the port but stopped at Cape Tragalfar on the way.  It was a beautiful beach with wind surfer kites and many beach goers.

I actually loved this part of Spain and if it was close to my grandchildren, I could live here.  Loved the winding walks, the White House’s, the flowers and of course the doors!  We shopped!  I bought a cute raffia purse, a necklace and a darling beaded zebra pin that I will attach to my straw hat!

Another great day!  Wow - too many to count……..