Today was a laid back day and we loved it. We also kinda needed some down time! We went into Rota this morning while Olivia was at preschool. The picture above is us on the boardwalk. Below is a picture of some residential coastline.
We went into town to see the puplic daily market.
Of course, Brian LOVED it. Once again, he loved seeing all the meat and seafood.
Heather went to her favorite vendor. That's how you do it here, even though most shops sell the same sort of thing, you find people you like and respect and give them your business. Here be bought fresh olives and fresh almonds!
What this picture doesn't show is that the seafood is MOVING!!!! YUCK! ( Brian says yum!)
Then we went to a Spanish grocery store in town to buy some wine, cheese, meat, and olive oil to bring home. Can you see the prices on this wine? 1 Euro 59. 1 Euro 53, even 1 Euro. That's less than $2 a bottle for amazing wine! We stocked up!
I made Heather and Brian stop so I could take a picture of their basket. We loved it. HEather only had meat, cheese, and wine. Brian's had wine, olive oil, vinegar, meat, and crusty bread. What a fun trip to the market!
Then we went to pick O up from preschool
Justin got home from work early and before he changed, I had to get a picture with him in his camo.
Then we got in the car and drove to Cadiz. Cadiz is only 40 minutes away and this week is Carnival- a 10 day celebration, similar to Mardi Gras. Cadiz has the 3rd largest Carnival in the world. Our goal was to get in and get out before craziness started.
Just like most towns around here, there were magnificent churches. We did not go inside because it was under construction.
THe streets were amazing- full of people and tons of little shops!
THis is the flower market. Most shops were closed for siesta but it was so cool to think they had a market completely dedicated to flowers!
Then we went into an archeological museum where you could see an active dig where they had discovered remains from the ROmans and the Carthagian era. This is a piece of art that was found.
WHo knows what this is but it was cool.
Here is the train station as visitors for the evening arrived in full costume. Most people dress up here, no matter the age. We saw infants in full costume and 80 year old men.
Every single street is lined with beautiful lights. It was great
Then we headed over to a museum to catch up real fast on some Roman Ruins and other stuff before we headed out of town before it got dark.
Another meal of cheese, meat, crusty bread, and lots and lots of wine finished our night. What a joy! We stayed up till after midnight and talked with our best friends- we loved it!
Today was a laid back day and we loved it. We also kinda needed some down time! We went into Rota this morning while Olivia was at preschool. The picture above is us on the boardwalk. Below is a picture of some residential coastline.
We went into town to see the puplic daily market. 
Of course, Brian LOVED it. Once again, he loved seeing all the meat and seafood.
Heather went to her favorite vendor. That's how you do it here, even though most shops sell the same sort of thing, you find people you like and respect and give them your business. Here be bought fresh olives and fresh almonds!
What this picture doesn't show is that the seafood is MOVING!!!! YUCK! ( Brian says yum!)
Then we went to a Spanish grocery store in town to buy some wine, cheese, meat, and olive oil to bring home. Can you see the prices on this wine? 1 Euro 59. 1 Euro 53, even 1 Euro. That's less than $2 a bottle for amazing wine! We stocked up!
I made Heather and Brian stop so I could take a picture of their basket. We loved it. HEather only had meat, cheese, and wine. Brian's had wine, olive oil, vinegar, meat, and crusty bread. What a fun trip to the market!
Then we went to pick O up from preschool
Justin got home from work early and before he changed, I had to get a picture with him in his camo.
Then we got in the car and drove to Cadiz. Cadiz is only 40 minutes away and this week is Carnival- a 10 day celebration, similar to Mardi Gras. Cadiz has the 3rd largest Carnival in the world. Our goal was to get in and get out before craziness started.
Just like most towns around here, there were magnificent churches. We did not go inside because it was under construction.
THe streets were amazing- full of people and tons of little shops!
THis is the flower market. Most shops were closed for siesta but it was so cool to think they had a market completely dedicated to flowers!
Then we went into an archeological museum where you could see an active dig where they had discovered remains from the ROmans and the Carthagian era. This is a piece of art that was found.
WHo knows what this is but it was cool.
Here is the train station as visitors for the evening arrived in full costume. Most people dress up here, no matter the age. We saw infants in full costume and 80 year old men. 
Every single street is lined with beautiful lights. It was great
Then we headed over to a museum to catch up real fast on some Roman Ruins and other stuff before we headed out of town before it got dark.
Another meal of cheese, meat, crusty bread, and lots and lots of wine finished our night. What a joy! We stayed up till after midnight and talked with our best friends- we loved it!
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But you are missing all the snow...
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