I walked around these 2 beautiful cities with 3 of my friends from the ship and enjoyed the atmosphere. The sidewalks and road where we were in Cartagena were made of marble – beautiful ! ! ! I got a chance to practise my Spanish and that was fun. We were only in Cartagena for a few hours and we arrived there so early that everything was still closed. At 10:00 a.m. the shops began to open. The clothing on display in the shop windows were very elegant and not as expensive as in Italy. Didn’t purchase anything. My shopping limit has already been surpassed.
We arrived in Cadiz early on Palm Sunday. There were a lot of processions and ceremonies being held in the local churches. They go all out here to celebrate Holy Week because it is a very Catholic country. Unfortunately I didn’t happen to be where the processions were held, but I did get to go into one of the churches during Mass. I had already gone to mass aboard the ship, so I didn’t stay for the entire service. Needless to say, the church was packed. All the locals were dressed in their Sunday best. It was easy to tell the tourists from the natives
I was very surprised to see that some of the shops were open in the afternoon. Again very stylish, beautiful clothes. We wandered about for 3 hours and then returned to the ship, because we couldn’t find a public bathroom. I got a very good impression of this city. The streets are narrow but clean. There are a lot of lovely plazas, where the streets come together and most of them have outdoor cafes where one can sit and people watch. We opted for ice cream cones so we sat on a park bench.
Tonight is our second last Formal night. The theme is “The Roaring Twenties” Here’s a picture of me taken with Paul.
We were given boas and fedoras to wear at the dinner table, so after dinner everyone looked more like they belonged to the 20’s era. These are some of my dinner table companions with one of the waiters (in in the back row) I didn’t wear the boa – too hot and itchey.
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