Matalascanas y Cadiz

Hola bloggers!!
 Well lets see my birthday has passed, and I don't wanna talk about it... it was not the same, which is why I will be celebrating my new birthday when I come back Marchy 27th, where I will celebrate American style. After that I was in an odd funk for a few days but this amazing weather truly brought me back up! I've been going by the river and sitting outside to finally work on my tan. Yesterday I took a trip by myself to Matalascanas, which is a beach only an hour away. The water was cold but nonetheless I tried to get over and swim around, I gave up swimming after my legs turned purple. I learned three things about the beaches in Spain. 1) Bathing suit tops are not required for the ladies. 2) Children never wear bathing suits 3) Men wear short shorts as bathing suits. Three things very different from the US. I attempted to wear no top but I was too timid to flip onto my back with all these no-boobed Spanish women and with my mountains. (Which have gotten smaller thank you) But maybe next time. Oh and ever since Chenoa went to get her eyebrows "waxed" and all they did was pluck we wondered "How do they do bikini waxes?" Well lets just say I turned and looked at the girl next to me at the wrong time and saw her plucking the bikini line. Ouch!
Today was the CNU trip to Cadiz, which was a lot more fun than I thought it'd be! I woke up grudgingly because it was so early the sun was still asleep. The bus ride was only an hour and a half and I got to talk with some kids from Georgia, they're 17 oh how it is to be young and in Spain. The trip consisted of Antonio, Kathy, Heather and I, and Antonio taught us the history of how Cadiz was the first city in Spain to have their constitution, 1812. We had a history battle at one point, I told him random facts and he taught us about Sevilla. I saw where in Die another Day they were supposed to be in Cuba but really they were in Cadiz! Antonio took us through a market where I thought I was going to pass out from the disgusting smell of fish. Of course that area was congested and scary fishes were glaring at me left and right.. ugh I hate fish sections in mercados. Then we had an activity where a dark camara displayed a projection of the whole city onto a canvas. Think of it as when you're in a submarine and you look out of the periscope but what you see is displayed out for everyone to see. Truly fascinating! My favorite was when we would see the people walking around. I was like a god watching over my city, muhahahah bugs, bugs!!! I am pretty sure this is what President Trible does in his cupula. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and eating our picnics on the beach. I took a lovely nap my only problem is I have this horrible rash on my feet, I am becoming allergic to sand ): But today was soo much fun, I cant wait to go back to Cadiz!
Time for photos!

Besos