Part Two (finally)

16June2011: Thursday

We arrived in Rota, Spain somewhere in the morning, I think. On our decent, John and I were discussing where we were going to stay (hmm, good thing to think about). One of the ladies (Rowena) we had met on the flight asked us the same question, and we said, "not sure." Her response was, "You can stay with me, we have plenty of room." So, we did. Rowena, was a huge blessing. She housed us for several days, helped us get a rental car and gave us a lot of ideas on where to go during our time in southern Spain.

I'm not really sure what all happened on this day, I know we got to Rota, we ate dinner at Rowena's, we went for a walk on the beach (which was three blocks from her house), and that's all I remember. So I'm not really sure how the time went from morning to evening with doing so little. Maybe we didn't actually land in Rota in the morning, maybe it was morning like the afternoon. That would make more sense.

17June2011: Friday

The day started out with a walk to the ferry terminal from Rowena's house. We took the ferry to the island of Cadez, which claims that it is the oldest city in Europe (not sure if that's true or not). While there, we visited the cathedral; we went down to the catacombs and up to the tower. We really just did a lot of walking around. We went out to this fort, but it was all closed down for construction, I think. We spent a little time on the beach, not much because it was pretty hot and not a lot of shade for our little Alaskan baby.

The Cathedral

The Catacombs

View from the tower

Out to the old fort

Streets of Cadez

The ferry on the way back

I think one of the funniest parts of this day, was having a little snack outside this restaurant where several other people were sitting. There was a man there that was really trying to interact with Sydney, although, none of us had any clue what he was saying. And it wasn't because of our Spanish, it was more due to the fact that this man had no teeth. So I though, oh, really he and Sydney have a lot in common!

18June2011: Saturday

This was the day that we rented a car in Spain. And not only was it just a car, but it was a brand new car! Crazy!

So the plan was to head to Sevilla and spend the day there, then drive on to Granada, spend the night, and have Sunday there. Great plan, although we under estimated how long it would take to get to Granada. Oh well!

We arrived in Sevilla, near the Plaza de Espana, where we left the car for the day. We walked down to the cathedral, toured that. Then toured the palace. We then walked on to the bullring, where Sydney and I took the tour, while John hung out with the Spanish senioritis (he has been to the bullring before and didn't have a need to tour it again). After the bullring tour, we found ourselves some delicious paella and then walked back to the car.

The Plaza de Espana

A small chapel we ducked into (John's favorite)

View from the main Cathedral

Another view

The Cathedral

Lovely Spanish Senioritis

The Palace

Outside the palace

We're not sure what it was we ran into, but was saw several bridal parties that day, all getting photos taken. There were two different brides that we saw at the place and then we saw a few more later in the day.

The bullring

Back at the Plaza de Espana

(if you look closely in this picture, you can see three different brides)