Road Trip: Cadiz

Our full day on Saturday was spend within the port city of Cadiz. Cadiz is the oldest European city, dating back prior to the Romans, but the best thing about it is it doesn't look like an old run down city, it is beautiful.

We drove about forty minutes from Conil, where we were staying, to Cadiz. Sherman was awesome and looked up things for us to do there and took us around the city. It was so nice to not have to think about anything, we were so appreciative of all his hard work. We went on a coastal walk, stopping to look at various monuments along the way. We went first to a castle built on the coast. We couldn't go inside, but the scenery was beautiful. The castle was surrounded by tide pools, men fishing for sea urchins, men sailing and walking along the beach. The Atlantic ocean was bright blue and it was fun knowing that the United States was just on the other side of the water from where we were standing. We sat on the walls and looked back at the city and Cathedral of Cadiz and out into the ocean. We could not have asked for better weather!

We walked a little further down the bay and came to the next fortress built in 1596 and went inside to explore. We were a bit disappointed to ind that there was a contemporary art exhibition going on inside, because it kind of ruined the vibe and atmosphere of the castle for us. But the view was beautiful of course, so we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.

We left the castles and headed for a park in the city to relax and have lunch. The park was beautiful and very relaxing. We continued our stroll along the coast and ended up at the Cathedral. The Cathedral was fantastic, very different from others we've seen. It's a neoclassical style, which is very different than the gothic we have become accustomed to. It was a much softer look and much easier on the eyes. My favorite Cathedral to date. I feel like I should make a ist of the churches I've seen now... every city has a large handful of them.

We saw an old Roman theater near the Cathedral. Supposedly they didn't discover it until 1980, but we're not sure how something so big, above ground, in the center of the city wasn't discovered until now.... interesting.