Cadiz

My roommate, Taryn, and I went to Cadiz for a wonderful get-away weekend. The weather was absolutely perfect, 75 and sunny. We rented bikes for a few hours the first day and rode around for a few hours. One side of the peninsula of Cadiz is a massive commercial port, not very pretty to look at, but very impressive. Cadiz is the oldest city in Europe on written record, founded by the Phoenicians, then the Greeks, then Romans ect. It was most famous in the 18th century because every product that came to Spain from America had to come through Cadiz. The other side of the peninsula consisted of miles of beautiful sandy beaches. We watched the sunset over the water that first night, so peaceful!

The hostel that we stayed at was the best! We met so many amazing people from all around the world that all had such interesting stories. I met a man from Sweden that told me what my last name means (Nord=north, holm= little island). We also met musicians from Australia who were promoting their band this year in Berlin. A Canadian who films documentaries for the Food and Life networks (got his e-mail ;) And 3 Israeli brothers, really interesting to hear their point of view on political issues. We went out to a African style hooka bar all together and later watched a live band proforme. It was a great weekend and nice to get away from the husstle and busstle of Madrid.