The Dolphins!!

Hello Again!

Well today is Sunday and I just got back from the beach... and I hear that it is 28 degrees there and snowing!! Burrr... it is 28 degrees here too but in Celcius!! Haha! I am still getting acclimated to the calm lifestyle here. It sounds all great having no work from 2-6pm or on Sundays but when you want to run errands and you have to plan your whole schedule around the siesta and nothing being open on sundays it gets to be a little bit of a pain. I am also getting used to the food here too. The common things people buy here are a lot different. For example, they don't have tortilla chips and when you do find them, they cost like 5 euro. Also, oatmeal, pickles, ad turkey are almost impossible to find along with black beans. Just random things like that can really throw me off! But I am sure I will become acclimated with time.

Yesterday, a bunch of us (the Italian people, and some other americans) went to Tarifa ( a city on the southern coast at the Gibralter Straight) to go whale and dolphin watching on a boat. It was really really cool! We were able to see a ton of dolphins. However, we went on a small boat that was open and none of us were prepared for how wet we got! We were soaked and freezing by the end and I got very sea sick. I didn't throw up or anything, but I was getting dangerously close! After that, we went to a small beach to hang out. From this beach, you can see Africa!!! It was really cool to know I was THAT close. As a matter of fact, a boat from Tarifa to Morocco is only 35 minutes. It is definitely a trip I am planning on taking in the future.

Tonight, we are having a bunch of people over to drink some wine and have tapas! I am pretty excited for that. Tomorrow is a holiday in Spain ( it is Spain's national day, kind of like out 4th of July) so no one has work or school (including me!) so we are all going out tonight too! Other than that, things here are very very laid back. I find myself getting a little anxious every now and then, thinking I need to be running around all crazy busy but I am hoping that will subside once I immerse myself more in to the Spanish lifestyle. Seriously... nothing stresses these people out or riles them up. Every one is "muy tranquilo". Especially here in Cádiz. Everyone is so relaxed and friendly.

Abbey and I planned a trip to Granada to see some friends and hang out over Halloween so that should be really fun! I am excited to get out to Cádiz for a little and start exploring!!

That is about all for now... sorry there are no pictures right now but I will put some up next time I promise! Besos y Abrazos a todo!!!

xoxo,

Jade