October 16 - Cadiz, Spain

We always seem to gravitate to the oldest sections of these old cities. We struck a gold mine in Cadiz since they say it's the oldest city in Europe! We found a delightful and picturesque square with free WiFi!! (You can't possibly understand how exciting this is until you don't have it....the internet service on the ship is utterly abysmal!!) We spent the afternoon sipping coffee, sampling paella and catching up on email.... happy as lizards on a sunny rock!

The architecture is very Spanish....

....and so is the food! Yummmmmm!

I don't know why.... but we still found ourselves having to scurry to get back to the ship on time. We arrived out of breath only to hear the Captain announce that departure would be delayed. Apparently, Sir David Frost is arriving to give a presentation on the ship tomorrow and his flight was delayed. We position ourselves on our balcony to photograph him when he arrives...we're sure his driver will take the corner into the port on two wheels and will squeal to a stop right at the foot of the waiting gangway. We're certain that Sir David will jump out with tie askew and hair blowing as he makes a mad dash onto the waiting ship. We have our cameras poised and ready.... we're sure we'll have to work fast! Finally.... a black car pulls into the port at a (very) leisurely pace. The car comes to a gentle stop and nothing happens. (The better for everyone to arrange themselves along the deck rails with cameras!) When he feels that he has an adequate audience (we surmise!), he steps out of the car, hair manicured, tie not flapping, and schmoozes a bit with the officers awaiting his arrival. As he ambles toward the gangway, he raises his arm in acknowledgment of the multitudes assembled to watch his arrival.....

(NOTE TO OURSELVES: This approach probably won't work for us!)