Cadiz, Spain

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On our second day in Cadiz, we did a self-guided walking tour. It is a very old, and interesting city. Our taxi driver from the previous day told us that Cadiz was never under the control of Napoleon in the the early 1800s. In 1812, 200 years ago, the constitution that Spain uses was written in Cadiz. Most of the Spanish colonies in the world used that document as a model for their constitutions. In October, the leaders of many of those countries will visit Cadiz to commemorate the 200th anniversary of that document. Notice the empty throne in the picture. That symbolizes that the king has no power. the taxi driver who took us to Seville is a Cadiz resident and quite proud of this monument and the history it represents.


Cadiz is an old city, full of narrow streets lined with buildings that have shops on the ground floor and apartments above. 

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One of the things we enjoy is wandering the streets in a city like this absorbing the culture and observing the style of life. And, sometimes you find things that surprise you like this ceramic tile work on the side of an otherwise nondescript building.

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The narrow streets converge in to plazas. There are cafes on the plazas where locals and tourists take break from the heat. The building in the background of the picture below is city hall in Cadiz.

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We stumbled into a large market where the seafood of the region was for sale. it was incredible for this midwesterner (Chuck) to see all the varieties of seafood. Here are just a couple of pictures. (Caroline) It was rather disgusting to me, not being much of a meat/seafood eater.

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We found a nice sidewalk cafe where we had a local version of gazpacho and tapas. After lunch, shopping was the order of the day for the ladies. 

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After the show and dinner, we went to see the DG sisters. Here is a sample of their incredible harmony (on a Christmas song oddly enough).

We had a special treat. One of the sister's boy friend is an opera singer with NY Metropolitan Opera. He sang a song which was just incredible. It was unexpected and quite amazing.


© Charles Eklund 2012