Cadiz

I love all the balconies in the narrow streets with plants spilling over and the sound of canaries

 I have just come back from a little sojourn in sunnier climes namely Cadiz in Andalusia,Spain.What can I say other than delightful and so sunny and  so hot.This was my first holiday in seven years although it was a "working"holiday in order to help my daughter find somewhere to live for the next eight months as part of her university course.

 Unfortunately my camera seemed to not want to perform as required and combined with my artistic inability and just being overwhelmed with being in a completely different environment that I loved entirely and just looked at I don't seem to have too many interesting photos.

 The weather at the start of the week was delightfully sunshine filled and hot....

the delightful Cafe Royalty recently restored

 but we did have rain... the most torrential I have seen or heard, and I thought it rained hard here in England...no wonder the recent floods in Southern Spain were so devastating at least Cadiz seems to have escaped the worst.I feel so sorry for those people whose homes have been destroyed as Andalusia is such a poor region.

sunset over old Cadiz and the Atlantic..before the rain began

 All I can say is that I found the people of Cadiz to be warm and friendly and that I loved the city....

the reason for the trip...wearing my dress too!

 ....and that I can't wait to return soon rain or no rain...apparently it was back to being hot and sunny today and someone got sun burnt!

looking out at what was one of the first bands of rain to reach Spain.