But Cadiz is a picturesque city with the class narrow streets, apartment housing, mopeds running around, and people enjoying themselves. Every hour you can hear church bells ringing, kids playing in a plaza, and people loving. This town is so unbelievably relaxed, and the people are so friendly. I'm enjoying every minute here, and I actually think, for the first time in my life, I am relaxed while being a school (an oxymoron right?) Well, I think it may be time for dinner and some more homework, but PARIS in 8 DAYS! :)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
So where do I live?
So I just realized that I have not truly described the town where I live in! I live in Cadiz, Spain, in the provence of Andalucia, in the very southern part of Spain - it's a peninsula off the coast of Spain, kinda like Spain's "Florida." It's a typical Spanish town, nothing too exciting like Sevilla or Madrid - but it's a small town, with so much life and culture in it. It's almost kinda hippy - very chill, it seems like no one works here. The University of Cadiz takes up a lot of the city land, kinda like how UGA is pretty much Athens. But the University isn't the prime locale of the city, its the people, culture, food, cathedral, and of course, THE BEACH! :) The beach has to be the best part of it all, it completely surrounds the city and brings the city's income: tourism from cruises. It's not a major cruise port, but you'll see cruise groups touring the city EVERYDAY. And it's mostly cute old people :) In addition to that, this city is sparkling with all sorts of life. Probably about every 1 in 4 person you see here is under the age of 10, or the age of 50+. It seems like the norm here is to be born, go to school, live with your parents, get married, and have kids. It seems like every 1 in 6 women here are pregnant, and every 1 in 2 women have a baby or a child under 10. Literally, kids take up most of this city - I don't I have ever seen so many kids concentrated in one area my whole life except for Disney World. Oh, and if you're not a baby or a kid, you're a dog. I think every 1 in 2 persons here own a dog - they're literally everywhere too. And most of them are mutts - I've seen some of the weirdest combinations here...
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