Cádiz with T&E

 So on Saturday afternoon we took the train to Cádiz.  We arrived at our hotel around 6pm. It was a gorgeous day, so we went out for a drink in  a nearby plaza. OUr 9 PM dinner reservation gave us time to settle in the room and relax a bit before we left to head to Plaza Candelaria. We were scheduled to eat at Sonámbulo. It was fabulous meal- so good we rearranged our reservations for the next few days so Todd & Evie could go with us on Monday night.

a stop for passengers, along the way at Jerez de la Frontera... beautiful station...

Our room (301) at the Palacio Sagasta on Calle Sagasta overlooking the Museo de Cádiz  Oddly we had stayed in this exact same room last visit to Cádiz in January 2024.

ON the way to dinner at Sonámbulo

At midnight I got a message form the place we had scheduled (months ago) for lunch with Todd & Evie that they would not be open that day and they were "sorry".... so this worked out fine because we grabbed a reservation at La Marmita where we had dined with  Lee last year.  We texted Todd & Evie and arranged for them to go there when their ship got into the port of Cádiz rather than MARE.  

The time changed overnight so we slept until the last minute and after getting up and seeing the weather we went right for the park in front of the museo.

When we got a message that T&E were 30 seconds away from the restaurant we headed over- less than five minutes form where we were sitting in the park. We were able to get an outdoor table and the weather was spectacular!

Then we took a walk along the water and were headed back to explore more of the old city when T&E got a call to return to the ship as they had a fmaily situation to handle. 

So we went back to the hotel and then later Phil went for another walk. where he took this photo of the Cathedral in Cádiz 

 

We had a leisurely walk to dinner at a place called Tapa La Candela. 

The next day we had a very mediocre lunch outside in the later afternoon - our #1 criterion was outdoors. That was met. 

Later in the day- just before dark (which is now 9:30 PM) we met up with Todd & Evie again for the dinner we had rearranged so they could try Sonámbulo.

Plaza Candelaria

Then we headed back home to Sevilla the next day on a 1:30 train - our handmade sandwiches with hand cut ham which we grabbed at the train station and then our train car on the way home. We wre in our apartment in almost two hours on the dot...

tonight we will go out with Lope and Helena to celebrate Helena's 21st birthday... yes we have friends 50 years younger than we are... age is just a number - we don't feel old so why would we act old?  More to follow- we are home for a week and then meet up with Todd & Evie in Barcelona for nearly a week. so never a dull moment...