Carnival

February 27, 2025

After a meal of delicious swordfish, salad and fries, we wandered back towards big Plaza Antonio near our apartment. It’s not much of a surprise that it takes a starring role in the Carnival festivities due to the space.

The transformation of Plaza San Antonio
Blowing kisses to us while we indulge in Gelato. Hope Disney doesn’t see this…
We were also oinked at…
First band tweaking the sound system
Opening band, be prepared for loud

The Spanish party late into the night, the music didn’t stop until midnight.

From our window, you can see the massive crowd in the plaza.

February 28, 2025

Exciting day, laundry at home and then a walk to the Lavandería for the dryers. Our usually lightly used laundromat is packed with locals and French backpackers. While I was waiting for an available dryer a parade went by.

There are pretty intense costume competitions.
Really like these guys with pots of flowers on their heads.
The vegetable hat is almost bigger than the kid wearing it…
Loud warning!! And just slightly out of tune..but they’re cute!

Madly packing up as much as we can and still have out what we need in the morning. Also trying to eat up food from the refrigerator, especially the homemade marinara.

After preparing as much as possible we decided to take one more foray out and about to the Cádiz Cathedral Plaza.

The streets are lit with Carnival decorations
The Cathedral is so spectacular lit up at night.

We stopped for a quick Sushi snack and started back for bed. Nine pm and the music hasn’t even started.

A group of costumed firefighters whooping it up.
Getting set up for another night of music.

We have a fairly early morning with a 9 am bus to Seville, then a 1 pm bus to Lisbon. Can you believe it!! No train to Lisbon, so 5 1/2 hours on the bus.

2 responses to “Carnival”

  1. Larry Downard Avatar
    Larry Downard

    We flew Sevilla to Lisbon on TAP in 2017. Memorable flight

    1. You’ll have to tell me about that adventure!

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