jetjunkies

March 22, 2026

Living in Cádiz has been a wonderful and relaxing experience. We are getting a little better with the Spanish eating style. Stop and have a drink with small plate of olives or chips.

We continue until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, when we stop to have a large lunch. The Spanish will make do with a tapa or two, boiled shrimp to peel or potato salad with langostinos, some Iberian ham with bread, etc. We like to eat our big meal around 2 or 2:30, as we aren’t keen on starting dinner at 8 pm, which is still early by Spanish standards. We have stayed out for dinner a few times and the city is generally very busy.

Today we walked down to Plaza San Juan de Dios as a large cruise ship had docked this morning, which meant that the seemingly random market booths would likely pop up. Pete was trying to find a sharks tooth pendant and had seen them in a booth there in the past.

While we were having our coffee and juice a couple from Edinburgh sat down next to us. Very nice people cruising from the Dominican Republic across the Atlantic to Spain. They have spent quite a bit of time in Spain and even owned a house here for a while. A very enjoyable interlude….

Anyway as you can probably tell, we aren’t overly exerting ourselves. Mostly walking to be able to eat…not too much else other than the occasional museum or public gathering.

We ran into this float on our way home one evening. There were literally more than a dozen men underneath to carry it to the local church of San Antonio. I’m sure they are getting it in place for the Easter processional. It must weigh a lot as they had to stop to rest more than once.

On days where it’s colder or raining we have gone to Museo de Cádiz right on our Plaza Mina. The ground floor is devoted to artifacts from prehistoric through Roman occupation. The first floor (second by US standards) is religious paintings and the second floor is contemporary artwork.

(Per the museum exhibit) “Andalusia was the center of an active trade based in three solid pillars: metals, farm products and salted fish. The phoenicians came attracted by the abundance of metals: silver, lead and tin, and interested in entering the Atlantic commercial circuit that locals had consolidated around bronze. They also industrialized fishing, especially of tuna, producing salted fish and sauces like garum, famous in all the Mediterranean.”

The above sculpture is my favorite, a dog/human chained in front of a screen, with a dog door cut in the side. What a dark sense of humor and precautionary comment on our current times. I can see myself in this piece. A reminder to stay aware of outside influences.

Pete has been arising at his usual time, 4:30 or 5 am, with the occasional sleep in. Photos from his morning walks.

Some photos from our afternoon walks.

Well that’s it for now. Will definitely get some photos from the Easter procession through the city and send along any other events of interest. And as the Italians and Spanish say, Ciao!