la playa!

Lots of catching up to do, with no access to internet over the weekend. It has definately been interesting to not have a cell phone and very limited access to internet.. kind of freeing and difficult at the same time. Especially when you want to hang out with people, it requires always having a plan in advance.
On Saturday, I went with a group from the school to a small town named Vejer (the picture above is of Vejer). Vejer is the in the neighborhood of Cadiz and it is one of those towns on the hill where everything is white. The town itself was absolutely beautiful. One of teachers here is from Vejer, so he took us around and gave us a tour of the city. We went into one of the traditional spanish homes, where around every bent there is a veranda full of plants and 4 floors with a rooftop view. Then we went to the sister school in Vejer, also built very similarly to the home with probably 4-5 floors and lots of nooks and cranies. The gardens were beautiful and we all enjoyed an amazing lunch of paella. Then it was down the hill to the beach. Only a short 3 hours spent playing in the ocean and I already wanted to go back the next day. The heat here is exhausting, today I rode my bike in 105 degree weather! Needless to say, the ocean was amazing and I am trying to convince my friends to ditch class this week to go again. They unfortunately are better students than me, and have not been convinced.