Hey loyal readers, I know I haven’t been on the up and up about posting fresh mess to Chris In Spain, but I do have some good stuff today.
The other weekend Danielle and Miguel came up to Cáceres to visit Friday night, and we took off the following morning, stopping through Sevilla to pick up Miguel’s sister who lives in Jerez. Jerez is a town in southern Andalusia a mere half-hour train ride outside of Cadíz, home to one of the best-known Carnival celebrations in Spain. Our original plan had been to take the train into Cadíz in the evening both Saturday and Sunday and return when the train service resumed at 6:30 the following mornings. Well, it appears I am getting old and the rumors are true – it’s a bitch. Saturday night none of our group could muster the strength to abandon the comforts of the couch, pizza, and NBA All-Star weekend on TV, and decided to stay in. Sunday, we decided to play it safer, took a mid-afternoon train into Cadíz, and returned to Jerez on the last train of the night at 11:30.
Although this schedule deprived us of the larger part of the nighttime excitement in Cadíz, it was probably for the best. A light yet persistent rain had kept the crowds at bay, and our costumes did nothing to keep us dry or warm. Nevertheless, we had plenty of delicious tapas and beers and saw some hilarious costumes and song routines.
Here’s one of the less regrettable pictures of Miguel’s and my Spongebob and Patrick costumes.
The week and a half since then in Cáceres has been exceptionally low-key. I have been working at school and giving private lessons, but generally keeping a slow pace. Things should be picking up soon. Over the next couple weeks I get to look forward to visits from friends from home, a free weekend in Monfrague (in exchange for helping out at a conversation workshop), and finally eighteen days off from work which will include the trip I’m chaperoning to London as well as Semana Santa at a beach in Andalusia or Portugal.
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