Summing Up Seville And Cadiz
Seville was rather a disappointment, as it does seem the Spaniards are intent on ruining one of the gems of Europe, with some hideous architecture. But against that the I liked the innovative trams and was pleased to see the floats before the parade.
I didn’t see much of Cadiz and it is a city that I would visit again.
In hindsight, given the times that the Oriana was in Cadiz, I think it would have been better to give Seville a miss and explore the city on foot.
Leaving Cadiz
We left Cadiz as the parades ended and the sun went down.
I did get a glimpse of the floats from Oriana, but the pictures are too bad to upload.
The cruise ship shown in the picture was the only other cruise ship we saw in port. The guide at Cadiz, said business for her hadn’t been so good in the last few months as visiting cruise ships to Cadiz, were down in numbers compared to previous years.
A Parade In Cadiz
Returning to the Oriana, our coach was held up by a parade.
The pictures aren’t the best, but it was difficult photographing from the coach.
Seeing these parades, reminds me of probably the first serious film; The Pride and the Passion. I saw it with my father at the cinema in Felixstowe. I remember vividly the scenes where they hid the enormous gun under a float in the cathedral to hide it from the French.
I do wonder where they shot these scenes.
The American Embassy In Cadiz
Not by joke, but that of our tour guide to Seville.
The American Embassy In Cadiz
The guide was German.
Cadiz
I’d been to Cadiz before with C and only had a brief time in the city, as I took the tour to Seville from the ship.
Note the bridge to nowhere or La Pepe bridge! Is it one of numerous infrastructure projects in Spain, caught up in the recession?
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