Day 9 Cadiz Spain

DAY 9: Cadiz Spain
We arrived into port on time, but it took a while for the Spanish authorities to clear the ship.
We boarded out tour bus and did a tour of the ancient and modern city. The city it very beautiful. I wish we had days to explore it.
We then headed to the cliff side city of Arcos. We walked the city but everything was closed since it was a Sunday.
Next we were on our way to a Spanish bodaga and Andalusian horse fare. We were educated on the process of making sherry. We were in the town of Jerez, where Jerez grapes are grown and sherry was developed.
Next Came the Sherry tasting. It was done very differently than U.S. wind tasting. We were seated at tables of 8-10 and given 5 different bottles of sherry. We got to it. I ended up buying a bottle to share with the travel buddies back home.
We arrived back in Cadiz about 400. We then walked along the coastline promenade and through an incredible sculptured park. We watched people catching squid from the pier. We then walked a maze of narrow cobble stone streets to get back to the pier. For me this was Spain. Everything I have imagined since High School.
Once back on the ship we had a light snack, since we had no lunch.
Chris went to the spa, I napped for 45 min. Chris went up to let people know we were skipping cocktails tonight but he never returned. So I went to the spa for about 50 min and soaked in the therapy pool.
As I was leaving Chris found me, we changed and headed to up to the bar for drinks. We were there until 10 pm. I was laughing so hard that I spit my drink all over the place.
Finally at 1005 4 of us headed to Magenta for dinner. We had leak and fennel soup, and roast leg of lamb.
After closing the place at 11pm we tried to head to the store to buy soon screen. It took us almost an hour to get there because we kept running into people we know and chatting. It is amazing how many friends we have made on this ship.
Bed about 1245. We will wake up in the Mediterranean as we are passing through the straight of Gibraltar about 3 am. We can see some lights from Tangiers now. (Africa)
I am writing this at 7 am as we pull into the next port. We have now sailed 3628.1 miles from NYC.