Our goal today was to walk to the other side of the peninsula. We are on the Atlantic side, so we went to see what was on the Bay of Cadiz side. The Old City is located at the tip of the peninsula, so we’ve had a preview of the bay from our walks there. This time we remained in the New City. It didn’t take very long to get to the other side (I think it’s only 1000m). Everything seemed muffled and our energy was dampened by the humidity. The other side revealed a very large department store that contained a movie theatre – Spanish, of course. This has spurred the debate of whether or not to return another day to see Toy Story 3 (in Spanish, of course –hence the debate).
Outside along the bay, they have spruced up the boulevard in anticipation of the new bridge to El Puerto de Santa María.
Other than the major construction of the bridge and the marina, there wasn’t much to see. We slogged our way back through the damp air back to our side.
Our trip to the beach also seemed impeded by the humidity. The water was murky, much like the air, and the surface was flat despite the wind and high tide. Thus our visit was short and we retreated to the refuge of our casa. This gave Alia time to complete her blog update for last week.
After dinner we ventured out one more time, and much to our delight, the humidity had dissipated. We stopped by a local ice cream shop and then headed to the beach for a walk and some tide pool dipping.
The kids were thrilled with the hermit crabs again and discovered how to feed them. I’m not sure what hermit crabs eat, or if, in fact, they were eating the seaweed proffered, but it did appear that they were indeed eating. And believe it or not, Jasmin actually found her hermit crab from yesterday; alive and well.
Once the sun set on our day, we returned home.
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