July 2nd - Cadiz Spain

After a 2 day crossing, we landed in Spain- In Cadiz.  So far- Wow! It's one of the oldest cities in the world. Locals claim 3000 years. Very densely packed streets (think NYC on steroids) but clean and absolutely packed with charm and character. 

We ate paella (of course) and were not dissapointed. Food is a big part of life here, even though the restaurants don't open until 7:30PM!! Everyone is out on the squares until 11 or 12 at night - kids included. Very different pace indeed. 

Wifi here is pretty spotty at best - I am currently typing in the air to keep the connection alive in the hopes of getting one post out... Sorry no pics until we can find a blue wire. 

Kids are doing great - They've adapted quicker than expected - they jump from the bow to take a bath, and happily squeeze together into the V Berth for sleep. They're becoming closer as brothers too for lack of other friends to entertain each other.  Anytime there are other kids around, they quickly connect and start playing hard. The other day they spent an entire afternoon with some kids without understanding a single word of each other. 

Besides reliable internet, our other struggles are transportation - every town center seems to be 30 to 45 minutes walk from the marina, and propane; our US system will simply not work here and so we need to either replumb the boat or jury rig something together. We bought scooters for the kids which is definitely helping, but a couple of bicycles would be awesome- better yet would be a few Segways...

Among other things, today is laundry day- we do our wash with a bucket, a toilet plunger and some elbow grease. Drying is done on the deck. It works well and certainly reminds us to limit laundry to things that really need it. No more magic laundry chute!