We saw a futball game in Conil one evening (futball is what they call soccer here). Conil was playing Cadiz, and we spent the whole game thinking that Conil was Cadiz and visa versa - one team was yellow and blue and the other was blue an yellow, not to be too confusing. So we thought Conil won (1-0) and we've spent the past 2 days telling everyone that, but I googled today and found out that in fact Cadiz won :-( It was quite exciting, even though it was a small field (1500 seats according to the internet, and I estimate maybe 400-500 attendees). There were the requisite amount of fake injuries, and a group of rowdies in the bleachers that sang and set off flares every time there was a goal. (OK there was only one goal so towards the end they started getting bored and set off all their flares anyways.)
We did a day trip to Cadiz - it was a very pretty city, almost as much beach as we have in Zahora, and many more beach bums.
Last night we saw a flamenco show. I'm surprised that it took us almost a week (!) in Spain to see flamenco, but we've been pretty busy. It was a local troupe (we think, since they just do one show per week) in Conil, but it was very good! ("Fabulous," according to one critic.) It was in an open courtyard in between the church and city hall. ("A marvelous setting," according to one critic.)
Our last day we hiked to the lighthouse just south of our local beach, about a 30 minute walk ...
This is our beach place, I don't think I've posted pics of it yet, other than the rooftop patio.
To the lighthouse!
At the lighthouse, with Zahora in the background.
Celebrating a successful hike!
... then had lunch, relaxed on the beach, and took another nap :-) For dinner we went to La Triana, a local restaurant. (There's a "~" over the "n", so it's "La Trian-ya", but I don't know how to type in the "~n".)
What else have we been eating? To be honest, every time we sit down to eat, by the time I remember I'm supposed to be taking pictures and documenting our food, it's all been consumed :-( (As you can see from the half-eaten meal above.) In Cadiz we had a few tappas - the best was a plate with small, spicey sausages and french fries. The fries were melt-in-your-mouth light and with the spicey sausage sauce very delicious. Last night we BBQ-ed a couple of fish that we bought in a fish store in Conil. They were delicious (if I do say so myself) even though the only spices we had to cook them with were lemon and pepper.
(Buying our dinner.)
Tomorrow we are up bright and early for a 10:30 check-out. We're planning to drive to Ronda, by way of Grazalema. These are two "while hill towns" in the south-west of Spain. (Personally I think they are going to look very much like Vejez, which I've already posted pictures of. We'll see. Although Ronda has a stunning bridge across a 300 m chasm.)
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