Seville, Spain

We drove to Seville from Cádiz where we have been the last couple of days.  Located on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, Seville used to be a prosperous port city which carried out trade with the Americas.  It is a beautiful city with lots of palaces, churches, and winding narrow streets.  

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Cádiz, Spain

¡Hola!  We decided to take a short road trip to Spain as it is not far from where we are staying in Tavira.  We drove about 2 1/2 hours to Cádiz on Sunday and spent the day touring around the city.  Cádiz was founded in 1100 BC (yes, you read that correctly!) by the Phoenicians and is the oldest inhabited city in Spain and one of the oldest cities in all western Europe.  Cádiz is small and easy to walk around; however, it is densely populated with 126,000 people living here.

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