- Spent an hour unpacking before heading out for tapas at Taberna el tio de la tiza.

- Sunday flea market - so many random old things

- Walked round some shops & bought a cushion for my WFH chair. We also joined a gym which looks massive, includes swimming pool & classes.

- Onion tortellini in carbonara style sauce for lunch @ home

- then a first run out for the waterproof phone case (don't worry we're not mental)

- Tortillas de Camarones (crispy shrimp omelettes) - these are €1-2 each and available in all tapas bars in Cádiz. Our new favs 🫶🏼.

- yummy paella that we've somehow gone 9 days without ordering in spain 😮

- sunset walk home along the front :)

- Followed by our first visit to the gym!

- Although it did only last 20 minutes because we were being judged for being the only people without towels. There are signs telling you not to use the equipment without one 🫣

- Obligatory sit down on the rooftop after \240climbing all the stairs up to our flat

- Fred made us another nice pasta for tea as we tried to have a more casual / homely day. (We have limited kitchen equipment if you can't tell 😅)

- note from fred: by limited i mean very limited, 2 hob rings, no oven.

- It's a strange little place, wasn't sure about the dim lighting but it does have aircon !! 🙌🏼

- We went for a walk at lunch, tried a lemon aquarius & Fred bought some more fishing supplies 🎣

- The sun finally came out after work! But Fred didn't feel well so we headed straight home & ended up napping for over an hour

- Another tea at home but hopefully we'll make it out tomorrow eve 🙏 a chilled day was needed

- Paid fruit boy a visit for some fresh melon

- Appreciated a lighter lunch... we've had too much bread, aioli and meats

- Beer after gym 😍

- Got given a 'lick' aka leek cold cream soup which i (fred) originally thought was a shot of liqueur from her explanation. Really threw us off but was decent.

- Traditional 'paella' isn't made in the same way in Cádiz instead it's the seafood and rice broth which we tried tonight!

- Was gooood! but just having a lie down now, too full 🦐

- Cheeky lunch for Beccs

- Whilst Freddie got lectured by the man at the Town Hall when trying to get a fishing license about all the necessary documents (which he doesn't have) in spanish, safe to say it was unsuccessful. Going again tomorrow armed with a translator!

- Enjoyed a post-work mooch around the shops! Sooo many dogs around Cádiz, it's heaven

- Homemade tea as we'll probably eat out over the weekend! Tried to recreate the 'Papas Aliñas' that they have on the tapas menus here in cádiz, with fresh onion and tomato.

- Fred tried to find some spots for him to go fishing on his day off tomorrow

- this one was scarier than it looks, slipping between the rocks with the swell pushing my tackle back into them.

- thankfully the fish aren't arsed whether you have a license or not and this thick lipped mullet jumped onto my hook chasing some bread after only 5 minutes!

- He's quite a big lad for a mullet as they only average about 35cm

- unfortunately that made for a tough job getting him over this sea wall, my £8 temu rod nearly saw its end.

- he also probably had the ride of his life flying back through the air into the sea as I didn't have a bucket with me to keep it!

- with no fish to take home we headed out for a nice tea!

- becca had bull tail 😵 and I had tuna belly! we also had croquetas and crispy prawn starters

- then onwards to a rooftop bar for cocktails and sunset!

- unfortunately the night was called there as I appear to be allergic to something we'd had!, I'm alive though dw :)

- We had lunch up on the rooftop & video-called into Jack & Meg's gender reveal 🩷

- Then hung the laundry out (soo much better than in our tiny flat at home)

- We attempted to get the boat over to Santa Maria for the evening, but all the boats were full :(

- So.. we had some time to kill before it was an appropriate spanish tea time 🍹

- A bit of dancing in the street 🕺

- We ended up at a tiny restaurant within the sea wall, very cosy

- We ate more tapas (shrimp omelettes again, pork, calamari, potato salad). We laughed at a text from my dad saying Do they not do veg in cádiz? It literally doesn't come with any meal here 😅

- After paying €5, it turned into the most spanish evening we've ever experienced...

- They even had a flamenco dancer 💃

- We finally bought beach chairs & pitched up for a few hours with our cooler bag full of beers and fanta

- We love that it's breezy here, you never feel too hot! But it does mean Becca got burnt as usual 👀

- Enjoyed a fresh sandwich from a little restaurant near by & swam in the waves for a while

- We planned to have Sunday night in as we were shattered, but we did forget Carrefour wouldn't be open on the way back!

- Instead, we went to a mexican which is only a few minutes from our flat. We had nachos to share which were actually really nice & then we had fajitas and enchiladas.

- then an early night :)

- Then another tasty homemade dinner, which we enjoyed after eating out for a few nights. It was an Andalusian style stew with chorizo, chickpea, onion, peppers...

- We went to the gym after work again as we're trying to keep our home routine🙏, had another homemade tea & went for a wander down the seafront

- With a stop off for a drink at a pub where they have this huuuge dog as a regular 🤩 we loved him

- Then sat on the rooftop for sunset. Gorg day!

- I got my nails done after work, I somehow found another woman who does it from her apartment but she was really nice & was happy with them!

- Our TV finally arrived, it's just a cheap refurbished one from El Corte Ingles but it came with all its originally packaging & it's in perfect condition!

- We tried an italian nearby tonight

- it was good and we spoke to a nice scottish man who was the architect for edinburgh, cambridge and hong kong universities!

+ wine 😋

- The waitress told us these crisps are made here in Cádiz

- The stairs up to our flat on the top floor are no joke

- I had carbonara for the first time (😯), Fred's been saying he'll make it for me to try for the past 2 years

- We ended the eve watching the Lionesses in the Euros Semi Finals, the penalties were a hard watch 🫣 but we won in the end

- I met up with him after work just in time to steal a slice of pizza, and brought my chair with me as he was going fishing. I read my book for a bit & had a facetime catch up with Anna

- No fish today, the tide was too low

- We were out for a late tea (10.30) and we still struggled to find a table! La Viña was super busy

- But once we were seated, we had more shrimp omelettes (slightly obsessed)

- Octopus

- Artichokes

- Pork with spicy chimichurri & beef ribs for mains

- We ended the night with another glass of wine at another bar & headed home

- Had a wander round after the gym & did a food shop for the weekend

- Tomato, jamon and burrata salad at home for lunch

- then we finally made it onto a rather choppy boat over to santa maria!

- it was very quiet when we got there but a nice chilled vibe

- then we went for a tapas and ordered 10 dishes so here's 2, mango prawn ceviche and tomato salad

- after the tapas santa maria was crazy busy until very late but we don't have a photo so here's me awkwardly standing at the bar for some passionfruit mojitos!

- cab home was rather expensive so this won't be a common excursion but we will deffo go again!

- Proper Monday tea. But very delicious.

- Then we caught bit of the sunset on the roof, watched some TV then went to bed

- Went for a post-work drink, they're looking v different these days!

- Then enjoyed the sunny evening at the beach, Fred even went for a dip

- & headed back for dinner at home

- After our office day, we had a wander round the shops & then had a drink or two. This one's for the gals that want me to appear on the blog more 😅🫶🏼 Fred never takes pics!!

- We found a Moroccan place for tea, this was giving me flashbacks to Marrakesh

- The bread came out hot, 10/10

- and we had the big barbecue sharer, going home very very full!

- Another pasta tea at home

- Fred showing off his glasses tan line

- Went out for a little walk & ice cream before heading home to watch new episode of First Dates

- It was so windy today the sandstorm forced us into the sea (becca only lasted 2 mins in the cold atlantic)

- walked down the promenade to the old castle walls for some evening drinks and relaxation

- tapas (shrimp omelettes) again!

- we have to judge restaurants based off their tortillas camarones quality now as they are always our common denominator

- We booked a table at La Taperia de Columela for tea, such a good choice - the food was nice & the restaurant was good vibes

- A couple of our tapas dishes, we also had pork cheek, crispy prawns, lamb chops

- and French Toast & more wine to finish the evening!

- Walked out to Castillo de San Sebastián which is along the sea wall - not much there now, but was built as a watch tower in 15th century and turned into a fortress in the 1700s

- Made it home in time to watch the Women's Euros final 🦁

- Chicken paella for tea, with leftovers for our WFH lunch tomorrow :)

- On Wednesday evening, we made our 3rd attempt at going to Casa Manteca which is one of the most traditional and authentic tapas bars in Cádiz. Each time it has been too busy, so we went at 10pm hoping that the initial rush would be over but, as you can see, there was a long queue again!!

- After seeing the queue again, we settled for Casa Tiño instead as we spotted what felt like the only empty table in la viña & at this point it was 10.30pm so we were very hungry. Turned out to be a good find, we enjoyed a few dishes including some garlic prawns and an entrecôte.

- Spent an hour boring Freddie by walking round shops knowing i'm not going to buy anything 🫶🏼

- He then cooked up a lovely seafood paella for the first time !!!

- After I finished work, we went to the local. It was my first visit, as he opens at opposite times to every other bar in cádiz (siesta time).

- Gorg fri evening spent at the food market. Cheap beers & lots of food stalls. Freddie's fear of pigeons means we were waiting until dark to eat here as there are so many in the day time.

- We were glad that it was a pretty place to walk around since all of the shops were closed. But it did eventually get too hot, so stopped for a snack in a small taberna & accidentally sat in on a flamenco show

- Once we'd looped round the centre, and seen the cathedral, the only thing left to do was have a pint & glass of wine. What a shame!! 🤭

- Later on, we went to a michelin guide restaurant - the food was nice but we're not really sure it was worthy of the michelin recommendation.

- Then found ourselves running for the train with bellies full of tapas & wine 🫣 We made it by only 10 seconds (but did have to jump in a taxi minutes away from the station explaining that we were about to miss the last train home)

- Freddie's first bubble tea 🧋

- Evening walks to get the steps in after work!

- We went to a an asian fusion tapas bar for dinner & ordered "mix of asian dishes" which turned out to be sushi, mini poke bowl, a prawn dish and some scallops

- Before heading back we had a drink at a bar ran by a little old spanish man

- We also couldn't help but order these garlic prawns, we'd seen someone else order these previously & they smelt so good. He was really amused that we asked for some bread to dip in the garlic oil & brought half a loaf 😂

- and the pork cheek tasted like a stew from home, in the best way.

- After a short walk around & a dip in our rooftop pool, we got ready for the evening and headed across the river for a few drinks & more tapas!

- Dad was recommending to do an e-bike tour which we would've liked to do but was concerned that we wouldn't be able to do 3 hours in the heat.

- So we got on the lime bikes instead and had a ride around to see a few of the tourist attractions

- Everywhere you looked was honestly stunning, I need to go back as we definitely didn't see everything

- Geography geek in action

- Each province had their own tiled section for the World Exhibition Fair. As it's our home for 2 months, obvs we had to get pics in front of Cádiz 🫶🏼

- Many steps later we went back to our hotel to get ready for a lovely eve of rooftop drinks & delicious food

- Tonight we shared cod croquettes, korean chicken wings & scallops (yes, we've got into the habit of ordering too much😅)

- Then a 500g steak - soooo good but we literally couldn't move

- Beautiful Seville on our way to the train station

- After the train journey home, we had a walk down the front

- and stopped for a pizza before having a much needed early night

- gorg home made food (our spanish attempt at sausage & mash)

- tinto de verano at sunset (red wine with lemon, new favourite)

- and more cádiz style paella

- Then on Friday we visited what we called the Spanish chippy. We always walk past it, and people are coming out with their takeaway bags. 16€ for what we thought was fried fish, chicken & chips - not realising they give you a full rotisserie chicken 😅

- It lasted us 3 meals!!!

- We got some nachos to put us on as we had planned to go back into santa maria town for dinner

- But after the match we soon realised that it was near to impossible to get a taxi back 🫣 we called the number they gave us 92 times & sat at a bus stop waiting for a bus that never came

- 2 hours later we arrived home 🥲

- Then out for an evening of italian food & cocktails 🍹

- Roman theatre of Cádiz, the remains were only discovered in 1980

- We also climbed the Torre Tavira & did the Camera Obscura 360 tour.

- Then in the evening we walked to La Viña, for drinks & some tapas!

- We finally found some good patatas bravas!

- We went to the argentinian restaurant for tea & freddie finished this huge platter

- Then after work we went with Sharon to check in her hotel, and had a cocktail round her rooftop pool before heading out to the Morroccan restaurant for tea (how gorg is her rooftop view?!)

- On Friday we decided to go to Seville again to watch a Betis football match. Even though the game was a bit rubbish, the atmosphere was so good & we had a fun time!

- Putting lots of days into one here because I forgot to take pics & we were just so busy!

- Saturday we stayed in Seville until around 4pm, and then took the boys to La Viña in the evening & for drinks out in the Woodstock. Joe met his enemy - a girl acting like she was the manager of the pool table, not letting us take our turn

- Sunday we went to the beach in afternoon & then headed over to Santa Maria in the evening for pizza & drinks!

- Brad & Joe went home on Monday and Freddie & I very much did nothing. We were so tired after a few late nights and a busy week

- Wednesday was a WFH day - we were craving home food so we made jacket potato, cheese & beans for lunch

- & a few drinks in the evening (after saying we'd have a few days off🫣)

- I met him after work & we stayed at the beach for the evening!

- We weren't allowed to move in properly until 4pm so to pass some time, we went to a cafe near the cathedral for some lunch. The cathedral square had been taken over by a Moroccan market...

- There's usually a queue to get into the cathedral but probably because of the market you could go in straight away today. So we thought we should probably take the chance whilst we could! It was big inside but nothing is going to be as impressive as St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

- The ticket included climbing the tower, the view was probably the best part

- Shortly after, we moved into our new flat & tried to unpack a few bits before Max arrived to stay with us for 4 nights. Tapas for tea was a must, I didn't get any photos - except for this one which was a sorry looking plate of lamb chops!! (this was before eating them...)

¿Donde esta el carne?

- We watched Brighton vs Man City in the Woodstock, Max is a Brighton fan & they won so Fred wasn't happy 😅

- Knackered after a day of sun & sea, we finished the night with a 50cm pizza (photo doesn't do it justice!)

- Then headed further along the beach to Cortadura, had a swim in the sea, a few drinks & some seafood

- Steak sandwich was so good, thinking we might return when my brother visits next weekend

- Jerez is famous for its sherry, so whilst in Cádiz we were saying we must try it. The sweet ones were easier to drink than the dry but I honestly hated it & don't think i'll be having it again

- It was a cool place though. So old school that the bartender wrote what each person ordered in chalk on the bar

- They'd left by the afternoon so it was a bit quieter. We got some bits for a late lunch from the market, said good bye to Max & had a relaxed evening in

- Homemade burrata & tomato salad

- Big steak & slow cooked cod (under all the garlic) to share

- Pork solomillo (tenderloin) cooked by Freddie with a onion & white wine sauce inspired by the Jerez Sherry pork dish we've ordered a few times since being here. Soooo good

- Bedroom ready for Adams arrival tomorrow! Woohoo

- We had a day at the beach, had a few drinks at the beach bar in the day & took Adam to La Viña in the evening for some tapas

- We stopped for a 'snack' before we went to the beach but accidentally ordered a 25€ full squid alongside a big plate of croquettes and prawns 😅

- Fred happy with the chair he dug himself

- It was a cute little town, not loads there but definitely more than i was expecting. After a few hours at the beach, we had some time to spare before heading to the boat home so we had a wander past the castle & down the front to get an icecream

- We had some nice pasta lunches to use up some of our cooking bits

- and managed to go to a tiny tapas bar we'd been meaning to go to.

- we tried their mussels, tortilla de camerones, papas aliñas, gambas fritas & tuna skewer

- We went to La Candela for the second time. The waiter said he only had a big table - so we said okay & didn't realise he was going to sit us on a table of 4 with another english couple (they weren't far off leaving though so it turned out fine!)

- Soo many nice dishes here

- Lemon & pistachio cream cake 🫶🏼

- I'd been wanting to go to Atarde rooftop bar ever since we started coming to the longer beach. We finally made it on our very last day!

- We got ready for our final night 🥲🥲🥲

- Fred looking happy with his beer

- Cafe royalty was super busy over the summer & we'd looked in a few times. So tonight we decided to go for the set menu - you get 3 tapas, glass of wine and a dessert each for 26€

- It was super empty tonight - we'd noticed things getting quieter now it was September. No complaints as it meant the food came really quick :)

- The roast beef & scallops were the only ones I took a photo of but we enjoyed all of the dishes!