Birthday Weekend

I had a really great birthday! We went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. It's not too terribly authentic, but it's the best one that they have in Cadiz and it is always nice to get a bit of that flavor, especially considering how bland the food is here. I was excited to eat some jalapenos! I even got a chocolate cake and my friends sang to me in Spanish and English. After that, we went out to Nahu and La Punta. La Punta was pretty dead because there had been a huge party the night before. I got home early at around 2 AM because Annie and Caitlyn succeeded in getting me a little bit wastie-faced. (Don't worry! It's legal!)



I woke up at 8 the next morning. Our bus left at 10 so we had to get there early to get tickets too. It was a 2.5 hour bus ride and I slept for most of it. We got to Gibraltar and walked for hours! We walked all the way through very, very, very British town. It was really crazy walking down the street in the town too because not only was there English everywhere and the main currency was pounds, but we got to a cemetery and there were monkeys just living in a tree there. Wild monkeys in a British colony in Spain? No big deal. Also, Lord Nelson was a very famous dude there so I took some pictures of my family name!



Then, we took a tram up to the monkeys and they were everywhere. We walked around the nature reserve and I swear I saw at least six monkey babies with their mommas. One monkey grabbed my friend Kelsey's backpack and she ran away screaming, another started walking straight at me looking PISSED and I ran out of the way and hid behind my friend Caitlyn. Another monkey grabbed my friend Brittney's purse! I am proud to say that none of us got bitten and no monkeys ran away with our belongings or threw our cameras over the cliff.



It was really gorgeous at the top. On one half of the cliff over the beaches was the most beautiful mist and clouds. I could see Africa! The other side with the Marina and the waterfront hotel resorts was clear. It was gorgeous and I felt like I was looking down on the world from heaven.



We went back down and ate at Lord Nelson's. I had some British fish and chips, Kristen had some mussels, and my friend Noah had curry chicken! Yummy! It got me really excited for London on Wednesday. I found a giant Cadbury bar! My favorite chocolate :) I didn't buy it though because it was a bit too expensive, although delicious.



Today I am resting up because I am just exhausted from this weekend and I need to make sure I have gotten enough beauty sleep before Ireland. Here is my itinerary: Wednesday night we fly to London, spend all of Thursday there, leave London for Ireland on Friday morning really early, and then spend a day or two in Dublin then hit up the country side and come back to Spain on Tuesday.

HOW ABOUT THOSE HUSKIES BEATING USC?! GO DAWGS! WOOF WOOF!