Morning in Cádiz

It was a calm, pleasant morning. Cádiz was still sleepy but started to receive a golden colour from the radiating shiny star that appeared in the sky. It is a nice feeling when the winter morning sun can reach you and warm up a bit. Now we are approaching summer, but the morning that is greeting me today is completely different. No sun, no golden colours, just clouds and rain. Well, it is raining already for a few days. Remembering this morning walk from Cádiz is the only thing I am willing to do right now.

One of the first things that I did that morning was go down to the reception and buy a cup of coffee. Breakfast was also offered in the hotel but we skipped it as we wanted to go out, see a bit of the city and eat something on the street. The evening before we saw several bakeries so the plan was coffee, walk, bakery, packing and leaving the hotel. I squeezed between that plan a short visit to the roof of our accommodation to see the towers of the cathedral from this perspective. Too many roofs. We should check it out from the street.

This kitty was also in motion, no time to lose. Let's go and walk around, breathe the salty air and wander through the streets of this city.

In one minute we were already at the little square in front of the Cathedral of Cádiz. My husband always jokes with me, in every city we have to find the cathedral 😂
It is how it is when it is sunny:

Maybe you noticed, there were some wooden stalls, like little houses. It was a street market - in the sleeping stage during the day.

However, it was more lively the afternoon before. The sky was still blue but the street lights already took the responsibility to give light to the city.

Same place but with a few hours of difference, with a completely dark sky and illuminated palm trees, stalls and Christmas decorations. You guess, we also walked during the evening... it was late when we arrived back.

Back to the sunny morning :)

We took the path by the sea toward the Castle of San Sebastian. We could reach it by that narrow path.

Two gates to pass... but where is the door? I wanted to be polite and first knock at the door.

Let's try with the second gate.

Neither here I found a door to knock at.

{some Door Monsters ate them?}

It's better we turn back and explore more in the city itself...

An old map could be of help maybe in that task!

Reading that old map wasn't of help. I didn't know for example what this building was...

... or where this passage would take us (don't worry, no hidden portals in this post)

In one moment I recognized the already known building, the cathedral, but this time we observe it from the other side.

I also knew what this tower was as the girl at the reception desk recommended visiting it. Torre Tavira was here to teach us a bit of history and offer some nice views from its top. Too bad it was still closed. We didn't want to wait until 10 a.m. so we kept on with the little morning walk through Cádiz.

We saw several of these entrances, decorated with colourful tiles, however, I didn't take more shots. @livinguktaiwan made many more and nicer photos of these doorways and brought them here in her post.

The walk ends here with the City Hall and the decorated square. The same building, actually the decoration in front of made a different feeling the evening before. More cheerful and with a lot of people, still enjoying the festive days and Christmas holidays.