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Oct 28Liked by Nancy Whiteman

Funny coincidence since I followed you: we used to live in Berlin, where you visited this summer - now in Porto- and we also visited Cadiz in July- we got to witness Spain’s victory over England at the Euro live in Cadiz and were duly sprayed by a water hose on a placa afterward while celebrating. Cadiz is a beautiful, vibrant, interesting city with fantastic food from so many original and diverse restaurants. The park, the outdoor cafes and the sea near by! Most of all, we enjoyed the joie de vivre, which is unparalleled in Spain. Btw, I wasn’t that impressed by the quality of the food at the Mercado - it’s fine for a lunch and worth the experience - but there are small, beautiful restaurants around the Mercado that serve excellent food - our free walking tour guide was amazing - and her recommendations proved spot on.

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i could have sworn that was onyx's head. lol

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Wow the Mercado sounds fab and I love your table-spotting strategy!

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Oct 28Liked by Nancy Whiteman

You missed the best/worse of the Feira as it coincides with a Spanish national holiday so we had hordes in VRSA to shop and eat. Sunday was fine and dry after all that rain and our restaurant was full and loud all lunchtime.

p.s. I love Rota - had some wonderful meals there.

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The best part of the Feira is the cheese bread and beer in the praça

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Especially the cheese - this year I got a really nice goat cheese from the guys from up North when they ate in our restaurant

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Oct 28Liked by Nancy Whiteman

Ya' know... life would be much less interesting if we did a better job of planning.

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Thank you for this article. It's very useful as we are planning to visit Rota & Cadiz in June 2025. I'm planning to play pickleball in the Reballution Cup in Rota.

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Denise just returned from a pball tourney in Spain this weekend…lovely players!

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Small detail: it's COR-do-ba (accent on COR). Why did I think Onyx was a black cat?😺. Nice cultural content. Well done. Cheers!

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Qual foi a organização “free walking tour” que usaram? Thank you very much, - Mark

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If you follow the link in the article, it will take you to the tour we took.

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Obrigado Nancy

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