7 things I wish I'd known/brought with me/are interesting

1. Everything is closed on Sunday. It's interesting getting used to at first (no Sunday late-night runs to get milk before Monday's breakfast), but overall I really like the fact that it encourages sabbath rest.

2. Perambulators/Prams are back (thanks Lauren for the addition to my vocabulary)! If you have a kid under the age of 2 here, the bigger the better. These things are like the Hummers of baby strollers. The best one yet looked like this:
















When I was that age, what we got was this:













3. Banks are open from 9am - 2pm, Monday through Saturday. How a working person gets banking business done is beyond me, but I'm figuring it out.

4. A plastic keyboard cover. Though it's really nice to have wireless outside, pigeon poop in between computer keys is a stinker. And yes, that's right, Mr. Sitting-across-the-plaza-throwing-breadcrumbs-to-the-pigeons man, this evil eye is for you.

5. Hot water is made most quickly with hot fire. Fire that often goes "whuuump" when it lights.

6. Cádiz has become a recent port stop for cruise ships. If I see 80 people in one day wandering as (one) group around the city, Nikon cameras strapped to their necks, one has recently docked.

7. More pictures of family, friends & familiar places. You all are missed.

More soon, especially about school experiences!