"The city of Cádiz is often considered to have the wittiest people in Spain. The whole city lives the carnival for more than two weeks and the presence of this fiesta is almost constant in the city throughout the year with the rehearsals, representations and contests. The feeling of this carnival is the sharp criticism, the funny play on words and the imagination in the customes, more than the glamorous dressings. It is traditional to paint the face with lipstick as a humble substitute of a mask. It is easy to get involved in the fiesta even not knowing the language and to live the Carnival. On Saturday everyone wears a costume, which many times is related to the most polemical news. However, the Cádiz Carnival is famous mainly for the satirical groups called chirigotas, their music and their lyrics."
On February 21st, I took a 3 hour bus ride to Cádiz, one of the most beautiful coastal towns with the best beaches in all of Spain, to be a part of the famous carnaval. We left Córdoba around 7pm, got to Cádiz around 10.30 and got back on the bus at 7AM to go back home. Quite a night, right?
Beyond these walls.... mayhem.
A desk and two nightstands
amigos españoles
american brigade. keeping it real
amigas españolas
las capuchitas rojas!
iPHONE!
rastas...
this guy's hair was made of cassette tape
soooooo MANY people! the streets (all made of cobblestone, mind you) were really slippery like river rocks covered in algae. it's because it's Spain, and the people here pee wherever they want.
fire!
this one really confused me. Mexicanos en España? and you might be interested to know that the spanish are actually more lazy out of the two. it's true. they tell me all the time.
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