More Carnaval

This weekend was the 2nd weekend of Carnaval in Cadiz, but unfortunately, we never even made it to Cadiz. Due to the combination of a bus strike, and horrible ferry schedules, we decided not to go to Cadiz because we would have been stuck there for 14 hours (all night long), or we would have had to take a very expensive cab ride. Our friends still ended up going to Cadiz, but Rachael and I decided to go out in Rota instead, as this weekend was our big Carnaval blowout.

It turned out to be a blast! Everyone was wearing costumes again, and I was very impressed with how original they were! My favourite group were some of Rachael's students who had each dressed up as a slice of pizza. When we saw them they were lying on the ground, trying to form a full pizza so that someone could take a picture.


To start off, the night, we each mixed a big 2 litre bottle of alcohol and juice to bring with us. We also brought plastic cups, so we could drink with everyone else in the street. We started off by watching some of the groups perform on one of the stages. Then later, we made our way to the big tent in the main square, where they were playing music. It was basically like a gigantic dance club. At times it was a little bit crowded, but we had so much fun we ended up staying until the early hours of the morning. We also headed over to check out some of the clubs by the port, but they were so packed we couldn't even breathe, let alone dance!

Since it was 5:30am by that time, we thought it was time to go home. All in all, it was a much better night that I had been expecting (since I was so excited to go to Cadiz) and I'm glad we didn't miss it!