Mi cumpleanos en Cadiz, y Peluqueria

Ahhh, the weather is getting so nice here in Spain!!!

Over the weekend, 9 friends and I celebrated my birthday in Cadiz. We met the bus at Neptuno (along with 500 others) at 12 noon to drive to Cadiz. As usual, everything was unorganized (I think everything is much more organized in the US...) We didn't leave until 1:45pm and it took 4 hours but we took a break halfway. Once we finally left Granada, I had to laugh when the bus driver started playing party music! We had fun on the bus but we very relieved to get there! Cadiz is kind of like an island, and they have beautiful beaches! We got off the bus just in time for sunset on the beach. We took lots of pictures and walked around and met up with some French friends at La Catedral. This was where we pretty much stayed the entire night....It was a huge gathering of all kinds of people dressed in ridiculous costumes. It can be best described as Halloween for EVERYONE. There were young kids, early in the night, and then also old people! It was fun to see how creative people could get! Some people were mimes, others were cookies....It got too crazy when people were drinking too much later in the night. (We took the bus but didn't have a hotel because it left to return to Granada at 7:30am. I thought I could make it, but I was practically falling asleep!) We walked around a lot to see the different costumes and some people played music. Some marched around in bands. It was quite a site.
It was finally time to leave, and we were all on the bus anxious to go home. Of course, there were 2 people missing (both on my bus!)....We waited 1 1/2 hours for these DRUNK people and they never showed up. Finally we left them in Cadiz, and told them to find a bus back to Granada. Our bus was driving around, looking for these irresponsible people. It was fun to go to Cadiz, although I think it was a little too loco for me. It was nice to go to Cadiz, the biggest Carnaval festival in all of Spain, but I don't know if I would go again, given the opportunity.

Today, Thomas and I decided to do errands. We both needed haircuts badly, so we walked around and found a Peluqueria....:( We went in and told them we wanted haircuts. I had an older man cutting my hair and I told him I only wanted a little trim. Apparently, I didn't say pequito enough times, because he cut my hair MUCH shorter than I wanted. In fact, he gave me a whole new style! Now my hair is longer in the front and shorter in the back. Thomas didn't like his haircut either...It was uneven. bummer.

The weather is beautiful and we went to the park again after we got our bad haircuts. Ashley and I have been planning our spring break trip to Portugal. We are very excited we found someone that is letting us couchsurf with them! It is an older couple and they are originally from Atlanta, Georgia! Also, I am leaving this Thursday to fly to England for the weekend! Wish me luck, it's my first travel alone! ahh