El Carnaval de Cádiz

As usual I am way behind on my blog. The last time I wrote I was in my house the night before the Carnaval. I blogged, chatted online and uploaded pics until the internet went out and then I went to bed. I got up early the next morning Saturday February 9th, returned the computer, went running, showered, got ready, ate breakfast, went to the bank, ran into Pepa on the street and she gave me 20€ for the trip. All that before 10AM when I went to meet Samar to walk to where the bus was leaving from. We met, stopped by a grocery store to get some snacks, and went to where the buses were. Then Michelle and Jenna met us and we started to get on the buses. The girls were originally supposed to be on bus 3, and so I requested to be on that bus as well. But when we went to bus 3, my name was the only one on there.... So the fun began... They were now on bus 2 and at the last minute, I was able to switch and go with them, but there wasn´t a seat by them so I ended up sitting a few rows back with a Polish girl who got motion sickness really easily and had to look forward to sleep so she couldn´t talk very much. When we did talk she was pretty nice and we exchanged numbers. So then we were on the bus for quite a while, stopped for a lunch break and got to Cádiz around 4:30. When we got there, we put on our costumes and makeup, fake eyelashes, boobs, blonde hair, ears, tail, and lots of makeup. We were hideous and yet amazing! To sum up, the next 11 or so hours were ridiculous. Carnaval is a huge event where everyone is dressed up, walking around, from different places, drinking and eating all night long. Complete maddness. It was so fun, we attracted a lot of attention with our unique and exaggerated costumes which started a lot of conversations. A lot of people also asked to take their picture with us. Our costumes were really good and original. So all night we ate sunflower seeds, drank your preferred beverage, and stopped to get snacks or food. We had pizza at one point, met up with other friends Juan and Jenny, hung out with 2 couples from Cádiz, an Irish guy, a huge bachelor party from Madrid, guys from Albacete, Córdoba, and Italy, got yelled at by old ladies, also got drinks spilled on us and burned by cigarettes, and saw a free Chenoa concert! Chenoa is not one of my favorite artists but one of the first Spanish singers Carlos introduced me to so it was really cool to see her in concert and especially for free! And that is pretty much what happened at Carnaval. It reminded me a lot of Las Vegas, walking around, talking to random people you´ve never met before and instantly becoming best friends and not going to sleep. It was cold but not unbearable. Around 6 in the morning, we started heading back to the bus and I got a chocolate covered, custard filled, deep friend churro. Yes it was as amazing as it sounds. Then we finally made it back to the bus and loaded up. Then back to Granada, sleeping most of the way, but not really since its hard to sleep in a bus when you dont have the window seat and dont feel comfortable enough with the Polish girl next to you to cuddle. So we made another rest stop on the way back and got back to Granada around11. Then I hobbled home, which took me probably twice as long as normal, showered, and went to bed at 12. I slept 12 to 2 until Victor called and rang the doorbell. I had already missed several calls. Then I went downstairs, mostly zombie, somehow managed to eat and then went upstairs for another nap. Then when I woke up, Victor and I went to Nacho and Alicia´s house, me still mostly zombie. We were there visiting for a bit until we left, then at home, we ate dinner with Pepa and Emilio, Victor packed and then left for Malaga, to leave for Glasgow the next morning. He was in Bilbao the week before and Almería the week before that in case I didn´t mention that before. So then I think I went upstairs and cleaned the house because I didn´t want to do it on Monday and went to bed.