Let’s go to the beach, beach!

With an excursion to the Sevilla campus, a group of us decided to visit one of the nicest beaches in Spain located in Cadiz. The weather wasn’t looking so nice as it had gotten a little chillier towards the end of the week but we still made the trip to Jerez- where we were able to find a hotel for 16 people. Cadiz is a short and cheap from Jerez, about 45 minutes and 9€ round trip.

The main train system in Spain is AVE which goes to huge cities in a bullet train such as Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla (the state should really invest in this system). It’s similar to Amtrak just ALOT better and for better prices.  Ave also has a shorter distance train that has multiple stops, more like the CTA train system.

Cadiz is touristy but smaller so it was easier to enjoy the shops of shoes, clothing and foods. Thankfully by the time we got to Cadiz, the sky had cleared up and the sun was out- back to heat! The Cadiz beach isn’t like the beaches of Lake Michigan. For one, there weren’t many people there probably because it wasn’t as warm as Spanish people are used to. That didn’t stop these Loyola students from running into the Atlantic Ocean and enjoying the waves coming in.

Almost everyone experienced some sort of sunburn from that day on the beach- talk about a successful first weekend trip!!

 

Margaret & Elizabeth at the beach in Cadiz

Group picture next to the ocean