Tarifa-ed in Tarifica Tarifa

So we ended up making it to the Feria. It was crazy! Its a traveling fair that comes to each city in Spain for a week each summer. Kind of like the Ex but with Spanish flamenco dresses everywhere and with a merry-go-round with real ponies instead of plastic ones! Also it had tons of tents with bars and clubs along the sides of the fair. So we ate fair food, walked through the rides and games and had some drinks in one of the makeshift bars and had so so so much fun! Even managed to get a bus back 30mins home and everything with no waiting! perfect night and a good way to finish off Granada.

After Granada we headed South to Tarifa where our friend Pascale is currently living the greatest life ever. Tarifa is the most Southern point of Spain and is where the Atlantic Ocean splits into the Medeteranian Sea. The greatest part of all - you can see Africa from the beach! Its amazing! Morroco is only a 30min ferry ride away (see below, mountains in back is Morrocco). Tarifa is also the windiest place ever which makes for tons of kite boarding and wind surfing and mostly everyone there is VERY into all that. Soooo of course, we had to try it. It was fun....not that we ever got the sail up....but I think i would have just been happy enough trying to balance on the surf board without having to try to lift a huge giant sail that i was scared of. Also wind makes things COLD. and the atlantic is COLD. and wind happens to be my least favourite form of weather....so i think its safe to say wind surfing is not for me!

Annnyway, we stayed with Pascale and her ''boss'' on a camp site 5km away from the bar they are painting and fixing up for its opening next week. It was cool cuz steve and i would spend some time on the beach while they slaved away and Pascale could always come hang out with us on one of her many breaks! A few days Franz, the boss, would let Pascale stay on the campsite for the day and one day we decided to help her work. This resulted in the three of us constructing 25 stools for two days straight. But it was fun....mostly since we´d build two or three then take off for either wind surfing lessons, tapas, etc. A typical working Pascale and our first stool!

The greatest part of Tarifa tho was definitly the lifestyle. We absolutly loved camping. It was super cheap and pretty much like luxury camping! We had a sweet tent and theres a resteraunt that seems to give out free beer and store like right next to where we slept. It was actually much easier than staying in a hostel! and no mosquitos!

the people on the campsite were awesome too....though very, very random as most of them have big campers and have been there for a loooooong time (for ex. Franz whos been camping there for FOUR YEARS). Our absolute favourite was Paul whos been traveling for 7 years and has been to more than 150 countries, driving a sweet RV the whole time (its serisouly a house on wheels) or when he cant drive that he drives his 'trike' which is a VW bug converted into a motorcycle type thing. We all got to ride on it twice!!!! its SOOOOo fast, we went up to 140km!!!!!

Anyway, we got Tarifaed, meaning we could manage to leave the place. But unfortunatly today we dragged ourseleves onto a bus and now we´re in Seville and missing Tarifa terribly already.

Campfires on the beach

Tomorrow we have an early early early bus to Legos, Portugal!!! Can´t wait!