We just spent the weekend in Valencia and a day in Pensicola, Spain. Both were on the Med. and gorgeous! I will post pictures after this mom, don't worry!
We walked along the beach with the world's softest sand and the most beautiful water in the world. Today we sat at a restaurant by along the boardwalk, ate paella, calamari, and this bread with a garlic and tomato sauce...amazing. This was all while we looked out onto the Med. Sea...I felt as if I was on some luxurious caribbean vacation. Paella is a classic spanish dish of rice and seafood and it's amazing!
We stayed at a really nice hotel, which was a great change. Our apartment is nice but the air conditioning of the hotel was unbeatable. Today it has finally cooled down so it's good sleeping weather. This past week I have been sleeping with minimal clothing and just sweating...hence, the hotel, again, amazing. It was also nice to have food prepared for me. In my apartment it's all on me, which can be fun, but annoying when I just want to eat something.
Anywho...Spain is quite the country. We only drove about 3 hours away and were in a completely different town. Although it was obviously there was Spanish influence, it felt like another country. In Pensicola we toured a castle that was used by the Knights of Templar and that's about it. I learned after someone translated the tour that the castle was basically pointless but oh well, it made me think of The DaVinci Code. Our tour guide was from Germany and was hard to understand in any language, which made it interesting, so I decided to try and befriend and am that helped get more information. He told me he would never go to Oktoberfest, which I am 200% attending, so that should be a good sign?!
This week we still have orientation but only through Wednesday so we are trying to figure out where to go...IES decided to have classes on Friday for the first time this year, which would happen to me, so we need to take advantage of any long weekends that we can.
Hope all is well, miss you much!
Besos!
Con amor, Mary
1 comment:
Oktoberfest will be awesome. Life changing. Don't let the unimportant-castle tour guide discourage you. Though, I hear the lines for the bathroom ("WC" in germany)are like a half mile long. So be careful, Mary. Know your blatter's limits.
Don't forget your Dirndl!
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