Sorry I haven’t updated in so long. Nothing eventful happened last week and then Sara came so I haven’t had tons of time on the internet. But Thursday after class I just hung out with Kelly and bought some groceries for Sara and I. Then I skyped until it was time to go – my bus left at 12:30am. The bus ride was like 6 hours long with one break. But at like 3:30am we got stopped on the highway, us and the other bus in front of us, and policemen came on the bus and were walking up and down the aisle. Then, we just had to sit there and wait for a while and one of them came back on about 10 minutes later and handed people back their ID’s. Then we were free to drive away. It was super weird – in the middle of the highway in the middle of the night! But I couldn’t sleep at all so I wasn’t too upset.
But I got to the big Madrid bus station around 6:30am then had to wait and switch buses to go to the airport. I arrived at 7, had to navigate my way around and find where Sara would arrive. So I bought a coffee and tried reading my Spanish magazine. Sara didn’t end up coming until 10am so I waited quite some time. But I waited for her to eat so we ate the tortilla francesa sandwich my host mom had made. Then, it was a good thing I wrote down directions on our hostel website from the airport because we would not have been able to find it. That took a little time but we finally found it, checked in, and took a good 3-hour nap. Both of us had more or less been up for 24 hours, Sara probably longer than me. After our naps we were planning on going to Museo Del Prado because it was free after 5pm but we went there and it was closed. It was fiesta – kind of like Labor Day I think – but I didn’t realize everything would be closed. So instead we just hung out on the grass, oh and had a sandwich. Then we headed towards the Puerto del Sol area to find the flamenco show. We got confused and were about to walk into this bad place but we ended up finding the right building. So then it was us, the Asian tourists (around 60) and the Mafia men (around 30). It was pretty funny. But we didn’t realize that for dinner & the show it was like 75 euros so we had to talk to the waiter and get stuffed in this corner because we didn’t want to eat. But the show was amazing – probably my favorite part was the guy flamenco dancer (who actually kind of looked like Adam Morrison) but he was just so good and could move his feet so fast. I was amazed. After the show we got dinner and headed back to our hostel.
Saturday we woke up for breakfast and check out. We got ready and went to walk around – the Reina Sofia (modern art museum with important Basque works) was free after 3. But we walked through Plaza Mayor and hung out at the Royal Palace. For the holiday there was a huge parade that blocked off the main street so we had to work around those people and stop and watch a little. Also, Sara & I saw a Kansas shirt in one of the stores! So after the Royal Palace we tried to go back to find it but there was only one and it was gone. But we went and got some kebab for lunch and headed towards the Reina Sofia. But the line to get in was super long and our bus left at 5 so we didn’t know if we had time. Instead we just got some ice cream and hung out for a little before taking the metro to the bus station. Then our bus left at 5, which was basically empty, we had dinner at a bus stop, and arrived in San Sebastian around 11pm. We just came to Kelly’s apartment and crashed.
Sunday we just walked around the whole day. I showed her Centro and Parte Vieja – the two most popular places for shopping, eating, etc. And we walked along the beach to the Combs of the Wind. We bought fresh bread and made sandwiches for lunch and did plenty of people watching. Then we met Kelly at 5 and went to get a pintxo before seeing the new Zac Efron movie “17 Otra Vez” or “17 Again”. I thought it was pretty good and could understand some – but there were definitely plenty of middle school girls in the theatre. After that Sara and I went to get churros – it wasn’t freezing outside but it was pretty chilly. The place we went was packed with locals but very good. Then, we just headed back to Kelly’s apartment, I called a friend and I did some homework while Sara read magazines. We watched a movie and fell asleep pretty early.
Monday the weather wasn’t good so it took a lot of effort to get out of bed, and more to get out of the apartment. So we finally got up, Sara showered and got ready at Kelly’s then we went to my apartment, she met my host mom and hung out in my room while I got ready for class. Then we caught the bus and went to the school cafeteria for lunch. We had pretty good sandwiches and just hung out until I had class. While I was in class, which I am getting so tired of – just drags on and on, Sara just wandered around, read, and people-watched. Also, we actually got some sun on Sunday – Sara got pretty red. But that was exciting. So after class she met me at school and we walked back towards Gros and stopped to get a few groceries on the way – for dinner we made a frozen pizza. And we just sat in the kitchen for hours talking to Kelly. Then Kelly and I did homework and Sara read and we listened to music. Now I'm just about to start class - Sara is just hanging out, it looks nice outside now. And we're going to my cafe after class to use wifi and relax. Tomorrow we're planning on going up to a small southern France town. Exciting!
Also, this is my last week of class! I can't believe it's already that time. I only have 10 days left here. It's gone by so fast - especially the past two months! Just can't believe it.
Anyways...more later.
Love, Jill
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