End of week 2

June 15:

We got up early to head to San Sebastian. San Sebastian is on the west coast of Spain! We caught the bus around 9:45, which put us in San Sebastian around 11. It was a really nice ride! There was and extraordinary view the entire ride. Once we arrived in San Sebastian, we found our hostel and got checked in. The owner of the hostel was really great. He didn't speak any English, but we made it through. He told us that if we weren't quit at night he would use his windchester on us. We all looked at each other really confused, then he did the motion for a shot gun and we finally understood. If we weren't quit, he would shoot us. We all had a good laugh from it. After settling in We changed into our swim suits and headed out to get lunch. It was really great because the beach was only a block from the hostel. We grabbed lunch at a hole on the wall pintxos bar. It was a delicious lunch! The woman who worked there reminded me of my mom. I could see here moving to some beach area owning a hole in the wall bar, with massive amounts of food on display. And of course, it would be super delicious! After lunch, we walked down to the beach to get our tan on. It was the perfect day for the beach, sunny with a breeze. I laid there for about an hour then decided to play in the water. The girls and I played in the water for about an hour. The water was a little cold, but you got use to it quickly. The water was also very clear and the waves were perfect for playing in. I got out and went back to lay in the sun. Around that time, the boys found us. We all just chilled on the beach for a bit. I think a one point I fell asleep and when I woke up I was over the sand. I believe 4 hours at the beach was enough. Some of the girls an I walked back to the hostel to shower. After being in the sand, it always feels so nice to take a nice shower. We finished getting ready and the other girls came back. I decided to wait for that group to get ready, so the other group headed out. In the meantime, I just hung out a the hostel with the girls because I was pretty tired. Around 8:30, we headed to dinner. We walked to the old town to find a place. After walking around for a bit, we finally found a place. I had a chicken sandwich, which was pretty good. After dinner, we walked back to the beach to take some pictures. We made it just in time for the sunset. It was very beautiful and I'm glad I got to see it. We then walked back to find a place to watch the soccer game and maybe run into the rest of the crew. Eventually we ran into all of them. We were all just sitting around chatting and enjoying the night. Around 11:30, Chloe, Abby, and I decided to head back to the hostel. We were pretty exhausted from such.a long day in the sun an we knew we had a long day ahead of us.

 View in San Sebastian

June 16:

We all got up around 9:45, so we could head to Bilbao for the day. When I woke up, I realized that I should of used more sun screen. It's always funny to see the crazy tan lines I get. My legs and back were red, but the thing that hurts the worst is my ear and that's not plural. Which is really weird because my ears never burn, but I realized it was because the sun was on the left side of my body all day and it's mainly where my earrings normally sit. So obviously they never get sun there and now I have a blister. Basically it feels like my left ear is on fire! No worries, I'll live through it! ;) We all finished getting ready and headed toward the bus. We stopped in a pastry shop to grab coffee and breakfast. After a little difficulty figuring out which bus we needed to be on, we figured it out and boarded. It was about a two hour trip, but it was pretty amazing ride. Besides it being curvy, the scenery was amazing. We got the best of all views mountains, ocean, and old towns. When we arrived in Bilbao, we purchased our tickets for home. After that, we found lockers to store our bags in. We fought with the lockers for about 20 minutes. There were only two left, which was fine between the seven of us, but we couldn't the the keys to turn. Finally, I got ours shut and worked on the other. We never could get it shut, but a smaller one opened. That was a true puzzle getting 3 bags into that one. Let's just say, 10 minutes later after we fit everything we got a round on applause from the people watching. Mission accomplished! We then grabbed taxis and headed to the Guggenheim Museum. We grabbed some food before heading in. We ate at a Turkish restaurant. The gyro i had was mouth watering. I had never had anything like it, but is was amazing! After lunch, we headed to the museum. We spent about 3.5 hours there and it was very cool. The art inside was really wonderful and some very deep. It was a lot of fun to see all the artwork. There was a bit of everything: photography, paintings, iPad drawings, large maze structures, and video work. After walking around the museum, we headed across the street to grab coffee and ice cream. We had about 3 hours to kill before our bus, so we decided to do a little walking. It was really unfortunate because it was rainy and cold, but we trudged through it. We found a H&M and decided to go in. It was the best H&M ever. Three floors of heaven. I was pretty sad because I'm already worried about getting stuff home, so I didn't buy anything. It was nice to look though. After everyone finished looking, we grabbed taxis and headed back to the bus station.

Guggenheim Museum

June 17:

Today was a typical Sunday. I caught up the blog and relaxed. We tried to do some grocery shopping, but all the stores were closed. It was very unfortunate because I wanted to get groceries to have for the week, but it will have to wait till Monday. I called my dad for Father's Day, but wasn't able to talk long because it's so expensive. It was nice to hear their voices. Back to class tomorrow. I can't believe we are half way done with our program. The days are slow, but the weeks are fast. It's going by so quickly and before I know it I'll be in Germany and heading home.