I officially am a horrible blogger. After reading my friend's blog from home, I became inspired to finish what I started. Since my last post, I've been a pretty busy woman! We went on an excursion to Toro y Zamora. In Zamora I had the best danish I have had in Spain as of yet and in Toro we toured a family-owned winery and taste-tested some very good white wine. Of course I bought some to bring to the States. As you can see there's an importance of food and drinks in my travels ;) In Zamora we also saw the castle and I managed to get hit with a newspaper by an old man sitting on a bench.. possibly because I was just standing their listening to our tour leader? not sure....Last week a group of us traveled to Barcelona. I just loved this trip! The food was great, there were so many things to do and see, and of course there was THE BEACH! Our trip started off with, what I was told earlier in our program, was a normal Spanish meal: An appetizer, main plate, bread, wine or sangria, and dessert. I chose the gazpacho (which tasted like it was sent from heaven), paella with seafood, and crema de Catalan (which basically tasted like a roasted marshmallow). I wanted to cry from happiness, the perfect Spanish meal was in my belly. We checked into our hostel and found that it was like a hotel. It was very accommodating, had dinners every night for those staying if they were interested, and had planned activities. Our first night out we braved the beach on El Dia de San Juan. Whoa. So many people. When our metro came we had planned to throw some bows to ensure we actually got on. Not necessary. As soon as the doors opened, you felt a huge wave of shoving in your back to get on the metro. It was insane. The beach proved to be just as insane. People everywhere, on the beach, hanging out at bars on the boardwalk, at a concert, just walking around, and jumping fires (a tradition for this holiday?). During the days I was able to see the Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell, one of the house's made by Gaudi, the Olympic Track and Soccer Stadiums, and travel on the cable cars over the city. It was a very fun and successful trip. How could it not be after encountering a Harry Potter shot that sparks like the end of their wands?!!
Even though it has started to sink in that our time in Madrid is running short, I am still very excited to make our final trip to Granada and Toledo next weekend. More blogs and pictures to come soon!
