There's a lot that i don't know; there's a lot that i'm still learning.

Hands down the busiest week here. We had something going on everyday beginning on Monday. Thank goodness for Sundays. Everyone needs a day to crash, right?


Okay, beginning with Monday then. We of course had FHE earlier than usual because we went to the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid to see mainly Guernica by Picasso among other things as well. It was a little more on the strange side if you ask me. But then again, I don't really understand most art in the first place haha. It was interesting for sure, but I definitely thought that some of the art was done by 3rd graders. ah, who knows. But anyways, this was the only picture I could take here. Kinda boring, but once you sit in the chair, it plays music for you(: 

Tuesday, off to Madrid again. But this time, it was super awesome! We left pretty earlier to go buy tickets for the Real Madrid game. After much waiting, the game finally began at 10:00 PM. Wasn't the greatest time for a game, but we had to deal because it's the only game we'll b able to see when we're here. And who wouldn't sacrifice their sleep to see the gorgeous Cristiano Ronaldo play soccer? Definitely not me. Though he seemed like a speck sometimes, definitely worth it. The atmosphere at the game was just super awesome. There was this one section that I swear sung like the entire game. No idea what in the world they said, but it was pretty cool. Wish I could have been down there with them. Well, now I can say that I have witnessed the great Ronaldo play the wonderful sport of soccer, and I'm pretty darn happy to rub that in my father's face(:

Now for miércoles. Madrid. again. After 3 days of traveling to Madrid, I felt like I started to hate the train station even more than I did in the first place. And I didn't even think it was possible. 40 minute walk which means 1 hour and 20 minute round trip. Try that one in heels. Actually, don't. It's a terrible idea. I would know because I did it on this day. We had to dress up super nice to go to Teatro Real to see some flamenco with the group. It was actually pretty fun minus my foot and awful hunger pains. Flamenco is quite amazing just to put that out there. It's like only guitars, clapping, singing, and dancing. Put it all together and it's super crazy cool. The dancers, singers, and musicians were phenomenal! The first part of the show was kinda like a forbidden love story. No words. Just dancing and music. I was a little confused at first, but by the end, it made sense. After intermission was just a bunch of feel good music. Definitely advise y'all to check some flamenco out sometime. 
Also, as Bethany and I were walking back from the train station pretty late, we saw our tuna friends again! And of course, they called us over and we talked to them for maybe 20-30 minutes. Also, they serenaded us again which is always fun(: And then we took pictures with like the hottest guy in their group. Definitely hope I see him around some more before I leave! 

Thursday. No Madrid today, but still had to make a wonderful trip to the train station. at 7:30 in the morning. ick. But hey, it was travel day! (in other words sleep time(: ) So first, we went to La Ciudad Encantada. Not my favorite place in the world. Basically we just walked around this path kinda of thing for about an hour and looked at large animal-shaped rocks. I know. You're kind of jealous. Ha. 

After this oh so exciting place, we went to Cuenca. Superrrrrr pretty city, but not much to do... Basically the Spaniards go there to chill and that's about it. We went to like a few places and then we had free time which meant shop at like the two shops there and then sit on the stairs and watch one of those musicians that plays for pocket change on the side of the road. Pretty entertaining. They played some flamenco stuff pretty decently. I contributed not very much to his little fund for kicks and giggles haha. Oh yeah! I made it on the webcam too! but my father is a horrible iPhone image capturer so i'm a tiny dot(in the picture below, yes that is me next to that white car. Don't I look great?!. woo. But anyways, we were supposed to stay there til like 5, but there was nothing to do so we left at like 3:30 haha. Fine with me! It meant Valencia a lot sooner!

So then came Valencia! Ah-mazing. We first went to the hotel to drop everything off. Our hotel rooms weren't even really bad. It was just Bethany and I, two beds, and a large bathroom with two sinks in a super huge room. Not going to complain there. The only thing that blew was no wifi. Well, there was wifi, but 3 euros for only 30 minutes? Heck no. I'm already broke enough. But anyways, the first night we went in the downtownish area where we ate at some italian restaurant. It was pretty good and it was super fun talking with the people at my table! Next day. First, we went to the Lladró factory where they make a bunch of porcelain stuff and we got to see like the process stuff. It was pretty cool. Lots of detail, but hey, the statues are simply incredible! Of course this one would be my favorite(:

So after lunch at McDonalds, we headed out to the aquarium which apparently is the largest in Europe? (you better be right Zatch). It was pretty neat actually. The first thing we saw was the dolphin show there, which of course is always fun! They did lots of fun tricks. Then we just kind of walked around and saw all of the fun stuff there until it was time to go to the beach! woo(: We had to go later when there wasn't a lot of sun to avoid naked people haha. But it was still fun anyways. I went out super far in the MEDITERRANEAN ocean. Like the farthest I've ever been in my life (Mom and Dad, you'd be so proud). No big deal eh? hehe. So then after the beach, we headed back to the hotel where we changed super fast and headed out to the downtown area once again for some dinner. There I learned that the Spanish version of fast food is fancy bocadillos and fries. Not complaining. It's pretty dang good. 

So our last day in Valencia was pretty fun. We had a tour guide for a little while who took us to the Cathedral among other places. My favorite part was trying the Horchata. It was actually pretty enjoyable until I walked into the market that smelled like raw meat and made me want to puke. 

So once our tour was over we got to go to the beach again! super fun this time and there was actually sun! I kind of got burned. Not too bad because we were only there for two hours hah. I was definitely sad to leave. I miss the beach so much! It's definitely one of my favorite places. Thank goodness for our other trip to the beach in Barcelona! I'm fosure stoked(:

Well mis amigos, that would be the end of my super busy week! And now, as of today kind of, I only have a month left in this beautiful country. Very sad. But part of me misses not being stuffed with food at this very moment and not having super bad allergies. My allergies are absolutely horrible here. I have like super attacks every time I'm outside. Gotta love spring right? Where's that darn Walgreens with fantastic medicine that works when I need it most?! Weren't they supposed to be on every corner? Ugh. Lies. Oh well, pásenlo bien y tengan una buena semana. ¡Nos vemos!