Day trip up the mointain
This weekend most of our friends went to San Sebastián so we just had a chill weekend around here.
On Saturday we decided we wanted to go bowling. In order to do so, we had to take a bus to the mall. The mall in Pamplona is way outside the city so we ended up waiting over an hour for a bus. The reason... because the Basque people were having a protest which made our bus miss its stop. We just stood in the street for an hour but eventually made it to go bowling.
It was 10 euros to bowl two games with shoes and we got a drink and free t-shirts. We have collected a lot of shirts here so of course we went for this option. It was your typical bowling alley but most of the stuff was in English since there really isn´t a translation for that stuff.
WE hung out for a while there and just relaxed this weekend.
On Sunday however, my friend Tef and I decided to climb the mountain here in Pamplona. Our other close friends who were here, Tonito and Emanuel, had to study. This isn´t the highest mountain but it is pretty far away and it is something new.
We climbed all the way up and it was a sunny day. There wasn´t a cloud in the sky and it was around 70 degrees. I even got a little sun burn. I have all the pics on the slide show below. We could see the whole town and surrounding mountains. We even could see the Pyrenees with their snow caps. We had a nice lunch of the inexpensive oranges and apples we bought. Most fruit is grown here so that stuff is relatively cheap.
We walked around the top and then took some offroading trails back home. We got home dead and I went to bed super early last night. This week is kind of boring and my classes aren´t so interesting but thye are a lot harder which is good. I have a nasty cough which I am sick of. I feel great though and sometimes I think it is from all this smoke around here. I am really used to living here now, but our good friend Alia from Canada just moved to San Sebastián. We will see her again, but it will be a little change.
The weather is really nice and warm so it is great. Things here are good and now that i have to cook my own food I am really learning about the food they eat.
One thing is for sure though, their yogurt here is 10 times better and it only costs 1 euro for 8 little cups. I eat tons everyday and it is cheap. Also oranges and clementines are what practically make up my body because they are so good here. Other than that I eat normal food, but their regular grocery stores are the size of some gas stations and don´t have much variety in food. They have some stores that compare to our walmarts, but they are really far away. Spain is very different, and they don´t have much variety. I really am getting to know their culture here though and I will have to say they are lazy lol.
Not much will happen this week. We plan on going to this wine tasting festival on saturday in some nearby town. It should be good as I am getting really used to wine. It is siesta now though and I have a lot to do today. I have to write a paper comparing the US´s history to Spain´s, aswell as prepare for my English lesson on Wednesday. I need to buy a bunch of stuff though so I better be good with my money. The euro went to an all time high ! 1.63 to the dollar! Our economy needs some help. Take care everyone and enjoy March, it will get nice now in Minnesota.
On Saturday we decided we wanted to go bowling. In order to do so, we had to take a bus to the mall. The mall in Pamplona is way outside the city so we ended up waiting over an hour for a bus. The reason... because the Basque people were having a protest which made our bus miss its stop. We just stood in the street for an hour but eventually made it to go bowling.
It was 10 euros to bowl two games with shoes and we got a drink and free t-shirts. We have collected a lot of shirts here so of course we went for this option. It was your typical bowling alley but most of the stuff was in English since there really isn´t a translation for that stuff.
WE hung out for a while there and just relaxed this weekend.
On Sunday however, my friend Tef and I decided to climb the mountain here in Pamplona. Our other close friends who were here, Tonito and Emanuel, had to study. This isn´t the highest mountain but it is pretty far away and it is something new.
We climbed all the way up and it was a sunny day. There wasn´t a cloud in the sky and it was around 70 degrees. I even got a little sun burn. I have all the pics on the slide show below. We could see the whole town and surrounding mountains. We even could see the Pyrenees with their snow caps. We had a nice lunch of the inexpensive oranges and apples we bought. Most fruit is grown here so that stuff is relatively cheap.
We walked around the top and then took some offroading trails back home. We got home dead and I went to bed super early last night. This week is kind of boring and my classes aren´t so interesting but thye are a lot harder which is good. I have a nasty cough which I am sick of. I feel great though and sometimes I think it is from all this smoke around here. I am really used to living here now, but our good friend Alia from Canada just moved to San Sebastián. We will see her again, but it will be a little change.
The weather is really nice and warm so it is great. Things here are good and now that i have to cook my own food I am really learning about the food they eat.
One thing is for sure though, their yogurt here is 10 times better and it only costs 1 euro for 8 little cups. I eat tons everyday and it is cheap. Also oranges and clementines are what practically make up my body because they are so good here. Other than that I eat normal food, but their regular grocery stores are the size of some gas stations and don´t have much variety in food. They have some stores that compare to our walmarts, but they are really far away. Spain is very different, and they don´t have much variety. I really am getting to know their culture here though and I will have to say they are lazy lol.
Not much will happen this week. We plan on going to this wine tasting festival on saturday in some nearby town. It should be good as I am getting really used to wine. It is siesta now though and I have a lot to do today. I have to write a paper comparing the US´s history to Spain´s, aswell as prepare for my English lesson on Wednesday. I need to buy a bunch of stuff though so I better be good with my money. The euro went to an all time high ! 1.63 to the dollar! Our economy needs some help. Take care everyone and enjoy March, it will get nice now in Minnesota.
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