Bom dia senhoras e senhores!
Nothing like a little Portuguese in the mornings, eh?
Beeeeeaaacccchhhhhhhhh, a HUGE sand dune and some seafood soup.... Welcome to Bolonia!
Precious little mountain town, Jamon museum, hiking trails, "Grutas Maravillosas" (Marvelous Caves), an old church on a plateau, no beaches.... Welcome to Aracena!
Beaches, beaches, beaches, attractive waiters, beaches, beaches, lots of dancing, beaches, loud music, beaches, beaches, night swims, beaches, beaches, the end of the world.... Welcome to Albufeira and Lagos!
Well, that pretty much sums up my past three weekends.
Bolonia is a beautiful town in the province of Cadiz. Landon, Leah, Emily and I went there one Sunday afternoon with a group of other students. It was quite lovely. There is this huge sand dune there and its tradition for people to climb to the top and roll down. I climbed to the top but I was not about to make a "croqueta" out of myself. I forget the term that they use, but it has the word, "croqueta" in it, which is a breaded ball of yumminess that you deep fry. Most of the time it's filled with potato and cheese or jamon, AND ITS SO GOOD. Sorry, random outbursts about my love of Spanish food, get used to it, it happens often.
The weekend after that, one of my friends (hey Sam), asked me if I wanted to go with her and some of her friends to this well known town in Huelva called Aracena. Now, when one is in another country, they should take on the actions of a bobble head doll. In other words, just say yes to everything. So, I said sure! And off we went. An hour and fifteen minutes later, we were tucked in a little valley with crisp mountain air, walking up and down hills, staring out into the beautiful Spanish countryside. It made me a little homesick for Boone. While we were there, I saw the most spectacular caves I have ever seen in my life. Beautiful structures carved into deep underground caverns with beautiful lakes spotted in between. So lovely...
PORTUGAL!
Simply put, this trip was AMAZING! From the beautiful towns we visited, to the ginormous cliffs, the rock climbing, the coastline, the 4am swims, the piri-piri chicken (SET YOUR MOUTH ON FIRE), our new waiter friends, oh and did you know that Port wine is from Portugal? Totally makes sense now, right?
A little history refresher for you, back in the day before they knew that the America's existed, the Portuguese explorers believed that Portugal was the end of the world. And, quite literally, it was for them. I got to go to "The End of the World" this weekend, and it was breathtaking! These huge cliffs that plummet into the abyss. One feels completely desolate (ok, minus all the photo snapping tourists) and completely at peace all at once. I feel those are appropriate emotions for the end of the world.
Oh, and I have officially decided what I am going to collect from every country I go to... and yes, I do realize that it is both totally cliche and a little odd, but here we go. Shot glasses....... ok, yes, let the sighs of tipicality ring AND spoons... yes, all the head cocks are welcome too. I don't know, I really enjoy spoons, for some strange reason. And I know I will always be able to find a shot glass. So there we go. Don't hate. And yes, I did create a word just now.
Well my lovely readers, I will leave you with two links to some of my friend's blogs. They are amazing writers as well. Check them out please! Especially this one by Landon, I enjoy his wittiness and prose, and this can fill you in on some of my other activities in the city.
http://landonmhill.com/blog/?p=109
Here's the link from my friend Sam's blog, its a great little blurb about some Sevillano history!
http://samanthainsevilla.wordpress.com/no8do/
Today, I have friends coming into town from Germany and the Netherlands. I can't wait to see them, we have a whole week planned full of activities, haha. Don't worry, I will blog about them soon.
Besos de Sevilla!
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