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| View from the balcony... can you say paradise!? |
Chris came and met me at my hostel in the morning and we stopped by his home stay to pick up his suitcase and meet up with his friend Michael who he is studying with. I was very proud that I fit all of my stuff for the weekend into my little backpack, while both of the boys were lugging their carry-on suitcases behind me. One thing I have learned from this experience is how to pack lightly, and that rolling your clothes is the biggest space saver ever! We met up with everyone else who was heading on the Lagos trip, 3 full bus loads! It was about a 3 hour bus ride to Lagos and we stopped in the middle, but we picked up an hour on our way so we arrived at about 1 o'clock. It was a beautiful day out, I was starting to forget what summer weather felt like, it's felt like fall in Paris since I arrived and was freezing in London last weekend! We stayed at the Aqualuz hotel, which was gorgeous. All of the hotel rooms had a balcony that overlooked the two pools in the courtyard, it was definitely much nicer that the hostels I'm starting to get used to staying in! We got settled into our rooms and got ready to head to the beach.
The beach was gorgeous, I was amazed when we first walked up. Definitely prettier than Panama City, where we spent Spring Break. There were huge rocks everywhere and the bluest water I have ever seen. We spent the day hanging out on the beach, I only got in the water as far as my thighs, and trust me that was far enough, it was freezing! Some of the boys swam out to one of the further rocks and climbed it and went cliff diving into the water. Something told me that it wasn't worth the swim in the cold water, besides with my luck I'd jump into the wrong part and get attacked by the coral. So I stuck to the beach and shallow water where I could see where my feet were. After a fun and relaxing day we headed back to the hotel. The students studying abroad in Spain are all used to their siesta, I'm starting to think their day revolves around it, I'm a little jealous! We then got ready to head to the end of the world to watch the sunset. It was well worth the 40 minute bus ride, I just wish my pictures did it justice. They used to believe that this point really was the end of the world when they thought that the world was flat, since it is the southernmost point in Portugal. You walk out on these huge cliffs and are surrounded by water and the sunset everywhere you look. It was a little chilly and very windy, so my hair didn't quite cooperate for the pictures, but it was gorgeous! When we got back to the hotel the guides took us into the center of town where they pointed out different restaurants we could eat dinner at. We ended up going to a Mexican place, which was perfect since I've been craving Mexican for weeks now and then got ice cream before heading to the bar where they were having specials for everyone on the DiscoverSevilla trip. I wasn't feeling very good by the time we got there though, something between the mixture of little sleep over the past couple of days, being out in the sun all day, the spicy food, and the creamy ice cream just didn't work for me, so we ended up calling it a night pretty early... we had an exciting day ahead of us anyways!!
On Saturday we got up and headed down to breakfast in the restaurant by the pool. After breakfast we hung around the hotel until it was time for us to meet to go on our Sangria Sailboat tour at 12:30. The sailboats were awesome, it was all you can drink Sangria for two hours out on a sailboat on the gulf on a sunny day. Who would have thought we'd be doing that in October?! The sailboat excursion also included a tour of the grottoes which are all the caves, so we broke into 3 groups and each took their turn getting on the smaller boat to get their tour of all the cool grottoes, they were awesome! We then headed back to the sailboat and Chris somehow convinced me to jump off the boat into the water, I think him saying that there was a 78% chance that I wouldn't jump made me want to prove him wrong... The water was freezing
Sunday the weather was overcast and a little crappy, so we didn't end up going to the beach. Instead they took us to the lighthouse where we were able to take in another awesome view and walk down a ton of stairs into the the grottoes. It was definitely a cool way to see them, they are even more amazing when standing right near them and able to take it all in than when you are in a boat, quickly driving through. After taking a bunch of pictures at the Lighthouse we decided to walk into the center of town for some lunch and to look at all of the little shops. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at the hotel until it was time to head back to Spain. After a long bus ride back, (I spent most of the time sleeping so it didn't really bother me...) Chris, Michael and I grabbed dinner before I stopped at my hostel to check in and then Chris and I went for a walk around Sevilla so I could see it all at night, until it started raining!
Today was my last day in Spain, that morning I went to school with Chris and hung out in the library while he was in class. When he got out of class, we went and grabbed some food at a Tapas bar that was right next to the cathedral with an awesome view! After lunch, we wandered around Sevilla for a while so I could see the town, grabbed some ice cream (of course), and then hung out in the park until it was time for me to head back to the airport to go back to Paris. It was quite the journey back between my flight, 2 trains, and a bus to drop me off right in front of my dorm, but it was definitely worth it.
It was the perfect weekend, just like Spring Break in October. I had so much fun with Chris and all his friends. And I'll get to see him again in 2 weeks, which is much better than 6!!
Just three more days until Uncle Mike, Nikki and Taylor are in Paris, I can't wait!!
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