Whirlwind weekend...

Hi Fambam!

This past weekend I went to the Pyrenees Mountains with my program.  It was a lot of fun.  We left Barcelona on Friday morning... the second we left our apartment to go to the metro station it started to rain... and not just rain but downfall.  By the time we got on the metro, exited and tried to find our group we were drenched in water... the bus smelled like wet dog and everyone was pretty grumpy (seeing as it was 8am, which is equivalent to 3am in America since everyone sleeps in here!)  Everything in our bags/suitcases were drenched... it was a great way to start the weekend!  But its ok, we all just fell asleep and woke up happy!  We drove there in a bus with about 60 kids.  We stopped at a little village about 40 minutes away from the town we were staying at.  Once we got to the town, we were given about 5 hours of free time to do as we pleased.  Well lets just say, there are less then 200 residents in this town, and it is the off season.  Mom, you think Breck is boring?  Breckenridge is like New York City compared to this place.  So me and my friend AK (Anna Kate) decided to make it an adventure and have a coffee (con chupito y baileys) in every cafe in town.  We visited two churches and just walked around for a while... but as soon as we started venturing out it started to POUR down rain...  While we were walking around this American guy approached us, asking if we were from the states.  We told him we were and he invited us into his cafe for beers.  We ended up hanging out in there for about 3 hours, and got all of our friends to come in as well.  It was rainy outside and this cafe over looked the whole town... it was super comfy in there with couches, chess tables, games, etc.  He told us to come back after dinner with anyone in our program for drinks (CHEAP) and to hang out... which we did.  The school took us to dinner in another village about 15 minutes away... it could have been the worst meal of my life... it was seriously Kraft Macaroni and Cheese noodles (way to over cooked), in a chicken noodle soup type broth, with chunks of fatty ham, and chickpeas... So after dinner we went back to hang out with our new friend Tony.  The next morning we had breakfast in the hotel and then took 4-wheel drive jeeps up into the national forest.  We hiked for about 6 hours, with an hour break for lunch.  This was seriously one of the prettiest places I have ever been... I didn't take my camera on the hike unfortunately, but my roommate Lindsay did.  There were all these little bridges that would take you deep into the forest.  After the hike finished we were on our way back to Barcelona!  We had a few hours to rest until it was time to go out for the night.... On Sunday I slept the majority of the day... it was definitely a whirlwind weekend!!  Here are some pictures from my trip...

This is the view of the town from our hotel parking lot... pretty spectacular.  

This was right outside one of the churches that we visited.  We even light a candle and said a little prayer in the church.  It was very small and quaint.

A pretty little stream in the town...

Wahoooo Bar/Cafe #1.

The girls enjoying some Sangria with our new friend Tony.

(Megan-roommate, Chesleigh, Me, AK)

From Saturday night back in Boulder at the Elephant Club, with two of the other Kappa Kappa Gamma's in my group.  (Christina, me, Fiona).

So there you go!  The Pyrenees was a success and definitely a fast trip!  As you can see I am doing well here in Barcelona.  I cannot believe that it has already been almost a month!  It seems like just yesterday that I left.  Today I went to the famous outdoor markey on Las Ramblas... IT WAS SO COOL!  I took a bunch of pictures that I will upload tomorrow and post this week sometime. (One of my friends is borrowing my camera cord).  Sorry about the grammar/spelling... I tend to do these pretty fast right before I go to bed.

I miss you all, especially you Mom and Dad!  I hope everyone is well back at home. XOXO.