Where o' Where

Good evening everyone!


I hope everyone had a great day so far! This is going to be a short blog tonight because I am exhausted! Today was the guided tour around Toledo. We boarded the buses at 10 this morning to drive around Toledo. We drove outside of the wall and across the river (Toledo is a city completely surrounded by a stone wall and the Tajo River). Once we got across the river we got off the bus to take amazing pictures!! It is such an amazing city!! Once again, I apologize I haven't had pictures up yet, that is my project for tomorrow! After the photo opportunity we drove back to the city to walk around and see many different churches and buildings. 


After the tour, Brittany and I went shopping on the main shopping street in the city! I wasn't as successful as Brittany though :( She ended with more than a couple pairs of shoes and I just got some hair clips! For lunch we finally got some McDonalds! My snack wrap has NEVER TASTED SO AMAZING!!!!! Don't worry....they even have a euro menu (just like our dollar menu) so lunch was very cheap!


After lunch we decided to take a bus ride outside the walls to show our fellow friends where Taylor, Jake, and I live. At the end of the route, typically the bus continues on and returns back to the city....WELL apparently this wasn't the case. The bus driver kicked us off the bus. So here we are....six Americans without a ride back to the city! We decided that getting on a different bus was the best idea to get back. As we got further away from things that look familiar, we began to think maybe this wasn't a good idea. Jake decided to ask a Spanish boy, about 18 years old, if we were going to return back to the city. When he told us we wouldn't and that we were on the wrong bus we all started laughing. Then he yelled GET OFF NOW (of course in Spanish)!!! We didn't have enough time to press the button and stop the bus, so we missed that stop. Also, EVERYONE ON THE BUS TURNED AND LOOKED AT US AND STARTED LAUGHING!! I'm sure they were all thinking we were stupid americans!!! It was pretty funny! As Taylor would say, if you aren't lost, then you aren't trying!!!


Today, we also tried to plan some weekend trips. This is a difficult task when you have six people wanting to go different places, wanting to spend different amounts of money, wanting to take different modes of transportation, and wanting to stay in different hostels/hotels. There are about eight weekends of trips that need to be planned...Does anyone have any suggestions?!?! We did accomplish one thing today. I booked the hostel we will be staying in next weekend when we go to Madrid. This was my first time booking a hostel vs. a hotel. With the bed bug epidemic breaking out in Europe I was a little hesitant staying in a hostel as opposed to a Hilton :) Hopefully it will be nice and clean so no one has anything to worry about!!! We still have a lot of planning to do though. As of right now, I am thinking about going to Lisbon (Portugal), London, Paris, somewhere in Ireland, and somewhere in Germany. I also have my spring break week and the week prior to my adventure back to the States. For these weeks, I am thinking  Italy and Greece! I never knew how difficult it was to look for cheap flights and appealing hostels/hotels! 


Dinner was surprisingly good tonight! It was something similar to the signature Spanish dish known as paella. This consists of rice, carrots, peas, corn, chicken, and shrimp. It was amazing! I ate a lot :) Could today be the end to the unappetizing Spanish dishes I have had?!?! Cross your fingers for me!! 


I will try extremely hard to get those pictures up online tomorrow! I will look for the easiest way to be able to share them with you guys!!! Have a great rest of your evening!!!


besos y abrazos
B