Once again, I am very impressed with my eagerness to upload my photos and update my blog!! I just got back home, from Palma de Mallorca, about four hours ago. Palma is on the island of Mallorca. Mallorca is one of two Spanish islands in the Mediterranean Sea. I left on Thursday night with Brittany, her mom ,Roxanne, and her mom's friend, Kami. Thursday night we stayed at a hostel in Madrid so we didn't have to leave Toledo so early Friday morning.
We made our famous spaghetti dinner at the hostel Thursday and went to bed. Friday morning we navigated our way through the ridiculously packed metro...It was insane how many people were packed on there at once....Nothing was stolen so all was well :)
The plane was about a half hour late taking off from Madrid....always a great way to start off the trip :) I got a window seat on the way over and loved seeing the beaches from the air!!! It looked like a postcard :) Palma reminded me a lot of Hawaii! There were beaches, mountains, and lots of designer stores! Our hostel was located perfectly! It was super close to the Cathedral, the main shopping street, and lots of restaurants. Saturday night there was a HUGE festival called Carnaval right by our hostel. There were thousands of people dressed up in costumes! It was like an American Halloween!
On Friday we walked around the city. We looked at the Cathedral, was some Arab Baths, walked by the water, and had a dinner consisting of pizza and lasagna!! It was perfect! Friday night Brittany and I found ourselves up until 1:30 in the morning talking with her mom and Kami. It was nice to have a little "girl" time, because we don't get any of that in Toledo!
Saturday morning we work up and went to the grocery store for sandwiches, chips, and oranges. We ate on the roof of our hostel. The view was AMAZING!!! It was warm and sunny, too! It wasn't warm enough to sit out in a swimming suit, but it sure felt warm to me!!! After lunch we headed to a Bellver Castle. We weren't sure where about the Castle was, but we took a chance. Long story short, we got lost getting there (we didn't know what stop to get off at), we hiked FOREVER through on a curvy road in the woods, saw the castle, and got lost on the way back to the hostel! Good thing the castle was worth all the hard work getting to a from it!!! We forgot about the festival being in the plaza by our hostel, so the buses stopped running there and the restaurants weren't serving any food :( So dinner Saturday night consisted of nothing other than....McDonalds :) It's always good to have McDonalds every now and then right?!?!?!
Being exhausted from all the walking on Saturday, we went to bed early. We left Palma later than expected due to an error with the number or passengers on the plane. The boarding gate had less boarding passes than what we had on the plane...I was about ready to get up and start counting passengers myself, but then the problem was solved :) When we got back to Toledo, I was on the bus headed to work on some homework at school when we passed my amazing study abroad advisor, Rosemary, and Taylor. I called them and we met up to walk around Toledo for a bit. It was so nice to see her!!! She will be staying at my school until Tuesday when she heads back to Madrid to work on research for her doctoral thesis.
This week is pretty calm and will hopefully be relaxing! Tomorrow we will hopefully get to eat dinner with Rosemary, Tuesday I work at the clinic again, Wednesday I only have one class :) and Thursday I have another field trip and a presentation to give in art class!! This weekend I decided to take a weekend off from traveling and hang around Toledo. There is so much more to see of Toledo and this is the only weekend until I head home that I am not doing some sort of traveling!
I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL weekend!! Is the weather warming up in Wisconsin at all? I sure hope it is for you guys :) It is supposed to rain every day from Tuesday through the weekend here :( Never fear, I brought my rain boots here :) ha ha ha!!! Madrid did get snow this past weekend so it isn't just everyone in Wisconsin!
Wishing everyone a fantastic upcoming week :)
Talk soon!
Besos y abrazos!!!
B
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