The next few days were some of the same. Went to class, went to the beach or the pool, Wednesday we watched the Spain game which was kind of boring because they lost and then went out to one of my favorite clubs Razmatazz. The beach is somewhat fun. It is extremely dirty though. Also, with people walking around asking you if you want a massage or beer, it gets kind of annoying.
On Friday, we didn't have class because our program was taking us on a trip up La Costa Brava. We met for the bus at 8:30 am. Our bus driver was this crabby frenchman named Lauren. He didn't speak any Spanish or English, only French. He didn't like us very much. So the first day we took the bus about 2 hours up the coast and into a small French town. We were kind of free to do whatever we want for a couple of hours. There was a tour of the Chateau which was optional. First we walked around and the teachers bought us croissants. I never knew a croissant could be so good. Then we walked around looking for somewhere to eat. Since we were in France we wanted some crepes and found a good place, and it was unreal. Then we decided to do the tour of the chateau. From the outside, it looked pretty small and boring but we decided to do it anyways and I'm really glad we did. It was actually huge and really cool inside. We saw where the dungeons were, where the archers shot out of, where the moat and drawbridge were. It was really cool.
Then we took the bus back into Spain to our hotel. It was the day of the second U.S. game versus Slovenia and we got to the hotel just at the end of the first half. We had like 10 minutes before we were supposed to go on the bike tour so we watched the game a little. Then, when it was time to go, Josh, this other kid from NY Sam, and I were the last to go outside. We found out they were 3 bikes short so we convinced our teacher that it was really ok if we didn't go. We all really wanted to watch the game. It ended up being an awesome decision. After the game we went and bought some wine and went on the beach for a little. When everyone came back, they said it was pretty miserable, especially because it rained on them. That night, they had a carnival on the beach so we went and ate and went to the carnivals where I went on one of the craziest rides in my life. It was one of those pirate ships that swing back and forth but at both ends there's a cage that you can go in and stand up but you aren't strapped in or anything. A bunch of us went in and it was nuts. There's no way that this ride would ever be allowed in the U.S.
The next day, we had an amazing breakfast then went to old Roman and Greek ruins. They were pretty cool, but it was so hot that it was hard to pay attention. We did get to see some of the places like where they used to train for the Olympics, the forum, and the baths. It was cool but we definitely spent way
more time than needed there. Then we went to a beach for 2 hours. Bryce, Josh, Pat, Matt, David, Sam, and I rented 2 paddle boats with slides on them. It was definitely money well spent (like 3 euros a piece). It was a lot of fun though.One of my favorite things of the trip was next, the Dali museum. By far my favorite Spanish painter was Dali. Everything he painted was so unusual but there was so much symbolism in his work. I wish we would have spent a lot more time there because we didn't have time to do it all. A lot of his work also has hidden images in it that I wouldn't know of if our guide didn't point them out.
After the museum we went back to the hotel for like 20 minutes before we had a boat tour. We took 2 boats, all of us got on the one that is over 100 years old. The guy on it was nuts. He had all of these ship stories and stuff. After we sailed around the coast a little bit, we put down the anchor and we were allowed to jump in. It was freezing but so much fun. We then went back, showered, and had dinner at the hotel.
Sunday was not a very fun day. We went to a pottery place and painted pottery. They cooked them and stuff and they all turned out pretty ugly...at least I think they're ugly. Some people might like them, but personally I really think they look terrible. Then we went to Sans which is a small town up on this hill. We had lunch there and walked around. That was fun too but we were there for too long as well. The town was small and we had like 3 hours to kill. It was fine though. Then we went back to the pottery place to pick up more pots that didn't have time to cook before and were on our way home.
Overall, I enjoyed going on this trip but I really wish the timing of everything would've been planned out better. We spent too much time in some places and too little time in others. I enjoyed it though and I think most other people did as well.
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