For those of you who haven't read part A, go ahead and skip down to it and come back to this later.
The reason this took so long to come out was I had it mostly written and I left it on the computer and Evan decided it would be good idea to restart the computer, so I felt a little discouraged. then I figured out i could get it back but I read it and it was terrible. So here you go, a slightly less terrible version.
Anyway... the trip... So after we made it back to Galicia, we rented a car and drove to Sanxenxo from the airport. I was super happy to see Evan again! It's strange to go even 5 days without seeing him. We didn't waist any time showing them around. I have to say that it is a great experience seeing a place for the first time and falling in love with it, but its so cool to be able to share that place with someone else! It was like I was seeing everything again for the first time. We traveled along the coast, pointing out all the different beaches that we have surfed at. Once we made it to "a Lansada", (see pics below) we explored the ruins that are on one end of the beach for a while and then we walked a ways down the beach. While we were there there were tonnes of surfers catching waves, so we told Mom and Dad to imagine that they were us. (except we aren't as good lol) and we had a blast looking for shells. The beaches here are perfect because you have really soft sand most of the time but there is always a line of shells running down the beach so you get to find treasures. Unfortunately, there gets to be a lot of garbage washed up too, because people are pigs!
Anyway, the next day we woke up early and traveled to pick david up from Vigo. The poor kid was so tired but we dragged him around anyway. We were already halfway to the fort and celtic remains (see pics below). We had a breakfast of yummy pastries and hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here is very thick and rich. It is very close to melted chocolate. Aka; I love it! Also the pastries here are very good, they are similar to ones at home except for one called a "napolitana" which is very common here but i have never seen it at home. It is made of flakey dough and has chocolate (Nutella textured) filling. Anyway, forts that are like castles are always cool to see and Dave powered through. The celtic remains we fun, we did a bit more exploring than last time (because the tape stopping you from exploring was mysteriously missing this time). I found a piece of pottery that I hope is really old but you can see the finger markings one one side which is cool. We were sad because the little museum at the top of the mountain was closed.
After driving along picturesque coasts to arrive back home we settled in for a relaxed christmas. Christmas was great, church was only sacrament meeting, and we were able to introduce my parents to a few friends. We didn't even open presents until late. We had the crackers that mom made (which always have fun treats!) and Evan and I had a couple of presents from home. Thanks to Christy (Evan's mom) for the Canadian ties! My goal is to find the perfect occasion to wear mine. And thanks to Christine & James & Boys for the peanut butter and KD powder and everything! We have already plowed through one jar of the PB. I think I'm malnourished from only eating peanut butter and jam sandwiches! Also, thanks to everyone else for the pictures and cards!
We spent some time in the old part of Pontevedra and in Santiago de Compostela. We showed them all the places we thought were cool like the Cathedral and some more ruins we also did a bit of shopping of course. Evan only had one thing in mind though... a knife. He found one, its a special kind with a special name and maybe if I'm lucky he will comment below what it is. It sure looks fancy anyway.
Mom, Dad and Dave lucked out because the weather was very well behaved while they were here, it hardly rained at all! It was really cool to share our little piece of heaven with my family. So you all know, any other friends or family have an open invitation to do the same!
Part C; "Italian Exploits", coming soon!
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