This is probably the strangest Christmas I have ever had. At least, when one combines the facts that there was no snow, no Christmas tree, (almost) no presents, no pumpkin pie and, well... the list could go on for a while. However, even though it didn’t really feel like the kind of Christmas I am used to, there was a lot of family and friends and good times.
My holidays were broken up into three weeks, the first week was when my parents flew me down to Alicante to visit with them. Those of you who were following my Facebook status back then will know that that was quite an adventure. It all stemmed from the fact that I left my house with the most important thing you need when you go traveling; a passport. I rode three different buses to get from Sanxenxo to the Airport in Santiago so going back to get it before the plane left was out of the question. I just have to say that I was crazy lucky and somehow they let me on the plane down with the promise that the people in Alicante wouldn’t be so kind. I had to make sure that I got my passport in time to go back. You can imagine that I was pretty stressed out to get it in time but luckily it all worked out and I learned my lesson. The problem is I’m pretty sure I have learned the lesson of not forgetting things before. Multiple times. We will see if it actually takes this time.
Southern Spain was great! I was so excited to see my parents, but trying to find something to do was very difficult. We drove into the beach town that was near our place and it was like a ghost town in the middle of the day. It was so strange! I kept expecting to see a tumble weed. The water was pretty much the same temperature as here (which is freakin' cold) so no swimming and the weather didn't' really warm up to t-shirt weather until the last day. Plus, every tourist place we could find was closed for the week we were there! We finally found a zoo that was open. It was pretty deserted which was much nicer then a crowded one in my opinion. It was called “mundo mar” which basically translates to “sea world”. They had lots of monkeys and birds and stuff but the best part was the dolphin show. I have seen dolphin shows, but this one takes the cake. The tricks were by far the most impressive I have ever seen and there were cute guys :D After Mundo Mar there was the chocolate factory. We took a tour of the Valor chocolate factory which was pretty interesting. We learned how chocolate is made and we got to see the machines and packaging process. There really aren’t many people needed. Oh, and they had a secret research lab which I wanted to go into sooo bad!
That was pretty much all we could find that was open, but one other memorable thing we did was we went on a walk. We tried to follow the directions that the hotel staff gave us... but they were terrible! They were obviously a translation from Spanish to English... (at least that is our excuse) anyway, I’m pretty sure we weren’t supped to go the way we went, but it was so cool! We found a cave! It was at the top of this big steep hill and it wasn’t very big but it was really neat. I could imagine people living in there, there was a raised platform that looked perfect for a bed. There were a couple of fissures that went deeper but we wouldn’t have been able to fit. We also found some ruined buildings and some old wells. One well was so deep that it took a rock almost five seconds to hit the bottom (yes we timed it) As it turned out, even though there we some close calls on that steep hill, I’m really glad that we didn’t find the right path.
I will continue writing about the vacation, but it's too much for one post.
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