For Easter week here in Spain it is called Semana Santa. We got the week off of school, so I took the opportunity to do some much-desired traveling. The first city I traveled to was Malaga. While there I stayed in a hostel called Picasso's Corner in an 11-bed room. I was nervous about it at first but it turned out to be a great experience. Since I was traveling by myself, it gave me the opportunity to meet some new people. My first night there I went out with three other people from my hostel. Two guys were study abroad students in England and one of them was from Canada and the other was from Australia. The other girl that went out with us was from Australia and was studying in Germany. The four of us went out for dinner and drinks and it was a lot of fun. The next morning the other girl and I went to the Picasso Museum which was a lot fun and really interesting. After that I walked along the garden to the beach. It was great for a while and then I got stuck in the rain without and umbrella. I headed back to my hostel and ate dinner at the hostel and played board games with some of the other people there. The next day I took two different trains to get to Puerta de Santa Maria. The first day I got to my hostel late so I went out for dinner and then settled in for the night in my single room. The next day I got up and took the boat to Cadiz. In Cadiz I went to the lighthouse and walked on the beach. I also go to see the castle and watched the sunset there. After sunset I headed back to the boat to go back to Puerta the de Santa Maria. Along the way I got stuck in a plaza because there were so many people there the watch the passes of Semana Santa. I got to watch one of them but there were so many people that is was pretty much impossible to take photos. Once I got back to Puerta de Santa Maria I got some dinner and went to bed. The next day I just stay in the town and I went to the market which was very cool to see. the next day I headed back to Seville. It was a great trip for me.
This past weekend the school took a trip to Morocco It was awesome. The first day we took a tour on bus through Tanger, the city that our hotel was in. We also did a short walking tour and went to a Moroccan Pharmacy where I bought stuff for myself and some gifts. We then went to lunch and got to see a belly dance show while there. After lunch we went to the hotel, which was beautiful. We got both dinner and breakfast at the hotel. The next day we got to go to a small town. We got a tour by a local guide and got to see a blanket shop then we ate lunch as a group again. After lunch we had free time to shop. For shopping you had to barter for everything. I bought a ton of stuff while shopping. On our third day in Morocco we got to start the day by riding camels, which was awesome. We also got a tour of another small town and got free time for lunch. Then we got to head back to Seville. But I must say that my first trip to Africa was great!!!
Now I'm excited for next week when I am off school and I am going to Conil de la Frontera and will be learning to SURF!!!! So beaches here I come again!!!!
