Update!!!

Sorry yall I havent been updating my blog. Spain is absolutely amazing and I am having the time of my life. I thought that I wouldn't have enough things to do but we are constantly busy having a blast and having an adventure of a life time. The only reason I am able to update today is because i am sick :( no bueno.

So far I have been very successful with the clothes washing and the grocery shopping. I have even experienced washing a dress in the sink because i forgot to wash it with the rest of my clothes. ha ha who would have thought that it would have been fun. The grocery shopping here is different. To get the veggies and fruit you have to put plastic gloves on and then you get what you want. The milk here is not refrig but i havent had the nerve to try it, weak i know. But there is just something about milk being on a regular shelf that turns me away. The first time i went shopping i had the spanish dictionary out while trying to shop trying to figure out what i was buyiing and if i even knew if i could eat it. You should have seen all the looks i got, it was hilarious. The onyl bad thing about shopping is that i have to carry it back to the dorms. ot very fun, but i am getting serious muscle. And then when you go to check out you have to bag it yourself and while you are bagging your stuff she rings up other people its is very efficent and very convienant. And then she tell you how much your price is and you pay and you are good to go.

One of the very most important things you should know is that they don't have a lot of playing cards here. It took me 2 weeks!!!!! 2 stinkin weeks to find cards and even then it was just poker cards. I was hoping they would have Skip-bo or Phase 10. Nope all they have is Uno and Poker cards. But i finally found some and everything is right in the world. lol. I even bought some really cool earrings, I love them!!!
I also tried to find sweatpants but no such luck but i got a cool jacket. Someone said that I wouldnt need the sweatpants that I tried to pack and they said it was going to be warm. Welll lo and behold we had a cold spell for about 2 or 3 days.. And so finally i bought the jacket and have only used it once. I knew that was going to happen, after i bought the jacket it would get hot again. Oh well at least i have a new jacket.

Tapas Bars

Let me explain to you what tapas bars are, they are absolutely amazing. So here we have a really big lunch around 2pm and siestas. Then we dont have dinner till 9:30 or 10ish at night. For the most part everyone goes to the tapas bars. It is these little little restuarants that line the calle or street and each little tapa bar has their own specail little food thing. My favorite so far are the chicken and fried veggies. The chicken they serve you on a stick like a kebab with a piece of bread attached. And you just go from tapa to tapa sampling all the amazing food. Its really a neat experience. its a gathering of friends and families and enjoying the time here. Family is really important here and they do everything together and its a very friendly enviornment. I can't wait to take the parents out to the tapas. It is a complete blast and extremely yummy!!!!

Pampalona

WOW!!! that pretty much sums up the whole trip. haha. I have never seen so many people in my life, let a lone so many drunk people. But it was a blast and scary all at the same time. Right now in Pampalona is the Running of the Bulls.. What an amazing and life time experience. Just to ease yalls mind, i didn't run but i had 2 very dear friends that did run and they survived, i don't think my heart did though. lol. Me and my worrying tisk tisk. Water is for us as wine is for them. I have never seen so much wine in my life, people were carrying by the milk jugs and gallons of wine in buckets its insane!!! Everyone was pretty nice there, i didn't run into any mean people, which i was very lucky for, but i don't think i have every prayed so many times and so hard in my life. Okay so here is the play by play
Friday: We arrived by bus to Pampalona and went straight to buying tickets for the bull fight, we also bought tickets to seat in the arena and watch the running of the bulls and watch the people and the bulls run in, pretty awesome idea even if it was by mistake. While waiting in line to buy tickets Karen and I were starting to play goldfish when this little old lady in front of us took the cards out of Karen's hand and was trying to teach us a game in Spanish, it was hilarious, i couldn't even keep a straight face the whole time. Also while standing in line i got proposed to HAHAHA. this guy (who was gorgeous) took a ring off his finger kissed it and tried to give it to me, sadly i declined. LOL. After we got our tickets we headed back to the bus stop to meet up with everyone else. We then went and found a park to sleep in, yes me, i slept under the Spanish sky with no tent only a blanket. I didn't have a problem falling asleep, but i am the only one in the group who fell asleep. I believe it was because all of the worrying and stress made me exhausted. The funny thing is i slept with both wallets down my pants and my electronic stuff down my shirt, so if someone did still my bag all they got was a change of clothes and some treats, LOL. I am a genius i know.
Saturday: We woke up early so that we could drop Jill off at the starting point. I thought i was going to pass out when i saw the crowd and also being so nervous for her. It took us forever to make it to the arena, we got to walk up the course that the bulls run which was pretty awesome!! While walking to the arena we ended up being in the middle of a parade, lol only tourist would do that. And finally after about an hour of walking, getting lost, walking a different, asking questions we made it to our seat. The arena was PACKED.. it was neat hearing everyone sing a fight song or anthem or something. We watched the running of the bulls and then were able to watch them run in as well as the people. That was really a neat experience. We saw Jill about 30 minutes later after they had the bulls running around the arena throwing people in the air (their horns were tapped). We met up with her outside the arena and met some boys from Italy, they were nice but very drunk. When they found out i was from Alabama they sang sweet home Alabama, very loudly and very off tune. It was so embarrassing everyone was looking. We met up with the rest of our group and had lunch in a different park and took a nap and played uno and watched a random band come through and play, that was cool. Then we went and i bought a t-shirt, a newspaper, a program, and some other stuff, and we went and saw the bull fight. It was an interesting but once in a life time experience, (that's what i kept repeating in my head) the arena was completely packed. I was really nervous that we were going to get wine thrown on us, because that is what they do, people have buckets, cup, and squirt guns full of wine and they just throw them. Luckily we didn't sit in our seats because if we did then we would have been SOAKED. We sat with the old people, lol. This was such an amazing experience!!! But i am glad i am back in the dorms clean and safe! VIVE SAN FERMIN!!!!