March 2, 2010: So last Thursday night, Grace McCord was coming all the way from Sweden to visit little ole me! I was super excited until I got her e-mail that because of one of millions of French air strikes, her plane was severely delayed. Alas, she would not make it to Pamplona before Friday. What could I do?
Well, I hopped on a bus to Madrid to meet her, that’s what! I couldn’t leave her stranded in this country without a translator. Plus, I didn’t have anything else to do on Thursday if she wasn’t going to be there. So, we met up in Madrid and had a spontaneous adventure! We stayed in a nice hostel, thanks mom and dad :) and Friday morning, we went to STARBUCKS. We may have spent a lot of money there, but we left feeling like we’d won the lottery. We were SO HAPPY to have real Starbucks Coffee! After our amazing caffeine boost, we wandered around the city taking pictures and taking advantage of the blue skies and the heat wave. It was like 63 degrees! We went to their huge park and walked around and we went to an art museum and we just generally had a wonderful, touristy day. Friday night when we got back, we just cooked some dinner and went to bed.
Saturday, we went running in the rain. And that was probably the only hour it rained the entire weekend. What good timing, right? I gave her a tour of my city for the afternoon, and then that night, we went to the ballet “Beethoven” in the old Teatro Gayarre downtown. We got to dress up, so that was really fun!
Sunday, we wandered around Pamplona some more. I got to show her my school and we went to where the old cathedral and citadel are. We saw the outside of the bullfighting ring (and I hope never to see the inside of that place!) We had such a fun weekend together; I was SO HAPPY she came to visit!
This week, I actually had to do some homework, which is strange because there isn’t much homework here. I’m going to be really busy just about every day. And then Friday I think I’m going to San Sebastian beach and Saturday I’m going on an excursion of Navarra with the university. I have plenty of adventures to come, which means more pictures soon! Thanks for reading this, now I’ll show you some pictures!
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