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I ended up not going to the bullfight this Sunday. It was only an amateur fight and I guess those can be terrible because the matadors have a hard time placing the sword where it needs to be in order to kill the bull instantly (I would rather wait to see a professional fight). Instead, as you can see from the pictures the beaches of Cadiz were so beautiful we ended up staying the night and spending one more day baking in the sun by the Ocean.
First the whole school took a bus to Jerez, which is a city in Spain that is the founder of the internationally known and extremely popular sherry wine called Tio Pepe. It is the #1 most exported good in Spain. We took a tour of the winery and then ended with a sampling of a few of them. It was very fun. Afterwards we were all taken to the beach in Cadiz, which is a city about a half hour north of Jerez.
The beach was soooo beautiful and the weather was so perfect a few students and I decided to stay in a hostel over night and spend all day the next day on la playa! Staying in the hostel was quite the experience. The hostel had about four beds to a room, the bathrooms are really gross so you just feel like a huge bum carrying all your stuff with you and sleeping in places you don’t know. The Hostel we stayed in looked like it could have been a sane asylum in the past or an old hospital, the boys enjoyed trying to freak us girls out. After surviving the night we went to the beach and had a blast. I thought of Brittany and Chris a lot when I was trying to body surf the waves and wished the whole family were there. I also thought of little Natalie and how much she would have loved playing in the white sand. Also we were lucky enough to be there the day they were having an Air Show, Dad would have loved that (I took a picture for you of a plane that flew close by)
I am having the most amazing time here although I have been feeling a little homesick now that all the adrenaline from first arriving has worn off. I think a few other people are feeling the same way in fact one of my favorite people I have met here left Spain today to go home because he missed his family so much. I feel really lucky to have a roommate like Ellie and a host family like the one I have, otherwise Im sure the transition would have been a lot harder.
This weekend we are going on a trip to Lagos Portugal, which is supposed to be complete paradise. I will have to try and stay focused on schoolwork until then.
First the whole school took a bus to Jerez, which is a city in Spain that is the founder of the internationally known and extremely popular sherry wine called Tio Pepe. It is the #1 most exported good in Spain. We took a tour of the winery and then ended with a sampling of a few of them. It was very fun. Afterwards we were all taken to the beach in Cadiz, which is a city about a half hour north of Jerez.
The beach was soooo beautiful and the weather was so perfect a few students and I decided to stay in a hostel over night and spend all day the next day on la playa! Staying in the hostel was quite the experience. The hostel had about four beds to a room, the bathrooms are really gross so you just feel like a huge bum carrying all your stuff with you and sleeping in places you don’t know. The Hostel we stayed in looked like it could have been a sane asylum in the past or an old hospital, the boys enjoyed trying to freak us girls out. After surviving the night we went to the beach and had a blast. I thought of Brittany and Chris a lot when I was trying to body surf the waves and wished the whole family were there. I also thought of little Natalie and how much she would have loved playing in the white sand. Also we were lucky enough to be there the day they were having an Air Show, Dad would have loved that (I took a picture for you of a plane that flew close by)
I am having the most amazing time here although I have been feeling a little homesick now that all the adrenaline from first arriving has worn off. I think a few other people are feeling the same way in fact one of my favorite people I have met here left Spain today to go home because he missed his family so much. I feel really lucky to have a roommate like Ellie and a host family like the one I have, otherwise Im sure the transition would have been a lot harder.
This weekend we are going on a trip to Lagos Portugal, which is supposed to be complete paradise. I will have to try and stay focused on schoolwork until then.
LOTS OF LOVE xoxoxoxoxoxox Bethany
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