Holiday!

Hello!

Today was a fiesta! Not really, it was more of a day of rest to commemorate the Senor Santiago, not a saint. The most important part of this being a holiday for me was that there was no school! We got to sleep in because breakfast wasn’t until 10 am and after breakfast Dana and I went exploring!

We just walked around the city and went down streets we’ve never been down before. I introduced her to bubble tea; I think she is the 4^th person I’ve introduced it to. Then we found a really pretty park and we ran into some friends who may join us on our trip to Barcelona next weekend. Soon it was time for lunch. In honor of the holiday (I assume), África cooked us paella! For those of you who don’t know, paella is a very traditional Spanish dish mainly of rice, saffron, and seafood. It was pretty good. A new lady from Germany was there, so the dining room table was quite crowded with all 6 of us.

After lunch Dana and I met up with some friends and we went paddle-boating on the river! It was 15 euro for all of us for an hour, so it was only 3 euro a piece. It was so much fun, and we had a blast with the boats. Especially, since 3 of us were in dresses and no of us had a bathing suit on. I got some awesome pictures of the city from the river, though. We just hung out until dinner, and then we had tortilla Espanola, which is kind of like an omelet with potatoes in it. Dana, our two new roomies, and I walked to the Plaza, met a bunch of friends, and got ice cream. That was my relaxing vacation day! Back to school tomorrow, le sigh.