On Sunday, we went to Trujillo for a wine and cheese festival. Tried lots of different cheeses and cheese cakes and a couple types of wine. There was lots of goat and lamb cheese, which I thought was disgusting. We spent most of the day there and when we returned to Caceres, we were going to climb the mountain one last time but we were tired. So, we went to a cafe and got ice cream and then went to a plaza/park and watched the movie Bridget Jones's Diary on a computer. The Spanish people looked at us kind of funny because we probably apppeared homeless(we were sitting on blankets on the sidewalk eating food) but oh well. It was a lot of fun and I hope to do that again tonight.
On Monday, we had no school because it was Labor Day. When I woke up, I found out the news about Bin Laden. Everyone here has been congratulating us because we are Americans...kinda strange and not sure how I feel about that. We had our last bible study and then had a farewell dinner on Monday night. I tried calamari-octopus legs! It was disgusting due to the texture but check that off the list of exotic foods to eat. We went to the Plaza Mayor afterwards and got ice cream and sat and talked. It was lots of fun being together as a group.
Last night, I took some NyQuill for my cough which caused me to be a bit late to my first class due to oversleeping...oopsie. We had my favorite food for lunch today-bean soup and empanadillas. This afternoon, Casey and I went to the park for 2 hours...had to get our last Spanish sunning in! I hear Iowa is like 40 degrees which is very disappointing considering it is in the 80s here! Tonight is a Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona soccer game, so of course all of Spain will be watching that. Afterwards, we are having a going away party/birthday party for Casey at a bar in the Plaza Mayor area. It will be fun and will be our last time together as a whole group. So crazy that this is already the end. It hasn't flown by but the semester has gone pretty fast.
I have 3 last classes tomorrow...one test and one speech left! I leave on a bus from Caceres at 3:30pm and will be spending a night in Madrid. We fly out around 11am on Thursday and I will go to Newark then Des Moines. I should be in Des Moines at 9:15pm Iowa time on Thursday. Praying for safe flights!
This is my last post from Spain :( There are definitely things here I will miss!! But I am very excited to come home!!!
Love you all!
Annette
