public bath houses and sleeping in the desert---just describing my christmas :)

gah, where to start? oh right--the flight to morocco--wellllllll first of all there were about 25 kids between the ages of 1 month to 7 on the plane...but before we could even get on the plane the stupid ryanair people checked EVERYONE´s bags to make sure that they fit in the dumb little thing--well of course my doesnt sooo i proceed to take clothes out and put them on..in the end i left 3 olddd tshirts, had on 4 tank tops, 2 shirts, 2 jackets, 2 pairs of leggings and 2 pairs of socks...and all of this i did right in front of everyone in the line cuz you know what? i thought it was pretty damn ridiculous that i couldnt just get on the plane, we know the bag is going to fit because its squishy--not like a rolling bag or anything..so anyway finallly i got on the plane and then proceeded to de-robe again haha

sooo arrival in morocco was fine-got a cool stamp in my passport!! then we got picked up at the airport by the guy we booked our 4 day tour with and he took us to our riad, which was soo pretty (pics on fb later) and surprisingly easy to find which was nice :) then we were the only ones in the riad, we had a cup or two of tea and then headed to bed!

the next morning we got up and had breakfast, then headed out for our 4 day desert tour! we met our guide and driver--ismael and ahmed! ismael spoke alright english--enough to answer all 5000 of moms questions and ahmed spoke about 3 words of english and a little spanish, so mostly he didnt speak at all to us haha we stopped at a couple of places and took pictures and drove through some really pretty mountains--stopped for lunch and then went to our first stopping point for the night in the Dades Gorges--the hotel was nice and we had dinner and then went to bed--only to wake up and find that the power was out haha it was FREEEEZING at night but we had a ton of blankets so it worked out fine :)

gah there is sooooo much more but i just dont have time or the patience to sit here and write it all at one time..so it will be in pieces, with this being piece number one!

tbc.....

squishy pillowssss

alright so firstly--squishy pillows suck--why anyone would ever enjoy sleeping on a squishy pillow is a mystery to me, you just wake up with a sore neck and you're basically sleeping directly on the bed-there is no point in even having a pillow--blahhh the reason i have all his knowledge of squishy pillows is because our Bed and Breakfast that we have been stayin at here in VLC has them and well im just over em haha

otherwiseeee--Valencia with mom has been great, went to the aquarium which was REALLLLLY COOOL! lotsss of pics from there but i just dont have time to download them all right now, walked around all the plazas and went to the central market one day which was pretty cool, went to my university and got all my information about where i will be next semester--also found out that there are 45,000 undergrad students at my university--THAT IS RIDICULOUS!

made it to the beach yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous--i cannot waitttt for it to be nice so i can go there everyday--the sand is soft and the water is calm and there is a LOT of beach to explore!!!

well we are headed to morocco this afternoon, staying in merrekech for 1 night then heading into the desert for 3 nights and then back to merrekech for 2 nights..then its off to barcelona for 5 nights and then ill be heading back here and mom will be heading home on the 1st!

SO--HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! We love and miss you all :)

out until 7 am, sleeping until 4 pm..i think my schedule is a little backwards..

sooo lets see, i've mostly just been laying low and relaxing for the past couple days, went to the center yesterday and walked around and shopped, got a feel for the city a little more and found where mom and i will be staying--it's in a GREAT location right by the city center without being RIGHT in the center :) good job mom!

last night we went out though ha--went to a piso party (apartment) and didnt know a single person and of course we had a great time :) met some really cool people who i am now facebook friends with--fb is so handy like that...anyway then we left and went to a bar called caribbeans which was a lot of fun, LOTSS of people and good music too! got some free drinks because we came with one of the bartenders so thats always nice..as my friend mark says--"If its free, its for me" then when that shut down around 3 we went to a different club/bar called Murray and they played the BEST MUSIC i have heard since i got to spain! alllll american music classics, like RESPECT and Jackson 5 and just great songs, so of course i sang my heart out and danced a ton and a had a greatttt time until about 6 am

then it was time for bed haha, so of course i have done a whole lot of nothing today recouperating (sp?) because my MOM WILL BE HERE TOMORROW! im soooo excited!!! it really hit me when she sent the email saying..."boarding" gahhhhhhh

well now its time to get some sleep again!

over and out

a party in a cone...

lets see, yesterday was un-eventful for the most part during the day--just got some rest and hung out with mm :) then we went to annettes and made some dinner and drank some wine for a while before heading to a piso party (apartment party) and continuing the party.  we had free entry in to this club/bar called Mya but you had to get there before 2:30 so we left around 2:15 and got there just in time! the place looked like a huge street cone, minus the awful organe and yellow lines haha it was pretty cool outside though--very nice view of a cool party of valencia but i didnt have a chance to take any pics sooo maybe next time! anyway it was pretty small in the club but lotsss of fun...the bathrooms were interesting because you could see in between the two into the other side haha but it was interesting.

after a bit we headed to another piso party and then finally around 5 30 in the morning we made our way back to the apartment and passed outtttt...well i did, apparently mm couldnt sleep and stayed up for another hour haha

today has been equally as uneventful so far haha, a lot of laying around and watching tv and eating--ugh blahh

i think we are going out tonight though, then again who really knows where the night is going to take you!

have a great saturday night everyone!

Day 2

Today was greatttt :) caught up on some sleep and then went to visit my faculty where i will be having my classes next semester so that was nice to see!  we ate at pans and co. which just so happens to have DANK sandwiches and it was delicioussss...then mm, annette, and i of course got some shopping in haha---yet again another beautiful day though, a little chilly this evening but i bought a cute blazer sooo that will go perfectly with chilly nights like these--although they are nothing compared to santander, thank gooooooodness

mm and i went to annette's and made egg and cheese sandwiches and drank fizzy wine that was really good and just had some bonding time as us girls like to call it :) i enjoyed it a ton and i cant wait for tomorrow for a piso party and who knows what else will happen!!

hasta luego!

First Day in Valencia!

So this was my first sight off the bus in Valencia :) I don't think i could have expected anything better, the weather is gorgeous and i can't wait for what is to come!!

After this Mary Margaret, my new best friend in Valencia and the only person i know haha, picked me up and we made our way back to her apartment with my 5000 lb bag haha

We met the german guys that we will be roommates with for the month of january and they are really nice and then we ate at this GREATTT restaurant called 100 Monteditos (sp?) its this REALLLY cool place where you get just little sandwiches and everything is under 2 euros and on Wednesdays everything is 1 euro!! Then we went to meet more friends and I really enjoyed meeting everyone and I cant waitttt to explore the center today when MM gets out of class!

Yay Valencia!