Time flies by when you are having fun!

Sorry I have not blogged in awhile this week has flown by. Here is a little recap of one of my last weeks here in Valencia!

Saturday July 7 - I went on a day trip with the school to Segunto which is a town a half hour north of Valencia. We toured a Roman Theater and learned a little about the history of the town then it was a beach day! The beach there was beautiful!The water was so blue and calm. We attempted to swim to a buoy but then realized that it was much farther than we thought so we just floated in the water for awhile. It was a very relaxing day! Frist photo is Sam, Anna, Sara and I at the theater. Second photo is on the beach!

Sunday July 8 - After a relaxed morning and finishing two papers I headed to the Rio. Sara, Anna, Sam and I had a little photo shoot. It was really hot but still so pretty. Here are two photos from our photo shoot.

Monday July 9 - I went to the Mercado de Russafa in the morning with Anna. There is the normal market and then on mondays the streets are full of vendors. They are selling a variety of things from clothes, shoes and jewelry to random household goods. I got a necklace! I then headed to my 420 class. It was the usual two hour discussion of spanish literature. I had a chill afternoon with Tyler. He got a doner kebab sandwich and we walked the Rio. There are so many people running, walking, biking, hanging out in the Rio even though it is really hot! On the way home we ran into Tyler host padre so I got to meet him which was cool.

Tuesday July 10 - This was a beach day! I went to the beach after my two morning classes and stayed until almost 7. I took a very nice beach nap and got in a good swim. I laid not under my umbrella for about an hour to improve my tan. I am actually fairly tan for me but its mostly just freckles.
Anna and I at the beach!

MSU in the sand!

Wednesday July 11 - I slept until my afternoon class. Portland has international nights once a week to help people practice their english and spanish. I went and ended up talking to two guys and one guy from France. We spoke in english at first to help them practice and then in spanish. We just talked about random things but it was fun to talk to locals and practice my spanish.

Thursday July 12 - I had my normal morning classes and then off to the beach. It was a chill normal beach day until I decided that it was time to get buried in the sand. It had been discussed before but never followed through. Nobody besides Chris and I was really into but we wanted to be buried so we started digging. Digging is hard when you do not have a shovel. We used the pole to the umbrella to loosen the sand to make it a little easier.

We finally got a hole big enough so that we could fit in it. We laid down and our friends covered us. They used their feet so there was a lot of sand in my face! Eventually we were buried and good to go! People on the beach looked at us funny. After about ten minutes of laying in the the sand we escaped. Despite being completely covered in sand it was so much fun! 

   After dinner we went out to the beach. Almost everyone from our group came out so it was fun to be all together again! We stayed out until the sunrise and it was prettier than last time.
Genna, Sam, Sara and I at Portland before the beach.

 The start of the sunrise over the Mediterranean!

 It was beautiful!

Friday July 13 - After watching the sunrise I just slept until lunch. I was productive in the afternoon with a little bit of homework. After dinner I went to a local place to play some cards with friends.

Saturday July 14 - I got up and went shopping with Sara and Anna. We went to Colon street and found some good deals! I got a pair of shoes, skirt, tank top and a dress all for 25 euro! I came home for lunch and headed to the beach. A good beach nap is always great! I had dinner with just my madre because my roommate went out. She made me pizza! It was nice to hang out with her. After dinner we watched part of a movie. There are no commercials during movies on TV here  or at least not during the one we watched. I headed out witha  few people to the beach. It was my last saturday here in Valencia so we danced the night away!

Sunday July 15 - Today is a homework day:( I have three exams this week so Iam working on finishing the study guides. I am going to explore old town after I put in some studying.