Spain Part 46 – Feliz Cumpleaños Rachel
Mar. 9th, 2008 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amorousodiousSunday was Rachel’s 21st birthday, so when we got up in the morning the living room and dining room were decorated with globos (balloons) and ribbons. There were presents for Rachel, some towels in her favorite colors, which are of course green and white since she is a diehard Michigan State fan. We had a wonderful, very tasty breakfast, and then Rae-Rae and I got our things together to prepare to leave for the airport.
We all, John, Carole, Rachel and I, drove to the airport together and exchanged goodbyes. It was hard especially to say goodbye to Rachel. It’s hard to believe how long it is since I’ve seen everyone from home. John and Carole (did I mention that they are the nicest people I’ve met thus far in my travels?) invited me to come back and see more of Belgium before I return to the states! I would definitely love to take them up on that because I would love to see Brugge and Brussels. I gave Carole my email address and promised I would email to tell her I got back to Valencia safely.
It was an overall uneventful plane ride. I will repeat that I WILL NOT fly Ryanair again, and anyone reading this that is thinking of taking them, I don’t recommend it. I did arrive at the airport in Valencia, which is tiny to say the least, and I found the metro fairly quickly and began my ride back. It was really fun to people watch on the metro, or people-listen rather, because I had gone a few days without hearing Spanish and it was nice to know that I could still understand the language.
When I got off the metro and climbed up the stairs to the corner by my casa, I was greeted by a rush of sunshine. It was really nice to know that it had warmed up the same day I left, as Lucía told me later, and by the next day they were already predicting colder temperatures. Thank you Mother Nature.
My next pleasant surprise was even better than the first, I had a package waiting for me! It was a valentine-candy filled package from my dad, and also included some from G&G West. It was nice to have a bit of a surprise from home, a letter from my Dad, and PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES! I really miss peanut butter, though that’s about the only food that I miss. There were also some chocolates for Lucía and a mono con dulces (monkey with candy) and some pastellina (play dough) for Claudia. Luckily Claudia was there and was very excited to receive not just the gift from my dad, but also a gift from Alicia’s family. If Claudia wasn’t una niña mimada (a spoiled girl) before this, she is now.
I started working on tarea after Claudia left, and didn’t finish until well after la cena. It was an amazing fin de semana (weekend), but as usual, light on sleep. Traveling is exhausting.
We all, John, Carole, Rachel and I, drove to the airport together and exchanged goodbyes. It was hard especially to say goodbye to Rachel. It’s hard to believe how long it is since I’ve seen everyone from home. John and Carole (did I mention that they are the nicest people I’ve met thus far in my travels?) invited me to come back and see more of Belgium before I return to the states! I would definitely love to take them up on that because I would love to see Brugge and Brussels. I gave Carole my email address and promised I would email to tell her I got back to Valencia safely.
It was an overall uneventful plane ride. I will repeat that I WILL NOT fly Ryanair again, and anyone reading this that is thinking of taking them, I don’t recommend it. I did arrive at the airport in Valencia, which is tiny to say the least, and I found the metro fairly quickly and began my ride back. It was really fun to people watch on the metro, or people-listen rather, because I had gone a few days without hearing Spanish and it was nice to know that I could still understand the language.
When I got off the metro and climbed up the stairs to the corner by my casa, I was greeted by a rush of sunshine. It was really nice to know that it had warmed up the same day I left, as Lucía told me later, and by the next day they were already predicting colder temperatures. Thank you Mother Nature.
My next pleasant surprise was even better than the first, I had a package waiting for me! It was a valentine-candy filled package from my dad, and also included some from G&G West. It was nice to have a bit of a surprise from home, a letter from my Dad, and PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES! I really miss peanut butter, though that’s about the only food that I miss. There were also some chocolates for Lucía and a mono con dulces (monkey with candy) and some pastellina (play dough) for Claudia. Luckily Claudia was there and was very excited to receive not just the gift from my dad, but also a gift from Alicia’s family. If Claudia wasn’t una niña mimada (a spoiled girl) before this, she is now.
I started working on tarea after Claudia left, and didn’t finish until well after la cena. It was an amazing fin de semana (weekend), but as usual, light on sleep. Traveling is exhausting.
