Bilbao

So sorry it has taken me this long to post something. I know I promised to post something about my temple trip, but I've been super busy the past couple of weeks. Sorry! If you want to see pictures you can go to my pictures on facebook under march 2010. These pictures will hopefully soon be there as well.
Anyway, this weekend I got to go to Bilbao and stay with my good friend Noemi and her family. We didn't have school friday because it was father's day and so I left thursday right after school. When I got to the bus station in Bilbao Noemi wasn't there yet so I waited for a good half an hour (I couldn't call her because I left my cellphone in Burgos). She finally showed up and then my other friend Zuri came a couple of minutes later. We talked for a while and then we went to Noemi's house and talked some more (Zuri couldn't come this time because she had class).
Friday morning me and Noemi went on a run in the park and it was great up until Noemi almost fainted. Ha, that wasn't so good.

Friday night we went with Zuri to Las Arenas to see the beach and the famous bridge. The bridge was actually really cool. I don't really know how to describe it, but I'll try anyway. There was this bar and some wires and a ferry type thing. So to get across the river you drove onto the ferry and then the wires carried you across, but the ferry never touches the water so it's like you're flying, but not. Does that make sense? Anyway, Las Arenas was cool and I loved the beach.

Here's me and Noemi with a view of the ocean. It was extremely windy, but gorgeous! I've said this a million times before, but I wish I was living in Bilbao!!! Burgos is great too, but it doesn't have youth or natural beauty.

At the end of the day we went to a Telepizza and I finally got to eat a pepperoni pizza!!! Noemi doesn't look too sure about it, but I enjoyed it! I almost ate the whole pizza!

Overall, it was a great day and I was so tired that the next day I woke up at 1. Noemi did her homework while I slept and when I asked her why she didn't wake me up she told me that she would have felt bad.

This is a different beach that we went to Saturday afternoon. As you can see, we're still in winter and we're still in Bilbao where is ALWAYS rains. I think we were in a little town off of Bilbao actually, but it's the same thing, it's the basque country. This place was called Poentxia or something like that.

Here's a picture of us at the beach. It started to rain later so we ended up going back to Bilbao and getting ice cream, but the beach was fun while it lasted. Both me and Noemi ended up cutting our feet on something so poor Zuri had to go around and ask random people for tissues. Noemi and I felt bad, but we couldn't help but laugh.

This was my last night in Bilbao and me and Noemi had fun with hair. She straightened mine for church and then her mom came in and wanted to do Noemi's hair like she used to. So funny! Noemi was embarrassed, but I think the little clips and the clip in the shape of a bonnet in the back look good on her, don't you think? I still think she should have kept it in for church!

The next day I went with Noemi and her family to sacrament meeting in Bilbao and then me and Zuri went to Las Arenas for young womens to teach a song that we'll be singing for youth conference. I got to see Elder Holmes (who used to be in Burgos) and I found out that since the mission is closing July 1st, all the missionaries that would have been going home in the summer are all going home June 24th. That's 14 missionaries! Oh poor Spain. All the changes are going to be hard.

Well that was my trip and now I'm back in Burgos. I'm feeling a little sick and I hope I get better before thursday because that's when I go to Prague, Budapest and Vienna!!! So excited!!! And then after that I go to youth conference in a little town near Vitoria!!! And then I'm going to Santander with Noemi!!! Basically, I won't be in Burgos for a full day until April 12th when school starts again. I love life!

Tech

So this weekend I got to go to the temple in Madrid, but I´ll wright about that and post pictures later today. For right now I want to talk about my tech class, that I´m in right now. I really didn´t think a class could be this boring!!! I do nothing! Every once in a while we have assignments and all I have to do is copy what´s in the book. So here´s one hour wasted three times a week. Well I shouldn´t say wasted because I get to respond to a lot of emails. Anyway, right now we are paired up to do a powerpoint on linux, which I still don´t have any idea what it is. My partner doesn´t let me do anything! So finally today I got my own computer so that I could get on facebook instead of just staring at his computer. Oh well. I´m getting elective credit for it. Last term I got an 8 which is like a B+ because the tests are actually pretty hard. So that´s my story. Pretty random.

My favorite Places

So I decided to randomly post some pictures of my favorite places I've been to in Spain. So here are my top ten in no particular order...

So I'll start out with one of my favorite places in Burgos. This is right by the river and I walk here every day to get to seminary, to go grocery shopping, so get to church, and it's where I run. It'sa great little path when it's dry, and when it's not I go on the cement path next to it.


The cutest little plaza in Tarragona.
I decided that if I become really rich this could be my summer home when I'm older. I love the vibrant colors and the fact that the bakery and anything else you'd need is right below! This picture honestly doesn't do it justice!


The Guggenheim in Bilbao.
It was built by Frank Lloyd Wright and is the main attraction of Bilbao. I heard the inside is just full of really weird modern art, but the outside was pretty cool. This is also where the famous Bilbao Spider is.


El Palacio Real in Madrid.
From the apartment I was staying in I had an amazing view of this building and the capitol building, so I think that's why I love it so much. Well from this picture you can only see a little bit of it, oh well.


El Catedral de Santiago.
This is the cathedral that hundreds of people walk to every year. I think this is where they say they found the body of John the Baptist washed up on shore with sea shells attatched all over him. That's why the path that people walk on to get to this cathedral has a sea shell as the symbol. The outside isn't very pretty, but the inside is amazing!


The coolest park I've ever seen!
Though it's not in Spain, they have similar parks here so I made it count anyway.


The plaza mayor in Salamanca.
Some movie was filmed here but I don't remember which one. Ask my brother if you want to know. This place was huge! We came at night and we were glad we did because it's way cooler at night, but you get the idea.


The library at the University in Salamanca.
I love how it was so open and there was a courtyard in the middle. Also, from this view you can see the main building of the university. This school is one of the two oldest schools in Europe and almost every spanish author that I have to learn about either went here, or taught here.


The temple in Madrid.
Though it's small, it's still the best looking building in Madrid. I'm going there friday and I can't wait to see it again!

And last but not least...

San Juan De Gaztelugatxe near Bilbao.

I really felt like I was in the middle of no where. The hike to get to the stairs was about an hour long and there was nothing but beautiful views. Actually there's a little cottage right before you get to the stairs to go to the church that I think I'm going to live in one day, right next to the sea, gorgeous mountains, and plenty of hiking trails! Also, at the top of the stairs there's a church with a bell and if you ring the bell, you will get married. So if you want to stay single your whole life, I suggest you don't ring the bell.

So that wraps up my really random post. I hope you liked the pictures.