Monday, November 2, 2009

Porto, Portugal and Santiago, Spain

Well this weekend we had two days off of school so I went on a trip with my family. We left thursday after school and drove straight to Porto. When we got there is took us three long hours to find our hotel and Weston threw up twice. Porto never really figured out how to set up a city, because it was a mess. There was freeways going in every direction and all the signs were in portuguese, pretty bad. When we finally found our hotel we went straight to bed. The next day we rode tour buses all day long. The seats were great and I got to sit on top of a double decker bus, so I'm not complaining! That night we ate seafood in a tiny little restaurant that stayed open just for us. It was pretty good and I got to try some things that I've always thought were unetable. The next day was halloween to we went to the market in the morning and got some fruit. Then we took a tour of an old stock exchange palace building, went to the san francisco church and went to the grocery store to buy lots of candy! When we got back to the hotel I watched the prince and me 2 (awful movie) on my dad's computer while my parents and brother watched scorpian king (another awful movie). Then I studied the american revolution in spanish, in another country. That was a weird feeling! For some reason I don't remember what we did on Sunday, but we ended up in Santiago, where we had more trouble finding our hotel. The hotel was great but the bed covers and curtains had roman figures on them and Weston was disturbed by the naked ladies, which he should be. Also, the sheets were balled up so we were scared we were going to get scabies, but I think we are safe. Today we saw the Santiago cathedral and ate at Doner Kabap which is the most amazing Turkish food! We then drove home and I went on a run. Now it's time to study because this week and next I have finals and they are going to kill me!

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