This weekend was tons of fun. And consisted of TONS of walking, which I enjoyed but my feet did not. On Saturday morning, though exhausted from the night before (read previous entry), I got up early-ish to meet up with my friend Ashley, who had a Nikon d-80, to take pictures of old town Bilbao. Though it was overcast and started to drizzle, we took the metro to Casco Viejo to walk up the 213 stairs in order to get to a park that was said to have a fantastic view of the city. Unintentionally, though, we stopped short of said park by just a few stairs and went to a smaller park that still had a great view. We'll need to make the trek another day. Sidenote: on the way down the stairs, I, being my clumsy self, slipped down a few stairs. The man walking past just shrugged and kept walking, probably thinking, "hey, what am I supposed to do? Shit happens".
Before entering the park.
On the Ría
We walked all through the city, stopping at a café to try the acclaimed chocolate con churros, and I also ordered a really mayonnaise-ey sandwich. Hit the spot, though. We continued our journey along the Ría to meet up with our friends Michelle and Lizzie who live in the on-campus dorm, Colegio Mayor. Saturday night was the fútbol game between arch rivals, Real Madrid (One of the best in Europe) and Atlétic Club (the team of the País Vasco), and we had plans to go near the stadium to watch the game at the bars.
By 8pm when the game started, the streets were filled with Atlétic fans and it was impossible not to be animated about the game. When Atlétic actually BEAT Real Madrid, however, the streets went wild. I think the funniest part was watching Michelle and Santi, both Madrid fans, bite their tongue when they lost. They would speak fast in English bashing Atlétic, and turn right around and root for them in Spanish so they wouldn't be pummeled by Basques. The night ended perfectly with a stop by good old Telepizza.
A bunch of us after the game!
The next day was pretty low-key, and Jacklyn and I met up with Ashley to visit Michelle and Lizzie. We all ended up exploring the city a bit more, and found a neat little park where girls were feeding ducks and swans in the lake. A peacock even appeared! With a stop in a café for café con leche, the day ended well as we prepared for class to begin on Monday.
Michelle, Lizzie, Jacklyn, Ashley
Woohoo! I survived a week!
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