Two Weeks Worth of Updates

Okay so I know I've slacked on my blogging for awhile. Sorry guys. I've had quite the few weeks.

Last weekend, the 5-7, I went to Badajoz for Carnaval. To get a good idea of Carnaval, think of Mardi Gras and Halloween's baby, but without the candy, and without the skimpy outfits, and with a lot of feathers, glitter, and sparkles. Okay, so I guess think of the baby of Mardi Gras, Halloween, and a drag show. It was intense. It's basically a giant party in the streets. Everyone's dancing and drinking and there are parades and music and it's crazy. Let's just say it's a night to remember. Or not.

I got home from Carnaval at noon on Sunday after having gone to Badajoz at 3 pm Saturday. No sleep occurred in that time, so I slept literally from 4 pm Sunday until 9 am Monday. It was heaven. After a whole 3 days of school (life's rough in Spain), I left with some of my friends on Thursday morning to go to Palma de Mallorca. Mallorca is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. After a few hiccups in travel (note: when traveling, even within the country, and you're not a resident of that country, bring your passport) we arrived in Palma minus one amiga. =(

We got to our hostel (sea view, that's right, be jealous) and settled in. Then we went down to the beach to watch the sunset over the Mediterranean. Can you say pure beautiful? I can: Palma.

Friday we spent the majority of the day on the beach. I did not swim, but I did walk in the Sea! That night we felt like being very American, so we started a little fire out of tea candles and matches (not recommended, by the way) and somehow found marshmallows (that were, as most American things in Spain, close but not quite) and made ourselves S'mores! It was quite tasty, so we repeated the experience Sunday night, too.

Saturday it was rainy, so we went into the city to sightsee. We saw a Gothic Cathedral, which was pretty cool. It had a cloister in it. Don't know what that is still, even after seeing it, so if anyone knows what that is, please enlighten me. After the Cathedral we ate lunch and then wanted to find a round castle that was apparently very far away so we had to take a bus, however the only bus that we could find that went there cost 15 euro, so we passed and decided to walk. After all, the Spanish version of "very far" can't be the same as an American version, can it? Yes. yes it can.

After half an hour of walking we asked someone where the castle was, and yet again were told "very far! Take a bus!" At this point, we gave up. It was raining, we were wet and cold, and we probably wouldn't have had time to see the castle once we got there at that rate. So, we turned around and walked half an hour back to the bus stop to head to our hostel again. We had a very chill evening, and slept a lot.

Sunday was another beach day. Even though it was only about 62 degrees, we swam and sunbathed. All the locals laughed at us and took pictures. One of those pictures is apparently going to be in a German newspaper because we're the first swimmers of the year (yeah, we're famous). Mallorca=Bahamas of Germany. So. Many. Germans! Sunday night we made more s'mores. It was a grand time.

Monday we headed back to Caceres, arriving around 11 pm, without travel hiccups this time.

I'll try to update more regularly. This weekend I am going to Valencia for Las Fallas. It should be a grand time!