Day 15 - Covadoga and the Beach!

Day 15 – July 17

So…last night.

Finally got the chance to live it up in Spain, and it was a damn good time. Went out with the girls to a Pizzeria and had sangria de sidra….yum! Sat around and talked for a long time, then decided to head out to go clubbin’.

Unfortunately, the clubs don’t open until 1 AM here, so we jumped the gun a wee bit. While we were waiting in a plaza, Stephanie suggested we go to the bar and get a drink. Turns out, they had her favorite kind of shot – the birthday cake shot. Of course, I had to get one, too. My very first shot ever. Haha. It was delicious. Sugar, Frangelico, and lemon. Yum!

Went to three clubs after that, although I think the first one was the best. They played the song I’m now absolutely obsessed with…”Ave María” by David Bisbal. Then we went to B12 which was kind of a flop, but they did play “It’s My Life” by Bon Jovi J

And “Bad Romance” so Amanda got to show us her sick moves!

Rolled home at 4:30 in the AM, then talked to Sean for a good while, among other things like checking e-mail and the like. Didn’t get to bed until 6:30. And woke up at 8:30 to catch a bus at 9:30. Cool.

Left campus like we always do, then headed to Cangas de Onis, for God knows what. There was supposed to be a really old bridge that we were supposed to see, but the main group took off without us, so we just wandered around this little bitty town for awhile. Looked in touristy shops and such.

There was the CUTEST cow rug that I really should have bought. Two cartoony cows with flowers behind their ears with “Bienvenidos” at the bottom (Welcome!). I figured it wasn’t manly enough, but the boys could have sucked it up. Haha.

We went to a pastry shop, and I got a sucker, some Cheetos and a Pepsi. Doin’ it up Amerka-style.

After that rando stop, we headed to Covadonga, which was absolutely insane.

It was an outdoor church built in the side of a cliff, with a waterfall below it. It was more gorgeous than words can express.

Below the church in the cliff was a fountain, and supposedly if you drink from all seven offshoots of the fountain, you will get married within a year.

Watch out, Sean. I did it! J

Went to see the main Cathedral after that, and it was gorgeous, as all Cathedrals seem to be. It was something different, though, because there were six confessionals lined up along the walls, but the person confessing had to do it out in the open. It was weird.

Alee and I wanted to take a picture of the priests in the confessionals SO BADLY because the lighting was absolutely perfect, and one of the priests was black…a rarity. Anywho, because it was a legitimate church still being used, we couldn’t really get away with it.

Headed to Ribodesella after that, and it was a MUCH prettier beach than Gijón. We didn’t know we were going to the beach, though. We thought we were going to Los Lagos, but the cloud coverage made the roads there dangerous. So, we weren’t prepared for the beach (ie swimsuits, towels, etc).

I’m going to take this time to say that I’m really sick of all these Europeans and their PDA. In fact, I can’t stand it. It just makes me miss Sean so incredibly much, and I see it every single place I go.

In short, it sucks ass.

Came home after the excursion, ate some food and passed out.