The Best Weekend # I've-Lost-Count.

      I was just about to title this post "The Best Weekend Ever" but then I thought back to last weekend and the one that is coming and it occurred to me that I have had so many amazing weekends in my life and so many more to come. This is a good sign, no? I'll have so many stories by the end of this year. I created a quote last summer that goes like this: "I want to live so much that I never have to tell my grandchildren the same story twice." I'm not sure if it's quote book worthy or something like that, but you know, it just struck me.
     So my weekend. My fabulous weekend. On Friday evening all of us Pamplonians met at the bus station. Athena and I went in and bought all the tickets for San Sebastian for the Saturday and the rest went off to Eroski to buy the groceries for the night. We all met up at Becca's bus stop and took the 7:40 to Gorraiz. Well, most of us. Tabea and Natalie had to stay behind and catch the next bus because we forgot to buy tortilla chips. That night we made guacamole, spaghetti, tortilla de patata, and churros. Some combination, right? After dinner some of us went a walk because it was so nice out. Then some of us watched the first act of RENT. Everyone was falling asleep though. We finally went to bed around 3 and then woke up at 6 to get ready for our next adventure.
     We caught the 8:15 bus for San Sebastian and met our friend Andrew (he lives there) there at 9:30. Of course we were all tired so we had Andrew take us to the first cafe we could find. We drank coffee and ate tortilla de patata to wake ourselves up and give us some energy for the day. After our time at the beautiful cafe Andrew took us to his apartment so we could change into our bathing suits. While there we managed to break the elevator but I really don't think we did anything wrong. The buttons would just not work. The thing wouldn't open after pushing all of them and at that point I suggested we just try to pry the doors apart. It actually worked. We ARE smarter than the elevator. Score. We took the five flights of stairs up and met Andrew's host family and saw his amazing ocean view out of the living room window. It was amazing.
     At the beach we laid out in the sun and talked and buried Tabs in sand and then talked some more. We never get bored with each other. That's the incredible thing about our friendship...our family. Once it got too cold to stay on the beach we headed for the bathrooms to change and was yelled at by the physco bathroom lady. Apparently you are NOT allowed to change in that bathroom. Sorry. We headed out of there and straight for a pintxo (tapas) bar where we at tortilla de patata and enjoyed our last hour or so of San Sebastian for the day. After this we walked to a park where Natalie and Elle had fun going down the slide while Becca took their picture. At 8:30 we were all on the bus back to Pamplona after saying goodbye to Andrew.

      We all went home as soon as we got back to Pamplona. I got to stay in the apartment alone last night. I found Mean Girls on TV in English and was thrilled. I then ate some Nougat Pillows, took my shower, then headed for bed. It was so nice waking up this morning from ten hours of sleep with no interruptions. I took the bus back into Zuasti then went to mass with my host dad. Since then I've been skyping and watching Sex and the City. I helped Aurora make tortilla de patata tonight. She taught me how! I'm so excited to try making it on my own now! I love it so much. Now I am ready to get some sleep. I have another busy day ahead of me tomorrow. Three days till I'm in Belgium with Livy!!! Besos :)