Una Fiesta Grande

     I've never been to an actual party in the U.S. but I have heard a lot about them, and based on this I can say that parties in Europe are very different. A group of us met in  El Plazo del Castillo and headed for Villaba. We planned on taking a bus there but they were so packed that we decided to just walk. We had to  walk for an hour to get there. The walk went quickly and Pamplona is gorgeous at night, so I enjoyed it. I got so much exercise yesterday. Geez. Walking there I had no idea what to expect. I mean I thought we were going to a club to go dancing...but it was just a little different than that. We finally arrived in Villaba  and there were people everywhere. It looked like a fair or a festival. There were a few rides and a big tent set up with a stage and there were a few bands playing. The music was alright. They played some Bon Jovi. Woo! There were some kids there that had to be only 13 or 14 and it's just crazy to me. They are just partying in the streets. There is no entrance fee or anything like that. So we just met people and danced and had a great time. Natalie and I saw a lot of people from our school there which was nice. At 3:30 Nat and I started to get really tired and we asked the girl that we were supposed to stay with if she would call her dad so he could pick us up. She said he couldn't come until 6 am. WHAT? We couldn't do it. So we told her we were just taking the bus back into Pamplona and were going to stay at my house. She was fine with it. So we walk to the bus stop and I'm holding on to Natalie's arm because there are so many people pushing shoving. We had to get on this bus. We were not walking an hour back in the rain. No way. It was the worst pushing and shoving I had ever experienced. I can't even explain how crazy it was. And we had to yank at our purses after we made any steps. It was just insane. After we arrived back in Pamplona we had about a 20-30 minute walk back to the apartment....in the rain. Luckily Nat had an umbrella. Once we got here we had to be extra quiet not to wake anyone up. We went right to bed. This morning we woke up and explained to Merche that we are not cut out for these all nighters and had to come here. She was happy that we did instead of staying out all morning. We ate our Nougat Pillows for breakfast and then Nat took the 11 o'clock bus to Zuasti (her village). After Natalie left, Merche took me to the market place and that was pretty cool. It reminded me a lot of Roger's Flee Market. Very similar. So I liked it. We came home and I watched some TV with Maite and now here I am. I hope we eat lunch soon because I am starving. It's already 2:30. Gahh. Need food. Later today I am skyping with my family! I can't wait. Then we are having dinner tonight at a friend of Merche's. That should be fun. I still don't know what I am going to do on Monday and Tuesday. I need to figure something out though. I cannot just sit at home. Or maybe I can. We'll see. Have a relaxing Sunday everyone :)