Ok, I shouldn't get ahead of myself. I have until June here. But on Wednesday (March 31) I fly out to Israel where I'll be for two weeks, then there's just a couple weeks in April, three weeks in May until my parents come, and then I'll be LEAVING! Eeeegh! Euskadi, I don't want to go! There's so much more to see!!
Can you tell I went somewhere today? And that the weather's awesome? I'm in a good mood. :)
Last weekend I finally went to visit Jocelyne in Barbastro! Holy moly, I can't believe how long we've been here, how little time is left, and WHAT the fuck, she hasn't even been here to visit yet. I went out to freaking BARBASTRO! Aragón was fun. The trees were in full delicious flowering, the landscape reminded me of my biking days in Ciudad Real, and the towns were hilarious! That is: rural! I mean, it's kind of rural around here too... I guess... what with the farms and the sheep and whatnot... but it's different. Zaragoza is only a three-hour bus ride from Donosti, but ooohhhh my what a difference those hours make. I spent a night in Barbastro, the next night in Huesca at Joce's French friend Amandine's house, and the Sunday we went to visit Zaragoza, which was cute indeed! Barbastro and Huesca were fun to visit too, if only for a breath of (agricultural) air! I didn't do a whole lot of "tourism", but it was nice to be with Joce and to see new things!! We visited a cool castle near Huesca, I wandered around the centre of Huesca at like 1am and it was very cute, and Zaragoza is charming.
Today! I went with my friend to Getaria and Zarautz, which are two towns right beside each other along the coast, about 25 km from Donosti. Absolutely beautiful to see with the waves crashing onto the shore. They're both tiny, but Getaria is more fishing-village-y and Zarautz is more beach/surfing-y. Spring (when it doesn't mean random rain) means happy sun and brisk breezes. I forgot my camera, and then so did he. Hopefully I'll be back, but we walked through lovely meadows, had great views from the top of a hill, and even went to a multicultural event (I know, those exist here?!) where we watched capoeira and a sort of play about Basque witches. And watched a freaking adorable black child run about the stage. From the Cuban stall I had a coconut-and-guayaba cake which was delicious, and Iñaki had some sweet-milk-and-rum drink which tasted to me like a vanilla milkshake. And believe you me, it's been a while since I've had a vanilla milkshake. Freaking - Delicious.
Tomorrow I really have no plans, but it's supposed to be nice out, so I might go for a li'l walk along the coast to the next town over and take some pretty pictures. And a picnic. I heart good weather... :)
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