Blogs from Ávila, Castile & León, Spain, Europe - page 3

Comme nous avions une belle journée, aujourd'hui nous avons réservé pour faire un tour de Catamaran. Le départ c'est fait dans le port de Blanes(ouais on commence à le trouver loin le port, peut-être parce que on est tanné de marcher!!!!) Mais ça vaut la peine. Les vagues sont juste correcte pas trop forte donc le mal de mer ne se manifeste pas!!!! Une fois en route nous avons squaté le devant du bateau sur la toile qui donne entre les deux quilles. Quel plaisir de sentir le vent et l'eau sur la peau! On est une trentaine de personnes sur le bateau. Il y a des allemands, des français, des québécoises!!! etc..... Pour le tour on nous amène dans une crique. Belle crique hein les filles!!!! Là-bas nous avons fait du snorkling et nous avons ... read more

Aujourd'hui on s'est levé vers 10h. Nous avons décidé d'aller visiterl le jardin Botanique et il y a aussi qu'on restent dans la même ville. Nous avons pris l'autobus pour nous rendre au jardin qui est situé à l'autre bout de la ville. Le lendemain nous avons décidé de visiter le Jardin Botanique, croyez moi j ai bien pensé à toute les personnes qui adorent la botanique. Il y a une vue superbe là-bas c'est a rêvé. Le jardin est à l extérieur et il y a beaucoup de petits chemins. Je vous ai mis quelques photos du jardin. Le temps est tout ce qu il y a de plus ensoleillé et nous décidons d'aller à pied, à la petite plage qui est dans la lagune El Frances. Il y a beaucoup de plantes à flanc ... read more

Avila's another city with massive Roman walls - these ones even higher than the ones in Lugo, although here they charge you to go up on the walls, and only allow a section of the walls to be climbed. It circles the old city, and in here is also the Convento de Santa Teresa - and in the Sala de Reliquia is an exhibit of St. Teresa's relics include a finger from her right hand!!! We stopped at Avila again at night on the way back from Salamanca to look at the walls from the Mirador. It was here that Laura and I walked up to the wrong car (we rented one for the trip), until David stopped us right before we opened the car doors, because he noticed the driver looking absolutely aghast that these ... read more

Hey guys! I know that yall are getting excited for school to be out! Time goes by so fast!!! Let me know the exact date that yall are done with school! Have you gone on all of your field trips yet (to the baseball game, the park, etc)? How was that? That would have been fun to have been there to go with you all! Tomorrow is my last day in Avila. I'm leaving in the evening to go to Madrid and then I'm traveling for about 3.5 weeks! Some of my really good friends are coming over in a little over a week! I'm really looking forward to seeing familiar faces! I'll be sure to update as often as I can while I am traveling, but I cannot guarantee that I will be able to ... read more

Hey guys! This has been a pretty good weekend so far. I haven't done much today at all. It's gone by pretty fast but thats cause I went to Madrid yesterday to go shopping-yay- and meet up with a few people! This is my last weekend in Avila and I cannot believe how quickly it has all gone by. There have definitely been moments where I thought it would never end, but for the most part I have loved my time here. I have learned so much about myself, what I am capable, how I handle situations, being out of my comfort zone---waaaay out of it, becoming more independent, etc. The list could go on, and so I am thankful that I've had this opportunity to grow in this well as well as really experience the ... read more