pictures only prove you can't convince

the cide program toured out to san sebastian yesterday to enjoy the beauty of spain’s magnificent coastline. being the frugal cost-savvy students that we are, lindsay, patrick and i bought our own bus tickets and opted for the 12 euro less expensive self-guided tour.

luckily it was a drizzly, chilly afternoon; and i say luckily with honest sentiment because just as i stepped off the bus, lens cap in hand ready to take some spectacular photos, my battery died. but, no sweat, between the haze and the constant drizzle, photos were almost impossible anyway. however, lindsay and patrick did bust out their photo skills and hopefully i’ll be able to get my hands on some of their records of our soggy escapades.

i did manage to snap these before my camera's demise.

these were taken along my daily path to the metro.

 impossible on the eyes, eh?

fountain in san sebasitan, right off the bus stop.

so despite the chilly afternoon, we had a great time scaling a mini-mountain to find napoleon’s fort hidden high among the foliage. totally worth every sweaty minute of the climb. Not to mention, once we reached the top, it stopped raining long enough to take in the entire coast of san sebastian. beautiful ocean feeding sail boats into the city where buildings cascade down mountainsides, stacking one on top of the other like sugar cubes next to our morning coffee. truly a sight you have to witness to believe.

after our trip to the 1800’s, we bummed around the city a bit stopping in little shops and bars if something caught our interest. it really was another lazy kind of adventure, a little sangria here, a little spanish church music there. all in all, pretty enjoyable. when we got home from our 1 hour bus ride and 30 minute metro to algorta, we ate dinner with our ‘families’ and headed back out to the city to enjoy the nightlife. ended up staying out until 4 in the morning after we met some local gente and decided that whatever bar they were going to at 1:30 am was a bar we definitely needed to go to as well. that turned out profitable, because ali, lindsay and i started talking with the locals and, besides one run-in with a scolding from a girl for speaking english amongst ourselves, we basically spoke spanish the rest of the evening.  

looking forward to a quiet sunday afternoon consisting of homework, cleaning, skyping, homework, reading, movies, homework and sleep. next weekend we’re heading out to madrid and toledo, stoked! camera battery is all charged up and ready to go. four days of class and we’ll be on our way.

[i would also be remiss if i failed to mention my imminent skype date with laura mosley this week has my excitement perked]

in the words of patrick scheffers, ¡i gotta get outta here hasta pronto!