Time Zones

Today was La Tomitina...we spent 2 hours getting to the small town it´s held in (which was probably only a 20 minute drive away) and missed it by 15 minutes... all because we forgot to push our clocks forward one hour.

We still walked around the town, saw the sights, bought a coke to support the locals, but were needless to say disappointed we missed out. However, we did hear a lot of girls saying how much they hated it. In fact one said she would have preferred getting raped up the butt, so maybe it was fate we didn´t make it in time. On the train home the man next to us puked in a bag. But we met a really nice Canadian man...

After today I think I´m a little more ready to come home.

Hello Portugal!!!!

So I have safely arrived to Portugal and having an absolute BLAST!!! I am staying in the upper level of a house and sleeping on the top bunk with the three girls I'm traveling with. Let me just say that I have been hot and sweaty since the moment I have arrived, I have yet to see a cloud, and am enjoying every second of it...even without AC!

There have honestly been nothing but good times since the moment I arrived. I had a position waiting for me when I can at Heather's bar as a flyer. Which is such a great time. Basically I walk around town or chill at a corner, always surrounded by other flyers because each and every bar has about 4 of them on a night. I'm basically a salesperson trying to get people on the street to come to my bar, Whytes! At Whytes we have the 9 deadly sins, which are nine different shots. If you beat the record they are free, but either way you get a tshirt. Needless to say my bars a good time. I drink for free, in fact I'm expected to be drinking throughout the night, and had a few inductions shots last night!

After work last night a group of 20 flyers headed to the beach and had a bon fire!!! We all went swimming in the ocean in our bras and underwear and then just dried off next the the fire. We didn't end up getting home until 530am!!! Which I'm coming to find is very common. Typical daily schedule of a flyer:

12pm wake up, lay around until 1pm when the rest of your house mates are up and ready go get something to eat. 2pm head to the beach, lay out and swim in the ocean until 5 or 6pm. Shower, chill, internet. 7pm dinner, 8pm work until 230-4ish depending if you stay after hours and drink with the staff! It's a pretty excellent schedule, completely devoid of responsibility! I'm loving it right now!!!

For those of you who may be wondering, I will be returning to Minneapolis on August 28th. I will be back in Appleton over Labor Day weekend and then back to Minneapolis on Tuesday for class!

My Apologies!!!!

It has been far too long!! Very VERY sorry! Living on a mountain I have learned a few things, you are extremely isolated from mankind (I have cabin fever like no other,) weather is extreme, I am either surrounded by cloud which is cold and depressing, or the piercing hot sun feels as though it is a few feet away, and finally the internet is not dependable :( Because of this I had not had internet for 5 days.

I literally JUST booked my flight to Portugal and am Freaking OUT with EXCITEMENT!!! I have four days of work left, tomorrow being Earth Day and a 4 hour hike up the mountain which will be GREAT!!! Than 3 of the easier camp days!! The end is Definitely in sight!!!

As of right now I am a tad concerned about money and what sort of situation I am going to be in upon returning to the States, but I told myself early on that money could not be a worry of mine. Who knows the next time I'll be travelling around Europe!! But I will definitely be seeking out work in Portugal, I'll be in a city that is run by Brits and Aussies so fortunately everything is done under the table!!! While my parents are a bit freaked by this, I'm pumped for the experience!!! Employment sounds very fluid in Lagos!!

While I'm pumped for Lagos and Valencia, I'm really looking forward to returning to all my great friends and fam waiting for me!! I am going to be spending all of Labor Day weekend in Appleton, which I have not frequented since Christmas!!! I am VERY excited! And then I will be driving, oh yes, that's right, driving back to Minneapolis!! Goodbye Megabus!!! Hello transportation options!!!

That's all for now!!