Road Trip!!

So Wednesday night after blogging Victor arrived, we ate dinner and went to bed early because the plan was to leave on our road trip to Salamanca very early in the morning.

True to the plan we left Granada about 8AM, Thursday morning and hit the road. We had all our stuff, snancks, music and I was pretty excited to be going on a road trip, since it had been a long time. Victor also has a tomtom, which is my new best friend, a GPS thingy. It gives you turn by turn directions, speaks, tells your where your are, how much longer you have to go in distance and time, what time you´ll arrive, if you are obeying the speed limit or not, where all kinds of points of interest are along the way, everything!!! For a map fanatic like me, I fell in love instantly. So yeah, we stopped twice, hit some traffic in Madrid, but otherwise made it, without any problems in 7 hours, by 3:30PM. It was great to see Deanna and we unloaded the stuff and then went out for a walk around the town. We were just walking and looking for something to eat and after getting turned down by a couple resturants, ended up getting pinchos, which are what they call tapas in Salamanca, then some coffee and a lame attempt of churros and chocolate at a cafe where an art teacher from Deanna´s school has a lot of his work on display. It was pretty cold and we were pretty tired so we went home and took a nap. And that meant Victor slept and De and I rested and talked over his snores. hehe! Then we went to a movie theater really close to Deanna´s house and watched Bee Movie, which just came out here and is really cute. We want to see it in English because I bet its completely different with the different voices. Then we went back home, chilled some more and went to bed.

Friday we woke up and got ready and went out shopping and looking at more of Salamanca. The city is pretty small, and both Victor and I had been there before, so we didn´t go really crazy touristy like, just looking at things from the outside, and going in places you didn´t have to pay. We also went shopping, and I bought a new jacket I had been eyeing from Zara. Its really adorable. We also did, well I did, while my wonderful friends were paitent with me, some souviner shopping. I bought the perfect magnet, and a necklace and earrings of Castillian silver, all of which I love. We also ate lunch at one of the places we tried to eat at the day before, and went home for the siesta. This time we all fell asleep, and I woke up whem my mom called me. We chatted for a while and then Deanna and I convinced Victor to take us to Valladolid to visit my friends an hour away. We left Salamanca about 730 or 8 and got there around 9. No one was home, even though I called them and said when we would get there, so that was quite frustrating, and we went and walked around. It was kinda akward because Jesús said he would be home in 20 minutes, but it took him longer than that to call me. So by the time he did we were way out in the middle of Valladolid, and no one knew where anyone was, Carlos said he would call me back and he didn´t, it was cold, should we get somehting while we wait, etc, etc, etc,,,,,,, But after a bit we went back to their house, visited with Jesús, Inma, and Inma´s sisters and one of their husbands. Then we ate a delicious dinner with appetizers of meats, cheese, chips and olives, then salad and special lamb chop things, very delicious and typical of Castilla-León. We all had a good time talking, catching up, talking about wines, making fun of how Rachel speaks Spanish, (not my favorite part as usual) etc. Carlos came home for a bit and then we left around1230 or 1. It was late and we wanted to go out a bit with Carlos in Valladolid, but we had big plans for Saturday and in the end, ended up going home. It was good to see them again, but it was slightly awkward as usual. I was glad we went. Then we finally made it home through the fog and went to bed.

Now I´m going to post this and try to continue later. :)