Friday, 11th April
Helen, Kathy, and I took the 3:45 p.m. bus to San Sebastián (which of course, being Spain, left 10 mins late!), getting there--after the usual long, boring journey--at around 10:00 p.m.! Had a bit of a hairy moment when we stopped for a bit in Santander, and set off again without Helen and Kathy lol!! Had to shout '¡Señor!', and the people on the bus raised a bit of a fuss till the driver stopped again! :s
So, anyway, got a taxi to our hostel (with a dick of a driver who told us to hurry up 'cos we weren't counting our change quickly enough!), staying at Urban House, on San Sebastián's main street: the Boulevard!!! :p A nice little place, with our own room of 3, clean, and quite homely! :) Had passes a McDonald's on the way, so off I went there for some fries, and then I wandered back to the hostel (in the pissing rain!), ready to explore the next day! :)
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Din-Dins!!! :D
Thursday, 10th April
Went to a talk at uni on Summer Universities: basically, you go to just about anywhere in Europe to either learn the language or take part in numerous cultural activities, and it's so cheap! Probably would be roughing it slightly, but I was interested (Portugal??), although they didn't have anywhere in Scandinavia! Hmm...!!! Kathy, Helen, and I then headed to the bus station, and bought tickets for San Sebastián (País Vasco) for tomorrow!!! :D
Helen and I then headed to Kathy's later on that night to make some food lol!! :p Kind of like a broth, with chicken, rice, mushrooms, red peppers, onions, and carrots, and it was yummy!! :p (I took a hand at chopping the mushrooms and peppers, and stirring lol! As far as my culinary expertise go...!!! :p), and we followed it with strawberries!!!
I then headed (alone) to La Más Barata to meet Kate, Cameron, Burak, Sam, Jerad, Alissa, and the Czechs (Martin and his girlfriend! :p)! Stayed in there for a short while, before we headed toTeatrillo, meeting Andrew , and Lívia (from Szeged, Hungary!! :D) on the way, and meeting a SHIT-LOAD of Americans in the bar lol!! Yapped to a few people (lovely [and crazy! :p] Leah from Buffalo included!) before we headed to Morgana, where we kind of...stood about a bit before heading to Escondite, where I had a little dance before heading home at around 2:40! :)
Went to a talk at uni on Summer Universities: basically, you go to just about anywhere in Europe to either learn the language or take part in numerous cultural activities, and it's so cheap! Probably would be roughing it slightly, but I was interested (Portugal??), although they didn't have anywhere in Scandinavia! Hmm...!!! Kathy, Helen, and I then headed to the bus station, and bought tickets for San Sebastián (País Vasco) for tomorrow!!! :D
Helen and I then headed to Kathy's later on that night to make some food lol!! :p Kind of like a broth, with chicken, rice, mushrooms, red peppers, onions, and carrots, and it was yummy!! :p (I took a hand at chopping the mushrooms and peppers, and stirring lol! As far as my culinary expertise go...!!! :p), and we followed it with strawberries!!!
Helen!
As you do! :p
Grrr!!! :p
Don't know what you're smiling at Helen! :p
Gordon Ramsay? Who?!
Me! :p
Supercup!!! :p
The result!! :p
As you do! :p
Grrr!!! :p
Don't know what you're smiling at Helen! :p
Gordon Ramsay? Who?!
Me! :p
Supercup!!! :p
The result!! :p
I then headed (alone) to La Más Barata to meet Kate, Cameron, Burak, Sam, Jerad, Alissa, and the Czechs (Martin and his girlfriend! :p)! Stayed in there for a short while, before we headed toTeatrillo, meeting Andrew , and Lívia (from Szeged, Hungary!! :D) on the way, and meeting a SHIT-LOAD of Americans in the bar lol!! Yapped to a few people (lovely [and crazy! :p] Leah from Buffalo included!) before we headed to Morgana, where we kind of...stood about a bit before heading to Escondite, where I had a little dance before heading home at around 2:40! :)
The Group! :)
Kate! :D
Kate dances up a storm in Morgana!! :p
Kate! :D
Kate dances up a storm in Morgana!! :p
House-warming!!! :p
Monday, 7th April
Went into town to see if anyone could give my camera a little clean ('cos--after all--it's only sand!!), but I got the same answer from like 5 shops: 'An Olympus camera?? Send it to Madrid!' (Yeah that'll be f**king right: probably get stolen along the way!!), so I took the screwdriver to it myself (as one does!), and when that didn't work (the 'Bang!' told me that!), I just went out and bought another camera with my newly-received bursary!! An Olympus FE-340, so a slightly newer model than my old one, with a larger screen and higher zoom, so! :) Felt dreadful about having to pay so much money, but I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT A CAMERA!!! :s
Helen and I went out later on to grab some things, and then we had a little soirée chez nous to celebrate 1) my moving in and 2) Valerie's essays being gone!!! :p Quite a good crowd, and we had a good laugh, playing some game where you had to bend down and pick up an ever-decreasing cereal box with your teeth and 'Rind of Fire' ('Remove the little man from your glass before taking a drink'!!), and 'Spin the Bottle/Truth or Dare' (which really just consisted of our asking each other filthy questions!! :p), and watching Valerie roll about on the couch!! Good times!!! :p
Chloe!!!
The 'Bend Down and Pick Up an Ever-Decreasing Cereal Box with Your Teeth' game!!! :p
Sam gives it a go!! :D
Okay...!!!
Groupees!!! :D
Valerie!!! :p
Needs no words really...!!! :p
The 'Bend Down and Pick Up an Ever-Decreasing Cereal Box with Your Teeth' game!!! :p
Sam gives it a go!! :D
Okay...!!!
Groupees!!! :D
Valerie!!! :p
Needs no words really...!!! :p
Saturday, May 31, 2008
A Touch of Stardust...
Sunday, 6th April
Had been in a pretty shit mood all day, but over Helen and I went to Kathy's a bit later on to watch Stardust, which Kathy had finally gotten on DVD. All right I guess, but not as good as the all the hype had made out, and I was feeling a bit bitter about the whole Romance thing lol! :p (Wasn't helped either by the fact that the film stuck and had to be restarted like 5 times!! :p). Val treated us to a bowl of mashed potato on getting in, and then it was bedtime for us! :)
Had been in a pretty shit mood all day, but over Helen and I went to Kathy's a bit later on to watch Stardust, which Kathy had finally gotten on DVD. All right I guess, but not as good as the all the hype had made out, and I was feeling a bit bitter about the whole Romance thing lol! :p (Wasn't helped either by the fact that the film stuck and had to be restarted like 5 times!! :p). Val treated us to a bowl of mashed potato on getting in, and then it was bedtime for us! :)
Life's a Beach???
Saturday, 5th April
Headed to the beach at Salinas (f**king beaches! Don't know what the fuss is all about!), just outside of Avilés to the north of Oviedo, with Helen, Kathy, Kate, Jerad, Michael, and Alissa. Certainly more what I think a beach should be, with its dunes and stuff. So we took a seat on the sand, and Michael put me in charge of his camera lol! I always get so bored sitting around, so off I went a wander, taking photos as I went! Quite nice (very Home and Away! :p), and then Kathy joined for a stroll the length of the beach!
The Dunes!!!
Very Home and Away, no?! :p
Beyond the beach...
Awww...
Off exploring! :)
David Hasselhof eat your heart out! :p
Don't drop her!!!
EXCELLENT photo!!!
Into the water they go! :p
Kathy got a little damp...!!!
Treated myself to an ice-lolly after a hard day on the beach! :p
Headed to the beach at Salinas (f**king beaches! Don't know what the fuss is all about!), just outside of Avilés to the north of Oviedo, with Helen, Kathy, Kate, Jerad, Michael, and Alissa. Certainly more what I think a beach should be, with its dunes and stuff. So we took a seat on the sand, and Michael put me in charge of his camera lol! I always get so bored sitting around, so off I went a wander, taking photos as I went! Quite nice (very Home and Away! :p), and then Kathy joined for a stroll the length of the beach!
On the beach at Salinas!
The Dunes!!!
Very Home and Away, no?! :p
Beyond the beach...
Awww...
Off exploring! :)
David Hasselhof eat your heart out! :p
Don't drop her!!!
EXCELLENT photo!!!
Into the water they go! :p
Kathy got a little damp...!!!
Treated myself to an ice-lolly after a hard day on the beach! :p
After all those exertions (!), Kathy came round to ours later on, and we watched El laberinto del fauno, which I'd already seen, but which is a great (but brutal!) film! Love the whole fairytale aspect! :) And then, seeing as no one else wanted to go out, it was a night in for me! :(
DISASTER!!!
Friday, 4th April
Seeing as it was a nice day, Helen, Kathy and I headed to Gijón and to the beach, where Cameron later joined us. Was pleasant enough...until SAND blew into my camera lens and totally f**ked it up!!! F**K!!!!!!!!! The lens wouldn't open completely and made this buzzing noise, and the image was just all blurry, so my poor little camera was BROKEN!!! ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Understand this people: my camera is an extension of my right arm, and I CANNOT do without it!! I ALWAYS have it, and I've hardly ever been so DEVASTATED in my life!!! :s My poor wee camera!!!!! :'(
Went to Kathy's later on that night, but I was so tired and despondent (and not just about my camera!) that I went home early. :(
Seeing as it was a nice day, Helen, Kathy and I headed to Gijón and to the beach, where Cameron later joined us. Was pleasant enough...until SAND blew into my camera lens and totally f**ked it up!!! F**K!!!!!!!!! The lens wouldn't open completely and made this buzzing noise, and the image was just all blurry, so my poor little camera was BROKEN!!! ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Understand this people: my camera is an extension of my right arm, and I CANNOT do without it!! I ALWAYS have it, and I've hardly ever been so DEVASTATED in my life!!! :s My poor wee camera!!!!! :'(
As you do...
Looking out to see: Kathy, Helen, and Kate
Windswept!!! Before my camera took ill...!!! :(
Looking out to see: Kathy, Helen, and Kate
Windswept!!! Before my camera took ill...!!! :(
Went to Kathy's later on that night, but I was so tired and despondent (and not just about my camera!) that I went home early. :(
Sun's Out!!!
Thursday, 3rd April
Was such a nice day that I skipped my one and only class, and off Helen, Kathy, and I went looking for ice-cream lol!! :p Got myself an ice-lolly, and then off we went and joined Burak, Dila, and Bengü (briefly!) at the uni café, Jerad, Michael and Alissa joining us for a bit too! :) So hot in the sun!!
Island paradise! :p
My my! THAT's a big 'un! :p
Burak and Bengü
Burak!!! :)
Headed out to La Más Barata with Helen, Cameron, and Kate later on that night, and then off to a few bars we went! Ended up in Morgana, and then at some Disco Inferno thing, where I had a dance to some good old 70s tunes till Helen and I headed home together!
Was such a nice day that I skipped my one and only class, and off Helen, Kathy, and I went looking for ice-cream lol!! :p Got myself an ice-lolly, and then off we went and joined Burak, Dila, and Bengü (briefly!) at the uni café, Jerad, Michael and Alissa joining us for a bit too! :) So hot in the sun!!
Island paradise! :p
My my! THAT's a big 'un! :p
Burak and Bengü
Burak!!! :)
Headed out to La Más Barata with Helen, Cameron, and Kate later on that night, and then off to a few bars we went! Ended up in Morgana, and then at some Disco Inferno thing, where I had a dance to some good old 70s tunes till Helen and I headed home together!
Chloe shakes her ass!!! :p
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