Stewart in Spain!!!

Friday, June 6, 2008

Wanderlust...

Monday, 21st April

Found out I had a bloody Portuguese presentation to do FOR WEDNESDAY (2 days away!!! :O), so off I went on the hunt for a Portuguese-English dictionary...finding f**k-all!! Tut!!

Randomness in the main building!

Creepy or WHAT?! :p See the face?! :p

On the bright side though, I had the pleasure of having money given BACK to me today when I got 15€ back for that AEGEE trip that WAS cancelled! Oh well! Couldn't really be bothered anyway!!! :p On the travelling front, however, there had been talk of heading to Salamanca for the weekend, but seeing as there was too much fannying about--and I was determined to head SOMEWHERE--I suggested we go to Galicia instead!! Helen and Kathy were up or it, and so I got everything sorted online: buses, accommodation--the lot!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!! :p Off we go again!! :p

Sunday...

Sunday, 20th April

Helen and I joined Kathy and Burak for chocolate y churros...the perfect way to spend a quiet Sunday!!! :p

Kathy and Helen!!! :p

Fun on Calle Gascona!!! :p

Bit of buffet?! :p

Saturday, 19th April

Headed out for some Chinese food in the Buena Vista shopping centre, along with Burak, Helen, Kathy, Sarah, Sam, Jim, and Richard, being joined by a couple of others later. Had LOADS of food, and LOTS of yummy ice-cream and strawberries!!! :p

Buffet!!! :p

BEAUTIFUL couple!!! :p

Burak!!! :)

As you do...!!! :p

Fun on the way to Kathy's!!! :p

Burak, Helen, Kathy, and I then headed back to Kathy's , where we whiled away a few hours (thanks Youtube! :p) till we left at like 2:25, heading (yet again!) to Santa Sebe!! Could barely bloody move with the amount of people, so--needless to say--it was NOT one of the most pleasant nights that I've passed here!! Left, spent about half an hour sitting on Kathy's doorstep, and then in at around 6:10 a.m.!!! :s

Party animals...!!! :p

Pretty pair! :p

And again! :p

Filth!

A Chuva Molhava-Me o Rosto...!!!

Friday, 18th April

Discovered Portuguese Fado (very soulful music usually accompanied by guitar, and unique to Portugal!) in the person of Mariza, and I downloaded her BEAUTIFUL song Chuva!!! Check it out!!!

Discovered an old acquaintance (on MSN!) too: Manu, a French guy I got to know on my assistantship in France!! Really nice to hear from him, and then I headed out afterwards with Helen and Kathy, to Pinta en Copas, and then Café Oriental, where I treated myself to a proper hot chocolate!!! :p We then met Cameron, Burak, Andrew, and a couple of others, and headed to Santa Sebe, where we had a good time dancing to the most RANDOM music EVER!! It is official: I HATE Spanish music!!! :p

Helen and Kathy! :)

Burak, Kathy, and Helen in Santa Sebe

Dance lessons à la Burak!!!

HA HA HA!!!

Grrrrrrrrr!!! :p

Burak and Helen!!! :p

All of us! :p

Me and Burak!!! :)

Get down!!! :p

Walk home!!! :p

A New Face! :)

Thursday, 17th April

Met up with Raquel, a Spanish girl looking for help with her English who'd been put in touch with me by the contact teacher for my uni. Only a first year, but very pleasant, and we spoke the whole time in Spanish 'cos she said her English was shit lol! Suited me...!!! :p

Headed to the AEGEE office after that to sign up for some excursion through the Picos de Europa mountains--which was most likely gonna be cancelled 'cos of the weather anyway, but I thought, 'What the hell?!' :p

Headed out to Caja Negra that night, an all right place, but I didn't really like the music, and it wasn't really my scene! Had a hot dog (as you do at 1:00 in the morning!), and then it was off to Morgana to meet the Americans, and then to Escondite!!! Headed home at around 3:15 (with a cup of chips!!! :s), and I ended up sitting on the swings with Burak (as you do!), chatting away until 5:00 in the morning...!!! :)

Awwwwwwwww!!! :p

Okay...!!!

Alissa and Sam!!!

Julia and Lívia!!!

Escondite

Me and Andreea!!!

Chloe and Burak!!!

Me and Eleni!!!

Monday, June 2, 2008

The Joy of Paprikáskrumpli!!! :p

Wednesday, 16th April

Took a trip to the Parque Principado shopping centre with Helen and Kathy, having a bit of a laugh in H&M trying on shades--and having a laugh when I lost the girls, told a member of staff I couldn't find 'dos chicas,' and she said, '¡¿Son estrangeras?!' 'Síííííííííí'!!!!!! Claro!!! :p

Yo! :p

Dude! :p

I then headed to Lívia's for a taste of paprikáskrumpli, a traditional Hungarian stew, made with carrots, potatoes, meat, and paprika. Quite spicy, but really yummy, and I had like 4 helpings lol!! :p

Simone!!! :p

Michaela!!! :D

Dinner is served! :p

Yum! :p

Schultz?!

Puppy-dog Burak!!! :p

Peek!!! :D

Two Days of Great Achievement!! :p

Monday, 14th April

Group of us headed to the park again--seeing as it was a nice day--and (and this is important!) I made my first ever DAISY CHAIN lol!! :p (Actually quite proud of it...!!! :p).

Our little flower girl!! :p