Last Monday was amazing. Probably the best night I have had thus far. We all went to the Festival de Santa Carmen in Pola de Siero, which isn't too far from here. It was a gigantic festival in a huge field. There were thousands of people who, at the time we arrived, had been there alllll day. People had insane amounts of food and cider. It was very reminiscent of a Spanish version of folkfest. So we take the bus there and make our way to el prao (the field). We (a group of like 10-12 of us) ended up meeting a group of Spanish guys who were extremely nice and more than willing to share all of their food and cider, and did they have a lot of it. They had an entire crate full of wine..so like 25 bottles and some in a cooler and a whole other crate in their cars. This was pretty much the norm for everyone there. We ended up running into Jaime, our professor, who was there with his wife and kids. Many hours and many bottles of cider later, we left the field to make our way into town. Once there, there was tons of music and dancing..and the highlight of the festival...huge mobs of people moving from apartment building to apartment building chanting for people to throw out buckets of water from the high up floors onto the mass of people below. It was crazy and ridiculous and I got soaked, but it was sooo much fun.
So that was definitely the highlight of the week!
The rest of the week was filled with school like always and the occasional experiences of the Oviedo night life. Friday night was quite the fun night that involved a whole lot of bar/club hopping on one of the main streets of the old city. Although tragically I did lose my phone that night. I have no idea how since I never used it and I have all my other belongings, but once I got home I definitely did not have it anymore. Sad face.
Saturday after much relaxing, I explored around the city a bit and took a bunch of pictures since my picture taking had decreased infinitely since arriving in Oviedo. Saturday night was quite relaxing, just sitting outside and people watching at La plaza de paraguas (Umbrella plaza) which was quite packed, something that is kinda rare for Oviedo since it is summer and no one is here. But here's the thing about Spain. We left to go out at 10:45, extremely early for Spain...people were still eating dinner! We only had maybe 4 beers and just hung around talking and the like, then suddenly I check what time it is and it is 3 AM. Where did those 4 hours go?! So my friend Laura and I decided it was time for some food (Doner Kabob, the greatest invention ever) and then to get home, even though the night was still young by Spanish standards.
Today was quite the nice day. After attempting to sleep in, my sleep has been all over the place here, I got up and went to Gijón to spend the day at the beach. It was great weather and a day at the beach was definitely very much needed. The water is so clear there and pretty warm that I spent a lot of time in the water. Heading home we stopped for a marienda (the snack between lunch and dinner) which was my first slice of pizza since I've been here (oh how i've missed it) and a San Miguel...followed shortly by some Dulce de Leche icecream (first icecream i have had since I've been here as well). All in all, a very nice day....although it did result in a bit of sunburn. But since when can I go to the beach and not return a little burnt?
So, 3 more days of classes starting tomorrow. Final on Thursday, as well as our last group dinner with the Temple crew. Friday is the University of Oviedo goodbye party and my last night out in Oviedo. Then Saturday morning bright and early I get on a 12 hour bus ride to Barcelona. Needless to say it will be a crazy couple of days...
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