The last couple days have been a nice break from the go-go-go we've had since getting here. We had class Friday which went well, then went to Ronda on Saturday. Ronda is a beautiful city! Its not very big and just has a lot of beautiful views. There is a bridge that connects both sides of the city because there's a huge canyon/chasm thing that separates the town into to halves. I think I put one picture up of it in the last post. It sucks because its impossible to take a picture that really captures how amazing it is! While in Ronda we also visited the Arabic baths. I believe they were built in the 14th century. Its really neat to see how well preserved they were. It was a place where people coming to the city could get clean/meditate before going into the city as far as I understand. Getting clean was somewhat of a religious thing for the Arabic's. We also went to the bull ring there, which is the oldest bull ring in Spain. It was interesting, but it'd be a lot more interesting to see a bull fight! They only hold bull fights a couple times a year though because its so expensive to get a bull now and the place doesn't have enough seating to make it worth it to do all the time.
We got back to Malaga from Ronda around 6:00 and ate dinner around 8:00. Me and Amber went to the center then to help one of the girls, Ryann, celebrate her 20th birthday! We just went to a little cafe/bar and had sangria. Ryann and Lauren are sisters and probably the two nicest girls! We went out for a little bit to some of the bars in the area, but its so expensive to go out here that we didn't stay out for too long (at least not in Spain terms). Amber and I took a taxi ride home and apparently our taxi driver didn't know where he was going because he dropped us off at the wrong place! (After asking us where it was...heck I don't know, I gave him our address that should be good enough for a taxi driver!!) Luckily after getting our bearings (not sure if thats how you would spell that), we realized we were only about a block and a half away from where we should be. And finally, me and Amber successfully opened the door! She locks it differently during the night and we've had some trouble with it. I'm so glad that we won't be waking our Senora up again because we're not smart enough to figure out the key...
After staying up late a few nights in a row, we slept in Sunday and really took advantage of our first day of nothingness after getting here. After lunch, we went to the beach for a few hours and enjoyed the sun and water. Then we finally got the internet working on our computers so we spent some time talking with people and getting pictures uploaded and the like. We went for a little walk after dinner, both of us are determined to start working out while we're here!
Well, Amber just left for school (since we're in different classes, she starts again today and I'll start again on Wednesday, after this week we'll both have class M-F) so I'm on my own for the first time since getting here (well except for taking the Metro/bus to get to Toledo when I first got here). I have lots of errands to run today, hoping that my credit card works because I need to buy some tennis shoes. Buenos dias todos and now that I have internet hopefully I'll be updating more often!
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