Although we expected a nice sunny day, we got, once again, a cold, grey and windy day. So, our plan to start slow became a plan to start monumentally slowly, organizing the suitcases and what not, and then we still headed up to one of the nearby beaches to just check it out. Turns out the one we went to was kind of a surfer town, completely devoid of surfs in such a ****** day. So we were back to our good old local mall by 4 pm, had a really good late lunch and w...

That's right, this 35 year old got mistaken for a student today. And she will take it. And the 5.50 € it saved her! Today we met up with those girls that had been having problems to give them a little time to relax and connect with us. We also met up with our one boy again and his host brother. We headed over to the Guggenheim and actually went in this time! Jeanne went to the front of the group to inquire about student pricing, told them there were 3 stude...

Another misty day, so we headed into town to meet up with kalin and her friend again before they went back to Valencia tonight. We did get some churros y chocolate, which was delicious. Then we went to meet a couple of the kids near the Guggenheim just to check in and say hi, but only one made it. Another one who was supposed to be there couldnt get there since her family was all asleep at 4 pm (ah, the siesta), and the other girl, it turns out, is having the sam...

I ill cut to right now to explain my title. Jeanne and I just walked in at 11:15 pm and found that our 58-year old host is not even at home that early on a Saturday night! Ah well... So today started out quite slowly. I was awake by about 9:30, but laid in bed for quite a while waiting for Jeanne to wake up. So by the time we we both ready to go, it was pretty much already too late to bother taking our planned day trip to San Sebastian. (No worries - we have all ...

Today started out bright and early in Madrid. Our bus picked us up at 6:45 am and brought us to the Chamartin train station to catch our 8 am train to Bilbao. Thus began four and a half hours of basically chilling on the train. A little napping, a little reading, it was all good. So, we pulled into Bilbao around 12:40 pm, and most of the kids families were already there waiting to whisk them off to their homes around the Bilbao area. A little more than half are i...