4//18/10

Sanse (short for San Sebastian and how the cool people refer to it) was beautiful and a really fun day. The bus ride was actually only an hour. It is a lot closer than I thought which may warrant another trip to Sanse before I leave. The water looked like a beautiful blue and green. I took photos but I am not sure if they will do it justice. This beach was definitely a little different from New Jersey. Namely I noticed a lack of seagulls which is perfectly fine with me!

We went to the surfing beach because we were offered free surfing lessons and we also got a free t-shirt. Just to remind you we only paid 3€ for the trip....totally worth it! We had set up our stuff and were just sitting on our towels for only a little bit when people started playing volleyball and soccer. As the games were getting underway, a few of us were pulled away towards the surfing lessons. There was a surf store right by the beach and two guys gave a group of us lessons. They were really funny and now I know beach/surfing vocabulary in Spanish. I learned a new way to stand up on the surf board. I learned once before but they taught a different way. I stood up once or twice. It was such a great time and now I get to say that I have gone surfing in Spain. The rest of the day we basically just laid in the sun and there was a game of kickball or two. They took down the volleyball nets early, around 2, because they wanted to give us free time but we all wished they had left them up. Thankfully someone brought another ball to play games with. The water was pretty chilly. I think it was 45 degrees, it was 13 degrees in Celsius. I am starting to know the conversion. It felt fine when we were surfing but we were wearing wetsuits which I think helped keep us warmer. We left around 6:30 and got back closer to 8. We all showed and got something to eat and then went to la ciudadela. It was someone's birthday from the exchange program and everyone was meeting in the park to hang out. We stayed there for an hour or so and then we went to a discoteca called Marengo. It was hilarious because it is usually a place for younger people but when we got there it was apparently senior citizens night. We all packed into the so called "VIP" section where they had different music playing and as the night went on younger people replaced the older folks. It was a lot of fun and I stayed out almost as late as a Spanish person, 5 am. Although as we were leaving people were just getting in to Marengo, that is crazy! I slept in until almost 1 today and I don't see myself being very productive. I have stuff to do but I have time so I think I will just get started on it tomorrow.

Adios