GALICIA WEEKEND PART TWO!!

okayyyyyy continuing on from where I left off!!

The boys then took us to the supermarket to get ingredients for dinner. They were so sweet and wanted to make sure we ate exactly what we wanted and when we got home they set the table and even put a table cloth down (these boys are so refined here in Spain!!). Our dinner was delicious- chicken, tortilla española, mmmmmmm yumm :)

That night the boys took us out with another one of their friends named Fandi out to the bars/ discotecas in Vigo. It was Carnaval so everyone had costumes and it was crazyyy. We went out till like 6 in the morning and I saw about twenty people dressed up as terrorists... for some reason this is not politically incorrect here in Spain. They had middle eastern robes on and were carrying around AK-47s.. I asked someone about it and without a second thought they said "Oh yea.. friends of Bin Laden!!".. okay..

I'm not sure what time we slept till on Saturday, but when we awoke we discovered that Adolfo's family had come and was also staying in the house too! His two older sisters were there, one of their boyfriends, and his mom and dad. We got dressed and were about to head down to Bayona, but then his parents invited us out to lunch with them!!!!!!!! Now I do not know exactly what these people do, but they are freaking rich- they took us in their beautiful cars to this beautiful restaurant where all the waiters knew them and had wine at the ready.. umm yes. So me, Chrissie, and Tevia, Pablo, Adolfo, and his family sat down at this elegant table, like nothing i have ever seen/done. I felt honestly like royalty or something and we were at first all nervous because we wanted to make a good impression on his family. The first few minutes I spent trying to remember all the table manners I have ever learned in my life so as not to seem like an idiot, but finally the ice was broken and we had the best afternoon EVER eating steaks and fish, drinking wine, speaking in Spanish, showing photos of our travels, eating Galician dessert, trying the dad's whisky, everything- I think they were really amazed by the three of us and we got excited invitations to come to Galicia whenever we wanted.... it was honestly an afternoon from a movie or something- wining and dining with high society in Galicia, Spain. I couldn't have asked for anything more...

But then we left the restaurant and of course who would we run into? None other then the president of Galicia (!!!!) who Adolfo's dad apparently knew (of course). We were introduced to him as "the americans" and he was quite intrigued with the three of us as well, especially after Tevia told him that she worked with Obama's campaign in 2008. Succccccessssss.

ANYWAY, after all of that excitement, the 5 of us finally got in route to Bayonaaaa- the town about 30 minutes away from Vigo right on the water where Christopher Colombus returned to in 1493 after finding the Americas. Every year since then, Bayona hosts a festival called La Arribada where everyone dresses up in period clothing and eats and drinks and is merry... its LOCOOO. Also- Bayona is extremely beautiful. Like I could live there- it almost almost looks like a mini Rio de Janeiro from above because its this adorable little town stuck in between crystal blue waters and tall green mountains. It's magical.

Okay I am tired again!!!!! PART 3 OF GALICIA WEEKEND WILL COME SOOOON!!!

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