temperature in lisbon

i have never been so happy to see 60 degrees and scattered showers. and also, superbowwwllllll.

euskadi (el país vasco)

this weekend we took the train from barcelona to bilbao. in bilbao there was extreme rain and wind but also the guggenheim and jeff koons' puppy and half an hour of sun. then, we headed to san sebastian which was also rainy and freezing but gorgeous gorgeous and delicious delicious. a few of us braved the chill and went into the water and it was so much fun in the cold that i can only imagine how amazing the summer months would be. 

week #1: madrid y toledo

we arrived in madrid a couple days before dia de los reyes, so everything was still lit up and decorated for the christmas season. of course, i am a sucker for christmas lights and so i loved it, but it was very very cold and very very rainy and i missed/miss home very very much.

 

 

 

the highlight of madrid for me was when kelly and i went out for churros y chocolate. the day of reyes, we (ISA) went to toledo, which was seriously gorgeous (and had much more sun). we tried to make it to town to see the festival, but didn't make it in time. instead, we had bad tortillas, good sangria, lots of mazapan, and many pictures with don quixote statues.

 

 

i dont have pictures from barcelona yet, but hopefully i will soon. also, hopefully it will stop being freakishly cold and rainy here because i don't think i can handle another freezing downpour. i am such a boring, cranky old lady that i can barely handle eating dinner at 9:30pm (early for the spanish!). i miss you all. love!