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Random Happenings in Cantabria
... Where were the angry old men who seemed to stare down every person that walked by? How awkward could it be with a kid, grandpa and mom-like bar tender.
Oh, how about if the kid was one of my students.
Mind you, he is the equivalent of a 7th grade boy…so he does not have the social wherewithal to introduce me to whoever he was eating with. When I walked in, I realized it was him and said, " Hi Luis" and he waved and kind of looked freaked ...
Oh, so you want to be a resident of Spain?
... it be Frankfurt or Paris, or in my case, Lisbon. My stamp to enter the Schengen zone of Europe was Lisbon, so I was not stamped upon my arrival in Spain. The woman giving this presentation then said, " If you did not get your stamp, you have 72 hours to declare your entrance into Spain" SAY WHAT???? Everyone could not believe this information and we all had momentary panic attacks. SO ANYWAY, the short story is that I would have to go to the police ...
Caminando la costa cantabria...
... Oscar!...que alegría, ver a un "viejo" amigo en estas latitudes...rápidamente dejamos nuestras mochilas en su auto y dimos un pequeño paseo por Bilboa...vaya que me acordaba de algunas cosas, pero de otras no.
Mientras caminábamos, estuvimos recordando algunas anécdotas del viaje de Asia y sobre los nuevos planes de nuestro amigo de viaje...se va a África!!!!!...wooww..., con nuestro nivel de cansancio actual, no podríamos ni siquiera comenzar a pensar en otro viaje tan ...
To the North!
... of sunflowers in Castilla-Leon. Cantabria looks like Ireland...literally! Beautiful, lush green rolling hills and beautiful homes dotting the hills. It was beautiful on the bus! Santander is beautiful as well-much different than Sevilla, but beautiful!
Once I got to the bus station, I had to wait 1.5 hours for the bus to San Vicente(which is another 1 hr 20 min from Santander). I feel as though I am going to know this bus station very well by the end of this ...
Visit to the Caves
We went to the crystal caves called el soplao. These were massive and are supposed to be one of the best caves in the world for unusual geological formations. The cave were found by miners digging for lead and zinc. There were people shaped rocks and there was a little place where there were crystals all over the ceiling. There was also a swirly shaped crystal and they don't yet know how it grew that ...