We had some big firsts this week. We had our first English guided tour since being here and it was awesome. We were in Portugal and visited a palace/chateau and the only way to see it was with a guide. A live breathing person whom you could ask questions. It was wonderful.
The other first was that I've never seen an entire country's hotel rooms completely booked for a weekend. There was a national holiday that had something to do with their Saints this past weekend. We went to Salamanca (Vantage Point has a scene at the Plaza Mayor and it was spectacular) on Friday night with a reservation and figured we'd get the next night's lodgings later. Ooops! Had to go to Portugal instead. Not a bad idea, though. Portugal was great. It was warm, it was green as Weston would point out, it was less expensive, and it reminded me a lot of Brazil. I guess that makes sense.
Another first, was that today we visited our first Monastery here in Burgos with Margrett. And we got to drive a car to our Spanish class today. That was a big one. And since we have the car until Friday, we get to drive Weston to school and back. He's happy about that one.
Also, I don't want to brag or anything, but I didn't get lost on my runs this weekend. I am pretty proud about that one, especially in Villa Real, Portugal where there isn't a straight street in the whole town.
It's been a very fun week.
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