Guadalest

This week was so rad, with only three days of school and whatnot. Yay for random Spanish holidays! :)

Wednesday and Thursday were just school days...nothing very exciting.

Then yesterday was another holiday, and my family took Zoe and I to a pueblecito que se llama Guadalest. It was a cute tiny little pueblo with a little castle and a bunch of little shops. And they had a museum of miniatures...like tiny little things sculpted on a grain of sand and stuff. It was pretty crazy. And the view from the top of where we climbed up was absolutely gorgeous. I'm definitely missing all the colors of Corvallis and McMinnville (the valley in general) though...there was more green but it's definitely more desert-y here, it reminds me of Eastern Oregon. Which isn't as pretty, in my opinion. I was imagining all the trees, how beautiful the views from Lookout Point or Bald Hill are in Corvallis, and all the different fall colors that I absolutely love...made me miss it! But there is a different kind of beauty here that I love too. :) And it's still hot as heck, so you know, that's a plus sometimes. (Although I do love me some boots and jackets.)

Blue! Green! I like colors!

The castle up thurrr

On our way there, we stopped at a store to search for candy corn. Seriously, guys, my family is adorable. I mentioned candy corn and asked if they had it and they had never heard of anything like it, so we made a special trip at this store that supposedly has a bunch of stuff from other countries and whatnot, just so I could look for candy corn. Unfortunately, there is no candy corn here. Which is a shame.

On the way back from Guadalest, we stopped in a tiny little town called Polop. It was cute and quaint! And there was this one high point that we hiked up to and the view was sooooooo pretty. However...there were some scary black clouds on the horizon and we heard some very menacing thunder, so I was glad we didn't stay for too long. :P Then we went to the Plaza de Chorros there which had like a bajillion fountains. Okay, I think the actual number is closer to like 70, but it is seriously a ton! And the coolest thing is that the water from the fountains is good to drink! People can drink from them or fill up their water bottles or whatever, which I think is pretty rad.

All the little fountains!

The cute little streets of Polop

Then, on the way home and when we got home, it rained. And I was one happy little Oregonian.

We got back and booked our tickets to Venice...it's official, Italy, HERE WE COME! Planning and booking trips is a pain, but I know it's going to be worth it. Tonight our mission is booking tickets to Paris. Wish us luck!!!

Miss you all! <3