I just scooped some sand onto my journal & then beach towel. Whoops. So yesterday after arriving to the apartment, we looked around & talked with Belkys, Kevin, & the guy who works at the apartment, Josef, & we learned that we have dishes, a dishwasher, and a clothes washer that doubles as a dryer! Awesome. There is only one bedroom, whereas the other apartments our friends have in the same building have 2 bedrooms. That is fine, though... I sleep on the sofa bed, which is comfortable enough for me! My clothes are packed into the TV cabinet & drawer system... funny, but they are hidden. We have a balcony with a beautiful view of mountains & city lights. There is a table with 4 chairs on the balcony... such a cute place to sit. We unpacked all our stuff, then went shopping with Laura, Ana, Anne, Jillian, & Jordin. We walked up and down La Rambla and down one of the sidestreets. I didn't buy anything, but some bought clothes and jewelry. There is a hat that I may go back for... a hat that actually looks decent on me!? That's right - it exists. La Rambla was busy with people, since siesta was over and school let out around 5. All of the little kids are so cute. They leave classes from 2 to 5 for siesta, and they can either stay at school or go home during that time. Patrick, Belkys & Kevin's son, doesn't stay at school. After shopping we went & had dinner at the residence. I had: bread, coconut yogurt, potato & spinach quiche [tortilla española] (delicious), pasta with ham, blocks of cheese, & pineapple, & something fried (eggplant?).
We enjoyed dinner, then went to a fruit & vegetable shop on the way back to the apartment. Katie bought strawberries, an orange, & a couple of apples, I believe. It all looked really good. Once back at the apartment, we got our internet to work. I typed up a blog, uploaded pictures from chapter camp to Facebook, & skyped with Andrew. At some points, Skype video chat worked better than it did in the dorm, but it also froze frequently. The internet sadly, eventually stopped working altogether. It seemed like an apartment-wide thing, since Katie and Jordin's did the same thing. Hopefully that won't be a lasting problem, but we will see! I needed sleep, anyway. This morning I got up & showered, since we're going to a restaurant after the beach. Jillian & Jordin came and picked us up from our apartment 2 floors below theirs, and we went to the residence for breakfast. The walk between the apartments & residence isn't bad, so hopefully I'll learn it soon. I ate a chocolate-filled croissant this morning & drank pineapple juice, but I also made a typical Spanish sandwich with tomato juice in the bread, sliced tomatoes, & ham. I wrapped it up in aluminum foil & brought it to the beach. We caught a bus to get here, and literally had to run for it. Just a little, but I'm sure it was good entertainment. We stood on the bus for about 20 minutes through other stops until it reached Plaija Llarga (playa larga). We figured out what time we need to leave / when to catch the bus, then walked down to this marvelous beach. The other beach (Milagro/Miracle) has been nice, but half the sand was fake from an expansion they did. Here, the sand is so so soft and fine. The beach is wide, and the waves are rolling in at a steady pace. Many people have passed walking and jogging, some with dogs, and we may get in the water at some point. Laura just went in to her stomach and said she feels like she just took an ice bath. The water is still pretty chilly. We'll get in eventually while we are here, but probably not today since we can't really get our hair wet (restaurant later). Time to try to nap! :)
Jillian, Ana (who came late), & Laura got back to our area of the beach from a walk just at the perfect time to leave the beach. We caught the bus on the correct side, headed back to Tarragona, & easily got off at La Rambla Nova. Once there, we noticed a bazaar with lots of tables of random things: jewelry, little wooden boxes, antique items, etc. We had extra time, so we shopped around there for a little while before we continued on our journey. We didn't know exactly how to get to the port, but we got close & Ana asked an older man who was really helpful.
We enjoyed dinner, then went to a fruit & vegetable shop on the way back to the apartment. Katie bought strawberries, an orange, & a couple of apples, I believe. It all looked really good. Once back at the apartment, we got our internet to work. I typed up a blog, uploaded pictures from chapter camp to Facebook, & skyped with Andrew. At some points, Skype video chat worked better than it did in the dorm, but it also froze frequently. The internet sadly, eventually stopped working altogether. It seemed like an apartment-wide thing, since Katie and Jordin's did the same thing. Hopefully that won't be a lasting problem, but we will see! I needed sleep, anyway. This morning I got up & showered, since we're going to a restaurant after the beach. Jillian & Jordin came and picked us up from our apartment 2 floors below theirs, and we went to the residence for breakfast. The walk between the apartments & residence isn't bad, so hopefully I'll learn it soon. I ate a chocolate-filled croissant this morning & drank pineapple juice, but I also made a typical Spanish sandwich with tomato juice in the bread, sliced tomatoes, & ham. I wrapped it up in aluminum foil & brought it to the beach. We caught a bus to get here, and literally had to run for it. Just a little, but I'm sure it was good entertainment. We stood on the bus for about 20 minutes through other stops until it reached Plaija Llarga (playa larga). We figured out what time we need to leave / when to catch the bus, then walked down to this marvelous beach. The other beach (Milagro/Miracle) has been nice, but half the sand was fake from an expansion they did. Here, the sand is so so soft and fine. The beach is wide, and the waves are rolling in at a steady pace. Many people have passed walking and jogging, some with dogs, and we may get in the water at some point. Laura just went in to her stomach and said she feels like she just took an ice bath. The water is still pretty chilly. We'll get in eventually while we are here, but probably not today since we can't really get our hair wet (restaurant later). Time to try to nap! :) 
Jillian, Ana (who came late), & Laura got back to our area of the beach from a walk just at the perfect time to leave the beach. We caught the bus on the correct side, headed back to Tarragona, & easily got off at La Rambla Nova. Once there, we noticed a bazaar with lots of tables of random things: jewelry, little wooden boxes, antique items, etc. We had extra time, so we shopped around there for a little while before we continued on our journey. We didn't know exactly how to get to the port, but we got close & Ana asked an older man who was really helpful. 
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