Tuesday we went shopping after class in Casco Viejo and got some pintxos. Brittany bought a lot of shoes haha, oops. I bought two dresses from Blanco (that store is robbing me, but soo cute!).
Wednesday was our farewell dinner with Andrea and API and we went to an italian restaurant which gave you SO MUCH FOOD, I usually finish my food because I hate wasting it but I definitely had half of my plate still there. But it was delicious! Then we had tiramisu and chocolate truffles for dessert, mmmm there is always ALWAYS room for dessert. It was fun sitting down and talking to everyone, but I hate farewells.
Thursday was finals, which really weren't bad but it was the last time in those classrooms. Brittany and I went shopping again after we were done and I bought a purse, shoes, and shorts while Brittany also got a few more clothing items. Good thing Brittany was there to tell me which pair of shoes to get so I didn't end up getting both of them, eep! It was really nice outside! It's been raining ALL THE TIME since we've been here and of course right when we leave the weather is supposed to be beautiful! Anyways, even though we only had a few hours at our house before we had to take the metro for closing ceremonies I made my way to the beach to enjoy the sun for an hour.
Closing ceremonies is when it really hit me that we're leaving. It's just incredible to me, like Brittany was saying it's like we blinked and then it was a month. We all got up one by one to get our grades and a t-shirt before viewing a slideshow. In a month I've met some of the best people and definitely had the best experience of my life, and now it's gone too soon. But it has to be see you later and not goodbye because that would be too heartbreaking. The minute I leave I'm going to want to come back, but I know there are so many great things awaiting us in life and if we want it to happen, we'll make our way back. Katelyn, other Rachel, Brittany and I met Andrea outside the auditorium for our last goodbyes and a picture, I'm going to miss them all so much! It was so sad, it just really dawned on me that wow, this is not a joke, this summer in Spain has come to an end.
The whole program headed to an Irish pub afterwards to take pictures and have a drink. Brittany and I later went home and relaxed/packed before having our last dinner that Brittany said was "la ultima cena" which literally translates to the last dinner but is what the last supper is called in Spanish, so our host mom thought that was funny. Then we really wanted a picture with our host family because we are absolutely in love with them and really hope to see them again some day. It was funny because Mar was like but Carlos (the other son) isn't here, I'll Skype him. So we have a picture of the family that their cousin took with Carlos on Skype haha, but Carlos is just a dark outline on a laptop, perfect!
We went out for a little but ended up coming back after a while to just spend one last night in our beds.
Now we're going to head to our beach one last time before lunch and getting last minute things ready to go to our bus for Paris. See you in Paris!
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