Our Grammar teacher was the one who actually told us about the island, and before we left, she gave us a book with everything there is to know about the island... which was nice!
We flew into Cagliari, the capital and then we went to our hostel. It was really nice. It had an open courtyard below, and our room had an in-suite bathroom, a terrace, and a loft for the beds. It was by far the fanciest hostel I've stayed in.
The first day we wandered around. Tried to find a grocery store. Failed. Ate gelato though.
Then the second day we went to a GORGEOUS beach in Chia, about an hour outside of Cagliari. We sat in the sun. I did my first real swimming in the Medditerranean. I've been waist deep before, but in Chia we went under the water. We played in the waves--- they were huge, so we would try and jump up as they came. (We were dominated by the waves a couple of times though... haha.) It was such an awsome day though, and we had the beach basically to ourselves. There was one other group there, studying in Germany- but they all were actually from Spain or Brazil. So we spoke some Spanglish with them.
Then before we left we climbed up this tower looking over everything. Then we went back to Cagliari, ate some more gelato. Found a pizza place and had a nice meal.
It was a little strange in Italy though... we were stared at even more so than in Spain. The men made kissy noises as we walked past, and we even had some guys follow us around and saranade us for awhile... so that was interesting... = / haha!
Our flight back was super early in the morning, so we had to wake up at 4, and take a cab to the airport. We're just lucky to have gotten that early flight though, because when we landed we noticed that flights all over Europe are cancelled...
oh wait, there is a volcanic cloud hovering over us... so I'm just happy to be back in Valencia and not stranded on the random Italian island.
It's a little strange though... we went on our last excursion from Valencia. Next time I leave I won't be coming back... we have 3 weeks left in the program. Mixed feelings right now-- happy, sad, nervous, anxious, excited! So now we have to crank out some final presentations and actually do some work for once... study for finals... we're feeling the pressure a bit, but I think we'll be good!
Just going to embrace our last days in this place we now call home...
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