We made it to the bar before our Spanish friend did so we decided to go in and see if she was there. As we went to enter the building we were stopped by the doorman. He asked us how old we were, drinking age in Spain is 18 for those that don't know. We told him our ages and he said we had to be 25 to go into this bar. Yet afterwards we had to wait outside for our friend and he never stopped anyone else from going in and never even asked what age anyone else was. So we have come to the conclusion that he did not allow us to come in because we are Americans and were clearly speaking English as we walked in the building. To personally experience this was kind of infuriating to me.
Nonetheless we did not let the ruin our night and met up with our Spanish friends as planned. Instead we crossed the river and went to Calle Betis, this is literally the name of the street that runs along side the river and has a majority of the most popular bars in Sevilla. We walked down to a place we has never been before and ordered drinks and sat outside to have conversations with each other. Because everyone in our group either knew Spanish and English or were working on it our conversations became a mix of the two languages. It was a good time and our new friend, Javier, bought a round of drinks for everone! Funny story about Javier, when we were first introducing ourselves someone accidently called him Owie and that become his name for the rest of the night. Our other Spanish friend, Oscar, got made fun of from the time he held Lola's, Spanish amiga, purse while we took a picture and proceeded to hold it for the rest of the night.After the drinks by the river we walked to a discoteca called Budha. We had been there during the week with a student travel company but this was our first time there with Spaniards. There crowd was mostly older people surprisingly though. They played good music however and we danced for a little bit before we headed home. The next day was our trip to Portugal and we wanted to get some amount of sleep before we left, haha!
The next morning we woke up early and caught the bus to Portugal! Of course as soon as I was on the bus I passed out. Along the way to the hotel in Largos we stopped and took a boat to Isla de Tavira,an island off the coast if Portugal. This was the best beach I have ever been to! Granted being from a landlocked state and being a poor person I haven't been to the beach very often in my life. However, the water wasn't as colder here as it had been at the beach in Spain the previous weekend. It felt great actually and the view was amazing. The water was so clear there too. We ate our packed lunches that we had our senoras make us first and then went down to the beach.
I made sure to have someone put sunscreen on my back this time cause I didn't want a repeat of last weekend. My friends and I decided to have a little photo shoot at one point on the beach, haha. We also walked down to a stone pier and took pictures at a little light house. Before we left we walked back up to the entrance to the island and looked at the little shops. I bought a necklace with and elephant carved out of a stone that was said to come from Brazil and was green. I thought it was really cute. Then we loaded up on the boat and went back to the bus to go to Largos. Once again I out on the ride.
We got back to the hotel and had about two hours to get showered before we went out again. There were three girls staying in my room with me but we all got showered and ready in plenty of time. Then we loaded up and I slept again. We traveled to Cabo San Vincete en Sagres, what was once known as the end of the world. Explorers used to come here and say this is where the worlds ends and if you go beyond that horizon you will fall all the world. We made it just in time for sunset and it was beautiful. Everyone in Spain kept telling us to make sure we brought a jacket because it was so cold there but I ended up thinking it was great at that time!
We got back and dinner was on our own so a small group of us, like four, walked into town to get food. We were aiming for a pizzeria but ended up stopping at a nicer restaurant. Instead of waiting we opted to seat at a table that already had three other people. One couple was from Germany and the other woman was from Holland. Neither group knew each other before that night but all spoke English. Shortly after we arrived the Germans left because they finished their meals. But it took a long time for our food to arrive so we just had very interesting conversations with our Holland friend. My food was a little disappointing but the others food was amazing. I ordered a white wine with my meal this time and have concluded that I enjoy white wine much more than red.
The next day my room had out alarms set wrong and ended up waking up way too early. We went and got breakfast and then came back and I slept a little more. We headed to the beach after that and it was amazing. Once again we had a little photo shoot and then headed to lay out. Before lunch three of us went on a small boat tour along the coast and through the caves, it was gorgeous! Lunch was cheap and at the hotel and wasn't the best in the world but then we went back to the beach for a bit. While in the water we saw some people on a rock off the coast and a few of us decided we wanted to do that. So we swam out there! Then we had to climb the rock! It was very intense, I got scratched up a little bit. Then we were scared to jump off because we feared hitting the rocks below.
So we had several people below look for us and then eventually some snorkelers looked for us. They ended up climbing the rock before we jumped and turned out to be from Madrid! Then we had to go to get to the bus so one at a time we got the courage to jump and swim back. It was a strange experience being in Portugal and hearing so many different languages on the beach. It was amazing however! Until next time!
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