I've come to the conclusion since being here that the Spanish will wear any English phrase on their clothing--and most of the phrases don't make sense. For example...at Zara (a pretty popular clothing chain here), I found a shirt with stars on it that simply says "Friends that speak French...". What is that supposed to mean? Next to it was a shirt whose letters were tilted in different directions. I looked at this shirt for at least 5 minutes and came up with 2 possible meanings--either "My Ma looks NY" or "My Many Loony"--no idea what it is supposed to be. I should have taken a pic. Then today my Grammar teacher walks in to class wearing a shirt that says "Cute as hell"--with a teddy bear on it. Ridiculous--but hilarious! I'll keep looking for odd sayings on shirts and keep you updated.
So yesterday (Sunday) I went on a trip with Kat and Taylor to Xativa. It's a town about an hour south of Valencia. We took the train (my first European train trip) and it was a cheap, relaxing ride. The main attractions in Xativa are the cathedral and a castle. When we arrived, we had no idea where we needed to go. We didn't have a map or anything. We followed signs to the Tourist Info--then got everything straightened out. 20 minutes later, we were in a tram going to the castle. We could have walked--but it would have taken over an hour and it was a steep climb. The castle was beautiful--it was built in the 11th century--(Wikipedia--Castle of Játiva--for more info). I got some great pics--and it was the first castle I've ever been to besides Disney World. :) After exploring the castle for a few hours, we took the tram back into town--had lunch at a great little restaurant. 10 euro for the menu del día and it was a great value for great food. Then we walked up to the Cathedral--unfortunately it was closed--but we got some pics from the outsides. We meandered through the streets for a while longer before catching the train back to Valencia. A good day overall. Marli got back from Munich last night--so we stayed up late chatting about our weekends. So I'm in need of a good night's sleep tonight. I think it's time for dinner and then bed. Check out the pics from Xativa--I put them up yesterday! All for now.
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More great pics, Kels! What a beautiful place...everything is so green and the buildings look so majestic! If the weather gets you down, think of us here in Grimes who experienced 29 degrees and SNOW this morning! Yes, snow on Oct 10th! Enough that the girls were making muddy snowballs outside. :-) We had a good laugh over your crazy T-shirt post! I think I definitely need a teddy bear "cute as hell" shirt or one that says "Friends who speak Spanish..." :-) Question: It doesn't ever seem like there are very many people in your photos. Is Valencia a very populated city? Are you just visiting places where there aren't very many people? Love visiting your blog. We miss you! <3 Ann and fam
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