differences

hello again! (woo, im on the laptop and have exclamation points, haha).

just wanted to mention a few random bits.

first, in san sebastian ive noticed lots of people have dogs. but nobody uses leashes! the dogs must just be trained not to get excited about other dogs since they are little. lots of small dogs but big ones too. there is one named elvis that the girls that live in our hostel (they work there and maintain the floor) have. hes a cute little white dog and loves to fetch his ball. but he has to run down the wooden floor hall outside our room and he slides all the way down it. i cant imagine how marley would cope with all that sliding, hahaha. the picture in my head is hilarious.

the whole "siesta" thing is also weird here. it gets to be 1pm and everything just shuts down completely and doesnt open again til usually 4pm. id always hear about how spain has a siesta but it is weird to experience it.

while in france we also saw people who did a lot of kissing on both cheeks when they greeted each other, another thing you know about but it still weird to see all the time.

the scooters are still everywhere. it seems to be a nice alternative to cars. everyone just rides them to work and everywhere. well, they are scooters, they are more like motorcycles. im not sure what they are called.

anyway... yesterday we wandered a bit and ended up going in the coldddd water. the waves would come and we would jump into them and they would carry us up towards shore. a couple waves got huge and folded over right before they got to us. it was crazy, haha. the tides change like crazy. the night before they were super low and then the next afternoon there was hardly a beach.

okay, well, have to go do laundry and then head out tonite. the weather is crazy. we will wake up and its crappy as hell lookin outside - gloomy and rainy... then an hour later the sun is out and it is warm and beautiful.

love you all,
adri