i've been to a beach but the beach doesn't have a name, it felt good to be out with no rain.
July 5, 2008
alex's 20th birthday! ho ho ho! hurrah!
so me and rubs were alone in the house, i asked rubs if she's hungry - it was about 10 am but she said she still wanted to sleep, so i went down to the kitchen and found señora lucia there. she was in a hurry to give and feed me food! hahahahah hahahah. i needed something warm - so i asked for cafe con leche and SHE KNOWS EXACTLY what i eat - bread with butter and banana in the morning :D she gave me the cafe and bread - and bananas plus this yummy lemon bread that i forgot the name and also jamon!!!! yummy yummy yummy!!!!
as i sat down the table, the señora and me talked in mixed spanish and german - because she migrated to holland and a part of germany during the spanish civil war. it was fucking unbelievable! as we both understand each other about 80% hahahhahaha - its just like talking to my mama or my grandmother back at home! we talked about galicia - the cities around it, the mountains in cantabria or picos de europa, the vineyards of galicia, the history of galicia and things in germany like the cities of hamburg, berlin and munich, which part of germany has the best weather, the history of germany and comparing the similarities of spain and the philippines! and thats in freaking spanish where i learned 13 years ago and basically forgot about it!
she was so nice and patiently understanding me if i try to explain things, i feel so much at home in their house. she was so nice to me and treated me like her son and she would try to stuff me with food eventhough my mouth was still full!!!! it was amazing to be in the presence of the head of the house! i would definitely go back there again to see her.
the guys came back at around 11:30 am, bad news - the car was only rented for 4 days AND it was manual. only ben can drive it and not the other guys. this would really be sticky because its a long way drive, i felt sorry for ben but he said it would be ok for him. so the plans changed - hannah brought out the map and we re-routed - were not going to andalucia anymore because of lack of time (es tut mir leid süße ana, wir haben keine genüge zeit nach andalucien hinzufahren. ich hoffe dass du verstehst).
after a quick breakfast - ben was so hungry. .... poor boy. we decided to leave at aroun 4-5 pm to drive to portugal - to the border which a city named - viana do castelo is located it will take us 3 hours from cedeira to the border of portugal.
we still had a couple of hours - the weather was astonishingly beautiful that we decided to go to the secret beach. last night, it was raining to heavily, until the evening, but me and ben still decided to walk around the town even though we were soaked by rain! and this time i made sure i bring my camera to take pics of the cliffs where the girl died.
as we walked along about 15-20 minutes from pablo's casa to the altar dedicated to the girl - there were some fresh flowers and an old couple praying - must be the grandparents or parents that i didnt took a picture of it to respect the solemnity. the cliffs are strikingly beautiful but yet dangerous. the path towards the beach is realtively easy, but if you dont have a guide with you, like pablo, you will take many wrong turns before reaching it.
the beach is almost unaccesible, it was part of an old fortress which is now a ruin. in the yesteryears, people have to cling on vines and sharp rocks to be able to go down. but now, they put staircases but it was still steep to go down. when we got there, it was not a surprise that we found the beach untouched, no people and waiting patiently for us.
at the beach - it was warm with the sun, but the water was still cold - i coulndt dip in because my chest would hurt. i climbed the stones together with robbo, ben and hannah towards pablo. rubs and lori stayed behind because it was difficult to go down.
as we went back to the beach itself and sunning lazily, an old ship came pass us! its was like back in the golden age of exploration! it made me think of robinson crusoe adventure! of course we are tourists so we took pictures of it! hahaha
it doenst have any shades in the area and i was sitting in the sun for too long. after 2 hours - we headed back to prepare our stuff and to buy in the grocery for some food and beverages for our trip for four days. but i am not feeling good, while we were walking back i felt dizzy and cant breathe. - fucking attacked by my rare asthma! arrghhhh!
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