Hiking!

So, Sunday my roommate and I decided that we wanted to go hiking. There is a trail (that to and fro takes about 7 hours ish) that she found great reviews on that starts from the city and ends in a small little pueblo. 

She knew pretty much where we had to go, but there was a point on the map on the internet that she didn't understand. I let her drive the ship as I had no idea at all where we were going. 

Anyways, we started this treck and we were not prepared at all. We didn't have a nutritious breakfast and we had like one water bottle for the both of us. I should have brought my big backpack, but it was hot and I didn't want to carry a lot. 

So we began this adventure and in the beginning it was all uphill, okay so like the whole time it was uphill. Also, it was super hot. We got to some really pretty spots, but Louise had no idea where we were. Pretty sure we were not on that trail at all. It had been like 3 hours and all our snacks and water were gone. I was super thirsty and not feeling well. Then, we came upon this cliff thing that we could climb down (even though we had no idea where we were) At this point, I had been thinking for a while we should turn back. One, we had no water. Two, we didn't know where we were going. I convinced Louise to turn back. 

The view was beautiful though. I mean, breathtaking really. I worked at a summer camp in the smokies, and this looked completely different from those mountains. It was a whole different type of wilderness. 

So, at least I can say I got lost in the woods in Spain. The "woods". 

Anyways, we eventually found our way back. Once we saw civilalization again, we went straight to buy a bottle of water that held 1.5 liters and it went down in less than 1 minute for the both of us. We had been "hiking" aka going straight uphill then downhill for a while. We were hungry at that point and although it is the worst fast food chain in America, we really wanted American food so we got it regardless of the terribleness of it. 

It was so delicious. 

I've gotten pretty good at ordering and getting what I want to say across, even though it might not be perfect grammar. That's the thing about speaking and getting yourself around, you don't have to know everything, you just have to be able to work yourself, and be able to explain around the things you don't know. You'd be surprised how little you can know to do this. Plus, people are super understanding and patient usually because they are just happy you are speaking the language. Many tourists don't even try. 

And really, I don't feel like a tourist. I really do feel like I live here. I know some of the good hole in the wall places, and can get myself around, and I love that.