Huelva/5K!

Yesterday (Saturday) was amazing! I went to Huelva, near the beach, with the school. We took a charter bus first to the coast where Columbus left on his famous journey of 1492. We saw the monastery where he stayed while he was waiting for the "ok" from Ferdinand and Isabella to leave on his trip, and the chapel where he prayed right before leaving on his journey. We also saw life-size models of the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. From there we went to the beach, where we just hung out all day and had free time to do whatever. Mostly I just soaked up the sun, listened to the waves, and talked with friends. Saturday night, Nicole and I met up with some of our friends in the park and watched a movie on our laptop (it's NOT customary to invite friends over to your house), and ate ice cream sandwiches (best, cheapest snack ever - $1.25 buys a huge block of ice cream AND cookies). Today I woke up early to run a 5K for breast cancer research. We started in Plaza de España and ran through the city. I pushed myself, and made it in 24 minutes, which is really good considering I haven't trained AT ALL! Afterwards, there was this kind of aerobics/dance lesson for everyone, it's hard to explain, but it was really fun. We learned dances to some songs from Grease and Abba. :) Now I'm in the park studying/catching internet, and I'm going out to coffee later tonight with a friend. I'm so not ready for the weekend to be over!