I’m not sure anything sums up my first month in Spain better than making this post a day late. It’s been hectic and laid back at the same time, I’ve met a mountain of new people, been to a lot of new places, and generally had a very good time. I’ve been climbing, studying, eating, drinking, exploring — I have that strange feeling of having been here forever, but at the same time being very conscious of how little time I really have here. The countryside around here is incredible, and I’ve spent a lot of my weekends in the mountains enjoying the unseasonally good weather with my newly found friends. I’m enjoying living here a lot, even if certain things, such as the massive ineffectiveness of the university administration, do frustrate the hell out of me. That’s all for now, I’m off to the beach!
Mañana…
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It’s been how long since I posted? I really need to get on with it, I’ve been doing so much in Spain that I hardly know where to start. I’m setting myself the deadline of one week to get a decent, interesting post up here. My God I’m lazy.
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Winter is coming…
I headed up into the mountains today for a run, after frustratingly not being able to find anyone to go climbing with in the first spell of good weather we’ve had for nearly a fortnight. I knew where I was going, I’d been before with Simon. Blast down the motorway towards Léon, come off at Campomanes, then follow the signs to Sotiello, through Tuiza and on to Tuiza Arriba — the end of the road. After getting stuck behind some heavy machinery on its way to one of the many construction sites for the new high-speed railway, I passed the last half built tunnel, and I was away, slowly twisting my way up the winding switchback road to the top. After the steep climb of almost 1000 metres (poor car!) which had my water bottle crackling all the way up with the pressure, I parked up in Tuiza Arriba, got out of my car and stared at the mountains in front of me. Read More »