Ocho: Made it to the castle

 Had a great weekend. The girls threw a surprise birthday party for Isaac with plenty of food, balloons and of course a birthday cake. But I guess it was so much of a surprise that Isaac didn't realise and never showed up. (To be fair I think he had a valid reason why he couldn't come). But it's the thought that counts I guess. Still had a good night even without a speaker and managed to get a decent nights rest ready for the castle on Saturday.

The castle was even more satisfying considering the failure we had last week. Like the one pilgrimage we said we would do finally ticked off the list. I've attempted to upload one of my favourite pics so hopefully that's worked. Was lovely to get out of the city and get some fresh air although I don't think we managed to top the pics the Leon group got of their mountains (looked absolutely unreal, although I'm definitely not jealous...).

Saturday night was a bit wild; beers for 1 euro, a "firework display" that consisted of a huge crowd randomly throwing their own fireworks into the middle, losing different group members multiple times during the night, and finally making it into the club we'd not been able to get in every other time.

Right now is just a mixture of emotions. Excited for the final Fallas celebrations coming up at the weekend, sad that things are coming to an end, dare I say low-key looking forward to getting back home where I can have a decent shower etc, gutted I won't get to see some of my pupils/mentors again, and I'm sure there's plenty more.

Can't wait to see how crazy it gets this weekend as the buildup has been truly insane.



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