This time I went to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. I went there with the aim to meet up with 3 of my Bangor friends and a school friend. The flight was easy enough, I'm very well acquainted with Alicante Airport now, it lasted 1hour and 20minutes with Ryanair and Santiago Airport was simply to get through also.
The first thing I noticed when I got off the plane was the cold. My goodness, I could see my breath, and also, the landscape. I got on the plane in Alicante and got off in... well I dunno really... I immediately thought that I was not in Kansas anymore. It felt like I was in Dublin or Bangor! The hills were literally of rolling trees, definitely in a Celtic Nation. I questioned Franky and Lyd several times whether I was in Spain or Ireland. Needless to say it was beautiful.
Franky met me at the airport, 2 hours late though, which wasn't her fault, the buses were a nightmare, and my phone was locked due to being never turned off since I bought it. Thank You Elaine Spillane by the way for coming to my rescue. Once I'd put all my stuff down in Franky's hall, we went for little walk, in the rain (Welcome to N. Spain), to the old town and got something to eat. After our mountain of food, we met up with Lyd and Jack and went to a house party which was full of Erasmus and Spanish from Santiago! Met some great people there, quite amusing and drunk also.After a late night in a club, Franky and I went back to her Halls of Residence and got some kip. Cue Hangover. What a stinker it was. However in my opinion I clearly had a good night! During the next day, Franky, I and her German pal Jessica, went for a walk to show me the sights of Santiago... or the lack of them. There isn't much in the way of sightseeing there, however I will say this, The Cathedrol of Santiago is amazing. Truely breath taking. We also went to Alameda Park which is very picturesque and has a great view of the city. Then later on, we went to the Shopping Centre "As Cancelas", and there I saw Camilla Dorothy Schmid, so strange to see her in Spain, but very exciting to see her and her sister Elsa who was visiting too. I highly recommend Santiago for Erasmus if anyone is considering or has chosen it.
