My classes are over, I've handed in my last assignments and I have no exams. This means I have two more weeks to enjoy Spain (enjoy the rain and clouds more like it).
I will study for my Belgian exams a bit and still thinking about going to the beach for a day.
Also, my last two weeks of alcohol-binging, better make it memorable.
Last weekend my parents came down for a city trip in fast forward. The first day I showed them around Alcala, it was nice having people who actually wanted to visit things (I might have hated this as a child, now it is very appreciated) They were actually very impressed by Alcala, it made me feel slightly less depressed about living in this sardine can. We visited the birth house of Miguel Cervantes (that's the main reason why Alcala is even a little bit famous) and had some lunch.
Before they came to Spain I asked them what their objectives were: no shopping, enjoying the sun, visit some places. What we did: SHOP, shop, shop, visit place.
After Alcala, I took them to Madrid, they did some shopping and then I took them to a restaurant my Erasmus-wallet could never survive (that's what parents are for right?).
The next day we went the El Escorial, a royal palace outside of Madrid that was on my list of places to visit. A gorgeous place in the mountains, no waiting in lines, and 25°C. Perfect!
After El Escorial we had a lovely lunch outside and headed back to Madrid. In Madrid, we did some more shopping (and didn't find what we were looking for, resulting in me going shopping a few times more as my parents' personal shopper!) In the evening we travelled back to Alcala where we had some delicious nachos is my favorite Mexican restaurant.
Sadly the next morning, it was already time to say goodbye. I must say, I really enjoyed this time with my invalid oldies.
After a year of an inhumane amount of group assignments, an overload of cheap, disgusting tapas and horrible monsoon/ice age weather I am getting ready to go back to Belgium...
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