On Saturday we decided to take our bike and go to the big grocery store one town away. We started riding our bikes and were amazed that we didn't see anyone else. The weather was beautiful! All of a sudden we saw right of us people biking behind the houses. Little did we know that the actual bike road was right there. So we continued and all of a sudden we found ourselves on this huge two lane roundabout. We biked so fast as if our life depended on it and after a lot of asking for directions we finally made it to the 'Eroski'. We decided to buy some DVD's to keep us entertained at night.
We aren't used to they daily rythm of the Spanish lifestyle. Between 2 and 5 you don't see anyone outside. People are honestly having their siesta. And what are we doing? Well, we are riding our bikes during the hottest time of the day. After we got home from the store we decided to check out our town. We went on a quest to find wireless internet. No internet, but we did find a bakery and a video rental place! We found a "cybercafe" but once we looked inside, the only thing we saw were old men playing cards ... no computers or anything that looked "cyber".
Today was our first day of school. In our class of education there are 7 Dutch girls and 1 guy from Finland. Not "very" international but just as much fun. We took a tour around the school and had some practical information.
maandag 6 september 2010
vrijdag 3 september 2010
The beginning of Erasmus
Because English is a universal language which we are studying right here in the Basque Country, we decided to write our blogs in English.
At 6a.m. on Wednesday morning we packed up our bags into Belgium's biggest car and headed out to Mondragon, Spain. We left without knowing where to go, who to talk to and if we would have a place to stay. The only thing we knew were these two names, Eskoriatza and Aretxabaleta, which meant nothing to us. So we started driving through Belgium and finally made it to France. Because the car runs on propane gas we had to look everywhere for 'GPL'. We also had two bikes mounted on the back of our Chevy which caused even more problems trying to park the car anywhere. A couple times we decided to just take two parking spots. After 15 or so hours we finally reached San Sebastian where we picked up our 'buddy'. Without her, we would be lost right now! She guided us all the way to Arrasate where we had our first experience with Spanish food: kebaps. A lot smaller than the ones we are used to in Belgium but not bad at all!
We only had one little problem. The lady who rented out her apartment to us was on vacation ... in France. So we stayed the night at our buddy's place which was so nice of her. The next day we went to the college. They didn't know we were coming and couldn't really help us at all. So we went to look at our apartment... So much nicer than we expected!!! (The pictures are on Facebook - look for Stephanie Bours)
It looked great, but then we started looking a little better and decided we needed to do a lot of cleaning! We cleaned and cleaned, and still aren't done cleaning. We took a shower finally after almost three days and feel much better now. Internet is limited as we can only get on it at school. Thankfully it's open pretty late. We will try to keep you updated as much as possible, but for now this is it. School starts Monday, wish us luck!!!
Eveline & Stephanie
At 6a.m. on Wednesday morning we packed up our bags into Belgium's biggest car and headed out to Mondragon, Spain. We left without knowing where to go, who to talk to and if we would have a place to stay. The only thing we knew were these two names, Eskoriatza and Aretxabaleta, which meant nothing to us. So we started driving through Belgium and finally made it to France. Because the car runs on propane gas we had to look everywhere for 'GPL'. We also had two bikes mounted on the back of our Chevy which caused even more problems trying to park the car anywhere. A couple times we decided to just take two parking spots. After 15 or so hours we finally reached San Sebastian where we picked up our 'buddy'. Without her, we would be lost right now! She guided us all the way to Arrasate where we had our first experience with Spanish food: kebaps. A lot smaller than the ones we are used to in Belgium but not bad at all!
We only had one little problem. The lady who rented out her apartment to us was on vacation ... in France. So we stayed the night at our buddy's place which was so nice of her. The next day we went to the college. They didn't know we were coming and couldn't really help us at all. So we went to look at our apartment... So much nicer than we expected!!! (The pictures are on Facebook - look for Stephanie Bours)
It looked great, but then we started looking a little better and decided we needed to do a lot of cleaning! We cleaned and cleaned, and still aren't done cleaning. We took a shower finally after almost three days and feel much better now. Internet is limited as we can only get on it at school. Thankfully it's open pretty late. We will try to keep you updated as much as possible, but for now this is it. School starts Monday, wish us luck!!!
Eveline & Stephanie
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