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I Blame Ryanair Pt. 1

So I told you guys I would write about my travels thus far. Since arriving to Porto, I have only had the pleasure of enjoy my own town's nightlife near a handful of times. This is due to my obsessive compulsive addiction to buying flights via Ryanair. What I wanna know is...how the hell is anyone supposed to pass up a 4€ flight to Madrid? And WHY 4€?

  I DO NOT UNDERSTAND Ryanair's business model, but I don't have to in order to fly on it :)

 

That said, my first destination was Madrid. I went to visit my lovely friend, Lauren Brasier, who happened to be hosting none other than Luis 'Quinto' Allende that very same weekend. Not only were these two a good cure for the homesickness I felt during my first weeks, but they made me completely forget I ever left home. If you could put the three 'classiest' people from Los Gatos in Madrid for the weekend, you would get two borderline blacked out nights, an overindulgent amount of platonic spooning, the unfinished, yet completely choreographed Madrid version of 'Barbara Streisand' and a newly developed radar for detecting compañeras/os... Thanks to Lauren and Quinto, I know where and how to find a hooker within minutes...

 In between the drinking til 6 am, eating at every restaurant in Madrid and sleeping until 1pm, we managed to partake in some normal human activities.

 

Here is my only proof...

 

haha. Sorry for the short post. More to come!

Goodnight all. Beijinhos do Porto.

 

Single-pane windows and Thunderstorms

Not cool...

 

LONG OVERDUE!

Hey All-

   This is me telling you I have finally arrived in Portugal. Although, I am a month late in doing so...

To start off, Porto (the city I am living in for those who don't know) is incredible! It's a northern portuguese city located on the water. They are known for their Port (I'm sure you could link that together). Most of you know that 'i have a boner for wine' as Nick would say, so you can imagine my excitement. There is a 3-mile stretch of wineries along the Rio Douro (Heee-yu Door-oo in Portuguese), which is about a 2 mile walk from my house. That said, I HATE to report to you that I have not been wine tasting since my arrival here... I have been busy. It's a tough life here, I have to travel and shit (DRAG). Actually, in all honesty, my job is much more intense than expected, so I swear I have been busy. Prior to my arrival, I assumed my job would be a bit of a joke (since I am being paid quase nada), yet, in fact, it is one of the more intense jobs I have carried. I recently moved to an AMAZING apartment in the center of Porto. I am near many bars, bakeries and shopping! Speaking of bakeries, they have been doing a number on my body. I am pretty sure I have gained a kilo or ten since my arrival. I will leave it up to my drug dealing friends to convert that into pounds, but for the rest of you, I refuse to divulge myself. 

I have met some really cool people here. Most of the people I hang out with are interns in Porto. I have only met one American since being here, a graduate of CAL POLY, so I have one person to share my California lingo with. Everyone else I've met speaks more than a handful of languages, making Americans looks like ignorant idiots. When I go out (after a few drinks in), I pretend to have an accent so nobody knows I am American. I usually stick with the Spanish accent so if anyone calls my bluff I can say a few words to them in the language but it rarely works in my favor. My good friend here is actually a girl that I work with, Marieve, a French-Canadian. I call her Maminhas (little tits). She comes in a tiny package, but has A LOT to say, so we hit it off quite well. All in all, I am loving it here. I will keep you updated more frequently and will soon write about my adventures to Madrid, Covilhã and Lisbon!