Well, I did what I said I wouldn't: not posting.
But since I've lasted posted I've done some pretty cool things.
I went to Spain! (Back again, technically...I have visited Barcelona.) We went to the part of Spain called Andalusia. The places we hit were Grenada, Tarifa (which we chose so we could take a day trip to Morocco), some small white hill towns, and Seville. Seville was definitely my favorite of all the places, but really the whole trip was amazing!
The actual start of our trip was horrible. Horrible. BA’s plane suddenly experienced mechanical problems. We had just stepped onto our station’s platform when we got the text telling us that our flight was cancelled. So two hours later and several lenghty phone conversations (Well, I use the word conversations loosely, I should rephrase that to say two hourse of sitting on hold.) we headed down to Heathrow to get it sorted out. Arrived there and 'no problem, you’re now on a flight, have fun in the sun!’. It was very relieving. Bonus: We flew business class and because of their previous plane failure they called in a big proper plane and so we rode in “real” business class. :)
Anyways, Grenada was lovely, totally enjoyable. The palace, the Alhambra, was so amazing! It was really unique, the moorrish way it was designed. We hiked from white hill town to a white hill town. In Tarifa, we headed to the beach. This beach was not for swimming: it was for kitesurfing. The beach was just swarmed with them in the water and on the beach learning to fly the kites (which were enormous). The beach was very windy and cold and not very beach like at all. We did however, have a chance to visit a nice not-to-windy and actually warm beach, although the water was freezing. Tarifa is on the coast of Spain, facing North Africa. So we were able to catch a short ferry ride to Morocco, Tangier specifically. There we tried mint tea (so good, like, sooo good), camel riding (just as awesome as it sounds), and tried delicious tajines. After Morocco, we went to Seville. Seville was a unique and big, yet cozy, city. We saw palaces, nuns, a weird army procession, a beautiful river (not brown like the Thames, it actually looked like water...hmmm, weird.), and lovely people.
The people! They were down to earth, kind, and hilarious. And the food! So good. Tapas is where it’s at, people. Honestly, why even bother eating huge meals of one dish when you could eat small meals of ten? No contest there.
So yes, that’s were I’ve been for the last week/weekend. But now I’m back in glorious London, glorious but cloudy and cold London.
I just finished with school about two weeks ago, which was such a relief. Also, two weeks ago, I gave a talk at my youth group for our Friday night youth! It was such an amazing opportunity and God really blessed me through it.
One finally thing that I am soooo sooo proud of. I went to Thorpe Park with my youth group this past Saturday. Now, I really hate roller coasters, so my plan was just to do the water rides and the little kiddy rides. But no, that's not what happened. I decided to do something crazy and along with half the youth group go on the Stealth, a roller coaster that goes from naught to eighty in 2.3 seconds and sends you flying a whopping 250ft in the air. The ride in total take roughly 10 seconds. And so I conquered my fear and survived. Honestly, I am so proud of myself that I did it and I'm even more proud that I didn't freak out whilst waiting in the hour long queue.
So those are just some of the things I wanted to share with you guys.
Writing is hard. I know, I'm the captain of obvious right now but it's true. You guys remember how I was rewriting my story? Yeah, well that failed. I found so many plotholes and unrelated things and I just said fine, I'll just start over. So now, I''ve kept the same characters, mostly, just in a totally more logical plot. Just an update for ya. :)
Happy Writing!
Scarlett
