Day 23 - Going home!

We had to wake up early today at 8:30, and caught a taxi to the airport, said goodbye to Eduardo and his family and flew to Madrid! At Madrid we were held up at the check in counter due to the fact to STA Travel woman booked the flight under a misspelled name, but eventually we made it to the flight.

The flight was 7 hours long and not too horrible, got through two movies and multiple TV shows. We arrived in Dubai and had to wait for only an hour or so, hence we had something to eat as we were starving. 

Next we finally boarded our flight to Perth and it was too long- just over 10 hours and overnight so quite dragged out. I then arrived home! It had been awhile and an amazing trip. Such a great experience! 

Day 22 – Last day!

Today was our last full day of our trip! We woke up and had to wait a while whilst Eduardo found out some uni information. We went out and Ash got some coffee and after we did some shopping for presents and for ourselves for lunch. We returned to the apartment for lunch, the famous Spanish dish Paella, which was very good. Then after this we headed out to the hill overlooking all of La Coruna, and had a drink up there and enjoyed the view. We slowly walked home where we decided what to do next. We then left again to get some coffee and see the streets of La Coruna for the last time, we are leaving tomorrow morning! We returned for dinner, then got ready to leave tomorrow!

Day 21 – Relaxing day

Today after waking up, very late, we went to meet Eduardo’s La Coruna friends, and caught a bus to a shopping mall. We ate at an Asian buffet, it was 9 euros for all you can eat it was great! After this we just hung around as a group, two of them spoke English which was helpful.  We then roamed the streets for a while and got some Tapas and drinks. After this we walked around the boardwalk some more and then returned to the apartment for a while, then just Ash, Eduardo and I headed out for another drink and some more Tapas, before returning home to sleep.

Day 20 – Back to La Coruna

We woke up and immediately headed back to La Coruna by car. When we arrived, we rested for a while and then went to the port for a nice lunch, including the desert ‘fried milk’, which was actually alright. We decided to head to the largest shopping centre in Spain, and third largest in Europe! And it sure was large. We walked around and looked at different shops, and had afternoon tea there as well. We then caught the bus back to the apartment where we met one of Eduardo’s friends, and then walked around and had some tapas to eat. After dinner we returned to the apartment and then relaxed before going to bed.

Day 19 - Relaxing

 Today was a lazy day, woke up at 11ish and had breakfast. Then we walked into town so Eduardo could run an errand, and walked around for a while. We then returned to have lunch and then went out again to watch eduardos friends play some street football.

After the football we went to a cafe and had something to drink with Eduardos friends for a couple of hours, before returning home for dinner. There was a 3 vs 3 football tournament on tonight so Ash, Eduardo and I, and his friends went to watch it. It was quite entertaining. After this we returned home around 12am and went to sleep!

Day 18 - Foz

Today we went to Eduardo's family's home town of 6000 people, Foz. We left at about 12, Jose driving us, and it is an hour and a half drive. When we arrived we were involved in the weekly Sunday Fernandez family lunch, with grandparents, two uncles and parents. It really was a great lunch, ribs!

After lunch we played some football and basketball. Then we walked along the coast and went to the beach, where we met Eduardo's friends, which a few spoke some English. We left the beach at 7:30pm and went to meet some more of his friends and had something to drink. This friend spoke very good English so we could talk to her! We then walked around with them until about 10:15pm, when we returned for some dinner.

Day 17 - Bus Tour


Today we had to check out, so by 11 we were on the tour bus and heading on the busiest line, the red line. We saw the Plaza de España and got off there, and there was a motor bike convention going on! Despite that we still did some sightseeing and saw the spectacular museum behind the plaza, which also gave panoramic views of Barcelona.


After this we got back on the tour bus and saw the many, many sights as we went past, including the wharf and the history museum, and then stopped off at the Colombus statue to get something for lunch. We then  continued around on the bus and saw the modern torpedo tower, and the various beaches. We then stopped for something to drink on a terrace and got to sit and admire the Casa Battlo again. We then walked the streets and made our way to the hotel to get our luggage and headed to the metro and then the train to make it to the airport by 8pm. Our flight was delayed but we had something for dinner, and were in the air by 10:45ish and at somewhere around 12:10am we landed and by 12:30 were back at Eduardo's apartment, where we went straight sleep!