my visit to (**nerd alert**) the shire

seeing as i'm off to barcelona on friday i figured i needed to get up last weekend's activities. well activity. CEA took us to Ronda! pretty much the most idyllic place. there is this gorge in the middle of the city that runs to Malaga and Gibraltar. and smack in the middle is this huge arch that just keeps going down all the way to the bottom. plus it's pretty high in the mountains so at certain points you can see forever. anyone who wants to feel like they have stepped back in time to an untouched mediterranean town, ronda is the place to go. the arabic baths are just the cherry on top. the only negative thing i have to say is that the restaurants wanted to charge my friend a euro to use the restroom (after she had already used it) and basically chased her out of the cafe. i had bought a water bottle, so i was safe from their wrath, but tia barely got away unscathed. thats an exaggeration.
oh! i also had my first mcflurry here while i was there. now, my friends kept saying how good they are here, but i never saw the point because i dont like them back home. besides, i figured why get mcdonalds icecream if i can get the real deal on any street corner? well i stand corrected. it was pretty much amazing. they put fudge in it! i'm actually really sad i tried it. i should have left well enough alone. oh well!

and on a complete sidenote, everyone here is obsessed with a new life-altering, and life-consuming, phenomenon: farmville. can someone explain this to me? actually, i don't even want to know.