Beach trip to Portugal

This past weekend Kelsey, Chuck, Jodi and I went on a trip to Portugal with a travel group here in Sevilla. The agency is called We Love Spain and they put together amazing trips for international students for really affordable prices. We took 4 busses full of students looking for a great weekend at the beach and none of us were disappointed.

This was a place in Portugal known as the "End of the world." It is a huge cliff on the coast that the Romans thought was where the world ended. We were on our way to the beach and we were not ready for the ferocious winds and chilling cold at all (as you can tell by the shorts and flip flops.)

We made it to the beach which was exactly what we all needed. A little sun and sand was a great treat because a few of us had really started to miss the Florida beaches. Me and Chuck climbed up a rock formation that was a short, cold swim away. For some reason my pictures are uploading out of order but I'll put more pictures of this later.

The morning after we arrived in Portugal Kelsey and I treated our friends to scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast. Chuck got a hold of my camera and took some great pictures of himself and Jodi. (also out of order for some reason)

 

 Kelsey had a short modeling shoot at the beach

This is our small group of friends who we hung out with on the beach for the day. It was awesome to be there with our good friends from school.

This is Kelsey at the "End of the world" cliff showing everyone exactly how windy it was.

And Jodi decided to show how windy it was in a different way.

 This is a cave we found on the beach where we had to climb over that wall to get to. Pretty adventurous stuff.

Chuck and I after conquering the rock in Portugal. We then had to jump in the cold water and shiver back to the beach.

Kelsey begged me to take a picture of the cutest kid and his dog she had ever seen. The dog would chase him and the ball for hours if they let it.

 This was a mind blowing view of a great rock formation at the bottom of a cliff there at the beach. I wish the water was warmer because we would have gone swimming around the rocks.

 A view from inside of the cave we found

 After a long day at the beach we got some food to go and ate at our apartment complex.

 This was the last beach we visited on our Portugal trip. It's essentially the view of a postcard.

The crew enjoying their last day at the beach, and avoiding the cold water.

And finally the pictures of Jodi and Chuck that they took of themselves while we cooked. Thanks for the great way to remember you guys by!

And so ended our trip to Portugal and the beautiful beaches. This week we are busy with school work, presentations and getting ready for our next trips. This weekend we are going to Morocco with the same We Love Spain group and we are really excited. We are also in the planning stages for planning our Italy trip at the end of the semester. Our flight home from Rome is booked for the end of May and we'll be leaving from Rome. So now we just have to plan a trip with the final destination as Rome, which should be a great way to end an amazing semester here in Europe. I know I have seen a lot but there is so much that I will leave here with out seeing. I understand that it's almost impossible to see every city and little town in the world but this experience has really opened my eyes as to how much there is to see, how many great people are in this world and how much I want to see all that I can. I don't want to get into a deep monologue about making sure I do everything I want to do in life so I'll just leave the post at this. Hope you really enjoyed the pictures and look out for the next ones from Morocco. Adios