~Portugal~

Yes…so I travelled again J I can in no way afford it but decided to go back to Portugal once again. It was a sort of reward after my exams having been finished, and we went there for 9 days. I stayed in Porto for 4 days with an old friend from school who goes to Porto University; then I went to Caldas da Rainha for 3 days to stay with my aunt, uncle and cousins ; it is a beautiful place but it did take us 4 hours straight on a bus from Porto to Caldas..which wasn’t exactly fun; then I went to Lisbon for 2 days with my cousin who also goes to University in Lisbon. Generally the whole experience was obviously fun but it did have its ups and downs..as does everything in life.

I still can’t believe it, but on my first night in Porto, Portugal, I went to dinner with my bf and my friends after a very long day of travelling and sightseeing etc, so during a nice calm evening having a meal..a typical white trash family came into the café and after a ridiculous misunderstanding, I was thrown a glass bottle of Coke!!!! It hit my stomach so hard it broke into pieces !!!! Yet..somehow…miraculously..I was not cut, it just felt tender where I was hit but that was it!! Perhaps all those sit ups paid off afterall, hey???? Hahahaha

Anyway…one of the other reasons I went there was because of (a long story) but when me and my family left Portugal we left our stuff in a storage warehouse which has been left there for 6 years!! I have been completely adamant for years that we would recover our stuff mainly because about 20 albums with pictures of our entire lives were in there, and they could have easily thrown everything away a very long time ago. You see…I have been begging my mom and dad to sort this problem out for a long time..but they did nothing, and the same goes for my sister, but I decided that no matter what happens, I will get those albums back!!! So..even though I definitely could not afford the trip or the 500 euros it cost me to be allowed to take just the photos and not everything (which is what they wanted), I had to do it anyway, and salvage something that if I didn’t, I would regret it forever.

Therefore, my mission was accomplished. I have given a very cut down version of this story, as all in all it was extremely stressful and if I remember it all, it will just make me feel frustrated and realise just how messed around I was by everyone for being a 20 year old girl who people think they can bull****.

Taking that out, the trip was great…weather was 50/50, when it was hot it was incredible!!! But the rain and wind wasn’t so much fun…

Ok, the points of the day are:

- If there is something you want to do – DO IT !!! No matter how hard/impossible it seems – YOU CAN DO IT!!!

- Even if you find you can’t really afford it, I would recommend for you to try and travel as much as you can and are able to, while you are at University as not only are they fun as you can include a lot of friends but you get to slowly see the world before you become a hard-working, long-hours professional!!

So far this year..in my very poor state, I have managed Amsterdam, Paris and Portugal and next month South Africa (however dad did pay for that seeing as he lives there now) and I hope to go to Ireland before the end of the year as that way I would complete my self-journey (Will discuss in later blog..but for now you can know that I have Portuguese, South African, Dutch, Irish and French bloodJ )

I’ve kept this brief..as I am at work, but on my next blog I will talk about jobs and opportunities to be found at University!!!

BYEEE J