Day 8 June 28th: We woke up crazy early and flew into Gijon, Spain. We drove around the city and we walked the area that Shane was in. I couldn't believe how much he walked each day. We visited Catalina. She was the last person that Shane was teaching before he came home. She now wants to take the discussions again. Then we went to se Lorena and Jociline. These ladies were spunky and really made me laugh, even though I didn't really know everything they were talking about. What a beautiful family they have.
Gijon Chapel
Catalina
Lorena and Jociline
Day 9 June 29th: We walked the beautiful beach and went to the "toilet bowl" (Atleast that's what Shane calls it). Then we went to Covadonga, the chapel in the mountain. It was really neat. We also went to the Picos de Europa and the lagos at the top of the mountains. The Pyrenees Mountains are gorgeous. I loved the cows that had bells on all throughout the mountains because it sounded so pretty! We also went to the Congas de Onis bridge and then we drove to Santander.
Louis and Nancy
Covadonga
Pyrenees Mountains
Mountain Goat road block.
Los Lagos
Congas de Onis
The view was spectacular! I loved everything about being on the ocean. Shane's mission was beautiful.
Seals and sea lions
The church in Santander
Fernando Salgado (the branch president) and the missionaries. Please excuse my crazy outfit!... it started raining and I was freezing and didn't have my jacket. so I layered the only things I had : /
Hydrangea grows everywhere and it is absolutely amazing. Eye candy everywhere you look :)
Shane couldn't wait to get his hands on Telepizza again. It was pretty good.
We stayed with Soiartxe and Idoia for 3 nights. They treated us like Royalty.
Day 11 July 1st: We went to Church in Las Arenas and Shane's parents met us there. (They flew in the night before from London.) I loved going to this branch. The spirit was so strong, even though I didn't understand a lot. There were a lot of people there that we were looking forward to seeing. Shane served in this area for seven months. Everyone was so sweet and nice to us. We saw Scarly, Bernardo, & their grandma Mirien. Shane baptized Scarly and Bernardo 5 years ago. They were all so happy to see him. We also saw Edurne. She is a fabulous branch member and was always so sweet to Shane. After church we had a fancy paella dinner with Jesus and Lola and some of the Martin family. We went on a beautiful walk on the coastal cliffs in Las Arenas. And watched the World Cup with some true Spanish fans (good thing Spain won).
Edurne.
After church we went and had paella for dinner.
Dinner with Jesus (old Branch President) & Lola.
A beautiful walk in Las Arenas
Martin Family and their husbands/fiances
Watching the World Cup final. It got pretty crazy!
Day 12 July 2nd: We went to San Juan de Gaztulagatxe. A monument built for John the Baptist. People say he sailed into Spain and landed here. It was pretty stinkin' cool if you ask me. Then we drove to Gernica and on the way we stopped to see Mundocka. It is the longest curling left wave in the world. We finished the night with dinner at the Bustillo's.
We made it to the church to ring the bell.
Gernica, Spain. The city that inspired Picasso's painting after it was bombed.
Two different candy shops remembered Shane from five years ago. He went to this place every day.
Dinner with the Bustillo Family
The Guggenheim
"The Puppy"
Shane couldn't get enough of his chuches!
On the Puente Colgante "hanging bridge". Another fabulous view!
Deisy
Lobo Family
One word: Jealous!
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