Campamento

wow....camp!!!!  so pretty much the school MADE us go camping.  literally, the school shuts down.  Either i had to go travel somewhere, bum it out all weekend, or go on the camping trip.  i wasn't too excited about it, because it was supposed to rain and who likes camping in the rain?  NOT ME!!!!  however, needless to say i ended up making some pretty funny memories even though it did rain a little!!!  we left thursday and got there late thursday night.  we went to Entrepenas, which is about 30 miles outside of Madrid.  the camp area was really nice.  mostly desert looking, but there was a beautiful lake in the middle of where we were.  the water wasn't too cold, but i decided not to go in, because it wasn't too hot outside.  thursday night, we played mixer games and i got to meet some pretty cool locals.  that night i found out that spanish people are super touchy.  someone always happened to have there arm around me or was kissing me on the cheek.  nice, but different than what i'm used to.  i also noticed that spanish people point with their middle finger.  i was rather offended a couple of times and ready to act when i realized it was just a simple action to them.  good thing, who knows what i would have done back.  probably would've stuck my tongue out at them or something.  man, that would've showed them.  haha  anyways, friday we got into groups of 8 and played team togetherness games.  i was in a group of all girls and was pretty impressed with our awesomeness.  most of the people thought we were going to get last place, because we were all girls.  it's a good thing i'm not a super feminist or something, because the men here think they are better than women....they need to be set straight i would say.  i got to shoot a bow and arrow for the first time and in my head i though, "what now Mark West?"  haha  also, thursday night i had a dream about the sound of music.  specifically i dreamt about the cuckoooo song.  so, our group of 8 girls reenacted my dream and took a picture in our assembly line...  sabbath, we played lots of games.  american games that we taught the locals and also some other games that they taught us.  it was really fun, because this one guys here, juan carlos, is from brazil and he taught me a brazilian dance....it's sooooooo cool!!!  it was hilarious hearing the locals try and speak english.  i know why they laugh when they hear us attempt to speak spanish....we must sound soooo dumb.  oh well.  we got home last night to the 2nd flood.  i've told you before that the rain storms are pretty crazy here, but i'm just not sure if you know how crazy.  once it starts raining, it's impossible to walk anywhere without getting your pants and shoes completely soaked.  i'm somewhat of a g-rump, because my running shoes are completely soaked, which means i won't be able to go running tomorrow.  also, this may not seem like a big deal, but if you know me, you know how devastated i would be about this.  i dropped my water bottle again today and dented it for the second time.  i almost cried.  however, i'm also in a super dooper good mood right now, because i just made some flower tea and that makes me happy no matter what...