mysterious phone friend and San Sebastian

I have a lot to tell you all about my experiences today..but first i have to go back to talking about the mysterious phone friend that i talked about a few days prior. I forgot to tell you that 2 nights ago, i recieved another message saying 5 Euros were added to my phone for use!!?? Idk what the deal is but i like it! :) lol...i think it's the woman who sold me my phone and she is giving me promotional deals that she might recieve for being an employee..all in all tho, how kind of her :)
Today was a wonderful day. I was at the university by 9am and all of the foreign exchange students and some spaniards (we took two coach busses) went to San Sebastian, a beatiful city located on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It was breathtaking. It was about 1 hour to get there, maybe less, and we had the entire day to explore!
When we first arrived we were given a small tour of the area around the coast, and then the large group split off into smaller groups of your own to do what you please. my friends Maja (from Norway) and Megan (USC) went on an amazing hike up to the top of this peak ST. Teresa that looked out over the Bay of Biscay on one side and San Sebastian on the other side. There was so much vegetation on the way up, and it was all green and smelled so fresh :) Even tho it was cloudy and drizzling a bit, we were so blessed that it didn't start to rain until we were down from our hike! Today total I took about 115 pictures, so you will have to look at them with me when i return. I posted some on facebook, but not all. After spending about 1.5 hours on this hike, we descended and found a small pincho bar to eat lunch at. (pinchos are like appetizers). It was expensive,,but a very good spanish experience :) we all tried new things! We then enjoyed walking up and down the streets of San Sebastian..so quiant and close together, yet with SO much going on down each one of them! We shopped at some unique stores to spain, and I bought a great new pair of skinny-jeans ..trying them on,,i ended up having to buy the pair 2 sizes smaller than what i wear??!! I don't know how this can be when i eat so much bread here ..but it's gotta be the walking lol !!! That's all we do here--but i LOVE it! Maja and Megan bought some great stuff too, and then we found a cute pasteleria (dessert shop) where we bought a sweet, and then sat and rested . This walking/resting pattern became our routine for the rest of the day as we realized we were quite tired! We walked around all of the bridges, and took many pictures of the architecture. We also enjoyed watching all of the little people playing in the streets. Today i just couldn't get over how adorable the kids are here in spain. There parents dress them so cute, and hearing them running around yelling and laughing and talking in Spanish is so amazing to me!
I arrived home around 9 and had a nice cena (supper) with Julia. I told her all about my day and then had some tea and have been relaxing in my room. It was so wonderful tonight b/c I got to skpye with my parents and also a great friend from Concordia..It is SO amazing what technology allows now!!and it was SO AWESOME to see these faces :) and here these voices.
I should probably get to bed since it's 1:10 am here now! I've had so much fun uploading all of my pictures and talking tonight! Tomorrow i will hopefully go on a run (my first one in 6 months since breaking my leg last summer!) i'm nervous, but Dr. said "When ur in Spain, i give u the go ahead to try it out!!) so here i go. itll be short and slow..but it's a start right?! Then i will study, and relax in my room. The concord. group is meeting Robert Whittington, a cord alum who lives in Spain at 5 for info about Pamplona, so that should be helpful too.
Hope everything is well with you, and i will write again soon. Go spuds and go vikes.
p.s...i watched the soccer game tonight! and listened on the radio..was pretty cool! :) It's so funny b/c even my 80 yr old host mom was getting in to it!!!
All my love,
Lauren