The CEA program took us on our 2nd overnight excursion. We went to Lagos, Portugal in 2 big coach buses. It was probably about a 3 hour drive. Before going to the hotel, we stopped at the "end of the world" (what they thought was the end back in the day). It was our first glimpse of the cliffs and the atlantic from the other side. Very cool! We then checked into our gorgeous 4 star hotel. After a little nap, we went out for a little bit. Sadly, the weather on friday was crappy so we couldn't go to the beach. But, luckily on Saturday the sun came out and it was perfect beach weather. My favorite part of the trip was the boat ride around the coast and into caves and grottos. It was amazing! Our boat man/tour guide was an older portuguese man who only spoke portuguese and a litle bit of spanish. Communicating with him proved to be interesting! He pointed out designs in the rock formations. For example, we saw 2 elephants, a chinese man, a fat senora, and many chimneys. Every time we were in a cave he would shot "CHIM-A-NAY-A" for chimney. They were the holes in the ceilings of the caves that the light poked through. Another memorable experience was diving into the atlantic from the other side! It was freezing, but totally worth it!
First day- a littly chilly and overcast but still beautiful!
Saturday- much sunnier :)
Roommates in a cool rock arch
Zetas in Lagos!
Zetas in Lagos!
The beach we went to
The grotto tour! Our boat had 5 people and 3 of our friends were in another boat. We were really close to each other the whole time which made it even more fun. Here's the other boat going under an arch
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