9:45 - The bus left for the mountain
10:15 - We arrived at the mountain and started our climb
12:00 - We made it to the top.
12:30 - We started our decend.
13:15 - Tour of Cuevas del Canelobre (caves)
14:15 - We were back on the bus and on our way home.
My Saturday schedule sounds enjoyable/easy enough. Ha, it was actually kind of a joke. When I arrived at the bus Saturday morning, I was shocked to see so many of the USAC kids...my friend Melissa and I had made bets that half the kids who signed up weren't going to show. We figured that they'd all stick to their nightly routine (I wish I could say weekendly) and stay out until 5 a.m. and not show up for the fieldtrip. I was so excited by the time we got to the mountain..I've felt slightly sluggish since I arrived and I was looking forward to a nice, long hike. Within the first 5 min of the hike, people were already starting to fall behind. Melissa and I both have really long legs so it was difficult for us to walk the pace of everyone else. The landscape around us was beautiful! Luis, our program director, actually told us that it's only green this time of year because Alicante is desert-like.
As the hike started to increase in difficulty I felt more and more like I was hiking with a bunch of 5th grade kids...it took me back to my days of long roadtrips to Washington, "Dad are we there yet? How much longer?" I probably heard those expressions 50 times on our way up. I told my mom that I wouldn't consider myself super in shape, but this hike made me feel SO in shape! We were stopping about every 15 min so that people could catch up/take a break. I was happy when we finally made it to the top because I was tired of hearing people complain. The view was really beautiful! We had a nice little picnic on top, overlooking the ocean and Alicante.
The hike down was much more enjoyable. Only a couple of people fell, but no one got hurt. After we were done with the hike, we walked up the road a little ways to Cuevas del Canalobre "caves". I looked down as we were walking because I saw something on the road...at first I thought it was a snake --but then I looked closer and saw that it was a train of about 12 caterpillars. It was so cute!! They were in a perfect line following one another across the road.
The inside of the cave was really cool. Unfortunately we weren't able to take pictures because the flash causes algae to grow on the stalagmites and stalactites.
This morning I woke up and was definitely feeling the hike from yesterday! My friend Melissa and I met at 10:00 to go to the Museo Arqueologico (Archeology Museum). It turned out to be a lot of fun and it was pretty interesting. I didn't get very many cool pictures because we weren't allowed to use the flash on our cameras. We ended up staying at the museum until it closed at 14:00. I had a great weekend and now I'm exhausted. I can't wait to crawl into my bed! I have a very busy week ahead of me, but I'm very excited!
The funny animated background--it depicted the Romans.
The "Real" ship, Melissa was so amazed! 
The cool, ancient jewelry/gemstones.
I loved all of the pottery!
This was the last room we went into. We weren't sure if we were supposed to go in or not, the guard told us we could. It was a big, empty room with a beautiful chandelier and some books--my guess, the library.
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