Today was our first day of work, we were up bright and early so we could get ready and make our lunch to take with us. Lee wore his jeans that he picked out the day before thinking they felt pretty thin and late so they should be fine. He couldn't of been more wrong. We walked to the bus stop and stood with the thousands of flies that persistently flew into us, no matter how much we swung our arms around!
Abilio (companero y trabajo) our work mate picked us up after what seemed like an eternity thanks to our airborne friends. Abilio spoke no English what so ever so the conversation was very hard and we stopped a few times so he could explain with his actions. After driving round the maze of one ways and stop signs that makes up Penafiel restarted the climb up the hill to the castle.
At the top of the hill stood the castle and 'Keko' the security guard, we were introduced and then given a bottle of water that we were urged to constantly fill and drink because of the scorching sun. Abilio dropped us off with Javier, carmen, yolanda and estella. Once we had given out all our greeting kisses we got to take a tour round the castle with the audio guide in English. Javier who was taking the tour (who also spoke no English) dragged us both to the front and introduced us to the masses on top of the castle.
The Spanish sun was getting to Sarah because it was too hot to handle even in her linen pants and vest top. Lee was basically a puddle of the man he was. Jeans and a polo shirt do not go well with 38+ degrees.
Melting in the hot sun seemed to make the time go by very fast as our first real siesta came around quicker than we thought. But by 2:30 we were both starving seen as our usual dinner time is usually at 1. The 2 hours free we had was just what we needed to catch up with our families once we had been shown where the wifi was.
When our siesta had finished we got to go on the tour again which was as hot but a bit better because there was some bits of shade cast over the roof. We then went on the tour round the wine museum, the cool air conned in door wine museum. As you would do we took our time to get in all the information, but mainly to cool off as much as possible.
Towards the end of the day we went on the castle tour again but without the audio guide to see how much we could match with what the tour guide was saying. Not a lot but we blame how fast the Spanish speak! The day ended and Javier drove us down to the bus stop, luckily there was a bar behind it so as we had half an hour to kill and was incredibly hungry we went to go get some food. Sarah tried to order a little snack in Spanish from the menu, then she asked the bar man to describe it. She could not comprehend what he was trying to say until he described it in a way any person could understand, he snorted "oink oink" ... So we gathered that it must have been beef. ;)
The bus arrived late but that gave us time to make sure Sarah had enough money to pay for the both of us because Lee had left his bag in his locker. And also enough time to try and remember the name of our village. When arrived home, hungry, tired and ready for bed but with enough energy to tuck into Jo's spag bol. We soon went to bed and fell asleep straight away thank to our very long day.
Abilio (companero y trabajo) our work mate picked us up after what seemed like an eternity thanks to our airborne friends. Abilio spoke no English what so ever so the conversation was very hard and we stopped a few times so he could explain with his actions. After driving round the maze of one ways and stop signs that makes up Penafiel restarted the climb up the hill to the castle.
At the top of the hill stood the castle and 'Keko' the security guard, we were introduced and then given a bottle of water that we were urged to constantly fill and drink because of the scorching sun. Abilio dropped us off with Javier, carmen, yolanda and estella. Once we had given out all our greeting kisses we got to take a tour round the castle with the audio guide in English. Javier who was taking the tour (who also spoke no English) dragged us both to the front and introduced us to the masses on top of the castle.
The Spanish sun was getting to Sarah because it was too hot to handle even in her linen pants and vest top. Lee was basically a puddle of the man he was. Jeans and a polo shirt do not go well with 38+ degrees.
Melting in the hot sun seemed to make the time go by very fast as our first real siesta came around quicker than we thought. But by 2:30 we were both starving seen as our usual dinner time is usually at 1. The 2 hours free we had was just what we needed to catch up with our families once we had been shown where the wifi was.
When our siesta had finished we got to go on the tour again which was as hot but a bit better because there was some bits of shade cast over the roof. We then went on the tour round the wine museum, the cool air conned in door wine museum. As you would do we took our time to get in all the information, but mainly to cool off as much as possible.
Towards the end of the day we went on the castle tour again but without the audio guide to see how much we could match with what the tour guide was saying. Not a lot but we blame how fast the Spanish speak! The day ended and Javier drove us down to the bus stop, luckily there was a bar behind it so as we had half an hour to kill and was incredibly hungry we went to go get some food. Sarah tried to order a little snack in Spanish from the menu, then she asked the bar man to describe it. She could not comprehend what he was trying to say until he described it in a way any person could understand, he snorted "oink oink" ... So we gathered that it must have been beef. ;)
The bus arrived late but that gave us time to make sure Sarah had enough money to pay for the both of us because Lee had left his bag in his locker. And also enough time to try and remember the name of our village. When arrived home, hungry, tired and ready for bed but with enough energy to tuck into Jo's spag bol. We soon went to bed and fell asleep straight away thank to our very long day.
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