Heading back to the beach! 8/12-8/16

I'm so excited to get out of Madrid and back to the beach! I'll be with Maria and her family until 8/16 and then I'm going to stay in hostels in Portugal alone. I want to see the bigger cities before I start work there on the 23rd!! These 5 weeks have FLOWN by! My spirits are lifted after getting an email from Erin, a facebook message from nick, skyping with my family and Christian and finding soy milk at the grocery store!! I was a bit bummed for a few days there... but now my tummy is full of fruit (and soy milk... no more cured meat for me...bleck!) and I'm ready to hit the road once again! :) Thanks for lifting me back up guys! :)