Basque"t" filled SUMMER!!!: Joy and Tears!

Today was a great day! I finally got to see my other basque sister whose name is also maite! After lunch we drove to Bergara... i called maite and figured out a place to meet... and i was standing there looking everywhere over my shoulders... just really anxious to see her... and then... THERE SHE WAS!! I ran to her, as she ran to me, with open arms!! it was soo good to see her... and i got to meet her boyfriend too! so then me, her and her boyfriend went to get some coffee... and on the way... i met her...oldest brother.... and then... later... i met her youngest brother!!... then...we hung out at a barcoffeeshopswimmingpoolgymarea! and talked! then her dad came and met us for a little while... and it was good to meet him! Then we took off and maite and her boyfriend showed me around Bergara and we just laughed, walked... talked about history and took pics... then the drove up to one of the hills where this cross was... and we could see just about all of Bergara... more or less... and it was very beautiful!!! After that we hopped back into the car... her boyfriend had to work soo he dropped us off at the house of Aitziber... another girl who had come the same year that maite did! she had known that i was in san sebastian and she told maite to tell her when i was comming in town but instead maite decided that she wanted to surprise her! so we rang up... she answered... and Aitzi was like "bi" maite said.."its maite... and jackie´s here"... Aitzi"myama myama" and she came running down (oh and we knew she would be home because she was studying for exams that she needed to take!).. then she came down and i gave her a huge hug!! and it was soo good to see her... we just stood there and talked for like 45 mins about life and about good times when the had come to the US and the crazy things that we did! we had a lot of fun just standing there and talking... but it came time that we needed to leave... and something that happened that i didn´t expect... Aitzi began to cry... saying hello and goodbye with 45 minuts was harder then i could have expected! It was soo good to see her! Then maite and i headed to see her house and where she lives!! she showed me her room and her kitchen and ya know all that great stuff :)!!! but time was winding down and we had to leave to go meet other Maite and her parents!! we got to maite and we had to say goodbye really fast... and tears began to come down... and a very long hug... all the emotions from saying goodbye the first time she left the US came back into saying goodbye... only after 4 hours! It was very hard to say goodbye!! and we left... with a simply "I love you".

When we returned home... maite and I went to go get bocadillos for lunch and then we met up with her friends on the beach for dinner! we had fun and hung out... and then one of the girls pulled out her guitar and they had like a little camp singing session... and it was a lot of fun to listen to... they had some spanish songs and some basque songs... and it was pretty darn good!! and that was the finish to my day!
everyday i thank you for your prayers!