Illness, Consuegra, Windmills & Castle

So today I woke up early before breakfast and I was actually feeling fine.  Tired but that's pretty normal for me :)  A little bit later I had diarrhea.  "Great," I thought.  We had a long ride ahead of us today, so I knew that was going to be miserable.  I wasn't feeling ill, but I knew that needed to get that taken care of. After I had a really small breakfast of juice, yogurt, and toast, I found another student who had thought to bring some Imodium with her.  I took that, but then a little bit later I started feeling nauseous. Didn't take long for me to start feeling miserable.   I knew that the best thing was to be upfront with the professor driving my van so he wouldn't wonder why I was moaning a lot :P (Okay I didn't moan much but I did look pathetic), so I found him at the other professors eating breakfast (sorry guys, I tried to be as ambiguous as I could be...but you probably didn't want to hear that while you were eating :P) and then went to lie back down until it was time to go.  As we were leaving, one of the professors handed me and another student a mask.  Yeah, it was humiliating, but I understood. Last year most of the students got sick so they didn't want it to spread.  I felt bad that another student had the same symptoms as me, but also I had a twinner lol.


I was feeling pretty awful for most of the ride but as we got closer I was feeling better.  I don't know if that was because I wanted to see the windmills so badly or if it was working its way out of my system, but I was able to enjoy the beautiful windmills of Consuegra.  I love Don Quixote even though I haven't read it all yet and the windmills were just so special.  The castle was also amazing. Unfortunately, it was closing so we didn't have time to take a tour, but it was still beautiful nonetheless.

We then traveled on to Zaragoza where we arrived at a beautiful hotel with a castle theme.  The others went to another castle, then came back and dressed up.  In this hotel, they have a room where they keep medieval costumes that you can dress up in.  I was slightly jealous but wasn't feel too great again by this time, but I watched the others dress up.  I stayed and slept while they saw the castle, had crackers for dinner, and then rested most of the time.  I probably would have been more jealous but I really felt sick and knew resting was the best way to feel better, instead of trying to push myself.

I am excited to see what happens next!!!  Hopefully I feel better tomorrow (but I should).