Happy 21st birthday, lil' sis!

Well, its difficult to believe, BUT

THIS GIRL

(Rome, 2013)

  is turning 21 years old today!!!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

Since I couldn't spend the day with her yesterday in Grove City like all of my other siblings, I decided to spend the day with her in a slightly different way... a flat Ali (and Tami) vacation :)

To celebrate, we took the bus from Oviedo, the capital of Austurias, to Gijón, one of the largest cities in Spain.

Getting ready to get on the ALSA bus!

There, we took a walk around the city and checked out the beach. Unfortunately, it wasn't warm enough to go swimming, but we took a nice hike around the casco viejo (old part of town), which is a peninsula.

 

Looking out onto the Bay of Biscay

As we walked around, we found a few neat pieces of sculpture. It's pretty cool, but what was even more entertaining was that the skateboarding kids used it as an extension of the half pipe that was right next to  it. 

From the look of the skies, you wouldn't have thought that it started raining a bit afterward! I think Gijón was sad that I only had a flat Ali.

Since it is Ali's 21st, we had to have sidra, the typical drink in Austurias!

 In this restaurant, Ali and Tami got to pose with the world's largest sidra bottle! ;)

After a wonderful birthday lunch, we went for a café con leche and to people watch a bit.

Ali and Tami also got to pose with the world's largest café con leche! Who knew that Gijón had so many claims to fame?!

Overall, Gijón was a relaxing day in a beach city, complete with good food and wonderful company. Obviously it would've been even better with a real life Ali, but sometimes we have to work with what we have.

And last but not least, although today is Ali's 21st birthday (and thus a very important birthday), I want to wish her:

You're a pretty awesome little sister and I love you tons. Hope it's a great day on the other side of the Atlantic as well!

Much love,
Amber