tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67079175385379914562024-03-05T15:06:12.572-08:00...where in the world is sara?Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-79862036836945951182010-09-15T15:44:00.000-07:002010-11-03T12:15:12.772-07:00It's time I told you about the end...Ok ok ok.....<br /><br />So maybe, just maybe I forgot to update some things.... However, I'll have you guys know, that it has been bugging me day in and out that I haven't finished my adventures, and I have made a promise to myself that before Christmas, I would get these things done. I know, many of you have seen and talked to me, but at least through here you can look at some of my pictures at your own leisure and get the full details of some things that happened over there in Espana. I hope you enjoy.Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-37651150081612928452010-04-15T07:04:00.000-07:002010-04-18T16:34:10.687-07:00A traves de mis ojos....<div style="text-align: center;"><br />So, I've come to realize that I haven't painted the best picture of Calatayud. Its old versus new, chipped stucco versus bright paint. Here are some of my favourites from this year, thus far, in no particular order....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1or08zg-z1A78RDDyhGFnhwJprT0Hldl2pACUPEQOt5oBRS-ErI_Szfb5dfEIvk15oBjqzryRP8f9opmtz0FXo8FlU4FpIxWAPvRVIi54RS17yIaMYwURZk2E_IbgDyiOHQfAGVmEdg8/s1600/IMG_5333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1or08zg-z1A78RDDyhGFnhwJprT0Hldl2pACUPEQOt5oBRS-ErI_Szfb5dfEIvk15oBjqzryRP8f9opmtz0FXo8FlU4FpIxWAPvRVIi54RS17yIaMYwURZk2E_IbgDyiOHQfAGVmEdg8/s320/IMG_5333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461624454256607314" border="0" /></a><br />San Roque at night...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8KuEQ5CD15aQ9O1nRb4DaYsJObEuoXKLC_2vOgLqfUA9RQamkTcr2PPOCKYj-TxadWuUsTeysKM_acPFBRUWPLhDG2KIHZxNu_l_3rb17M4uti3Y5nY28Y3LwTB7SGFsHlJtWmSxXVU/s1600/IMG_5318.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8KuEQ5CD15aQ9O1nRb4DaYsJObEuoXKLC_2vOgLqfUA9RQamkTcr2PPOCKYj-TxadWuUsTeysKM_acPFBRUWPLhDG2KIHZxNu_l_3rb17M4uti3Y5nY28Y3LwTB7SGFsHlJtWmSxXVU/s320/IMG_5318.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461623588295654338" border="0" /></a>The flag poles<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFAO3UaIbCdl3DW1w08LbBLGce8-gQEyhQy5EKtpRN6Ch2y8wLUaG2X8v-gj0N7Ia8tP8aBsoOWnZHvG7saG_0-Gj3Ie0KFrMnnju0I6kaJUlSdds07suLu6gCwuNs7JLY9g6rIl9VfE/s1600/IMG_5316.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFAO3UaIbCdl3DW1w08LbBLGce8-gQEyhQy5EKtpRN6Ch2y8wLUaG2X8v-gj0N7Ia8tP8aBsoOWnZHvG7saG_0-Gj3Ie0KFrMnnju0I6kaJUlSdds07suLu6gCwuNs7JLY9g6rIl9VfE/s320/IMG_5316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461623584646160370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMB8_jdwD_Iog7MawJ-htmoXk1T7IEDUx2QkHC-VtiVFqGr-m8oeYa3omVopmJIQZNZ3Ev81678Yw74VvKzLcWHyxrLVeKrwMsi2X6opnRAoAYStvv8YbarqfT7C3dZxRXrtIf8ZBG0A/s1600/IMG_5308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMB8_jdwD_Iog7MawJ-htmoXk1T7IEDUx2QkHC-VtiVFqGr-m8oeYa3omVopmJIQZNZ3Ev81678Yw74VvKzLcWHyxrLVeKrwMsi2X6opnRAoAYStvv8YbarqfT7C3dZxRXrtIf8ZBG0A/s320/IMG_5308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461623581209557954" border="0" /></a><br />El Paseo..rather empty<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxT7N66ZQAltUKzUp5Jo6eI-a9KQPa94_o_F-x5HY76rRdZbUN7vxgdRiVD8d3YsFQ8zTJnWplRB4X9gFX608_pFu2HsWR3WwXVodhrtr7Im282ualLhXZBzgZIiCPfiGWGmcV4zNb6U/s1600/IMG_3938.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxT7N66ZQAltUKzUp5Jo6eI-a9KQPa94_o_F-x5HY76rRdZbUN7vxgdRiVD8d3YsFQ8zTJnWplRB4X9gFX608_pFu2HsWR3WwXVodhrtr7Im282ualLhXZBzgZIiCPfiGWGmcV4zNb6U/s320/IMG_3938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461623576881764850" border="0" /></a><br />The Osprey nest right outside my bedroom window...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K2b6kRQoA37sN5y9ErG_rMqlTOGEfmkfMOyZ6FBCAnEf4KRHD7mq5vf5nAwb5w0LM1WtoIpreEgIbiLiZwzHbAUQfViNHWjVC3DtCSjHsfDmt5t579Pj9KTyBjTEOuANA6N_Nb7_ZXM/s1600/IMG_5291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K2b6kRQoA37sN5y9ErG_rMqlTOGEfmkfMOyZ6FBCAnEf4KRHD7mq5vf5nAwb5w0LM1WtoIpreEgIbiLiZwzHbAUQfViNHWjVC3DtCSjHsfDmt5t579Pj9KTyBjTEOuANA6N_Nb7_ZXM/s320/IMG_5291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461622528622925090" border="0" /></a><br />The front side of this little church I found...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_HHS5a-m_MuAAGaxGjA91cqELkJg1RKaXX_42TZAYqpbC_lZNSV8Iza1GSOaMCdQy8UBzLwOmMXiBU2bd7KHLD53O5QmhMHN9I25r-xsxSN4JQhd3b2MWeiANdz_MSWRyL0FViZ4jz0/s1600/IMG_5294.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_HHS5a-m_MuAAGaxGjA91cqELkJg1RKaXX_42TZAYqpbC_lZNSV8Iza1GSOaMCdQy8UBzLwOmMXiBU2bd7KHLD53O5QmhMHN9I25r-xsxSN4JQhd3b2MWeiANdz_MSWRyL0FViZ4jz0/s320/IMG_5294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461622529841380530" border="0" /></a>The one side, out of four, that remains!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT_7xEHYaDtWROSiGcHfYpraX6fz4kpymOQ1qjROEnRfFz1EI1tnJeWrntRii4ywE4JwuHE4iSlkMU1c02I9imc0zBLuW6QK-HF3nI0Z7_tjs6R3bCbu1QPXpkVrtOQ6XHh-zn9xuuqw/s1600/IMG_5283.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT_7xEHYaDtWROSiGcHfYpraX6fz4kpymOQ1qjROEnRfFz1EI1tnJeWrntRii4ywE4JwuHE4iSlkMU1c02I9imc0zBLuW6QK-HF3nI0Z7_tjs6R3bCbu1QPXpkVrtOQ6XHh-zn9xuuqw/s320/IMG_5283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461622525438248498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxgzNzxqodJHw1Q1GyJRgrpS4E8fYLUxTuBcqGED88dPq_gJ1rtsVf3wdfG3Y_WjjbAWDcZxIpwn3-QN0ffTYCC676jxo-qJgKp5arihdyxOwOAdX3ymNZ1N94A2O4FeefSFz1dzO7gw/s1600/IMG_5278.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxgzNzxqodJHw1Q1GyJRgrpS4E8fYLUxTuBcqGED88dPq_gJ1rtsVf3wdfG3Y_WjjbAWDcZxIpwn3-QN0ffTYCC676jxo-qJgKp5arihdyxOwOAdX3ymNZ1N94A2O4FeefSFz1dzO7gw/s320/IMG_5278.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461622515755909186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEM9FchLO7UQVuMdQQyl0dhXsf-z6iUvVoQY3Sqw-A5zKvUucfE9mguJayKvab3evA2_USLObdcuXuAUUqdrZ1Dim3u0KbOM1mOJA5pPExYIZqtOY4FQIss7HdZjhmxkwgHkphLiu5fw/s1600/IMG_5271.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEM9FchLO7UQVuMdQQyl0dhXsf-z6iUvVoQY3Sqw-A5zKvUucfE9mguJayKvab3evA2_USLObdcuXuAUUqdrZ1Dim3u0KbOM1mOJA5pPExYIZqtOY4FQIss7HdZjhmxkwgHkphLiu5fw/s320/IMG_5271.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461622508802749346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4ubl9RFGrefYiMdGARvVRQkik_gkvDMNVJlyREXbXqWPk-JNtyFlkg8SuckLzn9DjNb69eHru7ITNK4CzaiL_Uvu5_qoAIH-_9RVVR7HFb3vuwM8J6ltXFxSvxZTQmdLwRaLTRZR6pc/s1600/IMG_5265.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4ubl9RFGrefYiMdGARvVRQkik_gkvDMNVJlyREXbXqWPk-JNtyFlkg8SuckLzn9DjNb69eHru7ITNK4CzaiL_Uvu5_qoAIH-_9RVVR7HFb3vuwM8J6ltXFxSvxZTQmdLwRaLTRZR6pc/s320/IMG_5265.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461621448287307954" border="0" /></a><br />There was an old house in Paris, covered in vines.... (or Calatayud)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox7SvHfT7EgJNIPeWXnRlx9j21wNj5LWwWzkdRo-lUO3EOR1bPub-NVrlwDXEfuLMxcdy2MfQooZhRXCc9YVGp2yBWLflo420Xs1X8ucuPPvy_iEESaP6T6XgqqoVRBnC5x-a_ULUcLE/s1600/IMG_4228.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox7SvHfT7EgJNIPeWXnRlx9j21wNj5LWwWzkdRo-lUO3EOR1bPub-NVrlwDXEfuLMxcdy2MfQooZhRXCc9YVGp2yBWLflo420Xs1X8ucuPPvy_iEESaP6T6XgqqoVRBnC5x-a_ULUcLE/s320/IMG_4228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461621442165255954" border="0" /></a><br />These trees remind me of hands...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVUyG-n_ji_azgY037O-SvgO04SRRf_mvjkQbdE8NEbuLGzbldiCTmkLPUGFMGonEF55v3-ukA9QXCLRmlhmQjCQBB4aPw6uUx05iBpR9uSMb8SI9bLy20f_OKdqt0bSa2hvrjRpVWU4/s1600/IMG_4224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVUyG-n_ji_azgY037O-SvgO04SRRf_mvjkQbdE8NEbuLGzbldiCTmkLPUGFMGonEF55v3-ukA9QXCLRmlhmQjCQBB4aPw6uUx05iBpR9uSMb8SI9bLy20f_OKdqt0bSa2hvrjRpVWU4/s320/IMG_4224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461621437894957378" border="0" /></a><br />Think age has set in yet?<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqc8MeDckHqNX4h_zZL0K8WT5Ep0NMHuLykLWXInphRqx3NL8Vu-QjsnzsPpgFKjIv1YyWKMXWW2pyXVQs1XwKe1LiVNW8O8VCvFsiyY_c73XLaRohKoI3yEv78B11qBDMliS5im-oOY/s1600/IMG_4219.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqc8MeDckHqNX4h_zZL0K8WT5Ep0NMHuLykLWXInphRqx3NL8Vu-QjsnzsPpgFKjIv1YyWKMXWW2pyXVQs1XwKe1LiVNW8O8VCvFsiyY_c73XLaRohKoI3yEv78B11qBDMliS5im-oOY/s320/IMG_4219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461621431727270050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ3aKYlbxZqaNH5wBLmdJXymMvk_83HQOSplbKG-T215jS0dLhDlY_eWI7ITfszifNgsBpwnqPMoR0bsyWKnifDf5-NpvSqw7aidtbT-8GpZ16DQkthSZrWXx1X0RVKK4lmcXauNIB1U/s1600/IMG_4216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ3aKYlbxZqaNH5wBLmdJXymMvk_83HQOSplbKG-T215jS0dLhDlY_eWI7ITfszifNgsBpwnqPMoR0bsyWKnifDf5-NpvSqw7aidtbT-8GpZ16DQkthSZrWXx1X0RVKK4lmcXauNIB1U/s320/IMG_4216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461621426681000066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45PiQY8KfKpZe7000HuaqpOuff8Vkv4QLjVlScj4W5j5uxFmR1XxvSnM7Chy4Lzpcw_EaBCFp8WCXFIO8dud7GvoNC5v5quhUjZyxqeGqcSyQtPPTGNDW4qNg8H0LJiU5r_GBcMFqE7Y/s1600/IMG_4215.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45PiQY8KfKpZe7000HuaqpOuff8Vkv4QLjVlScj4W5j5uxFmR1XxvSnM7Chy4Lzpcw_EaBCFp8WCXFIO8dud7GvoNC5v5quhUjZyxqeGqcSyQtPPTGNDW4qNg8H0LJiU5r_GBcMFqE7Y/s320/IMG_4215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461620174100136498" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhUa-Gx-uwnPbJAcURuiOMQFBmuA2GoVLOSqFc-IXX2jCCMsMzukHnkltmjMg_FODEfPqn5kowW-rlN_2B4r_aG1qiZYDzTqPnXFfRW2HSJ0o3FYr7l9oflbeiasVm0PBMVQSK6GQwuY/s1600/IMG_4214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhUa-Gx-uwnPbJAcURuiOMQFBmuA2GoVLOSqFc-IXX2jCCMsMzukHnkltmjMg_FODEfPqn5kowW-rlN_2B4r_aG1qiZYDzTqPnXFfRW2HSJ0o3FYr7l9oflbeiasVm0PBMVQSK6GQwuY/s320/IMG_4214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461620169814848914" border="0" /></a><br />Can't help but wondering how many people have walked this street...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBkTqJcEjDCO3OSOrIzHBK-PTaZp3OYt3Yzbj8JIkGNIvIR71gBot8sVc0J2V49dbTnVBP5CNdGPEBMbvLjaPEG2NDOyu6Hu4Xzr6iiJtqClfMzgcuUrWmxXiY7oPGU5qCjUQ14bdfB4/s1600/IMG_4208.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBkTqJcEjDCO3OSOrIzHBK-PTaZp3OYt3Yzbj8JIkGNIvIR71gBot8sVc0J2V49dbTnVBP5CNdGPEBMbvLjaPEG2NDOyu6Hu4Xzr6iiJtqClfMzgcuUrWmxXiY7oPGU5qCjUQ14bdfB4/s320/IMG_4208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461620162869123842" border="0" /></a><br />Our resident dominant male peacock (He's got the biggest feathers)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEraO-Q1eBAQ6vZ605r3QJztfHcNLMx1hZx3eTVDJ0wtQ1adrQHQvjWtzgXOO2HZe36-rnJJm4wLeKsRS3WH2ZzhhITjZ_VW1NxMocckbKb_3Hg1tWMvvnGjrb9z7kQ9QYWWHVmGJUiZM/s1600/IMG_3928.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEraO-Q1eBAQ6vZ605r3QJztfHcNLMx1hZx3eTVDJ0wtQ1adrQHQvjWtzgXOO2HZe36-rnJJm4wLeKsRS3WH2ZzhhITjZ_VW1NxMocckbKb_3Hg1tWMvvnGjrb9z7kQ9QYWWHVmGJUiZM/s320/IMG_3928.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461620150300596818" border="0" /></a><br />Santo Sepulcro<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ULtZyYjWrFpOuTZTKms6FAgjuF386Kjsp1y9GDnxVs3yhDkJBve-sCULo32ZnWyKbqG00WyR2pnLVnf0Pw_Q7oAW6jmBPiW4H11GArVkKjZgQf8z-V5j3UY396XwqKzeZ4kGb15LbvY/s1600/IMG_3925.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ULtZyYjWrFpOuTZTKms6FAgjuF386Kjsp1y9GDnxVs3yhDkJBve-sCULo32ZnWyKbqG00WyR2pnLVnf0Pw_Q7oAW6jmBPiW4H11GArVkKjZgQf8z-V5j3UY396XwqKzeZ4kGb15LbvY/s320/IMG_3925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617901417651874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2xJGucwS6uS77zc7LIlC7ox9_RgGKaSOYc34iC7i02eEASilgEyfXaGnjrZENteHwPFTJn6lfIPHDcgaBgIg743pzYuBGoPyIy3HOJvA1CP-KaOmFrSrCuP0MDca3LV-2ukzj9ImQAQ/s1600/IMG_3924.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2xJGucwS6uS77zc7LIlC7ox9_RgGKaSOYc34iC7i02eEASilgEyfXaGnjrZENteHwPFTJn6lfIPHDcgaBgIg743pzYuBGoPyIy3HOJvA1CP-KaOmFrSrCuP0MDca3LV-2ukzj9ImQAQ/s320/IMG_3924.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617895789433346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPbvxmtXL_cWjXkDsRm_WjQ2TzYAjsvWc8j8Fcr9DcCtHQfG6eO1I1lOq2JGnwY2G0wgPON2Ed9eix7XPJ7b5JyKlKOTUpWdcYhv0waagrBDTW4XpuuwqvQkCiDSnmhAE9YTh_DiGYD8/s1600/IMG_3893.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPbvxmtXL_cWjXkDsRm_WjQ2TzYAjsvWc8j8Fcr9DcCtHQfG6eO1I1lOq2JGnwY2G0wgPON2Ed9eix7XPJ7b5JyKlKOTUpWdcYhv0waagrBDTW4XpuuwqvQkCiDSnmhAE9YTh_DiGYD8/s320/IMG_3893.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617894864002786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42xVSmYZkJMxgJHduehOfciaaNJ44KFskwtLfGEYHOhaTPOCyBNA3mPmEO6cLJjT2i6ty6hdEsWAUq8-Q05MggTqmwX4cnO3MSWVp_UEuoZxY_QvxiEp2GJuQQLgmLCsTkOZeN6rpqYw/s1600/IMG_3892.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWtmMBwxuiSpfQ4AD9Ejw76I79vJNFc1uYQf3HXu3B5oun7xQuH78l7aOhUCirEg6rDD_fLE1KkW8oLKAmNTwwwcLvCABNY-51EnWPStVcwyr1__lkA56kC3gwFUUc8kySogNipMa-aU/s320/IMG_3889.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617115012435058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7i_dOrOBYdiw6GtURzDvf6bw3aCc5FjNL36_dtrLHFnfKLlgMZqFB2oVxYf12pzAEwLD_d5qrN9Vya86Og8YOsk4Vi_4i8wBsOkliszALmT0hIwxmFoEEDSMrUbIcJsBsXK8wE5pV9E/s1600/IMG_3886.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7i_dOrOBYdiw6GtURzDvf6bw3aCc5FjNL36_dtrLHFnfKLlgMZqFB2oVxYf12pzAEwLD_d5qrN9Vya86Og8YOsk4Vi_4i8wBsOkliszALmT0hIwxmFoEEDSMrUbIcJsBsXK8wE5pV9E/s320/IMG_3886.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617109668224050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm absolutely taken with the balconies here....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtzINC7QNzB082Ni12px4K8zt3a94qit7HModPpNUbB9HVZ74aFp7ejmZpMWT9bpHoZ6HJQL99w0NIZVGbku23QyU0Vh7Uu_lWwPqxvBSHDvbq86XF1rnNVNxOhduJTE_-BTuk4Bbr_Y/s1600/IMG_3884.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtzINC7QNzB082Ni12px4K8zt3a94qit7HModPpNUbB9HVZ74aFp7ejmZpMWT9bpHoZ6HJQL99w0NIZVGbku23QyU0Vh7Uu_lWwPqxvBSHDvbq86XF1rnNVNxOhduJTE_-BTuk4Bbr_Y/s320/IMG_3884.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617105305922578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The highest tower in Calatayud<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC93OEjLVHje79xLMg0Atl0dzfcJFmOyurnI65nN-D4na8Hpk1hfsNNp1qU44z0XAyyp_AZGwIsFEEoZAB5EjZdN3HL9SokalmWxGuQbfkaO78HJgxcojGZxFbgUoWuVOqmxhHBi6BX4c/s1600/IMG_3882.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC93OEjLVHje79xLMg0Atl0dzfcJFmOyurnI65nN-D4na8Hpk1hfsNNp1qU44z0XAyyp_AZGwIsFEEoZAB5EjZdN3HL9SokalmWxGuQbfkaO78HJgxcojGZxFbgUoWuVOqmxhHBi6BX4c/s320/IMG_3882.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461617104462056002" border="0" /></a><br />Think they use the bookshelves anymore?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiL8X6MzOggSfJdFrwmWPjzuQQOupi8iyImb8TAIWNd7MNlUU76Vood4PqfoRvHFQV3w_-T8t7LbhtmdxbZJXymj6TEwCgHNrSsEUDrugNsxaJkuqxiXPBsk9UU0voRLS73jqRVyLInI/s1600/IMG_3835.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITe_v15k_2BnEak7NeEC9QeAN8rOo8xBlrbDyS9M6bxWSCPoOXf9XjKniOVHb2u6u4LxyPVxoEyj12GOQZ2CvgHFt1nqaVR2m2DbR_I2PynvmU4EbZhSpJc5hx-eEkC_SH4g4E8Zf9GY/s320/IMG_3821.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461615565292229346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_LaUOZoDJD8QpJVX6gtdz1gq_Byya4tN6h1_3LKf3_au-E1-e_2RQQbhsJCv7-4iex9vZqEmJe77Mi-EuGjiVeSPp3hURtTbxfwa8rW1sadf26H522IrL-NJ4vPx2sERAg0beJ8BWfU/s1600/IMG_3806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_LaUOZoDJD8QpJVX6gtdz1gq_Byya4tN6h1_3LKf3_au-E1-e_2RQQbhsJCv7-4iex9vZqEmJe77Mi-EuGjiVeSPp3hURtTbxfwa8rW1sadf26H522IrL-NJ4vPx2sERAg0beJ8BWfU/s320/IMG_3806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461615561406019906" border="0" /></a><br />One of my favourite buildings here<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSi2wrv_ADBxI1nz_ajQXBasRe7h5OXldAIaCrcTdP8aKkKQAGV1K3uSg2Fo_lUHreolFJoi51QGQdSDPCi3cvr17GNbklmFoVDd_TcePSPXvW9LGUTkvVR2PSKRGkChtB8eqDlevXUg/s1600/IMG_3804.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSi2wrv_ADBxI1nz_ajQXBasRe7h5OXldAIaCrcTdP8aKkKQAGV1K3uSg2Fo_lUHreolFJoi51QGQdSDPCi3cvr17GNbklmFoVDd_TcePSPXvW9LGUTkvVR2PSKRGkChtB8eqDlevXUg/s320/IMG_3804.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461615555817428594" border="0" /></a><br />This was the exact church where Ferdinand of Aragon was named heir to the Aragon throne...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET0xHc2C5-6N0d7mtji7BEscxKHWYDJANjAObj6OPnX1AQAEGhzTkCnN3itNaYXbPx2RrjmYOaHUnz8bwdrXMjU3Zx6agc0uTP8lZ7T511L4RbntBgLaz2r6h_P5RCF0JYuV87IiVgM4/s1600/IMG_3797.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET0xHc2C5-6N0d7mtji7BEscxKHWYDJANjAObj6OPnX1AQAEGhzTkCnN3itNaYXbPx2RrjmYOaHUnz8bwdrXMjU3Zx6agc0uTP8lZ7T511L4RbntBgLaz2r6h_P5RCF0JYuV87IiVgM4/s320/IMG_3797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461615551094844706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrYSw4tE6kR8OAbDwgj2_02Es6_4HqFigJxfB1M6NLe3gGLKSZORxoa7euhH-49lRGxZPmCFHIZDcVTb2XE802RAHbicWF6mUHKVa5Rhedj5R3YEtcmGt7xOU5kMP1E-hjrLSWtcm66c/s1600/IMG_3532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrYSw4tE6kR8OAbDwgj2_02Es6_4HqFigJxfB1M6NLe3gGLKSZORxoa7euhH-49lRGxZPmCFHIZDcVTb2XE802RAHbicWF6mUHKVa5Rhedj5R3YEtcmGt7xOU5kMP1E-hjrLSWtcm66c/s320/IMG_3532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461613879851552626" border="0" /></a><br />Santa Maria<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFHKftwaQCndV7z_9DY0gMGLV_GgkahI2SoG2qvGrbiVgfmckrRMWxAOYUsTZDgRCZi4_RF7zotRmsSlqttUmCnWNHlFWQFr_XDnAHEKsHb434mHfGugtHzAjxny8efwPjLo4Y7-OVbw/s1600/IMG_3526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFHKftwaQCndV7z_9DY0gMGLV_GgkahI2SoG2qvGrbiVgfmckrRMWxAOYUsTZDgRCZi4_RF7zotRmsSlqttUmCnWNHlFWQFr_XDnAHEKsHb434mHfGugtHzAjxny8efwPjLo4Y7-OVbw/s320/IMG_3526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461613874633070498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPGVkwLg86Xr5z96NO3ujMB1nXaVDUEZSfSIrQAAza18ZeYZQ4NxT1NabAQe8biGtS1RWTIzATFjcpY2zhmlTRWqkUO8v0N12vzjGvWuA7Q7lGM3Wjq5YkqyEhbVYR4HIlmTw1dHNolQ/s1600/IMG_3513.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPGVkwLg86Xr5z96NO3ujMB1nXaVDUEZSfSIrQAAza18ZeYZQ4NxT1NabAQe8biGtS1RWTIzATFjcpY2zhmlTRWqkUO8v0N12vzjGvWuA7Q7lGM3Wjq5YkqyEhbVYR4HIlmTw1dHNolQ/s320/IMG_3513.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461613868758363250" border="0" /></a><br />Grafitti Art<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2UcHUnryXWJKnvXSOwj2sNpsc_CgAP4dylgOLX3Eu3EdQlfKlOL59NgiIwSIenMImoUnuJ2BJws9h2Q39KhunCJAvkwnx0BSukIfl20_lf5Rz4qnN5iu3BSimipvr4WY8-jhbE8yj-o/s1600/IMG_3512.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2UcHUnryXWJKnvXSOwj2sNpsc_CgAP4dylgOLX3Eu3EdQlfKlOL59NgiIwSIenMImoUnuJ2BJws9h2Q39KhunCJAvkwnx0BSukIfl20_lf5Rz4qnN5iu3BSimipvr4WY8-jhbE8yj-o/s320/IMG_3512.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461613862554667266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPLt9iGPleIHLSEojLH0KmRvdZ3cVan7hqCFLw9bPsC1e_xPb6YpoDlXT61vGK3qNO2xqParplj5YiNYPLqMi0NfnVWEe5ML1xdqmNtnvM8zXxBif2EFi6JVsUO7Zy4HRiY6dprkmjA/s1600/IMG_3510.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPLt9iGPleIHLSEojLH0KmRvdZ3cVan7hqCFLw9bPsC1e_xPb6YpoDlXT61vGK3qNO2xqParplj5YiNYPLqMi0NfnVWEe5ML1xdqmNtnvM8zXxBif2EFi6JVsUO7Zy4HRiY6dprkmjA/s320/IMG_3510.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461613854913392114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFonMGtv42nHZpCttBw5QYjrOB4LrtAd26f_ommsYGNn9_7pJ-zA5jJDxc1Dpnl3ru4FOn5gbAsbmo99msnO3RjNLvHyaBubT-K4Hwi1IFelWFMtEjQtHc21jQDLibVgo8gw3EyhO4uYs/s1600/IMG_2637.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFonMGtv42nHZpCttBw5QYjrOB4LrtAd26f_ommsYGNn9_7pJ-zA5jJDxc1Dpnl3ru4FOn5gbAsbmo99msnO3RjNLvHyaBubT-K4Hwi1IFelWFMtEjQtHc21jQDLibVgo8gw3EyhO4uYs/s320/IMG_2637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461599685054906370" border="0" /></a><br />View from outside my dining room window<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4qZ_or37FwTWrbDklzuWjBrRb0rg15UzKmCHRwhFKCHW0KH6xlnCHt_lsNLUTjgoT7GjKgQQGQxtPDnLxOsbN0WCfWFNGQkUuzTqL3gVQ1rPfH9EzKi-oR8sirAHBIRyYOsGMNNkgRA/s1600/IMG_2632.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4qZ_or37FwTWrbDklzuWjBrRb0rg15UzKmCHRwhFKCHW0KH6xlnCHt_lsNLUTjgoT7GjKgQQGQxtPDnLxOsbN0WCfWFNGQkUuzTqL3gVQ1rPfH9EzKi-oR8sirAHBIRyYOsGMNNkgRA/s320/IMG_2632.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461599665027318498" border="0" /></a><br />Fuente de Ocho Canas<br />circa 8th century<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5CbylZ9PD64Wlgbw0IRZJiOFAAHeFBdWLHjOKhRhX4xpq0B8fY7YTwz7qsKJVW6cvfb4p3JBzEiMFvqconn3OgDH4xHp8_H-L-JUSpTNvWcfJsF8JcJdg_qTw6zx2rlrbUVY_rJ36DM/s1600/IMG_2185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5CbylZ9PD64Wlgbw0IRZJiOFAAHeFBdWLHjOKhRhX4xpq0B8fY7YTwz7qsKJVW6cvfb4p3JBzEiMFvqconn3OgDH4xHp8_H-L-JUSpTNvWcfJsF8JcJdg_qTw6zx2rlrbUVY_rJ36DM/s320/IMG_2185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461599656511037074" border="0" /></a><br />Wind Power!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaZoNMJlKU9zRBTIkii4jQCcHNuyaUSQgdNyc-i-oOVXTZU4pKlWAf6debMqXPlPbNSXSE4BbDxhzWwBUns8P_ZZklSPCfYEQm4bLz7wt9n4TC0RSlmmUW_PoLg7nQ7x5OnQDbXYsUNk/s1600/IMG_2179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaZoNMJlKU9zRBTIkii4jQCcHNuyaUSQgdNyc-i-oOVXTZU4pKlWAf6debMqXPlPbNSXSE4BbDxhzWwBUns8P_ZZklSPCfYEQm4bLz7wt9n4TC0RSlmmUW_PoLg7nQ7x5OnQDbXYsUNk/s320/IMG_2179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461599654207129106" border="0" /></a><br />El Casco Antiguo<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLwWQSZV8WrphredNgesqELDgBC9EHpR755N_5lOE1zQTrxVzCjvMvHGeHxXPwvvQr29yZds9h_cAuWvTXrRCYzvrjiQ644lhNCnuTbddiNeLSOYt-I5zlVzEI8OY0OnDQZgNfnvG-v8/s1600/IMG_1911.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLwWQSZV8WrphredNgesqELDgBC9EHpR755N_5lOE1zQTrxVzCjvMvHGeHxXPwvvQr29yZds9h_cAuWvTXrRCYzvrjiQ644lhNCnuTbddiNeLSOYt-I5zlVzEI8OY0OnDQZgNfnvG-v8/s320/IMG_1911.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461599645165344594" border="0" /></a><br />El Castillo de Ayud<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvqgi8giPtQzPllhe4Q3MTLF2cPzFSznaSngba9QR6eDb0E3Ccfz0y5pXFtQULPJ-8lJqxPtyXDDLjjjcMIITkbTogrmhqokP13KSS7UPMfJcZ3I2dxdmzEEhjz6ujvpwcmrdcfRrFq8/s1600/IMG_1866.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvqgi8giPtQzPllhe4Q3MTLF2cPzFSznaSngba9QR6eDb0E3Ccfz0y5pXFtQULPJ-8lJqxPtyXDDLjjjcMIITkbTogrmhqokP13KSS7UPMfJcZ3I2dxdmzEEhjz6ujvpwcmrdcfRrFq8/s320/IMG_1866.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460366807216211842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The castle's tower<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKczJdEi4P2mPe3T60ve7gwReoPJIF2QrxYdtxM3wZex2AdzcOKDyIjli_BnH3sLNzmYvjp4Cep3G9wKPxLy1X2wGXBG1yvw8kdthxCGsQktRYPTCZkgcpOmpg5kRuRBNzeYlM4i6AoBY/s1600/IMG_1836.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKczJdEi4P2mPe3T60ve7gwReoPJIF2QrxYdtxM3wZex2AdzcOKDyIjli_BnH3sLNzmYvjp4Cep3G9wKPxLy1X2wGXBG1yvw8kdthxCGsQktRYPTCZkgcpOmpg5kRuRBNzeYlM4i6AoBY/s320/IMG_1836.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460366799887897858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The retablo de San Juan el Real<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1X1SCrIvRxTgIObV2I80OVXRlmztxlkA3BnBbhiorTSEplTTzQlr5jJVcel7t5iitBe896224EbvN-pXr9d7qU7JADU3RF0TmFEbN1-BSCClUhEfRYg2Csb19KBM4u4D-jggZGHGHlI/s1600/IMG_1810.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1X1SCrIvRxTgIObV2I80OVXRlmztxlkA3BnBbhiorTSEplTTzQlr5jJVcel7t5iitBe896224EbvN-pXr9d7qU7JADU3RF0TmFEbN1-BSCClUhEfRYg2Csb19KBM4u4D-jggZGHGHlI/s320/IMG_1810.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460366797045295266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dry, Aragonese countryside<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm887aaT0DLt1aSIdFGcxEl-7O5VtHazQJmYMD2T3GdgklKyss8K2u55uuvlwjNDuI6I2LtK5HZ86PeSiFXRsp9Jb31nWsRznVaPRttUQLuERz-DrIQLBHPMnX10vRco2VZBciOvPznk/s1600/IMG_1808.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm887aaT0DLt1aSIdFGcxEl-7O5VtHazQJmYMD2T3GdgklKyss8K2u55uuvlwjNDuI6I2LtK5HZ86PeSiFXRsp9Jb31nWsRznVaPRttUQLuERz-DrIQLBHPMnX10vRco2VZBciOvPznk/s320/IMG_1808.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460366791672611746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">San Roque!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PrSs2SOUN0TYzD-sd0LfAMNrbTpHKjJPSFxBJ5B2X9Hqf9qiOivEwrswd53YISjbzbbedd8-nc_u-Rn1C4gkSe78A9WZYeOS3kXOhHFWBpft71n6J_S5eRwO_UlQVo4lQ71HxtwulhM/s1600/h's!.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PrSs2SOUN0TYzD-sd0LfAMNrbTpHKjJPSFxBJ5B2X9Hqf9qiOivEwrswd53YISjbzbbedd8-nc_u-Rn1C4gkSe78A9WZYeOS3kXOhHFWBpft71n6J_S5eRwO_UlQVo4lQ71HxtwulhM/s320/h's!.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460366781508307778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">El Castillo de Ayud<br /></div><br />It's quite the special place. Hope you enjoy. xxxSara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-20725994908427329992010-04-13T06:02:00.000-07:002010-04-13T10:14:09.479-07:00Benvinguts a Barcelona!So in Barcelona we arrived, tired, sweaty, and yearning to see some friends. It was Em's birthday too! She turned 24! We all met in Plaza Catalunya and then headed to our hostels for much needed showers and rest. It was so great to see Lindsey!!! We hadn't seen eachother since Christmas time!!! That night we celebrated in honor of Emily, and also there was a slight excitement to be in a big city once again. So we headed to some bars with Karli as our guide, since she lived there for a year. Overall, it was a good night.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5WbEDH-b3uZm0KiIVsJSQtidz0J0q9Qqt1nkhiP9iHl_v71fNXipmG_y5_EhvnsMYQ1MYCopYVXBAphpmEpu1s_FHgrVwW2WobxunqPK-hyFBoK5naKAWhG7isVMGJd0mzIYeyzDOW4/s1600/Dressed+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5WbEDH-b3uZm0KiIVsJSQtidz0J0q9Qqt1nkhiP9iHl_v71fNXipmG_y5_EhvnsMYQ1MYCopYVXBAphpmEpu1s_FHgrVwW2WobxunqPK-hyFBoK5naKAWhG7isVMGJd0mzIYeyzDOW4/s320/Dressed+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459608472296118610" border="0" /></a><br />LINDSEY!</div><br />The next day Lindsey and I headed out to do some exploring. Man, is Barca a big city...we walked forever!!! We went down to the port, we went to the Ciutatella park and met up with the other friends...who were climbing trees. Naturally, we joined in. After that, we headed straight for Gaudi.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZqrjqUzfGNuhd6uulnqWmyeVONPURVGD6gdxOa9qeq44aRyeAEnl2crDrRMwv7w3tzNoRBBHxxHsKMiMpatnJqigvthTTXt8QOrpMKnfAUgffFSb-V9HWxbaf1SoXRowZufZESsSkZQ/s1600/IMG_4918.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZqrjqUzfGNuhd6uulnqWmyeVONPURVGD6gdxOa9qeq44aRyeAEnl2crDrRMwv7w3tzNoRBBHxxHsKMiMpatnJqigvthTTXt8QOrpMKnfAUgffFSb-V9HWxbaf1SoXRowZufZESsSkZQ/s320/IMG_4918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459608510167315906" border="0" /></a><br />The port<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwlxGy8xzBMant0ou-VaHD2oyVZBd1720zmpKq8bXkM5JSVReop3cVYPwzqt1NfE4hFfL402IGSJDULX6BYYLZ85GL_rL27AJOTCQlk8AnwctfTQhGijbSPU8qNcSZmaeNOlhp7LtYI/s1600/IMG_4928.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwlxGy8xzBMant0ou-VaHD2oyVZBd1720zmpKq8bXkM5JSVReop3cVYPwzqt1NfE4hFfL402IGSJDULX6BYYLZ85GL_rL27AJOTCQlk8AnwctfTQhGijbSPU8qNcSZmaeNOlhp7LtYI/s320/IMG_4928.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459609829622043570" border="0" /></a>Monkeys!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZFia4gI0u3VrZqx_qAiiV1IztYcabE1d1418wJ2VexuoJO4ETgSaBLY_N8rFR3y4-sicp265B8bPMqIW0fetxeZ3QTgQCwBpkD9EE-cwvTciqNs3NCIm1FaScT7rSvKAnsRBUgqkWb8/s1600/IMG_4941.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZFia4gI0u3VrZqx_qAiiV1IztYcabE1d1418wJ2VexuoJO4ETgSaBLY_N8rFR3y4-sicp265B8bPMqIW0fetxeZ3QTgQCwBpkD9EE-cwvTciqNs3NCIm1FaScT7rSvKAnsRBUgqkWb8/s320/IMG_4941.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459609836713307042" border="0" /></a>El arco!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzP8FD1FTSN16D_y5MUXUcxkFT-uqSlINWF-8KgTi_32B5jH96RJI-5Ol_NRDE1IVISCN7MB-BIB8-to0A3vp8-_gNbfbt3zOAtKFgNVqFJ0KkSXhtWFRYcBxhAWni4Pw6IyxaWGjLzc/s1600/IMG_4893.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzP8FD1FTSN16D_y5MUXUcxkFT-uqSlINWF-8KgTi_32B5jH96RJI-5Ol_NRDE1IVISCN7MB-BIB8-to0A3vp8-_gNbfbt3zOAtKFgNVqFJ0KkSXhtWFRYcBxhAWni4Pw6IyxaWGjLzc/s320/IMG_4893.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459608501041137554" border="0" /></a>Our group of three became six!<br /><br /></div>The very first thing I learned about in Spanish class, was Antonio Gaudi. I mean, I think I even drew a picture of Parc Guell. The excitement was mounting for me to get to the Sagrada Familia. A cathedral that has been in the process of being built for over 100 years. As we approached, I could see its four pointed bell towers looming over the neighboring buildings. Excitement was increasing. As we finally got in front of it, it was magical. We actually approached the non-Gaudi side first, however it was just as impressive. Forms and figures were coming out of every possible angles, and the angles themselves were sharp and rigid. The facade displayed every type of biblical figure possible...combining different periods of the bible, different figures and different elements of symbology. I couldn't do anything but stop and stare at it. It was too incredible. I never wanted to leave it. As we rounded the other side, we looked up and we could see the portion of the church that looks more normal, the original stonework and sidings were still evitable, however when we reached the other facade, it was completely different. This was the side that Gaudi was famous for; from afar, it looked like a giant drip sandcastle, however, once you stood up close, you could see that every drip was a different figure; one praying, one standing, one preaching. There were millions of them! It was just as impressive as the other side. Truly a magnificent work of art, and the highlight of my stay in Barcelona.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzvFNojIF05VYnecPZRhqdh53WtCK00qBGjJMW0bp0dUjD3YB5POA6sXnnyU90vd5jMJtzpLs8B_CIeYTKCkm49ggVYf4qyBWPIsh-BPmjaTOpGsn7XvpsXX4u6ApGBUsoEjgtlYV5EI/s1600/IMG_5010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzvFNojIF05VYnecPZRhqdh53WtCK00qBGjJMW0bp0dUjD3YB5POA6sXnnyU90vd5jMJtzpLs8B_CIeYTKCkm49ggVYf4qyBWPIsh-BPmjaTOpGsn7XvpsXX4u6ApGBUsoEjgtlYV5EI/s320/IMG_5010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459612825328314082" border="0" /></a><br />This facade is absolutely incredible....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxM5mpQ9P7G-CXi02NbE9p7JlFf0zBw7pW9RYuglhM30EX9y0_StMrQfBOI3nXTkdy2Ml6AOdv_fGWUtT2zb8-UsgjcxHfxI3jhcu_YPh7PVVcOPgpGg5gauhjch1t7n2hLoE6ggxx4k/s1600/IMG_5012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxM5mpQ9P7G-CXi02NbE9p7JlFf0zBw7pW9RYuglhM30EX9y0_StMrQfBOI3nXTkdy2Ml6AOdv_fGWUtT2zb8-UsgjcxHfxI3jhcu_YPh7PVVcOPgpGg5gauhjch1t7n2hLoE6ggxx4k/s320/IMG_5012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459609893776819522" border="0" /></a><br />I jsut couldn't take enough pictures!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu5iby1APmEp8iF0kCkw1mPmc2-UfsCMhA-6pV7DtTsgIcyZcKCFBPtyiohDp55khf4w25BfPGcHktSqQEdpH3sYnXYa6bGGr4Z9Cs2mNTy4n6G2E24kuFzyLTc5H001LOXNho5rq3VM/s1600/IMG_4953.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu5iby1APmEp8iF0kCkw1mPmc2-UfsCMhA-6pV7DtTsgIcyZcKCFBPtyiohDp55khf4w25BfPGcHktSqQEdpH3sYnXYa6bGGr4Z9Cs2mNTy4n6G2E24kuFzyLTc5H001LOXNho5rq3VM/s320/IMG_4953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459609861846992514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1QniaMFGDosjyrZeBuSxBzMS8iRxUTGqzqg4LUuGOsC21wWd9-I_UxePr7CML_Lg9Bi9dCER9Wys4cM1P_UiS3SdhP_hUYaVzRc5HU-AqS7Z_Yy60j-uld5ZxL0WAzuQ9q75PmJPVzk/s1600/IMG_4948.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1QniaMFGDosjyrZeBuSxBzMS8iRxUTGqzqg4LUuGOsC21wWd9-I_UxePr7CML_Lg9Bi9dCER9Wys4cM1P_UiS3SdhP_hUYaVzRc5HU-AqS7Z_Yy60j-uld5ZxL0WAzuQ9q75PmJPVzk/s320/IMG_4948.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459609849279590914" border="0" /></a>The view from the sidewalk.<br /><br /></div>After the Sagrada Familia trek, we decided to actually trek up the mountain, Mont Juic. There we climbed the old canons, which were used to protect the city back in the day. It was super fun to be up there over the harbor. Amazing views. Afterwards, we sat for awhile and just overlooked Barcelona, a gorgeous site. La Sagrada Familia was clearly taller than most other buildings, so it impressively stood out amongst the others. We were able to enjoy a beautiful sunset up there as well.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZB3uNEXGvo0ypvnyTvJgjiCBPRBgIHg39pAT34Ac71y7tmi3lmrI22vKt6ZzrEXr_NQlnQZ7Iz_3VxWDbT8OPs0IsMgWYHdHNZCQvoqWg1-nI8r_DdNu5ZOavkF8GOhgmsZf29LY-rU/s1600/Flying.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZB3uNEXGvo0ypvnyTvJgjiCBPRBgIHg39pAT34Ac71y7tmi3lmrI22vKt6ZzrEXr_NQlnQZ7Iz_3VxWDbT8OPs0IsMgWYHdHNZCQvoqWg1-nI8r_DdNu5ZOavkF8GOhgmsZf29LY-rU/s320/Flying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459608479927228562" border="0" /></a><br />I'm flying!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVI6VItGSDIPLupKg-yR4V8fLwvfXHCwlhwtTZvBwfmgRHORzHqOTsmmy73znBBqOL_tvA82XtFjdUQraoJR_N80ADWgLfPXnHagzsgO-PotEkOo5V4bVJDHe3ihihFCSzR2BSAayghw/s1600/Wonder+women.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVI6VItGSDIPLupKg-yR4V8fLwvfXHCwlhwtTZvBwfmgRHORzHqOTsmmy73znBBqOL_tvA82XtFjdUQraoJR_N80ADWgLfPXnHagzsgO-PotEkOo5V4bVJDHe3ihihFCSzR2BSAayghw/s320/Wonder+women.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459663445026722914" border="0" /></a>Wonderwomen?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gdGZtDxDsPSzUid0S4gPuwDChnB7Hz-yj6Ru38cXCr4AL9dRcsr8L8mLz8Mm0i_r5UXb7Bx-XrCc0LumAWb1EryK7LfSAo_tLUE5nThsWRVYvTFjx46rU7C2DuTD15Fik_bajgoh_x0/s1600/IMG_4989.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gdGZtDxDsPSzUid0S4gPuwDChnB7Hz-yj6Ru38cXCr4AL9dRcsr8L8mLz8Mm0i_r5UXb7Bx-XrCc0LumAWb1EryK7LfSAo_tLUE5nThsWRVYvTFjx46rU7C2DuTD15Fik_bajgoh_x0/s320/IMG_4989.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459612811958100258" border="0" /></a>La Sagrada Familia from Montjuic<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1lS_XQO8jRHY-On35rQ96ebg_cUi8_by8jnpzsWhfbvigWLnJVda3XfshU2Btop5KX3Ox2Yrzx2AA2pOg9eH0T4FM5PfeAp5ugZ1HhVQFYydHWAhUqFT7ZBuDlsVI1Q9eeE6KoAQZcQ/s1600/Montjuic+botellon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1lS_XQO8jRHY-On35rQ96ebg_cUi8_by8jnpzsWhfbvigWLnJVda3XfshU2Btop5KX3Ox2Yrzx2AA2pOg9eH0T4FM5PfeAp5ugZ1HhVQFYydHWAhUqFT7ZBuDlsVI1Q9eeE6KoAQZcQ/s320/Montjuic+botellon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459663434293018642" border="0" /></a>On top of Mont juic<br /></div>The next day, Lindsey and I conquered el Parc Guell, another famous Gaudi work of art. Completly unique, and originally built for the intention of being used by solely the upper class, the park is mainly a circular path overlooking wilderness and the city, however the entrance and the main plaza is dripping in Gaudi art. Mosaics are the staple material used to decorate, and shaped were of no concern to this man. He had an eye for color and must have created whatever was going in his brain. No detail was left overturned, and to stand at the most front point of the plaza and look over its entrance and then beyond, the city of Barcelona, it was exceptional. Lindsey and I decided to buy lunch and we spent a nice relaxing day in the park. We trekked all over and somehow ended up at the Sagrada Familia again, just to look at it. It was so beautiful.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74sX3DtvnihltP-lwqmV3mqd486h6CAdjglFyHJRFO35fQORvAZz_z8NnQzkcNZlk736OkcXiD8v0ppd5SahG2W8ctRNjaiiTza7w4PmlnqF48kH9WT6sjorHzk0woj0d4uWwSjEA31s/s1600/IMG_5046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74sX3DtvnihltP-lwqmV3mqd486h6CAdjglFyHJRFO35fQORvAZz_z8NnQzkcNZlk736OkcXiD8v0ppd5SahG2W8ctRNjaiiTza7w4PmlnqF48kH9WT6sjorHzk0woj0d4uWwSjEA31s/s320/IMG_5046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459612852567910018" border="0" /></a><br />The entrance to the park<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglD45P9DcS5xogGAeP5poNKdeHxbzCUIe7vUZTsksfRzhI5zVnGMucCnp7etHwR14hxRPnvLqPL19HZSWg8CKDMrrSmOmzxyCk-mG_0ED-6xxy9ff5diXoguOfuHj35ypZCE9NhjJgQQ/s1600/IMG_5040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglD45P9DcS5xogGAeP5poNKdeHxbzCUIe7vUZTsksfRzhI5zVnGMucCnp7etHwR14hxRPnvLqPL19HZSWg8CKDMrrSmOmzxyCk-mG_0ED-6xxy9ff5diXoguOfuHj35ypZCE9NhjJgQQ/s320/IMG_5040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459612843979908482" border="0" /></a><br />Everything mosaico..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lMe6rY9fLTGFK7P2P4BKzRnCgdX2NxaIKlqfjz9gvy-CD5OuuK3PcVESPpfhyrBSh9s96dJfhnaj09-JDjU-f9wIcqKXa6ktxDoXjYIhg9oq-flFlzZW6oAGa56uIdcZUtPZQvVr22Q/s1600/IMG_5030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lMe6rY9fLTGFK7P2P4BKzRnCgdX2NxaIKlqfjz9gvy-CD5OuuK3PcVESPpfhyrBSh9s96dJfhnaj09-JDjU-f9wIcqKXa6ktxDoXjYIhg9oq-flFlzZW6oAGa56uIdcZUtPZQvVr22Q/s320/IMG_5030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459612836067386530" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The famous stairs, leading up to the main plaza...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hb-tBcmHjhWbZBJ6Ry8c90bJng6RnhTGgnY7MNDFFJG9Y13xzi-jU7RAPoUvTMjdhkCdoKkyDjOPmSv4wAgJNPCeXz2ycPUBRWD3_FmLd5aN7YZekoyd91tnzA8R9UB3Hhq1MOdNqBE/s1600/IMG_5042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hb-tBcmHjhWbZBJ6Ry8c90bJng6RnhTGgnY7MNDFFJG9Y13xzi-jU7RAPoUvTMjdhkCdoKkyDjOPmSv4wAgJNPCeXz2ycPUBRWD3_FmLd5aN7YZekoyd91tnzA8R9UB3Hhq1MOdNqBE/s320/IMG_5042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459663409632944722" border="0" /></a><br />Close up of some of the mosaics...<br /><br /></div>Barcelona was so gorgeous, we slept, we played, ran in the park, had delicious gelato by the port, rode the metro and drank wine next to fountains....what more can you ask for??<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0ZJFxg8r0HALE_oM7UpC1Otw9XjvAE9ettA_Xo0Qc8ZFBj2HdLJL5vWD2IovZ0nEnA5ObxkvFtzmDfAsGA4CaGIZMLXcAZJoLFVJYxzJymN98_c-PnIPDvTPte64m2BGM0KPtZPL1fU/s1600/In+the+rainforest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0ZJFxg8r0HALE_oM7UpC1Otw9XjvAE9ettA_Xo0Qc8ZFBj2HdLJL5vWD2IovZ0nEnA5ObxkvFtzmDfAsGA4CaGIZMLXcAZJoLFVJYxzJymN98_c-PnIPDvTPte64m2BGM0KPtZPL1fU/s320/In+the+rainforest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459663424297749538" border="0" /></a><br />This bar was so cool! It was actually like a rainforest inside, sans the fake thunderstorm every half hour....<br /></div><br />I arrived back in Calatayud tired and completly sick (big surprise there) and I have spent the week getting better, however extremely happy with my trip and excited for the next one! Canarias, here we come!<br /><br /><br />:)Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-15016635032995257692010-04-12T07:03:00.000-07:002010-04-12T16:24:42.585-07:00Holy Week..Sevilla! Cadiz! Barcelonaaaaaa!!So, back in good ol' Calata, the weekend over as well as the week long adventure around Spain. Glorius things are happening here in my life. Just being happy everyday is an incredible feeling. And I feel as I'm going to get a few skeptics who are reading this, saying under their breath "Yea, well you should try my job sometime," or "you're just on a really long vacation, of course you're happy everyday." However, being here, with people who have really good energy and are thankful for things like sunshine, open windows, or the fact that they have fresh basil at the supermarket is contagious, and everyday there is a reason to smile. :) So try it!<br /><br />So bring on Semana Santa, a week long excursion to Sevilla, Cadiz and Barcelona! Karli and I hopped a train down to Andalucia two weeks ago, since all the regular tickets had been sold we were kinds forced into buying 1st class tickets (yea....it was a rough ride all right.) So we had nice seats, movies, lunch, and a bar at our disposal. I mean, you can't see fresh Spanish Cava on the wine list and not get it, right? So to celebrate our journey we decided to have a bottle of Cava with lunch. The train ride was pleasant and we arrived in nice and toasty warm Sevilla around 3:30 in the afternoon. The whole world was traveling down to the south for Semana Santa, so things were a bit crowded. Sevilla is like the Mecca of Semana Santa in Spain, everyone in the world heads down to this city to do some celebrating.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEDgcKZKdQcz0HjO_-xeOz-MwPKmhTmfyE7_tyZEbkZ-EVb2AnAEv8PgM3CmkWSe4EchktXpVdn1iReHbMLUgSippwI9fpOI6GEkYgfl7LQxXsF4SEwvm62roIgt44_CwKJb3LplsmsE/s1600/IMG_4357.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEDgcKZKdQcz0HjO_-xeOz-MwPKmhTmfyE7_tyZEbkZ-EVb2AnAEv8PgM3CmkWSe4EchktXpVdn1iReHbMLUgSippwI9fpOI6GEkYgfl7LQxXsF4SEwvm62roIgt44_CwKJb3LplsmsE/s320/IMG_4357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459257426648736610" border="0" /></a><br />Riding 1st class down to Sevilla....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZxiuSXl0StH14R5vwjBmeFH4F8NuMod3D97xW1SxsqjewYvP3eqga9xlC-knPzqGa8c3zoXX5ookgPwtX8RhDkoSIo1Y8JhRfQLv_rWiAQ0TgZN6uT9IM7k_lfUg4hzQ3Hg1wwKj7eo/s1600/IMG_4360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZxiuSXl0StH14R5vwjBmeFH4F8NuMod3D97xW1SxsqjewYvP3eqga9xlC-knPzqGa8c3zoXX5ookgPwtX8RhDkoSIo1Y8JhRfQLv_rWiAQ0TgZN6uT9IM7k_lfUg4hzQ3Hg1wwKj7eo/s320/IMG_4360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459257430764087202" border="0" /></a>Hurray for individual bottles of Cava...<br /><br /><br /></div>SO we arrived at our hostel, sweaty and hot from the bus ride and it turns out that the hostel was a converted old Spanish house, complete with central atrium that let i nthe sunshie and marble floors to keep in the cool. Exploring was a must, processions were happening everywhere and we needed to see some of this goodness that was happening in the streets.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLPFpohQN2Q94ptRCZVGJ9Fcy6FGFY2L6unJ_3BmQ5eteSZmHOgVxrHV2nDgdDOyKxJv4jjj2LsjgZPZmHW7bRob3rek53Mw5rKsQiqYDPmmZu3P-krxAII_MMFLwfDqdg5aK-Z2bgsM/s1600/IMG_4374.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLPFpohQN2Q94ptRCZVGJ9Fcy6FGFY2L6unJ_3BmQ5eteSZmHOgVxrHV2nDgdDOyKxJv4jjj2LsjgZPZmHW7bRob3rek53Mw5rKsQiqYDPmmZu3P-krxAII_MMFLwfDqdg5aK-Z2bgsM/s320/IMG_4374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459257442731664722" border="0" /></a><br />The Guadalquivir<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYe83lqBD_MAKE2iFafd4E8Gcq5rg7Nup_45Ei2hgfkpSWRQzv3xBrM1wicF0KjxQh3ldr92SwlE4TT4Y9GUlDnS-URBPJapQ76oOtd0hM14HngnHIN9D9_LFxu-0edZ7UKLhKsCfR9Q/s1600/IMG_4380.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYe83lqBD_MAKE2iFafd4E8Gcq5rg7Nup_45Ei2hgfkpSWRQzv3xBrM1wicF0KjxQh3ldr92SwlE4TT4Y9GUlDnS-URBPJapQ76oOtd0hM14HngnHIN9D9_LFxu-0edZ7UKLhKsCfR9Q/s320/IMG_4380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459257447880459538" border="0" /></a>It did not let us down.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5ak6QIV8waM7rXdfe6FvrhvvaC5V4iFUdeOWhPvhcSoqLaTH8lSO-RO-MdpsSNnu7E0FOE3Mzkf1CfRSsN2nC941VHZD_R3nxf3i50Gzsys4ZbkXBXS0w9FCMAKrLUzHcc0vgirWdlA/s1600/IMG_4492.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5ak6QIV8waM7rXdfe6FvrhvvaC5V4iFUdeOWhPvhcSoqLaTH8lSO-RO-MdpsSNnu7E0FOE3Mzkf1CfRSsN2nC941VHZD_R3nxf3i50Gzsys4ZbkXBXS0w9FCMAKrLUzHcc0vgirWdlA/s320/IMG_4492.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459270422138789682" border="0" /></a><br />Isn't this tree great?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipZfZfAYmTnxsUieHqNgQfRMWoXhhjbgGFjYVcrmwTRMSHzfeAnWJJdAPNyaL2MWGqOCT_CF4CWmM40ueBd3iZYS9VgfqqimjPJdYvG_1BpGDrWA3By8srhtPye7CPva9jI-b180q7ek/s1600/IMG_4543.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipZfZfAYmTnxsUieHqNgQfRMWoXhhjbgGFjYVcrmwTRMSHzfeAnWJJdAPNyaL2MWGqOCT_CF4CWmM40ueBd3iZYS9VgfqqimjPJdYvG_1BpGDrWA3By8srhtPye7CPva9jI-b180q7ek/s320/IMG_4543.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459271828370946898" border="0" /></a>The Guadlquivir<br /></div>So, Sevilla is famous for their processions, the fact that their traditional dress is extremely similar to that of the KKK is something interesting and shocking at the same time. It doesn't really hit you until you see them coming down the line all dressed alike and extremely solemn. I'm sorry, but the only time I have seen that image was in my history books with these hoods trailing down a dusty road with a lynching in the next tree over. Some shivers continued up and down my spine the whole weekend. However, these processions have NOTHING to do with that sort of thing and it just dates back hundreds of years.<br /><br />There are not only procession of people dressed in white. In Sevilla, they have what are called cofradias, or brotherhoods, and each one is responsible for representing a different point of Jesus' story. They have a procession in a part of the city and they each carry a different float with the image of Jesus or Mary. The coolest thing about this is that the floats are not pulled by 18-wheelers or trucks, every single one is carried by people, about 20 to thirty people that manually get under the float and carry it throughout the parade route. It truly is something impressive to see. Also, the music is somber and melancholy, never leaving the minor range, the whole tone is just set throughout the city.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXirILGVOl9mPmqMDgOfxopNXnl3vQwMb2zCP1JxhxA7ByMf1j-BpaXSHsaHlrGVdEz8WEXu60wmUj-CC3J_CKIZngLILtci_2lfaCKzp6ZHyPoLEWIJhBcY_AfBHkPyRRMHGsi001HKo/s1600/IMG_4436.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXirILGVOl9mPmqMDgOfxopNXnl3vQwMb2zCP1JxhxA7ByMf1j-BpaXSHsaHlrGVdEz8WEXu60wmUj-CC3J_CKIZngLILtci_2lfaCKzp6ZHyPoLEWIJhBcY_AfBHkPyRRMHGsi001HKo/s320/IMG_4436.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459262848315135442" border="0" /></a><br />One of the floats while it was still inside the church.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn7ltAxTurD6Tj3XJ3ABue0twnf9j0J9BeIHTZ-vGhHrPvqLBljZNDTBbFJP6B8DdFKM01WrEsdSDbTm0ka5bVOEEMJGU5hG22Sq666idKv-enS2AJrkbupG979nL2p-SX8oONgjL-EE/s1600/IMG_4425.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn7ltAxTurD6Tj3XJ3ABue0twnf9j0J9BeIHTZ-vGhHrPvqLBljZNDTBbFJP6B8DdFKM01WrEsdSDbTm0ka5bVOEEMJGU5hG22Sq666idKv-enS2AJrkbupG979nL2p-SX8oONgjL-EE/s320/IMG_4425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459262860582789874" border="0" /></a>Karli grabbed this shot. It looks like God is trying to say something....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKvtLG3b6tO67e-agOhn8zcklMtJxz3xX5zgnaqfio1CcACOL4TEq76P6IN02tBkc5q9h0RSrvvK14KzjRUD-QAOIrNc3l0DnhfZ3V89XXDCnYTwicwFHuVOcTKajbJ2k8iAhLCn9R2M/s1600/IMG_4427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKvtLG3b6tO67e-agOhn8zcklMtJxz3xX5zgnaqfio1CcACOL4TEq76P6IN02tBkc5q9h0RSrvvK14KzjRUD-QAOIrNc3l0DnhfZ3V89XXDCnYTwicwFHuVOcTKajbJ2k8iAhLCn9R2M/s320/IMG_4427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459262869738173330" border="0" /></a>The giant Mary float. It really was giant.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJInFA5GY1GZTjszSuEjNfbkxJrXtBflukugr5ablAyTYzRcAGXInxgabPtXUPKtpCHUngEkkwTjUcloB2QXUw9YQ5NYAmP_sb3MgtJrRo3wflwEnHFIQ7CGjCHA2m6RTf0JNxzEke_vA/s1600/IMG_4462.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJInFA5GY1GZTjszSuEjNfbkxJrXtBflukugr5ablAyTYzRcAGXInxgabPtXUPKtpCHUngEkkwTjUcloB2QXUw9YQ5NYAmP_sb3MgtJrRo3wflwEnHFIQ7CGjCHA2m6RTf0JNxzEke_vA/s320/IMG_4462.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459262877534650914" border="0" /></a>People actually pay money to get good seats for these processions....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe5cz63qCQXgereThIPvW8bBEBv3vjTPYm05oA1F1IXx87X-IpRRHkVdstzAJjzSzqcGEBojuzvz61RuVEKpsUqZ54aVAxutEL-oLhTwh_NVjB-9rmv2GIHZuWL1xwc980NOtRDSrgh0/s1600/IMG_4495.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe5cz63qCQXgereThIPvW8bBEBv3vjTPYm05oA1F1IXx87X-IpRRHkVdstzAJjzSzqcGEBojuzvz61RuVEKpsUqZ54aVAxutEL-oLhTwh_NVjB-9rmv2GIHZuWL1xwc980NOtRDSrgh0/s320/IMG_4495.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459270431408743202" border="0" /></a>Funny story about this actually. Karli, thinking that we weren't going to see many people dressed up (this was early on in the trip) saw these guys crossing the street, an said 'Sara, run, go get their picture!' So, 5 blocks later, staring people, and 3 strollers...I got them in front of a Burger King. Go figure.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenbI0xt8uyg7wkMS4i_gco7ixFd9-bmuhyphenhyphendXHFNhBWGEu5d1MuOZgF0EofkVOA0OG0gsHxMO4eik4tJ_eqR5L-qgqIdvm-41lCkIU03-IxuLFmcpBIljnTmGX5n6aJ7DqBWA_3hF6KMs/s1600/IMG_4576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenbI0xt8uyg7wkMS4i_gco7ixFd9-bmuhyphenhyphendXHFNhBWGEu5d1MuOZgF0EofkVOA0OG0gsHxMO4eik4tJ_eqR5L-qgqIdvm-41lCkIU03-IxuLFmcpBIljnTmGX5n6aJ7DqBWA_3hF6KMs/s320/IMG_4576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459271853136817762" border="0" /></a>Doens't it feel like the Ghost of Christmas past should be here?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1OKToH_Te8evO2RJeACPcCVtkgEOxY3QcHdjKzxIv1oPqZH89wp9BWggdYQwMxFqmg6kpd9uigdycGMjxgXh3ga2fKjfBu24IuvlSiw1SLk1chtgQzHlhsILuQ1lOVvT7Vfw29roFJQ/s1600/IMG_4573.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1OKToH_Te8evO2RJeACPcCVtkgEOxY3QcHdjKzxIv1oPqZH89wp9BWggdYQwMxFqmg6kpd9uigdycGMjxgXh3ga2fKjfBu24IuvlSiw1SLk1chtgQzHlhsILuQ1lOVvT7Vfw29roFJQ/s320/IMG_4573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459271838848646690" border="0" /></a>Me and a cofradia<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_aErNM6Ei-aj7Y94KmSFclIQRqVqM44RTrhW717ULL0clgjkAq5SI0JLSHbJsdHmKIyjTWXNco1t2ThkIkOEmVyv_xtqaU5QBHcJCbEdxdnPc5-MaFLhyTnGTLB-1sCNsNfO6tFJQfE/s1600/IMG_4538.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_aErNM6Ei-aj7Y94KmSFclIQRqVqM44RTrhW717ULL0clgjkAq5SI0JLSHbJsdHmKIyjTWXNco1t2ThkIkOEmVyv_xtqaU5QBHcJCbEdxdnPc5-MaFLhyTnGTLB-1sCNsNfO6tFJQfE/s320/IMG_4538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459271836310507666" border="0" /></a>This sucker is pulled by about 20-30 people...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTI25nicP7G8ULf8huUJiMWf3UiQJXqkrMnRsWdvCtneAsEMxG5EPFBTkx2st_rXoNNzsr1O_3H93xDrZcjZ88jTEc44ItugeY0WLRkEMf4dxc5WEcyGnnk-S91pecq4ryES5CBTkJE4/s1600/IMG_4532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTI25nicP7G8ULf8huUJiMWf3UiQJXqkrMnRsWdvCtneAsEMxG5EPFBTkx2st_rXoNNzsr1O_3H93xDrZcjZ88jTEc44ItugeY0WLRkEMf4dxc5WEcyGnnk-S91pecq4ryES5CBTkJE4/s320/IMG_4532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459271816330588610" border="0" /></a>Procession time....<br />Now, since one can only see so many processions, Karli and I decided to wander around beautiful Sevilla. This city is magical, and there is no wonder that it is so famous. We walked the river, the famous Guadalquivir, sat under one of its bridges, the famous Puente de la Triana, (Bridge of Triana) which is the neighborhood where it is said that Flamenco sprang up so many years ago. We walked over to the beautiful Plaza Espana, which in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful plazas in Spain. We were entering a random back door when we looked up and discovered that we had entered through the 'Puerta de Aragon'...what luck! So random too. As the sun was setting, is just changed the beautiful colors of the plaza into this frenzy of warmth and wonderfullness....I think I could have spent all day there.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8q0xRpjktQFYmMwlBVBRYUDiEdsIP45Bgl_UkiWHdWIZdKlaTneBjiHEZ-vSpxVJoX6_gxSuZHH-94zDdeDBkWisAyZakyBrfWgaB84LYEcSH-j1_XsifdAkdkLqmB9KPD_qGjNdSvFk/s1600/IMG_4391.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8q0xRpjktQFYmMwlBVBRYUDiEdsIP45Bgl_UkiWHdWIZdKlaTneBjiHEZ-vSpxVJoX6_gxSuZHH-94zDdeDBkWisAyZakyBrfWgaB84LYEcSH-j1_XsifdAkdkLqmB9KPD_qGjNdSvFk/s320/IMG_4391.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459257459028221314" border="0" /></a><br />Puerta de Aragon!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakm4sTnKojcRDvsYeYVKAJcFBnZNao9BuolvedK3SVBrMWRtnaNNH7t4jrOHj0tP8aub0az6zhMvArZwDJRELPffh3KMFdodHM9bqV04mzf-MhXSwmAcbZaDtFSgtCbh8O4pEvfQWtnU/s1600/IMG_4395.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakm4sTnKojcRDvsYeYVKAJcFBnZNao9BuolvedK3SVBrMWRtnaNNH7t4jrOHj0tP8aub0az6zhMvArZwDJRELPffh3KMFdodHM9bqV04mzf-MhXSwmAcbZaDtFSgtCbh8O4pEvfQWtnU/s320/IMG_4395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459259601775509010" border="0" /></a>Plaza de Espana<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpdS8EFcfgqaYRzHoyzN6TUjAQSHpes3pkIHHN0op2yEzQPt3ZWdNOYQkSAdAHhu0kze4z1oo6J9I2eiGhayjDwUzssDLsrDrUJ615Pxq04tlMCCYYVtza5XU8kE_sHNj39nDRqQx3sU/s1600/IMG_4407.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpdS8EFcfgqaYRzHoyzN6TUjAQSHpes3pkIHHN0op2yEzQPt3ZWdNOYQkSAdAHhu0kze4z1oo6J9I2eiGhayjDwUzssDLsrDrUJ615Pxq04tlMCCYYVtza5XU8kE_sHNj39nDRqQx3sU/s320/IMG_4407.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459259621146494994" border="0" /></a>Representing all of those Aragoneses in the world....relaxing on the Aragon Bridge<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUwirU7mxcQZ3Zvq9M74ESkARCodePQfjimoiQdmR7d1Q32cg8G5JnAFItkcCZGmP_CDniQNnl-TBUmrdgQ13yKp7KV1Q8uEt-cVsj-74zcDgjbM_L2sXWzS6upqH8iM53C8CNfC8NAc/s1600/IMG_4408.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUwirU7mxcQZ3Zvq9M74ESkARCodePQfjimoiQdmR7d1Q32cg8G5JnAFItkcCZGmP_CDniQNnl-TBUmrdgQ13yKp7KV1Q8uEt-cVsj-74zcDgjbM_L2sXWzS6upqH8iM53C8CNfC8NAc/s320/IMG_4408.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459259628994334514" border="0" /></a>The architect of this project knew what he was doing. Look at the way the sun sets on this Plaza...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhS8gm_maaAxQB_ZHavWom54FVd9lQ-z00MZNfE2cQWUaEEQbVafTK-Pm-d_8SsJi11rUWupkr2IFam6roGDxK1EjKHKCkCKhAs12mB85PGi-YNrr0IOUhquAIdFR3ONOjE_mMwfhS_A/s1600/IMG_4412.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhS8gm_maaAxQB_ZHavWom54FVd9lQ-z00MZNfE2cQWUaEEQbVafTK-Pm-d_8SsJi11rUWupkr2IFam6roGDxK1EjKHKCkCKhAs12mB85PGi-YNrr0IOUhquAIdFR3ONOjE_mMwfhS_A/s320/IMG_4412.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459259636868660530" border="0" /></a><br />ZARAGOZA!!!!<br /><br /></div>The next day was Palm Sunday, or Domingo de ramos...and EVERYBODY was dressed to the nines....not a single Spaniard was caught dead in jeans or a regular tshirt. It definitely set apart the travellers from the natives. Again, more processions were to be watched and friends to made. Karli and I decided to create a botellon for ourselves next to the river one night and we made friends with the group next to us....all Americans! (Some were from Mexico, some Brazil, some Argentina) it was an American mixture waiting for us! They were fun people and we enjoyed speaking in spanish and playing the guitar with them. A perfect way to end the night in Sevilla. The next day was on to Cadiz!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXJR-OovDCSVNXdz8o2Z8lA-eBjzkc-7BZ-EjvXEqftBDknEx-hdzEacVCan3euft2avDmsKiDqmxq45pJR9r4GejmV8jgu9cEq8KuNW4V6RLuJ43DWeeiZxVUpLFfKj2lGp6j2dfJMg/s1600/IMG_4465.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXJR-OovDCSVNXdz8o2Z8lA-eBjzkc-7BZ-EjvXEqftBDknEx-hdzEacVCan3euft2avDmsKiDqmxq45pJR9r4GejmV8jgu9cEq8KuNW4V6RLuJ43DWeeiZxVUpLFfKj2lGp6j2dfJMg/s320/IMG_4465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459262884483812690" border="0" /></a><br />For some reason, all little boys were dressed like this. I didn't realize they manufactured red shoes like that for little boys!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMw4JUVawIUMI2YjHPoMBmvogz9WsVfv3SKUvNQVpI4MHicpMvkFsQUE1L7Za3y_eYTNAw6W-ZKMdwbzBHsLvg4g8nutdU_p2Ubr4d5v6huyNPyexizoYUGkGcl9sg3NI19hkn7E0Sbs/s1600/IMG_4470.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMw4JUVawIUMI2YjHPoMBmvogz9WsVfv3SKUvNQVpI4MHicpMvkFsQUE1L7Za3y_eYTNAw6W-ZKMdwbzBHsLvg4g8nutdU_p2Ubr4d5v6huyNPyexizoYUGkGcl9sg3NI19hkn7E0Sbs/s320/IMG_4470.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459270404104808210" border="0" /></a>La Giralda<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm2ZNQ8GTtoXiHUDROG2yzecR0Q4pUx4dto5Tr6yB_SKAYRXvC6n4hRdlqbXhUM7Y5Fxl98S4hp5d_RnkJIkg3XeOYB5oaYTXNo60mvSDpMwaD47Hw5f738LaNEFbRO4Hoh-X8-hFYOE/s1600/IMG_4476.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm2ZNQ8GTtoXiHUDROG2yzecR0Q4pUx4dto5Tr6yB_SKAYRXvC6n4hRdlqbXhUM7Y5Fxl98S4hp5d_RnkJIkg3XeOYB5oaYTXNo60mvSDpMwaD47Hw5f738LaNEFbRO4Hoh-X8-hFYOE/s320/IMG_4476.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459270415155085698" border="0" /></a>The beautiful, gothic, Sevilla cathedral<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpV_dNsTweQUz1PJ7bkGQqOi4Yspnx895yi0Jjmw0MDZ_Hw5LjA_m50_MPFiopeBfxeXZFRMfYJ5nr-JssIA2UCXd0_EWd_v1NHRAu4rqNhvHQwoisT-ao6UfRjP4wrCpnpfEneQtSo0/s1600/IMG_4519.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpV_dNsTweQUz1PJ7bkGQqOi4Yspnx895yi0Jjmw0MDZ_Hw5LjA_m50_MPFiopeBfxeXZFRMfYJ5nr-JssIA2UCXd0_EWd_v1NHRAu4rqNhvHQwoisT-ao6UfRjP4wrCpnpfEneQtSo0/s320/IMG_4519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459270437617406866" border="0" /></a>haha. I just can't get away....<br /><br /></div>Cadiz, located on the southwest coast of Spain, is said to be the oldest, continually inhabited city in western Europe. Also known as little Havana, because it was the port city that connected the Americas with Spain. First thing we did when we arrived there was head for the ocean....Oh! How I'd missed the Atlantic! The sound of waves is something we take for granted. There's something about the sound and about the way the waves hit the shore that is breathtaking. We frolicked and played there for awhile appreciating the fact that for the next three days the ocean was ours. Our hotel was pretty bomb, thank you internet deals. Four star hotel for 30 euro a night? Yes please. The only downside was that there was a ten minute walk to get into the old center, but since when was walking bad for you?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhri_hhhs-fpIeltPsC4HAUWJcuprKajA-HEdKRkjSV-d9ghYqd3OlE-ncq1cHh0RQAuz8UR8gYLXIGJ1Jaqw2sGUOA-iN_vhLEHQmgehI-IAGFmpVtHrVbfw8BXpMG26Hi1uxnos3eMks/s1600/IMG_4596.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhri_hhhs-fpIeltPsC4HAUWJcuprKajA-HEdKRkjSV-d9ghYqd3OlE-ncq1cHh0RQAuz8UR8gYLXIGJ1Jaqw2sGUOA-iN_vhLEHQmgehI-IAGFmpVtHrVbfw8BXpMG26Hi1uxnos3eMks/s320/IMG_4596.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459392022447145634" border="0" /></a><br />GO ATLANTIC!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUMUn5378Ko0KcO0lLF7BTjWZlkaAw3aX2CLU0DsMFrSo2CwJ3gqpANAjFeVaGHyJiX7Mb7CN_nuHACU3vrAtgPFLyT6Hg7hQp8jXOPwGY60Bx6xEZTno1Dd4GyMk1p-IYvjCskit7H4/s1600/IMG_4617.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUMUn5378Ko0KcO0lLF7BTjWZlkaAw3aX2CLU0DsMFrSo2CwJ3gqpANAjFeVaGHyJiX7Mb7CN_nuHACU3vrAtgPFLyT6Hg7hQp8jXOPwGY60Bx6xEZTno1Dd4GyMk1p-IYvjCskit7H4/s320/IMG_4617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459392024960814466" border="0" /></a><br />The Roman forum...second in size only to Pompeii<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZrZ_FABdzA1p74fKLsKcR7xyEOGsJPBSXezGQNWFupGEVc0KuXw6yvsTo0zS4w6-68DifQmDsFy-bXUOAJ7oA5osn7KNSxRyn_wX-pVf9-K-VPJTlVmZS_rkPhgGi-1-YyxqRlllJTM/s1600/IMG_4625.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZrZ_FABdzA1p74fKLsKcR7xyEOGsJPBSXezGQNWFupGEVc0KuXw6yvsTo0zS4w6-68DifQmDsFy-bXUOAJ7oA5osn7KNSxRyn_wX-pVf9-K-VPJTlVmZS_rkPhgGi-1-YyxqRlllJTM/s320/IMG_4625.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459392038405066802" border="0" /></a><br />The beautiful Cadiz Cathedral<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov5OrL3xQG60o_pLNMfwNsVyryyQ4vbJf_N7LdXHJR-ez_4uaTARASSVrVWDsOADdAnrUvdQCUfyydwEFhN0vRIA0MurW79waj437CMEZAvfwn0tJGUqNIotiDWfVay70mtMUBlE0Uis/s1600/IMG_4801.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov5OrL3xQG60o_pLNMfwNsVyryyQ4vbJf_N7LdXHJR-ez_4uaTARASSVrVWDsOADdAnrUvdQCUfyydwEFhN0vRIA0MurW79waj437CMEZAvfwn0tJGUqNIotiDWfVay70mtMUBlE0Uis/s320/IMG_4801.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459394596107406018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWs36PUPe_ap3u6hXUD930diNPj57hpdAcEn-Tzw6PsC-OP1EbEk5KIyMqQPbuTXxIiy7uDrJsDadaD0rd9t2ftXeg5Ed55TCdoyKYdfDLkWdtlGgwdHqb96w7dcS8DEgTPdTdZkcrp2o/s1600/IMG_4626.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWs36PUPe_ap3u6hXUD930diNPj57hpdAcEn-Tzw6PsC-OP1EbEk5KIyMqQPbuTXxIiy7uDrJsDadaD0rd9t2ftXeg5Ed55TCdoyKYdfDLkWdtlGgwdHqb96w7dcS8DEgTPdTdZkcrp2o/s320/IMG_4626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459392047046781730" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The casco antiguo was impressive. There was something about his port city that was just a little different than all the others. There was a lightness about it that I've only seen in the Caribbean. Old stones, great baroque architecture mixed with Roccoco, and throw in some neo-classical just for fun. A mixture of styles. Of course, since we hadn't left Andalucia, there were still processions going on and we caught them in front of the breathaking Cadiz Cathedral. Such a gorgeous piece of architecture. Add the full moon in and you have got yourself a beautiful evening.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfUZS5hBDr-PViONNWJfBKAt-mxot3P6Amkq-T48_P3ew549sevC3YYgd_g4lrxAqjCqr77wJPfwu9U-OyMh0U0AdAndoQzjOytEs8mkW9Zz3LuQcaeVv9EWGjqU8kaseEpv0dHmDuXE/s1600/IMG_4732.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfUZS5hBDr-PViONNWJfBKAt-mxot3P6Amkq-T48_P3ew549sevC3YYgd_g4lrxAqjCqr77wJPfwu9U-OyMh0U0AdAndoQzjOytEs8mkW9Zz3LuQcaeVv9EWGjqU8kaseEpv0dHmDuXE/s320/IMG_4732.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459393259391924402" border="0" /></a><br />I stumbled across this chruch one day....completely white.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbVtxWCwOLvv9dJGJOyZYpzUVyDKqi9LFs1cjpevzW-v7O6mmSvF-zxEOpfH9rgstt2McOB_IsOGsZZIgHumqcq_ZwzoPAFp2UqiMDQ6KYfVUv69Ed6hZAyOfQusqpwKEzvgsIYF98IE/s1600/IMG_4819.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbVtxWCwOLvv9dJGJOyZYpzUVyDKqi9LFs1cjpevzW-v7O6mmSvF-zxEOpfH9rgstt2McOB_IsOGsZZIgHumqcq_ZwzoPAFp2UqiMDQ6KYfVUv69Ed6hZAyOfQusqpwKEzvgsIYF98IE/s320/IMG_4819.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459394588796269874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT2S4RHdJ0troVy1ePJZz1nSygObrrfhJzVYjd7hWT92056Nev4B5I3IETxM4AfwiouBknylUr-zUqUqWubAcwqeBxLad8MGpbEQbTgef6Z0gRv6E0a3T9lHvky35XhfcngAWDqv5Rv0/s1600/IMG_4806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT2S4RHdJ0troVy1ePJZz1nSygObrrfhJzVYjd7hWT92056Nev4B5I3IETxM4AfwiouBknylUr-zUqUqWubAcwqeBxLad8MGpbEQbTgef6Z0gRv6E0a3T9lHvky35XhfcngAWDqv5Rv0/s320/IMG_4806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459394582772413762" border="0" /></a>From afar....<br /><br /></div>We decided early on that Cadiz was going to be our relaxing piece of our trip. We wanted to do absolutely nothing. We spent time on the beach (that's right, we were on the beach in March) and we went shopping and just slept a lot. We found some bomb bakeries with some traditional gaditano treats and we just passed the days under the sun. The ocean was good to us and the weather stayed warm, with a hint of ocean breeze coming from the west. Processions were all around us...you just could not get away from them! It's a good thing holy week is only once a year.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hny157nKwSZt1Ifwv8xn2ZUQLyGbXRH7EonAiKvxhqgCuvZhiEg7u7oY5L2WcBiI6JLNw4DNO9DRDIQnfRSQgsWavrozVA-Bje8ylsCTivnA9Xcl8bsnO8kmNEcktzHAg2OnXGPTwbM/s1600/IMG_4776.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hny157nKwSZt1Ifwv8xn2ZUQLyGbXRH7EonAiKvxhqgCuvZhiEg7u7oY5L2WcBiI6JLNw4DNO9DRDIQnfRSQgsWavrozVA-Bje8ylsCTivnA9Xcl8bsnO8kmNEcktzHAg2OnXGPTwbM/s320/IMG_4776.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459394572542109586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqzrxU_q1j2nHp8X78KfBszpaxvuuO2OHYIDFJXBlpU-GNiFPSMZEQ8UkJ7cph5L7Yc5yBZv4PkuIvBQqbW2xYQsC_o3OmnCxinkFsaGBmza9DLYKQC-fG_Y7jM9LItU7xcHZDID2V_A/s1600/IMG_4676.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqzrxU_q1j2nHp8X78KfBszpaxvuuO2OHYIDFJXBlpU-GNiFPSMZEQ8UkJ7cph5L7Yc5yBZv4PkuIvBQqbW2xYQsC_o3OmnCxinkFsaGBmza9DLYKQC-fG_Y7jM9LItU7xcHZDID2V_A/s320/IMG_4676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459393246645585570" border="0" /></a><br />More processions. This time, at night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziu1V9TcdHkVwsRKlEzOmAE9wzBTF4zRhyphenhyphen5rMxj5raC6gG2sy3UlLE7uM2w4bW9AS389T7ZCxWtxrxSY_MmptzMIzmln0OSsIIGZHKvBRay-b6DnjJXzGb1J-UayPrnHjOFbv7iWsSA0/s1600/IMG_4734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziu1V9TcdHkVwsRKlEzOmAE9wzBTF4zRhyphenhyphen5rMxj5raC6gG2sy3UlLE7uM2w4bW9AS389T7ZCxWtxrxSY_MmptzMIzmln0OSsIIGZHKvBRay-b6DnjJXzGb1J-UayPrnHjOFbv7iWsSA0/s320/IMG_4734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459393268698277970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstN__WFjrMFZ7OJHFtc-yq6K2qN994tcIfSiuctoFTWT_bNwGI5fEnsRugtr1fOpElbDGpsjdamepRC4nMwtwgancFcw1yfGnBtvZM4PFgv7rb0BjfGWp8_9QZZIXJJneNhq1q0LgltI/s1600/IMG_4697.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstN__WFjrMFZ7OJHFtc-yq6K2qN994tcIfSiuctoFTWT_bNwGI5fEnsRugtr1fOpElbDGpsjdamepRC4nMwtwgancFcw1yfGnBtvZM4PFgv7rb0BjfGWp8_9QZZIXJJneNhq1q0LgltI/s320/IMG_4697.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459393251028272546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YaNG3brnfrNxc52LTN5Wq2AGSleNx77zLzG4XM6KsMM4pBPGBYrqD7PALR9379rQ3SfTOGxUKcOR5nqJg29Up9vGDWyLm7JQWvgKbzCsMLfYKnUveOsTE41duOQLlsQHT7g_-5fMJ_k/s1600/IMG_4642.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YaNG3brnfrNxc52LTN5Wq2AGSleNx77zLzG4XM6KsMM4pBPGBYrqD7PALR9379rQ3SfTOGxUKcOR5nqJg29Up9vGDWyLm7JQWvgKbzCsMLfYKnUveOsTE41duOQLlsQHT7g_-5fMJ_k/s320/IMG_4642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459393241961226338" border="0" /></a><br />The sunsets were absolutly breathtaking...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOLlAq9cVOxYXh7c0EMkcoZw6bzlBkjE-GFyIHmiKaMfGhi0hzY6L7Aq9pMaEug-o4mpSfrm-4LrBdxUrnRJA2MWuD0IFYbTCX4aDzSnZeDgbxPGGwuLVwTBJyhtjG51E4TYBc7hnew8/s1600/IMG_4640.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOLlAq9cVOxYXh7c0EMkcoZw6bzlBkjE-GFyIHmiKaMfGhi0hzY6L7Aq9pMaEug-o4mpSfrm-4LrBdxUrnRJA2MWuD0IFYbTCX4aDzSnZeDgbxPGGwuLVwTBJyhtjG51E4TYBc7hnew8/s320/IMG_4640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459392050460737234" border="0" /></a><br /></div>On Holy Thrusday, we had to go back to Sevilla to catch our flight to Barcelona. While we were sitting having a coffee we realized that Holy Thursday is the day that all of the Spanish women dress in black and wear their traditional <span style="font-style: italic;">mantillas</span>. It was actually extremely somber looking, however I have never seen so many incredibly beautiful women. They were absolutly gorgeous and completly decked out. What a sight to see all of these elegant ladies like that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gMZfbzf88oOCKqQULKgG7o9kpwi4fXW_j5psPHyRJebXpvnOmnB6DPQ34IHm1HIUUm2dB58UI1opfwWRsbfSWCYFC8d4yavy41JGfsAyVFJLhY1GYGMkd1i2meHAhHeZ7riz_0l7EyQ/s1600/IMG_4877.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gMZfbzf88oOCKqQULKgG7o9kpwi4fXW_j5psPHyRJebXpvnOmnB6DPQ34IHm1HIUUm2dB58UI1opfwWRsbfSWCYFC8d4yavy41JGfsAyVFJLhY1GYGMkd1i2meHAhHeZ7riz_0l7EyQ/s320/IMG_4877.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459272269194240258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that, Karli and I caught our flight to the Barcelona airport where we reunited ourselves with Emily and her friend Alex, who had spent the week in Amesterdam, and with Lindsey, My friend from Mallorca, and Karli's friend Kendi, who is spending three weeks with us here in Spain. All of us had a friend with us! So the threesome became six....what a party! It was gonna be good....<br /><br />This is already to long. Part two: Barcelona, coming your way soon....Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-9490826463146275382010-03-24T09:48:00.000-07:002010-03-24T10:32:02.215-07:00Las Fahyas....said in your best Rhode Islandese.....So I just finished my weekly lesson with one of my students, Alejandro, a super intellegent soul that is aiming to be a military pilot here in Spain. (big goals!) We do an hour of conversation every week, but it usually results in him teaching me something! (Today I learned all about the forces of planes and some physics too!) His English is getting better which is cool and we have some great conversations! I wish every student was like that!<br /><br />Haha. End of the trimester here in Spain...everyone is itching for Semana Santa to begin. Karli and I leave on Saturday for the south of Spain...beach weather baby! The sun has finally decided to show its face around here. It just makes everyone happier.<br /><br />Today is our big presentation in the Language School. It's their culture week, and we have been asked to give some talks about the United States. Karli's talking about the Native Americans, Emily's talking about the top ten things to do in Seattle, and I'm discussing the University life, with focus on the Northeast. Definitely should be fun. The university here is quite different than the USA, so I'm interested in seeing what these kids think about it. Hopefully I don't start tripping over my words! blah. We will see.<br /><br />Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to Valencia with Sonia (This girl is taking me everywhere!) for Las Fallas, the most important festival in the Valencian province. It all started back in the day when carpenters needed to burn the materials and things that they no longer needed, so they started making large bonfires and burning what they needed to burn. They coincided the burning to fall on St. Joseph's day, the day of the carpenter! haha (coincidental? I think not...) So over the years, the festival evolved into the different neighborhoods each banning together and building their own 'creymera' or 'falla' that during the week before St. Joseph's day, would be judged. The winning falla would be spared for the following year, while all the others (There are hundreds!) would be burned throughout the city on the 19th of March.<br /><br />As the years evolved, each of these bands of people got together, and along with building their own falla, they decided to form a club that during the month of March became like a big place to party and enjoy the festivities. There were fallas everywhere! Luckily, Sonia lived right next to one, so I could see it up close and personal. (Not so nice the next day when they started playing music at 11 in the morning.)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwBFtZixBhB4HbED7TXsjNVVCnO__QwCXHCgJlwRa6v_NgtaD-3AuYKPfcbhl8NcF8QcnBGw0l1yLAJiA1qUXyeVwsE078mRzTJnxR51SK7RY2dvSYN2UvR6thBtLMYDQyaUR9Xgpqa8/s1600/IMG_4148.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwBFtZixBhB4HbED7TXsjNVVCnO__QwCXHCgJlwRa6v_NgtaD-3AuYKPfcbhl8NcF8QcnBGw0l1yLAJiA1qUXyeVwsE078mRzTJnxR51SK7RY2dvSYN2UvR6thBtLMYDQyaUR9Xgpqa8/s320/IMG_4148.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452250124027028562" border="0" /></a><br />Yay!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NAaIQMYRE7vcjnU61tWW5c4I9Jc0iQgKBcMyCvxFcXIP4dYQ-J2Js5mz_jvSEI43tZpzYe9IOu_uPpiPj7p39dQv5cgqFOEUy0JPVavx2ATORYk3X1uFb0HmT7puMOAeCC0nKIINmWQ/s1600/IMG_4143.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NAaIQMYRE7vcjnU61tWW5c4I9Jc0iQgKBcMyCvxFcXIP4dYQ-J2Js5mz_jvSEI43tZpzYe9IOu_uPpiPj7p39dQv5cgqFOEUy0JPVavx2ATORYk3X1uFb0HmT7puMOAeCC0nKIINmWQ/s320/IMG_4143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452250114746635746" border="0" /></a>The Valencian Post Office<br /><br /><br /></div>We enjoyed ourselves though. One Sonia's friends was celebrating her birthday, so for dinner we went to a comedy club....I didn't think they even existed here in Spain! It was awesome, the comedian was absolutely hilarious, and I actually understood most of it! Afterwards I got to meet more of Sonia's friends and we went out dancing until dawn. Valencia was really pretty....warmer than Calatayud, yet still cool. We were able to walk around in light jackets and be ok. There's something about a place that is near water....it just makes the atmosphere so much more relaxed. I was happy to be near the ocean though...there's something about it that made me feel closer to home. I'm going stir crazy in this landlocked town!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRU81c2AYwxc2kbvspgUZxSH0UE1YOpkA08iFv7-dUsJu6-EeTPGbKk3OGxTvsG1S0iYOxqmwP3XHivdPtJg4qHTjt4m055oj3uXucuWkgZUC0pjWiQsvDfVChQwvOXmvCaH95FvIh6w/s1600/IMG_4157.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRU81c2AYwxc2kbvspgUZxSH0UE1YOpkA08iFv7-dUsJu6-EeTPGbKk3OGxTvsG1S0iYOxqmwP3XHivdPtJg4qHTjt4m055oj3uXucuWkgZUC0pjWiQsvDfVChQwvOXmvCaH95FvIh6w/s320/IMG_4157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452250138357469442" border="0" /></a><br />The Falla next to Sonia's house<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2pz1oXfdtk8FMWUcJ2x3K-HtN3QeEyuS2RjO6JUyXK7TkTutx5t4fNCTx2Y4hos6SXSTv4iJhtyi8OUucRqK17UnF51i4BI2T-rgIy0Za7rxG2-Ug9F6-ZrlpYedjRBGAraye176Pz0/s1600/IMG_4155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2pz1oXfdtk8FMWUcJ2x3K-HtN3QeEyuS2RjO6JUyXK7TkTutx5t4fNCTx2Y4hos6SXSTv4iJhtyi8OUucRqK17UnF51i4BI2T-rgIy0Za7rxG2-Ug9F6-ZrlpYedjRBGAraye176Pz0/s320/IMG_4155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452250130042949698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrIcrXWfV_OBGnwXY3AVvq4uBzt40q-Kw9FO0RKdWV9wdUntzSZFp3_oQlhuXLeSlnwKRTjiMz_MtsFGfPMzSVrOTiEyjPdoAR3yseXIQWQ-5f9FtJh0UvAv4rHPRtg01xBnl9P78ceo/s1600/IMG_4199.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrIcrXWfV_OBGnwXY3AVvq4uBzt40q-Kw9FO0RKdWV9wdUntzSZFp3_oQlhuXLeSlnwKRTjiMz_MtsFGfPMzSVrOTiEyjPdoAR3yseXIQWQ-5f9FtJh0UvAv4rHPRtg01xBnl9P78ceo/s320/IMG_4199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452253335448231026" border="0" /></a>The Falla from Sonia's balcony<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHYvjVX3W8VQxQmRdsdUG7sXNzpk1gQwuffWDGgMuKJ-aeGJMwBASN8hoI2Fxo_LugMdK9tXmEan0SPaXOacO1LSibz3EZrqXfiac_xA_1EpM5qUB5upvLuRc10uJwIJc4qNTod2JaZ4/s1600/IMG_4177.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHYvjVX3W8VQxQmRdsdUG7sXNzpk1gQwuffWDGgMuKJ-aeGJMwBASN8hoI2Fxo_LugMdK9tXmEan0SPaXOacO1LSibz3EZrqXfiac_xA_1EpM5qUB5upvLuRc10uJwIJc4qNTod2JaZ4/s320/IMG_4177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452250142496161842" border="0" /></a><br />Throwing fireworks in a parking lot....a Falla tradition<br />I threw my first ones!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2lNMNIL47JB4ppcQ1-97CrE8PYt6yNVW8CcnaVtB2CgrBbmjSlTQdklc4bjgwAmbRpDodhIhBbIPdWtM9vSiYwjQ3IDot4dDKKJDWtbUs2-Tyt5UNQVgTXMETwJt5uoVYq5nY3MWPZ4/s1600/IMG_4185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2lNMNIL47JB4ppcQ1-97CrE8PYt6yNVW8CcnaVtB2CgrBbmjSlTQdklc4bjgwAmbRpDodhIhBbIPdWtM9vSiYwjQ3IDot4dDKKJDWtbUs2-Tyt5UNQVgTXMETwJt5uoVYq5nY3MWPZ4/s320/IMG_4185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452253317577642818" border="0" /></a><br />This is for you dad! Look at all the paella possibilites.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOMoscNEQjsyZRgT10mXfmZeuhmioCBzCw1VRHmDyqiDMAaZksN6RpavZPq4tqFehkTBCDtTd0v55glvp0p6rUp41aQ43Z0eX3zqKFgFYF56NKUzVz1_-CTMAagwUKtMbLhjYRwNyEDY/s1600/IMG_4197.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOMoscNEQjsyZRgT10mXfmZeuhmioCBzCw1VRHmDyqiDMAaZksN6RpavZPq4tqFehkTBCDtTd0v55glvp0p6rUp41aQ43Z0eX3zqKFgFYF56NKUzVz1_-CTMAagwUKtMbLhjYRwNyEDY/s320/IMG_4197.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452253333322178690" border="0" /></a><br />The club where there is music and dancing and food and merriment....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fwPeK0fVaPZ5INqRHfRmFNUmXUtYaES397w2zdewq4-uoOs1dKgpUxvtJdK4cnGI-aFewQQ1I2bSyapemqOS4R_yHEYMaXAQyfcOem4F4pC0blHEwCHFLVINHfRPXJL0GFq8FHC32fo/s1600/IMG_4192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fwPeK0fVaPZ5INqRHfRmFNUmXUtYaES397w2zdewq4-uoOs1dKgpUxvtJdK4cnGI-aFewQQ1I2bSyapemqOS4R_yHEYMaXAQyfcOem4F4pC0blHEwCHFLVINHfRPXJL0GFq8FHC32fo/s320/IMG_4192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452253328048109922" border="0" /></a>All ready to go out!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-2124353614007080092010-03-16T15:27:00.000-07:002010-03-16T17:09:43.410-07:00Ok....so I'm a little late on this one....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Teruel, Aragon<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6Q2lKcJY1tvA5gtzBBYMHcbxKZKobi8mVV9vVXpFeelxoFi4WyMcsFArg45hY96mdQSwoFxPLokdI6FwP1Jks824Y0din7Q-bHGDOOQe3JREGflVku57FDgDSRai1ym6RHcZ8iDAnbo/s1600-h/IMG_3611.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 407px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6Q2lKcJY1tvA5gtzBBYMHcbxKZKobi8mVV9vVXpFeelxoFi4WyMcsFArg45hY96mdQSwoFxPLokdI6FwP1Jks824Y0din7Q-bHGDOOQe3JREGflVku57FDgDSRai1ym6RHcZ8iDAnbo/s320/IMG_3611.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449375971795038818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The bridge connecting the old city with the new part of the city....<br /></span></div><br /><br />Ok, ok...no follow up on the Teruel lovers until now, I know, I know....<br /><br />The weekend was awesome. My friend Sonia took me here (she went to college there) and we spent the weekend amongst the middle ages royalty. Teruel is a really old city (the story alone was from the 1200's) and its famous for its mudejar architecture. So, add a whole bunch of people dressed up in medieval clothing, and you've found that you've teleported back to the middle ages.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTImREz9gt4iIw_Uf0J6PZjRfi8kG523derowORxKoSQ9zmE5M-QMQhN3baKwZOyePG8ssN-FIENhAxvp2J1NOLsRjkABmCpUTgKPpI8TL9pUC721mDcWYArHdDF2zF73WSs6hZtxYnNo/s1600-h/IMG_3616.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTImREz9gt4iIw_Uf0J6PZjRfi8kG523derowORxKoSQ9zmE5M-QMQhN3baKwZOyePG8ssN-FIENhAxvp2J1NOLsRjkABmCpUTgKPpI8TL9pUC721mDcWYArHdDF2zF73WSs6hZtxYnNo/s320/IMG_3616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449375995685547778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The Teruel town hall....note the mudejar styling</span><br /><br /></div>The town gives the people three days off from work to enjoy the festivities (thrusday, friday, and monday) and the important parts of the story of Isabel and Diego are reenacted in the streets and churches of the town. (It's really impressive too see!) Two college students from the university are elected to play Diego and Isabel, and they learn all the parts. (It's very Romeo and Juliet-esque!)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-jmaT2Wf5dFkiDBq86svoMwSJzHoTTM5LLjgWqNJPC7B96EJX7b93O0fJipMrh2UUuBR1CgvWpwdfJ1ilVsfeeHIC-cjuMBTFDKnSyvnHcR-ZfFlK-7UFM77sT8ofpy32kqzNHu-N5E/s1600-h/IMG_3618.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-jmaT2Wf5dFkiDBq86svoMwSJzHoTTM5LLjgWqNJPC7B96EJX7b93O0fJipMrh2UUuBR1CgvWpwdfJ1ilVsfeeHIC-cjuMBTFDKnSyvnHcR-ZfFlK-7UFM77sT8ofpy32kqzNHu-N5E/s320/IMG_3618.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449375963599263682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bread anyone??</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbHWc4tJ2AdiQW5OPV33OGhgugf5JlfqRcJMG3WYCeXOLiES_MiwXEsGWjmedyeyfUnbWo4OQjd4FckPPMYrIk98CUxC62n4u7ICUfg_D3alWhee-DZy_dMhI6LeO4sIM-81nM91rdtc/s1600-h/IMG_3627.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbHWc4tJ2AdiQW5OPV33OGhgugf5JlfqRcJMG3WYCeXOLiES_MiwXEsGWjmedyeyfUnbWo4OQjd4FckPPMYrIk98CUxC62n4u7ICUfg_D3alWhee-DZy_dMhI6LeO4sIM-81nM91rdtc/s320/IMG_3627.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449375989854457666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Dad and Grandpa...this one is for you! That's right, open flame baby! It doesn't get any fresher than that!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNuV8oBhtRDrq9EnbdYcBUDHXJooKA8HIbBy4KkUKADRxZHu-UsM0GyHqxxY95yhh3T3_HiPNBrCImyusNlB5DjahyEhx-PwcI-Qgs8yno3wWrWqQCZxT8RE3KC7dSp96rJLPtVgF_EI/s1600-h/IMG_3613.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNuV8oBhtRDrq9EnbdYcBUDHXJooKA8HIbBy4KkUKADRxZHu-UsM0GyHqxxY95yhh3T3_HiPNBrCImyusNlB5DjahyEhx-PwcI-Qgs8yno3wWrWqQCZxT8RE3KC7dSp96rJLPtVgF_EI/s320/IMG_3613.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449375977794883938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">You betcha there was wine in those barrels. They aren't joking around here...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpMrzPA6IjliP51aVtmmKEreSeuCnoXcdv3vRBB838kwuCA74jMQEVfNRi83wCy_hwkT3sh2tL5gG89fmw-SqWzpFBCtOq60aABzFIBTw4dGrRoYomPMbmj_ipMZV0Mp07ZYs22UTynQ/s1600-h/IMG_3714.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpMrzPA6IjliP51aVtmmKEreSeuCnoXcdv3vRBB838kwuCA74jMQEVfNRi83wCy_hwkT3sh2tL5gG89fmw-SqWzpFBCtOq60aABzFIBTw4dGrRoYomPMbmj_ipMZV0Mp07ZYs22UTynQ/s320/IMG_3714.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379620039831938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">This one too....Grandpa would go nuts for all those olives!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMcdYt71HxdDPunRo0_TrWqsHuxBij5tBshpecRe3s8FIgjB-xFu0osiT8R1XpqTaViYzFKCiHfoXBoQSC8fkcnwxvfnVQhBKGdBOVM6vVOIKOTRI1w9Ry_hFtFzVA8ERU8Md_KT6MmA/s1600-h/IMG_3715.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMcdYt71HxdDPunRo0_TrWqsHuxBij5tBshpecRe3s8FIgjB-xFu0osiT8R1XpqTaViYzFKCiHfoXBoQSC8fkcnwxvfnVQhBKGdBOVM6vVOIKOTRI1w9Ry_hFtFzVA8ERU8Md_KT6MmA/s320/IMG_3715.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379618059186066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The market place!<br /><br /></span></div>Also, many people form jaimas, which are most similar to a club, but it's a group of people who get together and form a group. They research a name, and a coat of arms and build a tent/clubhouse kind of thing...true to medieval form. In the jaima, people cook over open fire, drink out of lambskin flasks and enjoy their time dressed up like their ancestors. It is super fun to see, and it is not at all uncommon that they will invite you in!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXOhh782_mI0mShJp_62ChtnnI5hHj5oo7PezuukFOxeyV4ErbuYbXl1vx0B9fQQBicntqXe-R7F8j1aXW41kXruA1wp8-AnBdFn3zbEKcR-YkiKB8xh2Ol8Jqna47Pi6UjO58G8ISm8/s1600-h/IMG_3660.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXOhh782_mI0mShJp_62ChtnnI5hHj5oo7PezuukFOxeyV4ErbuYbXl1vx0B9fQQBicntqXe-R7F8j1aXW41kXruA1wp8-AnBdFn3zbEKcR-YkiKB8xh2Ol8Jqna47Pi6UjO58G8ISm8/s320/IMG_3660.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379607060945474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This guy let me into his jaima....<br />(just kidding, we knew him..well, not me personally, but my friends did...)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jZdhEvAgoRPGQQJvAekSQ5oecnAo1GDL361a2-rnkS4CXSe9MWGgNLeW4OoVkvXCdyY6g-n1G2cNggvA9ZathXxQK4wMwbsNiwRY7Wwbfl2RFZk7l1DPPYjaxmjyylkA9lqRaQ7lwQ4/s1600-h/IMG_3659.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jZdhEvAgoRPGQQJvAekSQ5oecnAo1GDL361a2-rnkS4CXSe9MWGgNLeW4OoVkvXCdyY6g-n1G2cNggvA9ZathXxQK4wMwbsNiwRY7Wwbfl2RFZk7l1DPPYjaxmjyylkA9lqRaQ7lwQ4/s320/IMG_3659.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379603030231714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Outside the jaima, I put your focus, not on the three lovely ladies, but on the cauldron brewing over an open flame....<br />The blonde is Sonia!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcuu4mnBdnComLzRWNmlUyh-ogy4m-bQH_ftEDYHBEAi7wiUrmr9nPVFg7i00vv2_y-CLsIDpkcBKkip36dIYUo9URmgs9haYQbJniWtqge8uQkL5DFtJJG3IeVDz-BTnDondtRzirC8/s1600-h/IMG_3633.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcuu4mnBdnComLzRWNmlUyh-ogy4m-bQH_ftEDYHBEAi7wiUrmr9nPVFg7i00vv2_y-CLsIDpkcBKkip36dIYUo9URmgs9haYQbJniWtqge8uQkL5DFtJJG3IeVDz-BTnDondtRzirC8/s320/IMG_3633.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379595089134290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Gotta love new Spanish friends....</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div>We started the night off with some txakoli...a wine-like drink famously known in this city, mostly tasting like white wine. And we sampled things all night long.....empanadas, crepes, pacharan, you name it...we tried it. We ended up in a jaima at one point, dancing was involved, and lots and lots of coldness! Overall, it was an exciting night.<br /><br />The next day, we returned to catch some of the drama demonstrations, and Karli and Emily joined us from Calatayud. The mudejar architecture surrounding in the city is absolutely gorgeous and really sets the stage for this festival. (I just realized....think King Richard's Fair....only ten times bigger, and much cheaper) Every available space was covered in peñas, so many people participated! I guess that is what was the most impressive thing for me. There were truly people of all ages there, and everyone was really into the festival....many people not in a jaima participated and dressed up. It was really exciting! Calatayud has a similar festival in June, so I'll be sure to keep you all posted! It was really neat to see a town celebrate its history so proudly.<br /><br />In other words, Calatayud is settling in nicely. Teaching is going well, and my students are actually learning things. Back in February two of my sixth grade classes started doing an email exchange with April's daycare students, we ask them a question, they ask us one. This week's homework is the kid's have to look up what a 'bubbler' and a 'grinder' are!!! This should be interesting! (Especially since the first thing that shows up when 'bubbler' is searched for is a bong! hahahahha. I had to explain that one a little bit! hehehe.<br /><br />Also, six of my class have started a letter exchange with my friend Lindsey's classes in Mallorca. They actually got super excited about the project and wrote really great letters (in English!) to these kids. Hopefully we get a response soon!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DuKhEWUzaRdxI9XCtTDJcnpbRq62o3Dl_-z7j6MGHPSwehvz7Q28MiLfQqUyx7hxrb0WBTXTYeJ2Wf_b3KwuRaBC_rd81w1rfCGTefIaR_dmwzP1WJmBUxgtpF0yX6fZ810IJQRH9fM/s1600-h/IMG_3588.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DuKhEWUzaRdxI9XCtTDJcnpbRq62o3Dl_-z7j6MGHPSwehvz7Q28MiLfQqUyx7hxrb0WBTXTYeJ2Wf_b3KwuRaBC_rd81w1rfCGTefIaR_dmwzP1WJmBUxgtpF0yX6fZ810IJQRH9fM/s320/IMG_3588.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449383496057814242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My kids taking pride in what they were writing!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aELE9MzM6UbDR6n1IL0Z6Y5uiDiuScbrbwPG1w7VaNQ1Dj-zEzubWpiGia5QMqF_1sgx0Z2pLRhWHxuzRzhx38M25ZwA5VLPQWFO1nnS1T-rfciR_R2Lriq_UGDxkaLZ94rkWZbGEek/s1600-h/IMG_3586.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aELE9MzM6UbDR6n1IL0Z6Y5uiDiuScbrbwPG1w7VaNQ1Dj-zEzubWpiGia5QMqF_1sgx0Z2pLRhWHxuzRzhx38M25ZwA5VLPQWFO1nnS1T-rfciR_R2Lriq_UGDxkaLZ94rkWZbGEek/s320/IMG_3586.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449383481076987730" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Weather is finally warming up here....well, I hope I'm not speaking too soon, but the hotness factor should be going up, and maybe we'll get a nice weekend. And we're growing up....we've been making friends! We had a nice dinner in our apartment last week where a wicked good risotto was made and devoured in one sitting. Haha. Betty Crocker, here I come. Also at this dinner, it was sung, and recorded, the Spanish version of the theme song from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' You all know you want to hear it..... I'll get it up here someday ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgw2m06726HSAcPqsXFlpt5GvU6lkyZF_fAPEGOUStSOBNzvLIP3q3n2xpvBH4p5gI-9UrtT3mXZEK0SRnRyoiNiR6hCWBGzwa1rzR4vssfGFAgMoPYjUnnWI8MAayTPxS4pLgMibQ3U/s1600-h/IMG_4014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgw2m06726HSAcPqsXFlpt5GvU6lkyZF_fAPEGOUStSOBNzvLIP3q3n2xpvBH4p5gI-9UrtT3mXZEK0SRnRyoiNiR6hCWBGzwa1rzR4vssfGFAgMoPYjUnnWI8MAayTPxS4pLgMibQ3U/s320/IMG_4014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449386832207662082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A beautiful risotto!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-UdCcyu0V6gsQfgErwlQXDvv1b3xP9syXYXotNNNQIVC0ZXPjTtO8FQgHhkBYhYTFsPFjukh9WDjXXTwmw5Ma4F9mJbM73g8jTIFFymClNcL0P6Qq2sC2L12HCicHy_DSclCp_YtlxE/s1600-h/IMG_4016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-UdCcyu0V6gsQfgErwlQXDvv1b3xP9syXYXotNNNQIVC0ZXPjTtO8FQgHhkBYhYTFsPFjukh9WDjXXTwmw5Ma4F9mJbM73g8jTIFFymClNcL0P6Qq2sC2L12HCicHy_DSclCp_YtlxE/s320/IMG_4016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449386840868474866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">It doesn't get much better than good friends. Especially ones that can make a pyramid....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><br />I'll try and get more in this week!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-71691986981115447122010-02-23T15:01:00.000-08:002010-02-23T15:17:28.261-08:00The Lovers of Teruel....Ok ok....so I went to the beautiful city of Teruel this weekend with my friend Sonia (She is from Teruel) and there happened to be a medieval festival going on. (Don't worry, we planned it, it wasn't dumb luck or anything.) and you can bet your buttons that there will be a blog entry about it....but first I want you all to study the story; the background of the festival....(This way you're not lost later on! See, I'm a good teacher!!) hehe...<br /><br />(Thanks to wikipedia.....)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Lovers of Teruel</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Teruel, Aragon - 1217</span><br /></div><p>In the city there were two important and wealthy families, Marcilla and Segura. Juan Martinez (also known as Diego) was a Marcilla and Isabel a Segura. The two were in love as childhood playmates but when they were both at an eligible age to wed, Diego's family had fallen on hard times. Isabel's father, being the most wealthy in all of Teruel, forbade the marriage. Diego, however, was able to make an agreement with the father in which he would leave Teruel for five years to try to build his fortune. If Diego was able to gain wealth within those five years he would be able to marry his love, Isabel.</p> <p>During those five years her father pestered her to marry someone. She replied to him by saying that God wished her to remain a virgin until she turned twenty, saying that women should learn how to manage the household before getting married. Because her father loved her dearly and wished for her happiness he agreed, and for five years they waited for Diego's return.</p> <p>Diego was not heard from in those five years and so on the day of the five years' close Isabel's father married her to Don Pedro de Azagra from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albarrac%C3%ADn" title="Albarracín"></a>Albarracin. Right after the wedding ceremony there was a commotion at the Zaragoza gate. The watchmen informed the village that Diego Marcilla had returned with great riches and with the intent of marrying Isabel. Diego had not counted the day in which he petitioned Isabel's father whereas the Seguras had.</p> <p>That night, Diego sneaked into the bedroom of Isabel and her husband and gently awoke her. He pleaded to her, <i>"Besame, que me muero,"</i> (Kiss me for I am dying) and she refused, saying "<i>No quiera Dios que yo falte a mi marido,"</i> (God would not wish me to deceive my husband) <i>"Por la pasion de Jesucristo os suplico que busques a otra, que de mi no hagais cuenta. Pues si a Dios no ha complacido, tampoco me complace a mi."</i> (For the love of Christ, I beg you to find another, and forget about me. If our love could not please God, then neither should it please me.)</p> <p>He begged her one last time, saying that he was dying and wished for a final kiss. But still she refused. Upon hearing this Diego could not bear the separation between himself and his love, and with a sigh he died on the feet of his beloved Isabel. When she realized that he died, she shivered. She woke her husband, telling him that his snoring scared her and she wished to hear a story. And he did, and in return she told him her own story. She told him of Diego and how he lay dead beside the bed.</p> <p>"Oh, you wretched! Why did you not kiss him?"</p> <p>"To not deceive my husband." She replied.</p> <p>"Of course," he groaned. "You are a woman worthy of praise."</p> <p>They agreed on secretly burying him in the local church because the husband feared that he would be blamed for his death. The next day, during the funeral for Diego Marcilla, Isabel showed up dressed in her wedding dress. She proceeded to walk to the front of the church and place a kiss on the man whom she had refused but in doing so Isabel died, falling prostrate on the body of the man whom she loved.</p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQxeh1s5JzXgfh21hD3VTaA39IAINSD2fODTHJUlkPIDhL19HJOR6QNOPen6pGi68EacpovLol6cFCpqn0SaMT4_uCbsKqZ-h8sz3Nbgggz-xkkw158GQAlZ20ZyLAHkKKBKdZX2W_hk/s1600-h/Teruel+lovers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQxeh1s5JzXgfh21hD3VTaA39IAINSD2fODTHJUlkPIDhL19HJOR6QNOPen6pGi68EacpovLol6cFCpqn0SaMT4_uCbsKqZ-h8sz3Nbgggz-xkkw158GQAlZ20ZyLAHkKKBKdZX2W_hk/s320/Teruel+lovers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441580778252177170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The lover's tombs<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So I want you all to study....so when I post some pictures you can have a nice little background picture as to why I found myself in the middle of the 1200's this past weekend!! :)<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-29119107134197878892010-02-11T10:29:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:32:25.500-08:00Jueves Lardero, longaniza en el puchero!Well, today was fiesta. Of course, it fell on the day that I work only one hour. Go figure. And, me and Em have to work tomorrow. Oh well, Carnaval is on Saturday. Costumes are on deck, alcohol on ice....haha. Michael, Lady Gags, and Hannah are all ready to get going.<br /><br />So day was the fiesta of Jueves Lardero....the day that Carnaval commences. Tradition here in Aragon is to buy a specific type of chorizo, Longaniza; light and color, high in fat, and eat it. However, that would be too simple for the espanoles. hehe. No, the tradition here is that people come together in big gatherings, with lots of longaniza, and the way you eat it is 'palmeras.' Every person holds out his hand and the longaniza is measure from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your pinkie finger....and then you cut bread to match, and that is how big of a sandwich you eat. Once the people have their sandwiches, they all get together with their friends and families and go to the countryside to eat it. Some go to other towns, others out into the wilderness. haha. Just to eat longaniza. Go figure! People get time off from work, and children dont have school....just for this! What are we doing wrong in America? We don't enjoy enough!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2f8zqXKTXiM-BK8G4nMO_w9vNXZYNWyM_8QjaqvLmQXroFtg53ModRbCOT4iWZXaz38yzz1AkvmbSzplvxubAfPk5Z0JdmS2RHueMtD0iMbdTWYqoB1qNeL9Gt-BlRvcNcBOl6ITZdA/s1600-h/IMG_3538.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2f8zqXKTXiM-BK8G4nMO_w9vNXZYNWyM_8QjaqvLmQXroFtg53ModRbCOT4iWZXaz38yzz1AkvmbSzplvxubAfPk5Z0JdmS2RHueMtD0iMbdTWYqoB1qNeL9Gt-BlRvcNcBOl6ITZdA/s320/IMG_3538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437067926526386434" border="0" /></a><br />Doesn't this look tropical? Nope! It was definitely like 15 degrees out...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwvD1IlhHZqchY75QcJysUWJ7tUKbkvgU7XsLm7GpOobApNLwkhVvGoh8H0v1Pw_FG4yOCy3zGKdIoVl-oSk4BN0yyBtu9avWxajROT_lsa_DLG5ib72UxOLavTa8i25SwYwnAjdLAjo/s1600-h/IMG_3547.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwvD1IlhHZqchY75QcJysUWJ7tUKbkvgU7XsLm7GpOobApNLwkhVvGoh8H0v1Pw_FG4yOCy3zGKdIoVl-oSk4BN0yyBtu9avWxajROT_lsa_DLG5ib72UxOLavTa8i25SwYwnAjdLAjo/s320/IMG_3547.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437067933232129602" border="0" /></a>But it was still pretty...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzbe0jgHWFMylljl3ByGmCsODh3l74ik7QtQSrP-s_j1OzrNKUvJ_Ipo1bJkNmegO0Kl-mQL1a1La80H2PVWaTuCe4iKGIS1ONm1RSsFIRE5Jj7Zkgr-DJa4iH3ZFa7KBsL84AjjDACc/s1600-h/IMG_3544.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzbe0jgHWFMylljl3ByGmCsODh3l74ik7QtQSrP-s_j1OzrNKUvJ_Ipo1bJkNmegO0Kl-mQL1a1La80H2PVWaTuCe4iKGIS1ONm1RSsFIRE5Jj7Zkgr-DJa4iH3ZFa7KBsL84AjjDACc/s320/IMG_3544.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437067937374723970" border="0" /></a>Winter has taken over everything....<br /></div><br />So, in true spanish form, our friend Javier II (He is the second Javier we met in Spain) took us to a town outside of Calatayud called Nuevalos where we had a picnic next to a man made lake. It was beautiful, however, the cold was incredible. Sooooo cold. I'm still cold as I'm typing this. But we spent the afternoon in true Spanish fashion, under the sun, eating bocadillos and vino. it was truly spectacular. After we spent some time chilling our bones, Javier took us to the Roman ruins, which are beautiful. The winds followed us, and prohibited us from thoroughly enjoying the sights. Gotta love those Romans. They thought of everything.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeTY3v1ASCFyUjoEqq31_VnVpxy3peC_Smx16CO-IaTw9wnvgYy4NaRgo_Hr1oCc2qqI3oToagKDm8vvW7HXDKCj9Tq6ILIbfkiXzm_8Cf2nFN0PtrvwT0aQ2SIBnzqwN5RAFSInMLME/s1600-h/IMG_3564.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeTY3v1ASCFyUjoEqq31_VnVpxy3peC_Smx16CO-IaTw9wnvgYy4NaRgo_Hr1oCc2qqI3oToagKDm8vvW7HXDKCj9Tq6ILIbfkiXzm_8Cf2nFN0PtrvwT0aQ2SIBnzqwN5RAFSInMLME/s320/IMG_3564.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437067949252660578" border="0" /></a><br />Smelly Romans. Looks like this is where they took those community baths....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rbPFI56i5pyHYn0Pxooct7E3G7UaDH_B95X12ZnhX_c7SUoDoKw8j6i-CNsrbyDIb0K5wlampHTNBbd2KwIYbZdpFcs4KwOghgekeAdY2gvzx7klGIIC09wqKHA06bRH2eAT3OGDs8w/s1600-h/IMG_3569.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rbPFI56i5pyHYn0Pxooct7E3G7UaDH_B95X12ZnhX_c7SUoDoKw8j6i-CNsrbyDIb0K5wlampHTNBbd2KwIYbZdpFcs4KwOghgekeAdY2gvzx7klGIIC09wqKHA06bRH2eAT3OGDs8w/s320/IMG_3569.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437067941423463298" border="0" /></a>The Amphitheater!<br /></div><br />Yesterday, the girls and I booked tickets to the Canary Islands for the end of April.....whooooa! Corralejo beach, here we come!!!<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Sara/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><br />Well, time for some tutoring....and time to warm up. peace.Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-28282200753056010582010-02-08T16:29:00.000-08:002010-02-09T14:50:25.305-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier?</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">Each moment seems split in two; melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement for entering a new land.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">-Che Guevara</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br />So life goes on here in Calatayud. Both of my schools are in the process of being penpals with kids in Mallorca (Thanks to Lindsey for helping me out!) As well as with some of April's 7th grade students in the U.S. It should definitely be a fun experience. Some of the letters are great. Ohhh...there definitely some precious gems hidden among the rough with these guys.<br /><br />For example:<br /><br />One girl wrote:<br />My mom is a manipulative fruit and my dad is a dust-bin.<br /><br />Translation (what she wanted to say):<br />My mom works in a fruit factory and my dad is a garbage collector.<br /><br />Gotta love that google translator.<br /><br />Another instance was a boy, who during his 'my life' presentation stated that one of his friends was A pimp, instead of the phrase that his friend 'was pimp' or 'really cool.' I got a good chuckle out of that one. Everyday they give me something new to work with.<br /><br />Last week I made my first solo pasta sauce, without the help of my grandma, and I think that it turned out pretty good! Both of my roommates seem to like it, and if you only saw the sauce that's available here, you would thank the gods for Ragu. Cooking class <span style="font-style: italic;">a las tres americanas</span> has been going well, we keep ourselves fed, which I guess is the main objective.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXfA2yhRlQ0cUsG4nUpUiuowtkAEeO1GGu9e2OMW17EcCBC-KbUrOqJbo1TyYaUAaGrZZjZO5jaPDokH_cSP2ySVWcbgRSMPak-093mPaszWbJQCRD8iRVaGYqz6y3UwjIzr-noAtgvA/s1600-h/IMG_3450.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXfA2yhRlQ0cUsG4nUpUiuowtkAEeO1GGu9e2OMW17EcCBC-KbUrOqJbo1TyYaUAaGrZZjZO5jaPDokH_cSP2ySVWcbgRSMPak-093mPaszWbJQCRD8iRVaGYqz6y3UwjIzr-noAtgvA/s320/IMG_3450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436379160018469026" border="0" /></a><br />Looks like pasta sauce.....<br /></div><br />Last Friday we were taken out by all of our teachers to a local restuarant and then later on for dancing. Man, are my teachers dancing machines! We partied until 4 in the morning, hitting up several different clubs. To quote Frankie Vallie, Oh, What a Night! Definitely slept in the following morning.<br /><br />Well, Semana Santa is all booked. Karli and I are going to Sevilla and Cadiz in the south of Spain for 5 days, and then we are meeting up with Emily and my friend Lindsey up in Barcelona!!!! Hell ya! Em's birthday is the 1st of April, so there will definitely be some crazy nights! Any recommendations on things to do in Barca???? Let me know!<br /><br />While I was home, I was lucky to receive a crash course in beading techniques from my aunt, and I haven't stopped since! Here are just a few of my firsts.....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijq3GrB034K3T748bGYykNR4IxlhUlMNIMP80ho-PZE3e8BsXqDm2YhtI-JxNHgX3fu2IlQLktywjCtjnN_dChTGznPnI4n7ZMg4l_9Dfa1u8SpKPQDwBqZPwxCel53rWFrBCmWyy5Mc0/s1600-h/IMG_3502.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijq3GrB034K3T748bGYykNR4IxlhUlMNIMP80ho-PZE3e8BsXqDm2YhtI-JxNHgX3fu2IlQLktywjCtjnN_dChTGznPnI4n7ZMg4l_9Dfa1u8SpKPQDwBqZPwxCel53rWFrBCmWyy5Mc0/s320/IMG_3502.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436379151820406258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoPHyQdErn50ddwiAojMyXKMccRMVQKyp3Gb27SCQNBxxYO6duhLuAJm96RFjOCa3iFI3OjQdvLKYxlD7FTljYq0YNfLLQabj3GUdiPifr_QF7T8I1T60i7m4dzgCuytzguf4pE9ML9w/s1600-h/IMG_3499.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoPHyQdErn50ddwiAojMyXKMccRMVQKyp3Gb27SCQNBxxYO6duhLuAJm96RFjOCa3iFI3OjQdvLKYxlD7FTljYq0YNfLLQabj3GUdiPifr_QF7T8I1T60i7m4dzgCuytzguf4pE9ML9w/s320/IMG_3499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436379151034420882" border="0" /></a><br />Put your requests in now!<br /></div><br />Last weekend, Em's teacher, Inma invited us to stay in her apartment in Zaragoza for the weekend, which was awesome! We went shopping allllll day Saturday and totally took advantage of the sales! We also got our carnival costumes, it looks like we will be American Pop Stars....Lady Gaga, Hannah Montana, and Michael Jackson, coming your way! (I will be attending as Michael.....learning how to moonwalk is in the works....)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTppcRZGp2q5xMukxJ6Woi3i8Hww4ZksISwvOkBtU-DPo8h68SxhpBSmIK_DysGCivbmPEQ6Biyf-9-Fi3hbF3sjkRaGgNha91jD3N6iFY-uyZUdXTRpo46SBG3E1sY2zXwt0_jay4aeQ/s1600-h/IMG_3479.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTppcRZGp2q5xMukxJ6Woi3i8Hww4ZksISwvOkBtU-DPo8h68SxhpBSmIK_DysGCivbmPEQ6Biyf-9-Fi3hbF3sjkRaGgNha91jD3N6iFY-uyZUdXTRpo46SBG3E1sY2zXwt0_jay4aeQ/s320/IMG_3479.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436379172451100194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4O6hQk_lMRkpIjf_OglZnkeqlwaemG-U5LwELcBF8t34nnTP2X7E6hgkS6OPXoElBCu1YT0hvN1gpLl7FA9lMBfkOYCgjg8zJ8A6ZCum61x_MKn7XgOvh-rlL-scQJHgLKbmQC9FAJ0/s1600-h/IMG_3460.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4O6hQk_lMRkpIjf_OglZnkeqlwaemG-U5LwELcBF8t34nnTP2X7E6hgkS6OPXoElBCu1YT0hvN1gpLl7FA9lMBfkOYCgjg8zJ8A6ZCum61x_MKn7XgOvh-rlL-scQJHgLKbmQC9FAJ0/s320/IMG_3460.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436379166114981778" border="0" /></a><br />Oh, and the Che Guevara quote is from the movie, Motorcycle Diaries, which we watched this weekend. Really good...highly recommended...It's all about the motorcycle ride that Che took around South America before he went all radical on everyones ass.....really interesting view points....<br /><br /><br />Hope everyone's well....1 beso!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-31034199512646199402010-01-19T16:20:00.000-08:002010-01-19T16:22:29.776-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Rima XXI</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Gustavo Adolfo Becquer</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Que es poesia? dices mientras clavas</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">En mi pupila tu pupila azul</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Que es poesia? Y tu me lo preguntas?</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Poesia...eres tu.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-9624722584010885452010-01-13T13:46:00.000-08:002010-01-14T07:46:10.325-08:00Welcome 2010!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltlj1_F71t2HzpVggPgSVRMx33c6dFZJYbeth-vvrLLZROzP6cn6GLyz9E-UvTsVdgXlb69ssO7JxXPoALozCXQ8vV622Ztj3Bi19qB9ZzDlVrpa6JPPzpeURXzl3XOvq1u_dX-phhA4/s1600-h/IMG_3425.jpg"></a><br />So the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain....... ohhhh, that's right, I am back in Spain...and of course, there was snow to welcome me back. (It seems to be following me these days). Dropped temperatures and slippery sidewalks, here I come. uffff. Hopefully it gets warm soon!<br /><br />Anyways, home was fun....I got to see some friendly and familiar faces. Christmas, just like I imagined, pure awesomeness. Everyone just being merry and in a good mood. New Years Evetoo....super fun times drinking the bluuuuueberry vodka and playing games with my cousins. haha. Viva Monopoly Deal!!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0cJOlOfC6blo_bK0nRX9fe5E3sw58RFoAcosOSADDgXdyG1IT_z6nVm8qlr7KKsL90JuBuqMqr8oq_p-PXEDAC3s1F4GUNVr9QURlOjmbnuXGQPblQ6i5kQw0mPC_5iu8gmVb5CBf1U/s1600-h/IMG_3071.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0cJOlOfC6blo_bK0nRX9fe5E3sw58RFoAcosOSADDgXdyG1IT_z6nVm8qlr7KKsL90JuBuqMqr8oq_p-PXEDAC3s1F4GUNVr9QURlOjmbnuXGQPblQ6i5kQw0mPC_5iu8gmVb5CBf1U/s320/IMG_3071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426350077444724514" border="0" /></a><br />A little Christmas day action.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTkmEDq883hHKl77IrOzVn5YrFi-SAel9i77B4YjXS9QpOthnz0U81zonjiJPLqIFhCW_cf251LHIXYrjBbFaAkxjuR8IXSpnWZ2Xnhh6GXmdqqb2a94uS-JX93_rAeJO_D_l3E_P5OE/s1600-h/IMG_3078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTkmEDq883hHKl77IrOzVn5YrFi-SAel9i77B4YjXS9QpOthnz0U81zonjiJPLqIFhCW_cf251LHIXYrjBbFaAkxjuR8IXSpnWZ2Xnhh6GXmdqqb2a94uS-JX93_rAeJO_D_l3E_P5OE/s320/IMG_3078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426350088103945234" border="0" /></a>All of us with grandma and grandpa.....Today is Grandma's Birthday!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQRl3ZF9_2bSbIkG67dQm1dFPwU2o10Tuykkx5K0A7jN-1lmp6wYjMhsM6RcGKPlzd31J7hHKTZ2dSnbtKXGomuk6IIvkQABQYISoeYN6C_C4IY-hpGG-RNcWv-4_3CmtEaCrsirpHNc/s1600-h/IMG_3114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQRl3ZF9_2bSbIkG67dQm1dFPwU2o10Tuykkx5K0A7jN-1lmp6wYjMhsM6RcGKPlzd31J7hHKTZ2dSnbtKXGomuk6IIvkQABQYISoeYN6C_C4IY-hpGG-RNcWv-4_3CmtEaCrsirpHNc/s320/IMG_3114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426350091933582914" border="0" /></a>I think James actually grabbed this shot. Doesn't it look like my mom is falling over??? hehe<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRGHWb7c2NG1zqrwJ3U5UYdmRg0g6yp-ECuZV6_n-bTHFqkfU-Grvco5L0ilfnXZBbwJ5vCbCOelD7uOoQp4S4nuESpJ2oB6pA4lPEVsEcWnMrDHX2edfs2UZD7ctjLrnwwni3KyNfXc/s1600-h/IMG_3126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRGHWb7c2NG1zqrwJ3U5UYdmRg0g6yp-ECuZV6_n-bTHFqkfU-Grvco5L0ilfnXZBbwJ5vCbCOelD7uOoQp4S4nuESpJ2oB6pA4lPEVsEcWnMrDHX2edfs2UZD7ctjLrnwwni3KyNfXc/s320/IMG_3126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426350095902753874" border="0" /></a>haha. This is us WITHOUT drinking liquor.....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLHtU3XGFoqWhY6Goee8Zf_s3LqQwh6LPyqxc8_D_GjSk_9-O1Uo37rWpbdC4mjPn5wkVh3NMGLccwGTnLXdIUhZPaoYhIZeEFPO6PSTnYqG84gxwo9zcOqqIP5KQLelRmUkMb7eKXS4/s1600-h/IMG_3159.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLHtU3XGFoqWhY6Goee8Zf_s3LqQwh6LPyqxc8_D_GjSk_9-O1Uo37rWpbdC4mjPn5wkVh3NMGLccwGTnLXdIUhZPaoYhIZeEFPO6PSTnYqG84gxwo9zcOqqIP5KQLelRmUkMb7eKXS4/s320/IMG_3159.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426350101993594498" border="0" /></a>Go cousins!<br /><br /><br /></div><br />Well, after my two week stint in the U.S., I headed for Frankfurt, Germany, to visit Peter and Joyce! And yes, I couldn't bear to leave the snow behind, so I took it with me. haha. What a weekend though! Germany is absolutely gorgeous, and it recieves first prize as the first country I have visited this year, other than Spain. I arrived last thursday and Joyce picked me up at the airport, she looked AWESOME!! We went back to her place and it was so cute, she set up my bedroom like a little hotel, complete with a welcome card, a bottle of water and chocolates. haha. I never wanted to leave! So we went for a walk around Bad Vilbel (her town) and we waited for Peter to get home, and thennnnnn.....they took me for schnitzel!!! hahaha, I can now safely say, that I've had schnitzel in my lifetime. haha. You can't say it without laughing. Anyways, it was so good...and above all, it's pork, which I hate (usually). But this, was delicious.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOY6IYWrRj5blUvYotY3KL7tqqCyZrlJ_PtlaEZbZLrb7zINPTr5kpZAII9bzWuu8tXB5YdBpTS_F8RsuIwLQKa8S2nzhxrob5pFvuLfBsglnWjjQw1Mu92TeIoKkBvJ1xBxfMzB_Lg0/s1600-h/IMG_3206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOY6IYWrRj5blUvYotY3KL7tqqCyZrlJ_PtlaEZbZLrb7zINPTr5kpZAII9bzWuu8tXB5YdBpTS_F8RsuIwLQKa8S2nzhxrob5pFvuLfBsglnWjjQw1Mu92TeIoKkBvJ1xBxfMzB_Lg0/s320/IMG_3206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426353911535135842" border="0" /></a><br />Peter and Joyce!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5IUTE5HZ9FqHGupTD3VFPCSzUm0fgCqvE4U_LuJSfwe5GKzKbAI8ZS4WoSlDFhEm1u2rB_7s1CeMCTkUWJRLOChkzBvxRyfgNHpXvygeMJiDDVzQxfIRnk8IANL3448aTVhBwCBleCY/s1600-h/IMG_3204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5IUTE5HZ9FqHGupTD3VFPCSzUm0fgCqvE4U_LuJSfwe5GKzKbAI8ZS4WoSlDFhEm1u2rB_7s1CeMCTkUWJRLOChkzBvxRyfgNHpXvygeMJiDDVzQxfIRnk8IANL3448aTVhBwCBleCY/s320/IMG_3204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426359490618507506" border="0" /></a>Joyce's latte in Darmstadt....that one's for you Mike!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEvsR-0K3Z1LKNpFVooKOCaYtDtI8qgvJAbBJrKikX0OltPOuCISOIt7ovoFQKsJmrs0l-tiYBJ2GR6hFlLtdJJWYBVCJhfLCoHNCoGPd1nSbw2PTHkeMRKuk2HEoPAC-iv7e1goiIvQ/s1600-h/IMG_3220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEvsR-0K3Z1LKNpFVooKOCaYtDtI8qgvJAbBJrKikX0OltPOuCISOIt7ovoFQKsJmrs0l-tiYBJ2GR6hFlLtdJJWYBVCJhfLCoHNCoGPd1nSbw2PTHkeMRKuk2HEoPAC-iv7e1goiIvQ/s320/IMG_3220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426353920065188146" border="0" /></a>Darmstadt<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikT-1U9Iqlk14X_WS69AA2lD66rekVupWAE0l9AMv2eBOkC_Twy94HG0yttH0s9ff5iUnFvKO0letm8pYTIFQefQLf_8z-5gDTn8oGtwoaBMtgq26YC857a5Zj3n5Vbt7_Bad1SBN-Vmg/s1600-h/IMG_3233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikT-1U9Iqlk14X_WS69AA2lD66rekVupWAE0l9AMv2eBOkC_Twy94HG0yttH0s9ff5iUnFvKO0letm8pYTIFQefQLf_8z-5gDTn8oGtwoaBMtgq26YC857a5Zj3n5Vbt7_Bad1SBN-Vmg/s320/IMG_3233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426353923501859586" border="0" /></a><br />The only Russian chruch in Darmstadt. Yuriy, I know you're not Russian orthodox or even really Russian.....(technically Ukranian, right?) But you speak it, so I thought of you!!! hahaha<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrSd4VYjDLKXeBri2m3SD2FT4si3Fo926b_ocy7luX0pc6k2r9Ub2QKElcxSJ3K-QlWhN4cmmtC8zqpa9uJk_n_8L76cqnPNwNKZ6r4Y6rb1RoKp9-Tylaqzf-qPP8wFImZgJ0GMcaIo/s1600-h/IMG_2214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrSd4VYjDLKXeBri2m3SD2FT4si3Fo926b_ocy7luX0pc6k2r9Ub2QKElcxSJ3K-QlWhN4cmmtC8zqpa9uJk_n_8L76cqnPNwNKZ6r4Y6rb1RoKp9-Tylaqzf-qPP8wFImZgJ0GMcaIo/s320/IMG_2214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426370877246589314" border="0" /></a>I am really short....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3WI9GYQ5mI8-OY5iaCG_MWYH5TE_S7xujvXzTVkE5GoxwjQ4Wnll5NLHiU5mdBybspNUJDKr6bmGCDaH2DLiAHiaXuy7OZNxHTUiAxdzHEk2o_8Rgb8c1Iq1A71JqB3o1qOHSUdh1Us/s1600-h/IMG_3239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3WI9GYQ5mI8-OY5iaCG_MWYH5TE_S7xujvXzTVkE5GoxwjQ4Wnll5NLHiU5mdBybspNUJDKr6bmGCDaH2DLiAHiaXuy7OZNxHTUiAxdzHEk2o_8Rgb8c1Iq1A71JqB3o1qOHSUdh1Us/s320/IMG_3239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426353927818662802" border="0" /></a>Creepy German trees.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovsUEIDOZg6pfudL5X1xkqUnmMGX5JfF-vnv_vS2qM6r2OqWELvsCe5iv7bbSC_8Wf2_NmtEXR45RJcr_A0kPsN-cFmoyfLVwlQVRz4ZDWC1qW15NhHhWdYCSMtoBF9V1-ENhwUHkRyg/s1600-h/IMG_3228.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovsUEIDOZg6pfudL5X1xkqUnmMGX5JfF-vnv_vS2qM6r2OqWELvsCe5iv7bbSC_8Wf2_NmtEXR45RJcr_A0kPsN-cFmoyfLVwlQVRz4ZDWC1qW15NhHhWdYCSMtoBF9V1-ENhwUHkRyg/s320/IMG_3228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426353934615982258" border="0" /></a>The five figures building. Apparently people get married here. And, yea, that guy eventually fell off......<br /><br /><br /></div>On Saturday, we headed for Darmstadt to have coffee at Joyce and Kristina's favorite coffee house. Which I must say, was delicious. and then we walked around the tiny little town for awhile. I must say, the only thing that was a let down was the fact that it was -4 degrees C outside! It was sooooo cold! I still can't believe how cold it was there. Still pretty awesome though. After Darmstadt, we headed down to Heidelberg for lunch and to see the castle. This town was so adorable. Little red roofs, typical German house siding (that crazy white with the brown siding) and cobblestone streets. Lots of fun, apparently a pretty good place to go shopping too. Well, Peter had to work a little bit, so Joyce and I decided to hit the town, and oh, did we hit it. It was soooo cold, and we walked for awhile! We even climbed the mountain to the old castle that Ludwig von something-or-other lived in, a long time ago. The castle, I must say, was pretty cool. It was missing half of it its walls, so you could see right through it. Crazy!! Like, one part of the tower, had just like, fallen down, and stayed whole. It is STILL standing there. what whattttt.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTD16RDzx5GwPCIMN5neW8DZtiiSj6Sn2OWwGYZk_rIk6SBPJv1pt0Al-ApWX6RYkM9f6-n-GwLz1e_Q9WiXKStB9EP8i_SybJM60nd5DJ5SVkfQ27FCXIUtS9Hz2Ths8nsoNPKJTzKI/s1600-h/IMG_3278.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTD16RDzx5GwPCIMN5neW8DZtiiSj6Sn2OWwGYZk_rIk6SBPJv1pt0Al-ApWX6RYkM9f6-n-GwLz1e_Q9WiXKStB9EP8i_SybJM60nd5DJ5SVkfQ27FCXIUtS9Hz2Ths8nsoNPKJTzKI/s320/IMG_3278.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426356248231450898" border="0" /></a><br />Me and Joyce on the Heidelberg tram....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD4JcvVVZtJfHB2un8phZ8c4bJFljqHzWZMmpExSyTkNZg26YQJCcs3G0_zD0JHYVtlk2xL6rVWH-foGXDXRljz-jeLKyg8jYv47CnO7F1StWck0jwnarifnGKSSf-2wO-VnpuzD2RxE/s1600-h/IMG_3280.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD4JcvVVZtJfHB2un8phZ8c4bJFljqHzWZMmpExSyTkNZg26YQJCcs3G0_zD0JHYVtlk2xL6rVWH-foGXDXRljz-jeLKyg8jYv47CnO7F1StWck0jwnarifnGKSSf-2wO-VnpuzD2RxE/s320/IMG_3280.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426356249882678818" border="0" /></a>Heidelberg!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlRuRzGVmjymnNFmhAqa9OORO7m3xZuL0erxmeQHQj3rMl83xBqPZ6fT3qzNd_unk0BsDWltGPo3LzamXYXvmLfP523soWIPxqrea68CEYeDSLWq8trx9yfoRMKkpWgOsuBLQo29lADA/s1600-h/IMG_3306.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlRuRzGVmjymnNFmhAqa9OORO7m3xZuL0erxmeQHQj3rMl83xBqPZ6fT3qzNd_unk0BsDWltGPo3LzamXYXvmLfP523soWIPxqrea68CEYeDSLWq8trx9yfoRMKkpWgOsuBLQo29lADA/s320/IMG_3306.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426356263004015554" border="0" /></a><br />The big wine drum that was in the castle....it could hold 220,000 liters!!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll4_SYVbdmGjsJ7MGXib1yETHx_-uISN_d3mjGuuS7AlzBiq5i5vfBh-KBlIZiQ5hFZH4g-zYvtuo-vlrqbm_pZjPcPQrxAAPQXFNx_nQnKOXcm2cIZ2WiqtXh-eaLET1L0R41kYoros/s1600-h/IMG_2223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll4_SYVbdmGjsJ7MGXib1yETHx_-uISN_d3mjGuuS7AlzBiq5i5vfBh-KBlIZiQ5hFZH4g-zYvtuo-vlrqbm_pZjPcPQrxAAPQXFNx_nQnKOXcm2cIZ2WiqtXh-eaLET1L0R41kYoros/s320/IMG_2223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426370886624610946" border="0" /></a>That's right....I'm on TOP of the wine drum. This thing was bigger than my house....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbbqYbUaMikOgnIbbjoylu8w4oYce2M2do17DmvbDY8XJmH4PnRoy5X0tH8WwA9zc6lErsViEDUlPEjfgxPP822gKXQg3XDAHA8-YL5uXbMgsyn1Llistm4J45n1y7Qcszl0_e_TJ_KQ/s1600-h/IMG_3288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbbqYbUaMikOgnIbbjoylu8w4oYce2M2do17DmvbDY8XJmH4PnRoy5X0tH8WwA9zc6lErsViEDUlPEjfgxPP822gKXQg3XDAHA8-YL5uXbMgsyn1Llistm4J45n1y7Qcszl0_e_TJ_KQ/s320/IMG_3288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426356253245919026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI3tzEpyjNcE_gN72z1r_vFH90kVgJJCTMbv-VVfSNoVsYbjOlAxdNZeEPYuWK5PuM0AqRJwHAex-KuNXw8Ge_NN2oevVqdg0wTZLONGvLlcL3eTmugek6o1UjEEC8G_4MavUcmjeJes/s1600-h/IMG_3336.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI3tzEpyjNcE_gN72z1r_vFH90kVgJJCTMbv-VVfSNoVsYbjOlAxdNZeEPYuWK5PuM0AqRJwHAex-KuNXw8Ge_NN2oevVqdg0wTZLONGvLlcL3eTmugek6o1UjEEC8G_4MavUcmjeJes/s320/IMG_3336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426359492739021090" border="0" /></a>The part of the castle that kind of just....fell off!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhje-rONGBQAH9R9lk3qgqALj6_dE9VnBNsqpV2vvwr8Vbt8un8FbQm-1Sj4DdLtpASm1q0N4S8gwbc1gkJveM-rPo3SkSU6leuxtX-3bBwz5Boaveakbhe-hF188jnINjv7etYo-tipE/s1600-h/IMG_2220.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhje-rONGBQAH9R9lk3qgqALj6_dE9VnBNsqpV2vvwr8Vbt8un8FbQm-1Sj4DdLtpASm1q0N4S8gwbc1gkJveM-rPo3SkSU6leuxtX-3bBwz5Boaveakbhe-hF188jnINjv7etYo-tipE/s320/IMG_2220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426370887578474530" border="0" /></a>hehehe. Support the Arts. (Don't worry, I gave him some Euro...)<br /></div><br />That night, the three of us went to the tiny town of Heppenheim (haha, spelling???) Like, this town is the size of Coventry. Wicked adorable though. Joyce knew about this crazy little restaurant there...we basically ate in a stone cave/basement. Seriously, it was something out of a movie. The coolest part was that I got to cook my own meat! Such innovation! The walls were all made of stone, semicircular in fashion, wooden tables and chairs, you know the whole bit. It really set the tone for the dinner. Once again, Joyce and Peter make an awesome choice!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzcta0isV7fw5NJuL80DuIDeDvZ9GcaI_4XbDlwxZwYz9TrUoYejuDj3Vf0OTI1rdHqigOqwcPV9WWIIUR-5H9yczGOHWmdMLdxF4zQgdzAx5olrvZq8_BS7I14un5pdwWbhW_AaYhtw/s1600-h/IMG_3349.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzcta0isV7fw5NJuL80DuIDeDvZ9GcaI_4XbDlwxZwYz9TrUoYejuDj3Vf0OTI1rdHqigOqwcPV9WWIIUR-5H9yczGOHWmdMLdxF4zQgdzAx5olrvZq8_BS7I14un5pdwWbhW_AaYhtw/s320/IMG_3349.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426356269788904690" border="0" /></a><br />The Heppenheim restaurant we ate at...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9n111oSfrODEuQRXF4KxnZETjE3deEl7ULXN2-OZGMgK5Ovx3Xec-RjtQ49ajDu5bWBjStfvBfYyrUWiyc4jxVnxFhGc0Hx0T0yVcH7RSZs2D1YCK6yL0F-h7CmOnnoFaZRhlbuq9cE/s1600-h/IMG_3351.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9n111oSfrODEuQRXF4KxnZETjE3deEl7ULXN2-OZGMgK5Ovx3Xec-RjtQ49ajDu5bWBjStfvBfYyrUWiyc4jxVnxFhGc0Hx0T0yVcH7RSZs2D1YCK6yL0F-h7CmOnnoFaZRhlbuq9cE/s320/IMG_3351.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426359499468648098" border="0" /></a>My meat! hahaha... on a hot stone plate....soo good!<br /><br /><br /></div>The next day we woke up, and surprise, surprise, it had started snowing. Soooo, Joyce and I unanimously decided to be lazy and start the day off late. Peter, thought we were nuts....ahhh, what are ya gonna do? haha. So after our lazy-do-nothing morning, the three of us went to Bad Nauheim...which, uhh....was where Elvis lived back in his military days! sooooo cool! It was such an adorable town too. Peter was telling me that a lot of the buildings were nicer because I guess a lot of rich people used to live there?? Go Elvis..... Anyways, surprise surprise, it was cold out...but that wasn't stopping us! I got to see Hotel Grunewald, one of the three places Elvis stayed while in Bad Nauheim. Ahhhh!! It was aweosme, apparently it was the 75th celebration of his birthday too....good planning! Next we walked over to the local tv station that had a small exhibit set up about Elvis, and inside was one of the coolest things...I got to meet the man that delivered Elvis his mail everyday for two years! haha...the closest I'm ever going to get to Elvis! That's for sure...I got to shake his hand and everything. hahahaha. Then, because I was the only person under 30 in the room, they asked if they could interview me! hahaha....so not expected, they said that it was interesting that I was so young and liked Elvis music....can you believe it? So suddenly I had this camera on me, and this guy wearing a military jacket (a la Elvis style) interviewing me on the reasons why I though Elvis was cool! hahaha. Super fun times.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9RKdqNQRDP03iaWVzo_sc6kI4KIoi96xwdD8ks6JTz0Ng8EsFRszUP_887vfwp04A3hY-cpFhwjW2RgqyEN8xxqV_WANLbW3SSDmZm3elGCPz0USHKEiu32T2P3A4H3C6zjkD5l59Ow/s1600-h/IMG_3369.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9RKdqNQRDP03iaWVzo_sc6kI4KIoi96xwdD8ks6JTz0Ng8EsFRszUP_887vfwp04A3hY-cpFhwjW2RgqyEN8xxqV_WANLbW3SSDmZm3elGCPz0USHKEiu32T2P3A4H3C6zjkD5l59Ow/s320/IMG_3369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426359501654791970" border="0" /></a>The view off of Peter and Joyce's balcony<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLGvSvPUvWPm3snttYXay55HQwBJgoucz2mieKN3Lp2em0W3oBQMmKq-Dz_y3wbEPDf2Yu-_jT7kVEumLsacJ4E92itp8pRjrFffkwtvJ2V9vLzyJyd2eXSrB55rdELn4lRGz9U6E-WM/s1600-h/IMG_3376.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLGvSvPUvWPm3snttYXay55HQwBJgoucz2mieKN3Lp2em0W3oBQMmKq-Dz_y3wbEPDf2Yu-_jT7kVEumLsacJ4E92itp8pRjrFffkwtvJ2V9vLzyJyd2eXSrB55rdELn4lRGz9U6E-WM/s320/IMG_3376.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426615593474139730" border="0" /></a>See Uncle Sal? There's a Pane e Vino here too!! Now there are no excuses!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe42_tGxNxkR9oATKhGiQXAv4TsuN1qezcOC1zhxdlwgUyiAwTx0MUPLFdKNmoU1ENsSo6v0DmqYMU3JP56yZGxiFOoGCYVABBXWM10e8id1FDTyS8HYAi8gehg_l4A3qkSA3Z40Y0Uk/s1600-h/IMG_3380.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe42_tGxNxkR9oATKhGiQXAv4TsuN1qezcOC1zhxdlwgUyiAwTx0MUPLFdKNmoU1ENsSo6v0DmqYMU3JP56yZGxiFOoGCYVABBXWM10e8id1FDTyS8HYAi8gehg_l4A3qkSA3Z40Y0Uk/s320/IMG_3380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426615595789375730" border="0" /></a>Hotel Grunewald<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSs6vIKCzUUDvZcZsIEe9AGOZNeQOP0s0aJ1g4OjaqmCPAcTUk3ln_V5-xHUGwEXq0-uBhjoht2Mi4WVOhJNNR5h0gcuZya4BvsfGGGwq4AgbNHiOXSAFMtYi8H3G1HYQnDCdZ4m6VT0/s1600-h/IMG_3396.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSs6vIKCzUUDvZcZsIEe9AGOZNeQOP0s0aJ1g4OjaqmCPAcTUk3ln_V5-xHUGwEXq0-uBhjoht2Mi4WVOhJNNR5h0gcuZya4BvsfGGGwq4AgbNHiOXSAFMtYi8H3G1HYQnDCdZ4m6VT0/s320/IMG_3396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426615610424781266" border="0" /></a>Me with the crazy German TV dude. Christophe<br /><br /></div>http://www.badnauheim.tv/ - About 3 minutes in....it is sooooo dorky though!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PdG4MwF7w_tcoqVKZjXlNTcQyGK_kJfp-dmpVbb-mEKyDvPO0AT84A8f8RYNwgcAlgR0AngLMtJ4zD0wtLGDG37PbFeQ1Xg9WVYKoSSmKQt4YE0oi4hyphenhyphennvfeWVO_BvwZgXz-2sl16Lg/s1600-h/IMG_2232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PdG4MwF7w_tcoqVKZjXlNTcQyGK_kJfp-dmpVbb-mEKyDvPO0AT84A8f8RYNwgcAlgR0AngLMtJ4zD0wtLGDG37PbFeQ1Xg9WVYKoSSmKQt4YE0oi4hyphenhyphennvfeWVO_BvwZgXz-2sl16Lg/s320/IMG_2232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426616080255999154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4P-cViGsx9OiAaGpFwzTZj4LjzWVBDBjHTFG0nZICduJg6Uh8CEltLQXEJAyc3_N5C0Nc_53__iTHaZFPom-LFbm0as3Zv-G0gJH11I9yXt6ns_6ZKnPnd0InelYeauarhoZnYdsNLE/s1600-h/IMG_3395.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4P-cViGsx9OiAaGpFwzTZj4LjzWVBDBjHTFG0nZICduJg6Uh8CEltLQXEJAyc3_N5C0Nc_53__iTHaZFPom-LFbm0as3Zv-G0gJH11I9yXt6ns_6ZKnPnd0InelYeauarhoZnYdsNLE/s320/IMG_3395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426615607213524178" border="0" /></a><br />Elvis' post man!! <span style="font-style: italic;">And the crowd goes wild!!!!!</span><br /><br /></div>After Bad Nauheim we headed over to Frankfurt, the banking capital of the worllllllllldddd...so that I could see downtown and all. Guess what, it was still cold! haha. We saw the Rumer and the old town hall and the river...which was all absolutely gorgeous. Peter and Joyce really spoiled me with their hospitality! They took me everywhere....everything was absolutely incredible!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfDfw_ejIM-M4Lekq6oj0wDAhp-ND3PGOr5if5W1CIxpXLiVceVIwV2kKOgmtwdDaf_3PbdQq7PELMvoVob8-OJhEXypPrJNSqJ23D6n1D7QIk9mql4BJipJHukbBKKQ7FiS1Ku6UoeI/s1600-h/IMG_2250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfDfw_ejIM-M4Lekq6oj0wDAhp-ND3PGOr5if5W1CIxpXLiVceVIwV2kKOgmtwdDaf_3PbdQq7PELMvoVob8-OJhEXypPrJNSqJ23D6n1D7QIk9mql4BJipJHukbBKKQ7FiS1Ku6UoeI/s320/IMG_2250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426616085727934402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPDGXeifPdpk3hFMi-iOUdnpn7BHzatg25fWCvH_93dSYw9LfBp0dk3j8sGhr1TPpoFsV_LHVPt-z04l1-lipNjkluDXhbSU8NVmDCywK2FHEhhdDz645UouKOEdKgFrkqHQvwVPQe60/s1600-h/IMG_2242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPDGXeifPdpk3hFMi-iOUdnpn7BHzatg25fWCvH_93dSYw9LfBp0dk3j8sGhr1TPpoFsV_LHVPt-z04l1-lipNjkluDXhbSU8NVmDCywK2FHEhhdDz645UouKOEdKgFrkqHQvwVPQe60/s320/IMG_2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426616084550534690" border="0" /></a><br />This became a frequented place due to the need to warm up....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE8Pc6bLE8rCO5WnpI7j1YHVyZP-MdgNeFoJ8OR5ofXzA5gFsOi769Icf_4NZFO-T6o8Vs5NV6dmk0vTBXeOsfbwn1nfqXZV8e5Gpu4Hj9oY-3yD3jM4O3luIMcetG957Lg1yDslfc90/s1600-h/IMG_3413.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE8Pc6bLE8rCO5WnpI7j1YHVyZP-MdgNeFoJ8OR5ofXzA5gFsOi769Icf_4NZFO-T6o8Vs5NV6dmk0vTBXeOsfbwn1nfqXZV8e5Gpu4Hj9oY-3yD3jM4O3luIMcetG957Lg1yDslfc90/s320/IMG_3413.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426615613840354914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_5-A2sGj-XIPDb_Q1-gVpgwOfYUrkgK-bvLqJqGoCeHqrfIEaERFf3Atb5Ekjzf3AR3zJQh9ZkfvQa811UcafK2v0eSx3uPWx8rvNHOK2e8yqwYO55e7Gd7NzF44Ntrr0hhXVfcjLCo/s1600-h/IMG_3427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_5-A2sGj-XIPDb_Q1-gVpgwOfYUrkgK-bvLqJqGoCeHqrfIEaERFf3Atb5Ekjzf3AR3zJQh9ZkfvQa811UcafK2v0eSx3uPWx8rvNHOK2e8yqwYO55e7Gd7NzF44Ntrr0hhXVfcjLCo/s320/IMG_3427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426622199973134354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltlj1_F71t2HzpVggPgSVRMx33c6dFZJYbeth-vvrLLZROzP6cn6GLyz9E-UvTsVdgXlb69ssO7JxXPoALozCXQ8vV622Ztj3Bi19qB9ZzDlVrpa6JPPzpeURXzl3XOvq1u_dX-phhA4/s1600-h/IMG_3425.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltlj1_F71t2HzpVggPgSVRMx33c6dFZJYbeth-vvrLLZROzP6cn6GLyz9E-UvTsVdgXlb69ssO7JxXPoALozCXQ8vV622Ztj3Bi19qB9ZzDlVrpa6JPPzpeURXzl3XOvq1u_dX-phhA4/s320/IMG_3425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426622196324624626" border="0" /></a><br />Frankfurt!<br /><br /></div>So now I'm back in Espana, and everything is getting back to normal...jet lag and tiredness left behind. Tutoring has started up again, I'm up to six students! whoooooaaaa. haha. They're fun though. Good ol' Cala had a nice little snowshower on Monday, but all the snow was gone by the afternoon....not even enough for snowballs. The weather has been rainy and cold all week too. Today the wind was ridiculous. yep, ridiculous. Now I'm trying to figure out my semana santa vacation...that is if the airlines and their prices will cooperate with me.<br /><br />Today I re-taught myself the Simple future tense, so I could in turn, effectively teach it others. How did we learn this stuff when we were so young??? oy!<br /><br />Until later....Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-21868746747819353132009-12-13T14:29:00.000-08:002009-12-14T15:40:28.504-08:00Se fue a Granada para silencio y tiempo, y Granada le sobrendio armania y eternidad...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7okkQnsmKp-WFCKbx3ciG8srz3vYLG6xKPp1QmuI0eN_sT7abzhpFwKaclNGvjEcoC781-kxIoiRua2_urRtho9QxBOPmWWNLTTRDqOgW6kylGNGpnsBYtm4ff8EW3wS0gXeX7atHkn0/s1600-h/La+Vista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 441px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7okkQnsmKp-WFCKbx3ciG8srz3vYLG6xKPp1QmuI0eN_sT7abzhpFwKaclNGvjEcoC781-kxIoiRua2_urRtho9QxBOPmWWNLTTRDqOgW6kylGNGpnsBYtm4ff8EW3wS0gXeX7atHkn0/s320/La+Vista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415230017643755682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >He went to Granada for silence and time,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />and Granada surprised him with harmony and eternity.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-Manuel de Falla<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So we made it back from the deep south of Spain, it was a glorius five days spent in Granada. I never thought I would be able to make it back to soon, it truly is a magnificent place. After meeting Em's mom in Madrid we raced down to Granada on Friday morning and went straight up to the Alhambra. One of the oldest buildings in Spain, this muslim stronghold looks over the city, keeping guard over the past. Consisting of three parts: the fortress, the Palace, and the Generalife, the Alhambra is one of the largest collections of mudejar art in Spain. Built in the 7th century it has been added to by many kings, and was once even the court of Ferdinand and Isabel. It is here where they received Christopher Columbus and sent him to the Americas. Anyways as always, the palace was gorgeous with its open entryways and courtyards. We really lucked out, it wasn't super cold outside either.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynFV2S4oW5v14zoAneVLrDnxa6_3hkL_xWlSGiFW3R9wdnmwf5WqzwEkUS5epH9EKC7uyHD_DpOHbEn0_K5SO3DGG7hWeBx6iSv4VJ9dOshiIMIJcmp-6S2DTndPCXMzXUQq_XXM6KMw/s1600-h/IMG_2669.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynFV2S4oW5v14zoAneVLrDnxa6_3hkL_xWlSGiFW3R9wdnmwf5WqzwEkUS5epH9EKC7uyHD_DpOHbEn0_K5SO3DGG7hWeBx6iSv4VJ9dOshiIMIJcmp-6S2DTndPCXMzXUQq_XXM6KMw/s320/IMG_2669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415228249727817650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxIH2n1G_AVxUhb1rdORXIoF_lJgpxFGHMOURKfgCIYdNQk6jXG1Y5RT9ad4oUxbVm-D4OWtv5EmoIYlXApky7RbftoqJZDdMbPRj7AulCwHyFc4WrcfvGJ9_Cc8ndFNW2RztEN1N4z8/s1600-h/IMG_2670.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxIH2n1G_AVxUhb1rdORXIoF_lJgpxFGHMOURKfgCIYdNQk6jXG1Y5RT9ad4oUxbVm-D4OWtv5EmoIYlXApky7RbftoqJZDdMbPRj7AulCwHyFc4WrcfvGJ9_Cc8ndFNW2RztEN1N4z8/s320/IMG_2670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415228254235582002" border="0" /></a><br />Mudejar art at its finest...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_098LTJtyq_IJBdDe7TeE8qbNqonNtdI5hA-Bx8d087vqRbnozh94iuKmFg3XKwtRzBW7vAOYWZeb-AZp-gAoOcYNr3_vFVvOTY6HB684SJjnfKGE7WD7HYGANN6xtxK8juh_t_0_qag/s1600-h/IMG_2674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_098LTJtyq_IJBdDe7TeE8qbNqonNtdI5hA-Bx8d087vqRbnozh94iuKmFg3XKwtRzBW7vAOYWZeb-AZp-gAoOcYNr3_vFVvOTY6HB684SJjnfKGE7WD7HYGANN6xtxK8juh_t_0_qag/s320/IMG_2674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415228263819095858" border="0" /></a>Just look at that tile pattern....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iWslLumQmktIO8dsoF0qOBhPwpE1ZxbHW-mOz1HGWKbsRu3yehJloKYPC5cmTSf5uX41bidc8DOTUuH0lMSOAfHPA_PotUs8WaTZrvZoL5fftziGM6WOFPt90KX6Z29HF4ieCdcG0t0/s1600-h/IMG_2685.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iWslLumQmktIO8dsoF0qOBhPwpE1ZxbHW-mOz1HGWKbsRu3yehJloKYPC5cmTSf5uX41bidc8DOTUuH0lMSOAfHPA_PotUs8WaTZrvZoL5fftziGM6WOFPt90KX6Z29HF4ieCdcG0t0/s320/IMG_2685.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415228258875780994" border="0" /></a>They sure used water well!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbOA_bTz7E9YB4ecuc6k5Bke7EZoGoGr39tfVlMMdfzvjyNSvR_NrXqlhfANHSDJqNmtYK7tm7y8weoBQlst6rmqTzBTrMUbctueexpV7Fsv1_EJdKDr1CMA9Mqtnk-suiXsr7PzMkxo/s1600-h/IMG_2673.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbOA_bTz7E9YB4ecuc6k5Bke7EZoGoGr39tfVlMMdfzvjyNSvR_NrXqlhfANHSDJqNmtYK7tm7y8weoBQlst6rmqTzBTrMUbctueexpV7Fsv1_EJdKDr1CMA9Mqtnk-suiXsr7PzMkxo/s320/IMG_2673.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415228257783933634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QC0szFIhcpmrYs7nfCw9C2CDVoiGBy0E4h522iFG79q5__s6-j0de_LOOy1-Dd2Gs2Qk5TV0MXZ5xcTdKqKvVufVvJkSb_lbIYfon287uHQM2PY4GN7TeOYiylqIzQhzJcw62sW5kFc/s1600-h/Por+la+noche.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 54px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QC0szFIhcpmrYs7nfCw9C2CDVoiGBy0E4h522iFG79q5__s6-j0de_LOOy1-Dd2Gs2Qk5TV0MXZ5xcTdKqKvVufVvJkSb_lbIYfon287uHQM2PY4GN7TeOYiylqIzQhzJcw62sW5kFc/s320/Por+la+noche.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415230013934894466" border="0" /></a><br />La Alambra at night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDYUbODI62AJwfm95EJmJ60C6BH0W24k5Md5sCcXdlAz_uqu701kmG8-jbv0MXiuv0WkPZNKBGZDs0_Y8F0fKffxmIB6Spe7iEZGhutFA70GwQDxxqyk549WeHwkL7chQTbxWJqLo3n0/s1600-h/Palacios+de+los+leos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDYUbODI62AJwfm95EJmJ60C6BH0W24k5Md5sCcXdlAz_uqu701kmG8-jbv0MXiuv0WkPZNKBGZDs0_Y8F0fKffxmIB6Spe7iEZGhutFA70GwQDxxqyk549WeHwkL7chQTbxWJqLo3n0/s320/Palacios+de+los+leos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415230021627302706" border="0" /></a>El patio de los leones<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FCKyeBRCTLTnrgozVRdTx6wwbwWaBMSUnN-2aUWKWUWYoVb-TAS1IPfkjFdyqEO4T1e3CtY5PK7HK1SshveMnqcad0HjQgSGlvk3gTuhj6a-6ZfnbueeH4BDlhFVrZcrsrIlkbFHJwE/s1600-h/IMG_2730.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FCKyeBRCTLTnrgozVRdTx6wwbwWaBMSUnN-2aUWKWUWYoVb-TAS1IPfkjFdyqEO4T1e3CtY5PK7HK1SshveMnqcad0HjQgSGlvk3gTuhj6a-6ZfnbueeH4BDlhFVrZcrsrIlkbFHJwE/s320/IMG_2730.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415230035450014626" border="0" /></a>One of the roses from the Generalife<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXZTQ546je4uqvAwLIWZ7d_P7Qi8FUAXnH7To-qCef9dSE9A_y2Yb6LZKG-mMquPpcFFp0Gc2nPp1TqmMzpVRjJ6nltVq7AkBWIM0JN8QigZN313NwO9Pd6hYS3JJVYZ6u-Xnq0EjNI/s1600-h/IMG_2714.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXZTQ546je4uqvAwLIWZ7d_P7Qi8FUAXnH7To-qCef9dSE9A_y2Yb6LZKG-mMquPpcFFp0Gc2nPp1TqmMzpVRjJ6nltVq7AkBWIM0JN8QigZN313NwO9Pd6hYS3JJVYZ6u-Xnq0EjNI/s320/IMG_2714.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415230030855687714" border="0" /></a>Las tres americanas from atop the fortress<br /><br /><br /></div>After we found our way down the mountain, we definitely made our way towards tapas!!! (Granada is the only city left in Spain that, when you order a drink, they bring a tiny appetizer...for free!) Ohhhhh....I forgot how good the tapas were! Slowly but surely everything became really familiar...almost like I had never left! That night we tapaed at a few new restaurants and then went salsa dancing with my old salsa instructor! It was rad to dance again!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOry0R64xUPuzPk6hDAsg2YQS45pd7NZQg6KeilHYiBYyi0T7MMSHDObdZAj9LejIjbjc0DaWxk1GtBws6HvhD3R57IZr0zZY0rNpV73k2Vqw3jZ3tTM-cXlF2QE87YKQrjXcmj2huVqY/s1600-h/IMG_2647.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOry0R64xUPuzPk6hDAsg2YQS45pd7NZQg6KeilHYiBYyi0T7MMSHDObdZAj9LejIjbjc0DaWxk1GtBws6HvhD3R57IZr0zZY0rNpV73k2Vqw3jZ3tTM-cXlF2QE87YKQrjXcmj2huVqY/s320/IMG_2647.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415235010302707922" border="0" /></a><br />My birthday cooke from Em's mom!....a Polar Bear!!!<br /><br /></div>The next day, Saturday, I was officially 23! and ohhhhh...what a day we had! We slept in pretty late....cause you know, I actually forgot about he nightlife in Granada. We didn't get home until about 5 am...and thats early! Anyways, we eventually got ourselves up and made our way over to Parque Federico Garcia Lorca, which, I don't know how I didn't know this, actually has the summer house of the Garcia Lorca family in it! I can't believe I didn't know about it. So that was one of my birthday wishes, to go inside. What a surreal experience. He is by far my favorite Spanish author, and here I was inside his house. It was like mecca. We walked the grounds and took the tour of the house which was absolutely beautiful. I got to see the desk where he wrote some of his most famous plays!<br /><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Dentro de la fragua lloran, </b> <b style="font-style: italic;"><br />dando gritos, los gitanos. </b> <b style="font-style: italic;"><br />El aire la vela, vela. </b> <b style="font-style: italic;"><br />El aire la está velando.</b><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- Romance de la luna, luna</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqIwTnOtVM23ri92HLN0xM-NkQxnzGsO7GQS2be7dqTjqiVujw0e65mY_iUkP1meQjE7jpYogiDLhv0CAPwLoUfceh7tMPvjuWfwbV6um2TuBEYOIE2d9COqpnUC3lWeevqBg1gz3ElM/s1600-h/IMG_2755.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqIwTnOtVM23ri92HLN0xM-NkQxnzGsO7GQS2be7dqTjqiVujw0e65mY_iUkP1meQjE7jpYogiDLhv0CAPwLoUfceh7tMPvjuWfwbV6um2TuBEYOIE2d9COqpnUC3lWeevqBg1gz3ElM/s320/IMG_2755.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415232408064486674" border="0" /></a><br />Lorca's front door!!!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NY_TJ5YV6YmSE3vdXC7EbDkAsaPUQ9mddtKpxH1FgM_ySzU4BGkhVLCpWodayAImx0y-8XNAZoH4nl44pHptECmJ1qPsSXwAcspws5yM3_DP0fbugjCCEaZ8HH6CRIK7p4cxm6brxNE/s1600-h/IMG_2757.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NY_TJ5YV6YmSE3vdXC7EbDkAsaPUQ9mddtKpxH1FgM_ySzU4BGkhVLCpWodayAImx0y-8XNAZoH4nl44pHptECmJ1qPsSXwAcspws5yM3_DP0fbugjCCEaZ8HH6CRIK7p4cxm6brxNE/s320/IMG_2757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415232418957144546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQUrhJd5Zk1jhrfIi0k7PL9SBWMCPLyYUynCOzyAX2B4ITFevhwDYKsJLsmzIyzDX0BSCBmDrN5JLjtf_tv8IBY5qTU2aiaD-AzXbn7CrZpkdbi1PpyTQM6XbZkunv9HTInDQnaaCU0U/s1600-h/IMG_2759.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQUrhJd5Zk1jhrfIi0k7PL9SBWMCPLyYUynCOzyAX2B4ITFevhwDYKsJLsmzIyzDX0BSCBmDrN5JLjtf_tv8IBY5qTU2aiaD-AzXbn7CrZpkdbi1PpyTQM6XbZkunv9HTInDQnaaCU0U/s320/IMG_2759.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415232423128557170" border="0" /></a><br />It's no wonder he had so much inspiration...he was drowing in it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbXiyPU0r157IKS5hCdF4TFkCdzsUI9bQZ7WO2UYEKg4cVv45SHe4aeniHwYCC-l8qKZagdLa3QUi9keB4Vf2ePeWKwrpfBJF08PoCNgJqE1zIER0txCI4CzfMHji79l5UiGOPuhICw4/s1600-h/IMG_2764.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbXiyPU0r157IKS5hCdF4TFkCdzsUI9bQZ7WO2UYEKg4cVv45SHe4aeniHwYCC-l8qKZagdLa3QUi9keB4Vf2ePeWKwrpfBJF08PoCNgJqE1zIER0txCI4CzfMHji79l5UiGOPuhICw4/s320/IMG_2764.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415232428582889522" border="0" /></a>The name of the house, after his mother<br /><br /></div>Later that night we were lucky enough to come across tickets for a flamenco show up in the Albaicin. One of the best shows I have seen there yet, her name was Ana Cali, and she was incredible! Absolutely breathtaking and gorgeous. After the flamenco show, we again trekked down the mountain and set out for more tapas! I remembered a really good Moroccan tapas place that was awesome! The girls surprised me with a birthday couscous...way better than a cake! hahaha. We had a good time though. AFTER THAT we went dancing (but only after spending a couple hours in the tapas bar!) we headed to my favorite club Vogue that plays techno, house, and rock...so many memories! haha. we decided to leave around 6:00 and we headed over to another favorite hangout to get churros and chocolate...we didn't get home until at least 7:00 am! Oh I love Granada!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46SjMX9o2GPbiYjQm3YHA0kHyiqmst8cq6M4MCx3TqAhBwuOL4FTp20bVZkSRH6iSiaus8YqnjIyIP3nZQNtvX9GbnwKQe4uNgc9FekAHnSUrdEgRcrV9sNecvb88CYLHfpHMrd5KMpU/s1600-h/IMG_2736.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46SjMX9o2GPbiYjQm3YHA0kHyiqmst8cq6M4MCx3TqAhBwuOL4FTp20bVZkSRH6iSiaus8YqnjIyIP3nZQNtvX9GbnwKQe4uNgc9FekAHnSUrdEgRcrV9sNecvb88CYLHfpHMrd5KMpU/s320/IMG_2736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415232429243413634" border="0" /></a><br />The Granada Cathedral in all its baroque splendor<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On Sunday the four of us decided to drive to Malaga for the night. We stayed in this beautiful hotel in Torremolinos that was directly on the beach. We're talking ocean-view balcony room....I could practically taste the water from my bedroom window. It was gorgeous...I still can't believe that it was December and we were walking around without coats. On Monday we wandered around Malaga for awhile which, like Granada is rich in Muslim influence. Orange trees everywhere, Malaga has this eerie calm to it. City on one side, beach on the other. I don't know, it was a such a peaceful ambiance that was just tranquil.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7XNIFGgq4DZ38n3JsfuwpxKG8A8z3K8LO-WFIkBG45BhY-3_yPHQgVyzUadt904Y8_OQwsglqb00RoMb8wMvvUs__DraEPO6schcPwLQHfdiGXn_Ic4gaoqjioCSdRg733qjmT4meIc/s1600-h/IMG_2797.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7XNIFGgq4DZ38n3JsfuwpxKG8A8z3K8LO-WFIkBG45BhY-3_yPHQgVyzUadt904Y8_OQwsglqb00RoMb8wMvvUs__DraEPO6schcPwLQHfdiGXn_Ic4gaoqjioCSdRg733qjmT4meIc/s320/IMG_2797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415235013432017538" border="0" /></a>Karli climbing an orange tree.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa_1Cp-3tVlFZ_wsJo95DAsD5BqoeuXlcj5pI-dFsxRObgKVsQzpWtePyykthv9uDNDAz3ZWAu3fsNmr39u0JldfMRXt6g2JySc_I02tQFUCEZaRIU9gFxrR01eXDwp-1GIxmYeYqRJc/s1600-h/IMG_2851.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa_1Cp-3tVlFZ_wsJo95DAsD5BqoeuXlcj5pI-dFsxRObgKVsQzpWtePyykthv9uDNDAz3ZWAu3fsNmr39u0JldfMRXt6g2JySc_I02tQFUCEZaRIU9gFxrR01eXDwp-1GIxmYeYqRJc/s320/IMG_2851.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415235017828105074" border="0" /></a>Oh, that's just the view from the balcony...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3MPL5_p5vJ0_T2ro6HtclEnFVgdZZkGfaXrQ1kwCHxHeY9kJbQOSCFpW4G3vSZGNYfc6N5VO9RzPgQNLkZ6vxWqGg06IAcPyvkTi2F09uyCwvd9cHqNOixlIfeCk325_KZcewmhyphenhyphenSEg/s1600-h/IMG_2849.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3MPL5_p5vJ0_T2ro6HtclEnFVgdZZkGfaXrQ1kwCHxHeY9kJbQOSCFpW4G3vSZGNYfc6N5VO9RzPgQNLkZ6vxWqGg06IAcPyvkTi2F09uyCwvd9cHqNOixlIfeCk325_KZcewmhyphenhyphenSEg/s320/IMG_2849.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415239449170023746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB8_fK_h0mqciqD5hkpbzcry7jIZCI6avcCdwRVK6lrzWIS5d_6GMkBL21sfVTx238UCCVOxnCT7i-zFXMJlrp1bQZhVKWdLY4-VZ9Rn6s8b13lCOA6_tywLYi1iRQarbOXCM8asOIsU/s1600-h/IMG_2862.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB8_fK_h0mqciqD5hkpbzcry7jIZCI6avcCdwRVK6lrzWIS5d_6GMkBL21sfVTx238UCCVOxnCT7i-zFXMJlrp1bQZhVKWdLY4-VZ9Rn6s8b13lCOA6_tywLYi1iRQarbOXCM8asOIsU/s320/IMG_2862.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415239443724933106" border="0" /></a>Drive up flower shop!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRK-PJYq9r9JRdoMGljsekfosedSClST5rW9oYeQAYl5ab6ojAryAVJQLRplIFCIlRS4TrMSJSk5Rgp4MQoUx2gb60C_CNSpBRgpNIhkL-o6cLBmIVEd-vJmb9P_yhgE13npT62K7mNkc/s1600-h/IMG_2876.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRK-PJYq9r9JRdoMGljsekfosedSClST5rW9oYeQAYl5ab6ojAryAVJQLRplIFCIlRS4TrMSJSk5Rgp4MQoUx2gb60C_CNSpBRgpNIhkL-o6cLBmIVEd-vJmb9P_yhgE13npT62K7mNkc/s320/IMG_2876.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415239457167969970" border="0" /></a>The Malaga Cathedral<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKElBjgsuyp3RnDgnHl1OiK8_yJhrfpj1YZ_HjfxRw8i5yZjcx8u9s_knkh3VDXjfB165uUSkXcnWtHxI5fnIsmO4Yn5Z296dTpeu-YCqtrzG9IEJHKueZxCFqCpZ6518AFtdPN1TduE/s1600-h/IMG_2871.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKElBjgsuyp3RnDgnHl1OiK8_yJhrfpj1YZ_HjfxRw8i5yZjcx8u9s_knkh3VDXjfB165uUSkXcnWtHxI5fnIsmO4Yn5Z296dTpeu-YCqtrzG9IEJHKueZxCFqCpZ6518AFtdPN1TduE/s320/IMG_2871.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415239455463342066" border="0" /></a>Cheers....Malaga?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When we got back to Granada, I met up with my house mother, Carmen. It was so good to see her! She hadn't changed a bit and we had a nice visit! Her boys have gotten so big....the little one is bigger than me now...(yea, I know, that's hard to beat) It was really nice to see her. That night we spent one last night tapaing it out....hoping all over the place and just hanging out! I thoroughly enjoyed being there and can't believe how much I missed this city! I mean, Calatayud is nice...but Granada has mi corazon...It was truly sad to leave.<br /><br /></div></div></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfodj1Zyywh77pmXrwScuHDgY6wf-Uv2nn540QVQXHyg95M4wo9Sw0AbhL-WmoxuEQg5gRT-iU6B-b5Rf5eAyveAulNclrt2ajoh-hnRIsxyt0jPhyphenhyphenmA3Xb31-S_e84yFFrG3s4AyAQ8/s1600-h/IMG_2892.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfodj1Zyywh77pmXrwScuHDgY6wf-Uv2nn540QVQXHyg95M4wo9Sw0AbhL-WmoxuEQg5gRT-iU6B-b5Rf5eAyveAulNclrt2ajoh-hnRIsxyt0jPhyphenhyphenmA3Xb31-S_e84yFFrG3s4AyAQ8/s320/IMG_2892.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415235000970034706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Carmen!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmGWhtwasebknff8DM7HQJr_-UbslnoeuFRFxHAvGjwn0H78hD8jeW2-OqC8NVS__EMJqcrCQW93Tc19VxCrXxtKfEmjph-xzUx2aCIUhfr_0SeGO6qPZ34xqMHYmflissO4FhVkr7Qc/s1600-h/IMG_2900.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmGWhtwasebknff8DM7HQJr_-UbslnoeuFRFxHAvGjwn0H78hD8jeW2-OqC8NVS__EMJqcrCQW93Tc19VxCrXxtKfEmjph-xzUx2aCIUhfr_0SeGO6qPZ34xqMHYmflissO4FhVkr7Qc/s320/IMG_2900.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415235002783576482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />One last birthday celebration at the end of the trip...don't we look a little tired?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br />So, next stop....America! Can't wait to see everyone!!</div></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-73640582066006433192009-12-02T15:38:00.001-08:002009-12-02T15:38:51.112-08:00Kris-is-is-istina!Just had to say it! Thanks to Kristina for the blog designing!<br /><br /><br />Love you chica!!! <3Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-79074136406988806322009-12-02T08:30:00.000-08:002009-12-02T09:21:28.345-08:00Peacocks, turkey, and Picasso....oh my?Well hello there, hope all is well. Life in Spain has insisted on passing by way to quickly. Like, way to quickly. I mean, there are aspects of this lifestyle that just feel right sometimes, that you don't notice the world passing on around ya. I mean everyday I wake up to this while I eat my bran flakes....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsCsBfvmG37efEHHZsmYYXT-Mbp82mxkKSMWbSK3MTViblxXMBEDEZivLzLrgrveCEqStC7byQ3gN1gEbzoXZpfWqkhpvKIqAgK5LWrAxOWxymMqorsAqU4Qt8vJQED6iaZGALwKVLkU/s1600-h/IMG_2635.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsCsBfvmG37efEHHZsmYYXT-Mbp82mxkKSMWbSK3MTViblxXMBEDEZivLzLrgrveCEqStC7byQ3gN1gEbzoXZpfWqkhpvKIqAgK5LWrAxOWxymMqorsAqU4Qt8vJQED6iaZGALwKVLkU/s320/IMG_2635.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410680313283840210" border="0" /></a><br />My living room window<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z5Pkphm9RLYhK86Ry38JRyeM4jZY9N1JrlAkoS4K4fYJY5_bPs4s4cGmQQBh2Ibuuakb_yEbLKoJNv45BYQIaLju8JUgdthR9EqJBisZQT8ZsHmMFWDvupV-4bI7T1XlAXQ7oe5g2IA/s1600-h/IMG_2637.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z5Pkphm9RLYhK86Ry38JRyeM4jZY9N1JrlAkoS4K4fYJY5_bPs4s4cGmQQBh2Ibuuakb_yEbLKoJNv45BYQIaLju8JUgdthR9EqJBisZQT8ZsHmMFWDvupV-4bI7T1XlAXQ7oe5g2IA/s320/IMG_2637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410680329030922114" border="0" /></a><br />But I guess I should start at the beginning. After I dropped mom and dad off at the airport I decided that it was time to see contemporary Spanish art: first stop, La Reina Sofia. Most well known for the museum that houses Picasso's Guernica. The museum consists of artists from all walks of life, the one commonality is that they are Spanish, (I mean, a few outsiders got in there, but you know how it goes.) My little added bonus to it all was that the museum had many works by Salvador Dali and of course, Federico Garcia Lorca.....can you imagine my excitement?! (There was a lot of it.)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWzGY0500HQYI_t8dslU-b_01LI1pVIyabLp4naYCbKfA65mnr0JB-UlfGT-qphOoOG0WdS0sPIoeWOGPH2SHOF_mS0kJS9-AxRLY_xGqR0u6Iq2aiDrA-xpH3-8O4Nzy9g57xB-HO7A/s1600-h/IMG_2603.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWzGY0500HQYI_t8dslU-b_01LI1pVIyabLp4naYCbKfA65mnr0JB-UlfGT-qphOoOG0WdS0sPIoeWOGPH2SHOF_mS0kJS9-AxRLY_xGqR0u6Iq2aiDrA-xpH3-8O4Nzy9g57xB-HO7A/s320/IMG_2603.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410680323585769650" border="0" /></a><br />Guernica, with man. Just to show size.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYomX7EBCZgCpgc_HdT4GWXdkruGH8zEV6Lc6YS6720IKy1F5rfkHkIfNNoGrVgmyh0zL58FnRDfe9wYnG4nTpVMuCDhJia72UWY2YclFykEaLA-yTgzhCC_XCjDgb2Z6nN9bEoDI6ZHg/s1600-h/IMG_2612.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYomX7EBCZgCpgc_HdT4GWXdkruGH8zEV6Lc6YS6720IKy1F5rfkHkIfNNoGrVgmyh0zL58FnRDfe9wYnG4nTpVMuCDhJia72UWY2YclFykEaLA-yTgzhCC_XCjDgb2Z6nN9bEoDI6ZHg/s320/IMG_2612.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410680318122070322" border="0" /></a>Original drawing by F. Garcia Lorca<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzu3HA3syvOPsI1UAHb3SDEgBxtRrVNcvUs_lI9RTq_I2SAFSaR04fb_g9Q-Q6PKHUOum0BM0RkLvLgqqX0QPZo-9ihIOoK2Phh-wmm9M9cUt0eqqidWmp1Foa0hAFs2hmYmpELaTz9s/s1600-h/IMG_2610.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzu3HA3syvOPsI1UAHb3SDEgBxtRrVNcvUs_lI9RTq_I2SAFSaR04fb_g9Q-Q6PKHUOum0BM0RkLvLgqqX0QPZo-9ihIOoK2Phh-wmm9M9cUt0eqqidWmp1Foa0hAFs2hmYmpELaTz9s/s320/IMG_2610.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410680317067835202" border="0" /></a>Letter from G. Lorca to Salvador Dali<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After my Madrid adventure and the parents had left, life came to a pattern. Sleep, school, tutoring, gym. I mean, there's nothing wrong with this pattern. It's just how life happens I guess. So yes, I joined a gym....its call Sporttake, and it's the "trendy" gym in town. Ha. It's fun...and let me tell you, taking a gym class in spanish is tough! (Next time you're in a yoga pose, you let me know how you react when someone starts describing in Spanish!) It's fun though....They offer all types of classes so it doesn't get boring.<br /><br />School is good, there are of couse good days and bad days, but when is it not like that. The kids always have something new for me to experience, that's for sure. Today I had 22 fifth graders sing Happy Birthday to me....it was very sweet! Which they then proceeded to sing to me, "Happy Birthday to you, we went to the zoo, we saw a big monkey, and we thought it was you!" haha. That was not expected.<br /><br />Well Calatayud has its own resident peacock family (pavos reales.....royal turkeys) and they like flocks of ducks, have preference when crossing the street....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEhl0TxImakGl7FCNcnjS7eCkFnCep2I55XQ1ppcmY39U58f5t_9zjZf60YEDJ1V8j5g1QMAqWskb3SFrBca5jlYsLeCsq6Z4D77qhGrzcnTEh4h2rlmV6Qla6Werg_BFxU_g8dzBW2M/s1600-h/IMG_2615.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEhl0TxImakGl7FCNcnjS7eCkFnCep2I55XQ1ppcmY39U58f5t_9zjZf60YEDJ1V8j5g1QMAqWskb3SFrBca5jlYsLeCsq6Z4D77qhGrzcnTEh4h2rlmV6Qla6Werg_BFxU_g8dzBW2M/s320/IMG_2615.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410687226567654002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOG2hrlzdQuAe0UWZiBU4gmbll7lK8Njq1OlZYFSAZZ9tMIjRlmKZ3RAIAprVoRcsRrn7WBXV1sA4jJdchJUR8b8m7dR4AtZyVl5F7mKie4PB5ZHlVMeSuAvXALbj0Nq3tZIKJgEvPLNA/s1600-h/IMG_2616.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOG2hrlzdQuAe0UWZiBU4gmbll7lK8Njq1OlZYFSAZZ9tMIjRlmKZ3RAIAprVoRcsRrn7WBXV1sA4jJdchJUR8b8m7dR4AtZyVl5F7mKie4PB5ZHlVMeSuAvXALbj0Nq3tZIKJgEvPLNA/s320/IMG_2616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410687230360005682" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zwfeAg5qm09052jnKQ5tf2WqVpvvDMsJvVRWqyYSGToYOKq_3jDfhqQDib5QG9XFWF-8UNTtbdgYNX92O0SN39ZOZwE6otdIhpXa4vPo0Y2ujVGywli6jDZrHeRgUEOqlnZIhUqxuDI/s1600-h/IMG_2618.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zwfeAg5qm09052jnKQ5tf2WqVpvvDMsJvVRWqyYSGToYOKq_3jDfhqQDib5QG9XFWF-8UNTtbdgYNX92O0SN39ZOZwE6otdIhpXa4vPo0Y2ujVGywli6jDZrHeRgUEOqlnZIhUqxuDI/s320/IMG_2618.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410687221010750674" border="0" /></a><br />Well, as you know, Spain doesn't celebrate good ol' turkey day, so us gals had to make do with tacos, which I'm sure the first pilgrims thoroughly enjoyed with their native counterparts. ha. On Saturday, the three of us decided to make a Thanksgiving feast for our english professors from our schools, totaling 11 of us! and yes, we actually cooked a turkey! (karli and I) and it came out awesome! There were sweet potatoes and green beans, all the regular old fixings....the only thing missing from the table was the cranberry sauce, a tragedy. Apparently they just don't believe in cranberry sauce here. terrible.... Overall the night was a success. The teachers enjoyed themselves immensely and literally want our recipes. We have to throw a shoutout to our moms who helped us through the turkey ordeal....it is scary cooking a full bird in your oven!<br /><br />Overall, Thanksgiving was fun...there was no parade and no football...but c'est la vie. Friday, on to Granada!!!! (my excitement is overflowing...) Birthday saturday, no better way to spend it than in a city a love....(obviously it'd be nice if the family were in that city too....but when in spain, next best thing, right?) More adventures to come!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9UsmpuVRLG0NjT75Kx4L5jrNDuvy3Uxre302AcUTW0JS43ceU_dEGXKUPU9zBR9IsTc1Oefy5jdFwgPRaRUqI55ed6o-3kKqtzLps4PhP0YQ0BM2onnlKs1Ou548zdHb6o-4kArO9sM/s1600-h/IMG_2644.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9UsmpuVRLG0NjT75Kx4L5jrNDuvy3Uxre302AcUTW0JS43ceU_dEGXKUPU9zBR9IsTc1Oefy5jdFwgPRaRUqI55ed6o-3kKqtzLps4PhP0YQ0BM2onnlKs1Ou548zdHb6o-4kArO9sM/s320/IMG_2644.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688825287188690" border="0" /></a><br />cooking!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXv_VQLLRBDQViFSptbUqYtvdsRCvwsFHopxBOlJ1u3uUjnVpRmLiH03WM3qyoPh_i7kCEc3KIbRQaujL_B-p_-KnrTih0kEHAldIUdYbYyfvhz4VoQW7Hi6gvL3FH8yXjZBinmD46is/s1600-h/before1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXv_VQLLRBDQViFSptbUqYtvdsRCvwsFHopxBOlJ1u3uUjnVpRmLiH03WM3qyoPh_i7kCEc3KIbRQaujL_B-p_-KnrTih0kEHAldIUdYbYyfvhz4VoQW7Hi6gvL3FH8yXjZBinmD46is/s320/before1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688804832605810" border="0" /></a>before....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lc8x2gQFV8qFjrYTSdIj51Na63zuOdIFofoLp-mMD9TApnXFMc3gjdL6-c3WT6GIxUjMmX9gnz4dquHZqHUCCpDLbv6cnW_QpEz_p_jx88j04_-6Iyx8vdi0Qf56XTpBNBs0_FeM1pA/s1600-h/IMG_2646.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lc8x2gQFV8qFjrYTSdIj51Na63zuOdIFofoLp-mMD9TApnXFMc3gjdL6-c3WT6GIxUjMmX9gnz4dquHZqHUCCpDLbv6cnW_QpEz_p_jx88j04_-6Iyx8vdi0Qf56XTpBNBs0_FeM1pA/s320/IMG_2646.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688820119774258" border="0" /></a>after!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNRnFMu-G3DsXDGwmmLb0vM1vykcAL7KS5zVipAVBEE8Xk8MWuleYAagGGDfuMcHAbtomE9rY4LRKXRCHFdnFvHhM6E4OxJMIKgn5a7pYytWdPhtDuCEsjzkNfaxAVojW6Yhu5EQHKfU/s1600-h/food!.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNRnFMu-G3DsXDGwmmLb0vM1vykcAL7KS5zVipAVBEE8Xk8MWuleYAagGGDfuMcHAbtomE9rY4LRKXRCHFdnFvHhM6E4OxJMIKgn5a7pYytWdPhtDuCEsjzkNfaxAVojW6Yhu5EQHKfU/s320/food!.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688815311810322" border="0" /></a>eating!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3u8ehB704KvKW9nqw5AyoeYYA38Q3Qcpmcsz6ntHEis2BYmMovR0aBbCHVWk0rsRh3bmZEfIzCRchvX1fSkur4kWc1Tye1pzVTpTGjceiPXhj8SeBDycyq9cFbMcbvWXOUiIuGv5MhU/s1600-h/Familia!.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3u8ehB704KvKW9nqw5AyoeYYA38Q3Qcpmcsz6ntHEis2BYmMovR0aBbCHVWk0rsRh3bmZEfIzCRchvX1fSkur4kWc1Tye1pzVTpTGjceiPXhj8SeBDycyq9cFbMcbvWXOUiIuGv5MhU/s320/Familia!.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688811294440130" border="0" /></a>spain family!<br /><br /></div>besos!<br /></div></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-72507505770516003042009-11-11T05:57:00.000-08:002009-11-11T06:58:24.480-08:00The adventures of Mom and Dad Mouchon, part deuxSo, my parents have now seen Calatayud. C-town. Good ol' pueblecito. They stayed in the very nice, Hotel Castillo de Ayud, which coincidentally happens to be right next to my house. On Monday, as soon as we got into Calatayud, I took the parents right up to the old Castle on top of the mountain. As always, the view is beautiful, and dad, being the kid that he is insisted on climbing the tower. Can't take him anywhere anymore. We still had fun though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5_dcOBHZgpvSUaMEtWNrfup0WQJBshHutgLOPCwwWWx4pxjYR-qIcIUSrzcdqRnaNhmsqSYBcC9dB_QAAAa5-sQVQtnRCJVSRWi7lAS9-fy6qfoFVmSV7o-R8aTpaZm9AQ3eTLuOabA/s1600-h/IMG_2436.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5_dcOBHZgpvSUaMEtWNrfup0WQJBshHutgLOPCwwWWx4pxjYR-qIcIUSrzcdqRnaNhmsqSYBcC9dB_QAAAa5-sQVQtnRCJVSRWi7lAS9-fy6qfoFVmSV7o-R8aTpaZm9AQ3eTLuOabA/s320/IMG_2436.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402855844009390642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz21W5Fss4CZvRWhwwhGDH4bL86st4waWilbakSVcqcN5o_EuqSPEJLMuOVlZMzwf3KJe_1QLkRfIwgoEdoTQWdJePxGtbPh26zCHSFfgg15zBMwX2z35KQq70k8EhcN4_JkNR-uxwOLk/s1600-h/IMG_2439.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz21W5Fss4CZvRWhwwhGDH4bL86st4waWilbakSVcqcN5o_EuqSPEJLMuOVlZMzwf3KJe_1QLkRfIwgoEdoTQWdJePxGtbPh26zCHSFfgg15zBMwX2z35KQq70k8EhcN4_JkNR-uxwOLk/s320/IMG_2439.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402855862240778402" border="0" /></a><br />Dad on top of the tower<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvr6Ie6lrlNxDqphAMEFAbdFWMwA6Xcl1hr6Y_tHxKlqaxAus2pqGJf9e12P8ueKCzjIwFvcUDZswnd6X0p26g24v7K3PvNrhFss0SnVY_97bvkGflzG_WV0VNAuq3GcXC8e_y_UCc4ZQ/s1600-h/IMG_2472.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvr6Ie6lrlNxDqphAMEFAbdFWMwA6Xcl1hr6Y_tHxKlqaxAus2pqGJf9e12P8ueKCzjIwFvcUDZswnd6X0p26g24v7K3PvNrhFss0SnVY_97bvkGflzG_WV0VNAuq3GcXC8e_y_UCc4ZQ/s320/IMG_2472.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857112188372498" border="0" /></a>Hotel Castillo de Ayud<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0YTaH7YfLPS31GTS43FPIGaCU2NHluO9rwwTD06CAPf_zQhHAkkfGoAXGD_cEsX_IFhWIbKwJ446VYw6a5eZZkTEGP2EgwrB6DWaWk3AjQm7H9E-hp3IEv8RfZPybKV-ahQqMuetodU/s1600-h/IMG_2483.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0YTaH7YfLPS31GTS43FPIGaCU2NHluO9rwwTD06CAPf_zQhHAkkfGoAXGD_cEsX_IFhWIbKwJ446VYw6a5eZZkTEGP2EgwrB6DWaWk3AjQm7H9E-hp3IEv8RfZPybKV-ahQqMuetodU/s320/IMG_2483.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857120488683762" border="0" /></a>The main drag in Calatayud<br /></div>On Tuesday Mom and Dad got to see one of the schools where I work. They met my director, Rosa, and some of the teachers that I work very closely with. Of course, I had to work, but they were able to walk around the city and check things out. That morning we also got the chance to drive over the Roman Forums that are just outside Calatayud. This town is from the 1st century when Augusta Bilbilis was the leader of the Roman town. All that really exists is the original amphitheatre, the town's forum, and the hot and cold public baths. It's incredible to see, especially that it still exists after 2000 years! There is a museum here in town dedicated to the forum that contains all of the artifacts that were excavated from the site....truly incredible!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeu1NtCjn7gnnLsucE6C2kvZy7DseWwZOVVtEqBPPfMeN3UNqKsO1NSZR6oj6g5zeN6mz3yuBx1poB_9ToWJ-9I00UGMSuGCmwVsQu0b4WZ9pvqn5heuS8l1RRazMKrUB-eNmz_-6rCk/s1600-h/IMG_2457.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeu1NtCjn7gnnLsucE6C2kvZy7DseWwZOVVtEqBPPfMeN3UNqKsO1NSZR6oj6g5zeN6mz3yuBx1poB_9ToWJ-9I00UGMSuGCmwVsQu0b4WZ9pvqn5heuS8l1RRazMKrUB-eNmz_-6rCk/s320/IMG_2457.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402855873806050050" border="0" /></a><br />The Roman Amphitheatre. That sucker can hold over 5,000 people!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0at_LydVa_eWqQsrYUG0R0Wybm00ltcWntg4_9OFJEMGniTN7e1EPAPlo1lVYY2-V1CNuL1vLwrwOdcx6ICcUmjWEkvz96p0hPU8IhWIKVOdMGN8qGintKpAbuHyEEm8sDMN8aRj3QWs/s1600-h/IMG_2464.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0at_LydVa_eWqQsrYUG0R0Wybm00ltcWntg4_9OFJEMGniTN7e1EPAPlo1lVYY2-V1CNuL1vLwrwOdcx6ICcUmjWEkvz96p0hPU8IhWIKVOdMGN8qGintKpAbuHyEEm8sDMN8aRj3QWs/s320/IMG_2464.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402855882603007106" border="0" /></a>Part of the old Forum<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvLp3MkTYwSZHSO13ITZifWf7u8EClEa6b_PN8lYAxp9IR4MpFhTBMvo4drVC6yd5u4O3f93eNFzrVE8l2dfw6Qqab7B81JFwIgLvwJQ0uTdlID8M-yWFV_QeLNuzy5g8KETbbtpaVRM/s1600-h/IMG_2465.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvLp3MkTYwSZHSO13ITZifWf7u8EClEa6b_PN8lYAxp9IR4MpFhTBMvo4drVC6yd5u4O3f93eNFzrVE8l2dfw6Qqab7B81JFwIgLvwJQ0uTdlID8M-yWFV_QeLNuzy5g8KETbbtpaVRM/s320/IMG_2465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857106765148754" border="0" /></a>Bahhhhhh! the sheepies were down in the ravine!<br /></div>On Wednesday we drove up into the Pyrenees to a town called Jaca. It is mainly a ski town, however it used to be the seat of power in the province of Huesca a long time ago. Also, it is one of the first stops on the Camino of Santiago. (The famous route of passage for the catholic followers in Northern Spain. It spans from the Pyrenees to Galicia and stops in over 100 churches along the way, named for Saint Santiago who was originially from Spain.) The city was so cute; tiny cobblestone streets, lamposts from like, the 1600's, and a cathedral from 1263. Only about 16.000 people, everyone definitely knew everyone in this town. With the Pyrenees looming overhead, the city was just beautiful.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco5ymbZluHRwsyVMjQtulrCkTRxfMXyjmAr-ki65FCHJlG8SUmSi2dovlVh-xXo3SuzM31v-rgMw5OwJVAZDQBbL4ngcuKzX8DyGlZA_RippPtQVlCZxbZeysYTCcOUr-q7Tl5AgswhA/s1600-h/IMG_2539.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco5ymbZluHRwsyVMjQtulrCkTRxfMXyjmAr-ki65FCHJlG8SUmSi2dovlVh-xXo3SuzM31v-rgMw5OwJVAZDQBbL4ngcuKzX8DyGlZA_RippPtQVlCZxbZeysYTCcOUr-q7Tl5AgswhA/s320/IMG_2539.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402860166369480738" border="0" /></a><br />The Pyrenees<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjI1V3woInGEmtno4HsOrnqdqzMOnIHJLq2eD72ZsteYMk1Oyu5nMKCtZZ_VmM3LD2I8rNrgs0g-SEoZSwITa9aWjFTZUrwlza7SAGsgepneZLWpWNPKpvE9G-R-ciSIQZ8JT-VmN0dA/s1600-h/IMG_2546.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjI1V3woInGEmtno4HsOrnqdqzMOnIHJLq2eD72ZsteYMk1Oyu5nMKCtZZ_VmM3LD2I8rNrgs0g-SEoZSwITa9aWjFTZUrwlza7SAGsgepneZLWpWNPKpvE9G-R-ciSIQZ8JT-VmN0dA/s320/IMG_2546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402860202829328242" border="0" /></a><br />The Cathedral<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1EVyOwAKOZA2ACh3-n6KXz5czwTOLU_6FuzuJC_9i2BCadidzqVmOL99s9DCj8xrbSrVwwTiTYI_XIaK-PrnaO960Mo56DgZNXIlhYi_CGNaPzn0msDakt24sFF6qtXabgg49DA-NCQ/s1600-h/IMG_2555.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1EVyOwAKOZA2ACh3-n6KXz5czwTOLU_6FuzuJC_9i2BCadidzqVmOL99s9DCj8xrbSrVwwTiTYI_XIaK-PrnaO960Mo56DgZNXIlhYi_CGNaPzn0msDakt24sFF6qtXabgg49DA-NCQ/s320/IMG_2555.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402860234250862738" border="0" /></a>The roommates!<br /><br /></div>Thursday and Friday, me and the 'rents had some fun just hanging out, drinking wine, and making food. It was fun to have them around. I must say, Dad easily got used to the idea of the siesta, I think he started taking a longer one than me! Ha. Thursday night we took mom and dad out on the town! We went and played cards in Baviera and then we took them to the famed Australia bar in town and mom got to meet some of our friends. Give her two glasses of wine in Spain...and you get a silly mommy. hehe!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygXMFnwhcLlBYgCG_TVZz5LonNR19XrXOuAfTJLD4ugx7QZIoUJNKgdH-1DfkCJZbCkqXQDNshWX_29OLMVcWw1ZDITGuJNc-qgS_fdSGjAsR8U7-YPLptjQQPoA76Tw_XLzBcu8_u1w/s1600-h/Spain!+6553.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygXMFnwhcLlBYgCG_TVZz5LonNR19XrXOuAfTJLD4ugx7QZIoUJNKgdH-1DfkCJZbCkqXQDNshWX_29OLMVcWw1ZDITGuJNc-qgS_fdSGjAsR8U7-YPLptjQQPoA76Tw_XLzBcu8_u1w/s320/Spain!+6553.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402857122149611138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On Friday we set out again for Madrid, this time we walked to the Royal Palace (built in 1738) where mom and dad could see where the courts of Spain used to sit. (Now the official residence of the monarchs is el Palacio de la Zarzuela, in Madrid). We also decided to have one more go at paella before they left, we found an amazing place in la Plaza Santa Ana (ha! didn't realize the connection until just now!) where we just spent the night in true spanish style: eating, drinking and being merry.<br /><br />The next day, the parents left for the airport and I met up with my good friend Christina, whom I studied with in Granada. She is currently doing her masters here in Madrid and it was the first time I had been able to see her in three years! We had a nice chat and I'm sure it's not the last time we'll be seeing each other this year.<br /><br />well until next time...not sure what's in store for me next. We shall see! Au revoir!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-80862335346195736192009-11-04T10:49:00.000-08:002009-11-10T11:43:17.924-08:00We'rrrrre off to get my parents! To Madrid I go!!!Well, mission accomplished. The parents are in Spain. Spain has the parents. All is right with the world again.<br /><br />Again....let me just put it out there...my dad, in Spain, is one funny site to see. Ok, now I can continue...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well, my parents have finally seen more of Madrid than the airport. On Saturday night we walked all around Madrid. La Puerta del Sol, La Plaza Mayor...the subway system, everything you could imagine. Mom ate a spanish hamburger....dad tried spanish beer. It was definitely a day of firsts. However, it was pretty crowded downtown, do to the fact that it was Halloween. I find it hilarious that the Spanish have no real concept of why we have halloween, but they still partake in the festivities. (I bring this up because the Plaza Mayor was complete with Mickey & Minnie Mouse as well as one of those tables where 3 people poke their head through the tabletop to make it look as if they don't have bodies. Oh, Spain...) Another thing that is pretty funny is that if you DO choose to dress up on Halloween, it is unacceptable to be anything except something scary...while I was in Madrid, my roommates dressed up as Indians, and I guess comments were made!<br /><br />Even so, Mom and Dad seemed to like Madrid...I mean, dad had to stop in every ham shop on the road...like a kid in a candy store that one. He also wanted to buy enough wine for the whole week in that one trek....tip of the iceberg. It was a gorgeous night in the plazas though. The clouds were out...and it was super warm! Mom couldn't believe that it was almost novemeber.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xQ_reqcXDk-gwLT7UNjQdGimxvWtqAwR6DCXXTryXUqwA8-P7VMeViWdC1DIaP9GwTLJdXEuSgsRqsziZu5ZE_60eerpjlqI9zL7SZsoOm51EXHKtaT18PCNJJ-kYxOYZudH1Tee7qc/s1600-h/IMG_2314.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xQ_reqcXDk-gwLT7UNjQdGimxvWtqAwR6DCXXTryXUqwA8-P7VMeViWdC1DIaP9GwTLJdXEuSgsRqsziZu5ZE_60eerpjlqI9zL7SZsoOm51EXHKtaT18PCNJJ-kYxOYZudH1Tee7qc/s320/IMG_2314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557565527341522" border="0" /></a><br />Me and the ma dukes!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1gjUvPIVbtg7bwJrNtDP6iZRxsVtDUhWeT9KfVcI4YGf1WvUWvGSvVq0O5Tjgz1O6K0kiLlHQJM25_Csu6B1-SBQh2y1BHvKM4Rjwy-2Vxj8DY_GAkozdDyrKHdZYtMxSH-6WIT1X7g/s1600-h/IMG_2313.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1gjUvPIVbtg7bwJrNtDP6iZRxsVtDUhWeT9KfVcI4YGf1WvUWvGSvVq0O5Tjgz1O6K0kiLlHQJM25_Csu6B1-SBQh2y1BHvKM4Rjwy-2Vxj8DY_GAkozdDyrKHdZYtMxSH-6WIT1X7g/s320/IMG_2313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557563099750162" border="0" /></a><br />Dad and his ham<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKESBrQddFE9p7Tm4toboKrrpdnq_-gpqWpwxvF9NmWV6qL2iA4xyEPDsbvnDNJG9bcUgxseAPFQ9zq7GqjjpokBib9IkWDJMht699Vxbh5lPn2Ymr-1XsBxLMSCyoWzaKVNvQHh0Z3s/s1600-h/IMG_2315.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKESBrQddFE9p7Tm4toboKrrpdnq_-gpqWpwxvF9NmWV6qL2iA4xyEPDsbvnDNJG9bcUgxseAPFQ9zq7GqjjpokBib9IkWDJMht699Vxbh5lPn2Ymr-1XsBxLMSCyoWzaKVNvQHh0Z3s/s320/IMG_2315.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557575921163970" border="0" /></a><br />I guess I tired them out, eh?<br /><br /></div>The next day we went on our three hour journey to Valencia. Now, let me tell you. It is very hard to navigate in a car when someone is driving that doesn't understand Spanish. The outcomes are VERY interesting. I'm just starting off with that point....haha. Anyways, Valencia is about 3 hours away from Madrid and Sunday morning we headed in that direction so Dad could see his fish. Oh, the fish. There were many fish. Red ones, blue ones, big ones, and little ones. Sharks and dolphins too! Ohhhhh, my dad couldn't get enough. I have to admit, I did like the penguins though. They are suppppper funny. Ahh, but dad dragged us to the dolphin show, and made us look at every fish in the place....(let me just let you know, that there are over 15,000 kinds of fish at this place....) Over all, the place was pretty cool. But ohhhh....words can't describe...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtgAMwwW9v6f1A4OH68qBsucbMGp1u4A9M1-GQVGWw2flPi6yp0Wxgu9Ul9YtUQDFN1mLld6nj9wg2M4tjDn15iJWfruResXaGvQQthryo5OzYJ6UzO_syaJqJissB2OnOkl6KkgF670/s1600-h/IMG_2320.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtgAMwwW9v6f1A4OH68qBsucbMGp1u4A9M1-GQVGWw2flPi6yp0Wxgu9Ul9YtUQDFN1mLld6nj9wg2M4tjDn15iJWfruResXaGvQQthryo5OzYJ6UzO_syaJqJissB2OnOkl6KkgF670/s320/IMG_2320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559849040281746" border="0" /></a><br />The park of Arts and Sciences<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoLHkQdpX1JDhu-L8RNLuTzf_BtA6quu2zvm6rf1JfMoK9vSIqDfakZMm6kF1pm2SRywrhGBn55QuvDtLb-q3hzYdn14wPPokx5T5SPzOMC6eAAWK2LXZSJaDu8mRZafkglcJjyIoCJc/s1600-h/IMG_2338.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoLHkQdpX1JDhu-L8RNLuTzf_BtA6quu2zvm6rf1JfMoK9vSIqDfakZMm6kF1pm2SRywrhGBn55QuvDtLb-q3hzYdn14wPPokx5T5SPzOMC6eAAWK2LXZSJaDu8mRZafkglcJjyIoCJc/s320/IMG_2338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559860679480466" border="0" /></a>The Aquarium, el Oceanografico<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNCwkJHe1JDP63XjN3hzQhMvnFWY2WWoq4XSjA2d8n1TWIEMxbRcpWDB0zNn-aqhTd-Dt4RiDS9lTqZEOOHM1SiLdzsuLqwCjLBO3mzteDzczP7Wb5cQlOc6dEnA0onunUoc_bv9Eho8/s1600-h/IMG_2339.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNCwkJHe1JDP63XjN3hzQhMvnFWY2WWoq4XSjA2d8n1TWIEMxbRcpWDB0zNn-aqhTd-Dt4RiDS9lTqZEOOHM1SiLdzsuLqwCjLBO3mzteDzczP7Wb5cQlOc6dEnA0onunUoc_bv9Eho8/s320/IMG_2339.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559865088078850" border="0" /></a>Some fish.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjFmp8Ez_i4qDfAZgtVUvK0fSuapy8C8fkXjtMXccnM_q5ylrPSPCzcZjHZSzXcJhDo0y490KVQDF6-iGCn8tX_38CE4CqVeKZZ4jbUUpV7reG7dQKmsWW441Jsxp6DEfdXHObKTBwPE/s1600-h/IMG_2340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjFmp8Ez_i4qDfAZgtVUvK0fSuapy8C8fkXjtMXccnM_q5ylrPSPCzcZjHZSzXcJhDo0y490KVQDF6-iGCn8tX_38CE4CqVeKZZ4jbUUpV7reG7dQKmsWW441Jsxp6DEfdXHObKTBwPE/s320/IMG_2340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559867162638946" border="0" /></a>Some more fish.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYq7WWYLcDui5MIflATIpcf0rQ6TQKa1JI-HYS2_fVtDsjz6_RzVGdi-xludn9su3wAGvG_1gxnhZ7R7zjQ9sY5MwogXM7V8gZaGhcjsltFrT9RKDdBQJPGUk_1vpVnAUBAb3lCCvtzzQ/s1600-h/IMG_2343.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYq7WWYLcDui5MIflATIpcf0rQ6TQKa1JI-HYS2_fVtDsjz6_RzVGdi-xludn9su3wAGvG_1gxnhZ7R7zjQ9sY5MwogXM7V8gZaGhcjsltFrT9RKDdBQJPGUk_1vpVnAUBAb3lCCvtzzQ/s320/IMG_2343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559871038719346" border="0" /></a>Even more fish. Actually, these fish were call "Sweetlips" which is why I took a picture of them....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTqNAwaN3GYornzatNvfUeSTe7nI3m50gcVw12-V24GBjKLFYfcf4FODSivAm9Gaj9cEOedd5T57axfpPaIZeAigQYShA7LVP1OVv0hqq2ZygsZf-obzPCn56lE9MwGECEbxLho5ye-4/s1600-h/IMG_2348.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTqNAwaN3GYornzatNvfUeSTe7nI3m50gcVw12-V24GBjKLFYfcf4FODSivAm9Gaj9cEOedd5T57axfpPaIZeAigQYShA7LVP1OVv0hqq2ZygsZf-obzPCn56lE9MwGECEbxLho5ye-4/s320/IMG_2348.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561231288064866" border="0" /></a>Hey look, a tunnel of, what are they called again? Oh that's right, fish!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHK0ocqTJo_WtZ0RuEuxQKMEV6dG5LsKcOtlxyXgaKHeiQbGoqe5GuxYBiL87UOvb6RIdVhx4rCbz57-y-SpG7n_5uy1n8KfmPYhrDoOqNK8bi_kzbh3P6f3nB-lAa1HywasA_Rr4J90/s1600-h/IMG_2360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHK0ocqTJo_WtZ0RuEuxQKMEV6dG5LsKcOtlxyXgaKHeiQbGoqe5GuxYBiL87UOvb6RIdVhx4rCbz57-y-SpG7n_5uy1n8KfmPYhrDoOqNK8bi_kzbh3P6f3nB-lAa1HywasA_Rr4J90/s320/IMG_2360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561235013513554" border="0" /></a>Couldn't go to the aquarium without going to the dolphin show, now could we? It's Sea World memories all over again....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCDMQ3kixYNVDmCaEQPdnx6eqakA8OTrNB6OvufDThw6GzdjsZVMePO3CtqXxUQa5naYbZQPP19ztWHEYo7uH8-eXU_7wWF-Pe7mJjCsRKAUkIxi4OBbHwNuBxDpbEwZNU9Hj9zXHNm0/s1600-h/IMG_2364.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCDMQ3kixYNVDmCaEQPdnx6eqakA8OTrNB6OvufDThw6GzdjsZVMePO3CtqXxUQa5naYbZQPP19ztWHEYo7uH8-eXU_7wWF-Pe7mJjCsRKAUkIxi4OBbHwNuBxDpbEwZNU9Hj9zXHNm0/s320/IMG_2364.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561237734006050" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Well, after the aquarium we tried to find out hotel. Good times, especially with no map of the city. Have no fear, we found it. Nice hotel too. It was called Medium Hotels Valencia. Definitely recommendable. (A very 'Yuriy' hotel!) Dark colors, very chic inside, very nice overall. That night me and mom figured that since we were in the place were paella originated from, we had to be sure to try it. Well we found this little outdoor cafe in the middle of some side street in the casco viejor (old part) of Valencia that had AMAZING paella valenciana....the saffron was golden yellow, the meat cooked to perfection, just the right amount of vegetables....geez, this is making my mouth water. Anyways, the setting was great, people walking by on their way to their own dinners, a gorgeous night....all we needed was an accordian player to show up, and voila, you have the perfect setting.<br /><br />After that, we had a chance to walk around old Valencia, espeacially its gorgeous cathedral, that we actually got locked inside of. (It was like a sign from grandma telling me I should go to church more, I just know it!) When we finally found our way out of the spooky cathedral, we stumbled upon this cute little plaza where we enjoyed a nice cup of tea and the full moon. I love people watching, and for some reason these Spanish plazas are the perfect settings. It was defintely a gorgeous night for it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAMakcInioKNZ5Z_Rbr-ojpqYagfBva0Tvjde3oZwqT_229XRwGPEsnBXWvIOpCeX1maJvK5-SHsX0h7hac42ZkBpUHSuROtH02BpNDH695lZsomPXM3tb-TtjhSMs0-LoJrSXHnj_VA/s1600-h/IMG_2398.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAMakcInioKNZ5Z_Rbr-ojpqYagfBva0Tvjde3oZwqT_229XRwGPEsnBXWvIOpCeX1maJvK5-SHsX0h7hac42ZkBpUHSuROtH02BpNDH695lZsomPXM3tb-TtjhSMs0-LoJrSXHnj_VA/s320/IMG_2398.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561241928478882" border="0" /></a><br />The Valencia Cathedral<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjPjYioIk4isUcLJhvcNWLJD64HvIxit1NCXvHWbEyq-Qujksk1z5uYSdWaZUE-5TcH-aX1xZBSUr2gSIzHtzE6YXTVVeIVYkROjY6ei7Wo_uELi1cCJ5gDCngUEJgb_7WdEhtM9DdSI/s1600-h/IMG_2405.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjPjYioIk4isUcLJhvcNWLJD64HvIxit1NCXvHWbEyq-Qujksk1z5uYSdWaZUE-5TcH-aX1xZBSUr2gSIzHtzE6YXTVVeIVYkROjY6ei7Wo_uELi1cCJ5gDCngUEJgb_7WdEhtM9DdSI/s320/IMG_2405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402562142020352578" border="0" /></a>La plaza de la Virgen. And that's right, the Basilica is right NEXT to the cathedral..<br /></div>The next day, the three of us ventured over to the port of Valencia. Oh, it was almost 70 degrees outside! Absolutely incredible. I had to practically hold mom back from jumping in the water. The beach really was gorgeous, I couldn't believe that it was actually November. Well after we perused the port for awhile, we decided to get going on our hike to Calatayud.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWBfgMMj4MH5Rhrjx6CcbUeOVk8sgkZZLASfN1fymSydak1jZjFgsUlj5AQ7X90EbYScFEhDKqabD1xqZ4oDW18xVUnoYagWMjKAMJbSFnL-BiqlitZZbE8nZpzyzuEYRrQKnjDlXox4/s1600-h/IMG_2409.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWBfgMMj4MH5Rhrjx6CcbUeOVk8sgkZZLASfN1fymSydak1jZjFgsUlj5AQ7X90EbYScFEhDKqabD1xqZ4oDW18xVUnoYagWMjKAMJbSFnL-BiqlitZZbE8nZpzyzuEYRrQKnjDlXox4/s320/IMG_2409.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402562146516383202" border="0" /></a><br />The Port of Valencia, not too bad for November, eh?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xvDjsJLnnXkNs8pW62vuRf86Kzt5H_WBYblBVvoePE6wyTEBmGeJ-E_OFcoA0J9SJ8lO7DfsynQFCtftQNVVr3e3ISEwljQkiUyp6Y4k92TKCIxu1K7lO2DpMLfcM5GoJVqJOMzbdGI/s1600-h/IMG_2420.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xvDjsJLnnXkNs8pW62vuRf86Kzt5H_WBYblBVvoePE6wyTEBmGeJ-E_OFcoA0J9SJ8lO7DfsynQFCtftQNVVr3e3ISEwljQkiUyp6Y4k92TKCIxu1K7lO2DpMLfcM5GoJVqJOMzbdGI/s320/IMG_2420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402562149228971090" border="0" /></a>She really didn't want to move....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPDgoV9yFVAxwvRRI0IETLP5SjqiXBb0w0kt_x1HBdMXPePLbCzKnklN6aO6mGOghgSWKw7d_F6lBb5UcYoFYc4f655NE5UZNRESB_1b_x5Hl5GAa1wzcJ8q2swF12EeLGY7KIVl9Lpk/s1600-h/IMG_2427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPDgoV9yFVAxwvRRI0IETLP5SjqiXBb0w0kt_x1HBdMXPePLbCzKnklN6aO6mGOghgSWKw7d_F6lBb5UcYoFYc4f655NE5UZNRESB_1b_x5Hl5GAa1wzcJ8q2swF12EeLGY7KIVl9Lpk/s320/IMG_2427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402562151290956290" border="0" /></a>Look how happy there are to be in Spain!<br /><br /><br /></div>In our next chapter of 'The parents are in Spain": how the parents climbed the Castle of Calatayud, Dad continues to say thank you instead of gracias, and Karli and Emily learn a new card game.....will they make it?Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-60506435951609189332009-10-27T14:03:00.000-07:002009-10-28T11:04:59.190-07:00The adventures continue.....Wow....ok ok, I know, I know.... I haven't posted in awhile. Sorry! I'm on top of things, I swear!!!<br /><br />Well, last week, the girls and I made BOMB stuffed peppers....move out of the way grandpa!!! (just kidding....his will kick mine's ass anytime...) But ohhhhh...they were so good. We stuffed them with peppers, onions, garlic, cheese and cous cous...man, oh man!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kch0ua9-GtKJWayv-QufPdtyEiPUyhrGRaztYOpaYA7Y4hwjJPyQ91uEVQHusqQlMeka6o8aEQRiMFZjHf5swpbhylBwpPV7zddZfSOGqcvewuKvh8laAEFxa1JEe9xdtnI6I_o_9U0/s1600-h/IMG_2182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kch0ua9-GtKJWayv-QufPdtyEiPUyhrGRaztYOpaYA7Y4hwjJPyQ91uEVQHusqQlMeka6o8aEQRiMFZjHf5swpbhylBwpPV7zddZfSOGqcvewuKvh8laAEFxa1JEe9xdtnI6I_o_9U0/s320/IMG_2182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397389656015893474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last weekend, we finally made the trek up to la Iglesia de San Roque..which is the highest church in the city...and when I say high, I mean high. The trek up there was tough, straight up, but oh, the view! It was awesome. We packed a lunch and just ate on the steps, overlooking the city. It really was spectacular. We could clearly see the mountain and the castle as well as the rest of the city.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4apR6oGk_91OhL-Sa8PVXbYrMUqtEP8PwdoJItZ3qCbub2PZVGF6pOGikRhTeXW0YYMjm0mHYPT0JHIiJq9BHXjjH3nXS3x5SJp5pDDRNjh_H9Z7WJv9615-v36kpIPNws_APg5MYeUI/s1600-h/IMG_1808.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4apR6oGk_91OhL-Sa8PVXbYrMUqtEP8PwdoJItZ3qCbub2PZVGF6pOGikRhTeXW0YYMjm0mHYPT0JHIiJq9BHXjjH3nXS3x5SJp5pDDRNjh_H9Z7WJv9615-v36kpIPNws_APg5MYeUI/s320/IMG_1808.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397393642833278946" border="0" /></a>View from the <span>bottom</span> of the mountain....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSijA3HT_iJjRthMYcvayEu8JELtcWcqySQ-B7L2tMM2NEQZ8E680mTY5xbGMojUUDhyphenhyphenccLHS6cExjVTBmvvjMBUV1WteW68ta1HBCWH6fSF9UCrOs2xvcT05SmCy3-cMl__nNAJYZlBE/s1600-h/IMG_2142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSijA3HT_iJjRthMYcvayEu8JELtcWcqySQ-B7L2tMM2NEQZ8E680mTY5xbGMojUUDhyphenhyphenccLHS6cExjVTBmvvjMBUV1WteW68ta1HBCWH6fSF9UCrOs2xvcT05SmCy3-cMl__nNAJYZlBE/s320/IMG_2142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397393650777349970" border="0" /></a>It's really just a tiny little thing....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHAg_n75-6UP2jYho9NylO_4H7O_K7c86asQSBW5JDuHzDJxFq7X9iFwyym0I2-Tjtee9uzJ_8Fn4g-os82w1mhImKTAKmD4lChRDrwZGy5WABxBDDBSSn61Ou-or6DDwo8i0W0Bb7FU/s1600-h/IMG_2140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHAg_n75-6UP2jYho9NylO_4H7O_K7c86asQSBW5JDuHzDJxFq7X9iFwyym0I2-Tjtee9uzJ_8Fn4g-os82w1mhImKTAKmD4lChRDrwZGy5WABxBDDBSSn61Ou-or6DDwo8i0W0Bb7FU/s320/IMG_2140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397393652569011650" border="0" /></a>Different view of the castle for ya....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3hq5x-ZbI0eJK9T20d2bVLjop6CI26X2VcnJU6hxvVDgtXzfz8fPtGzaDkzDaQNtuO3t5ddmxa-xfDNZEbRmR6ZskFr_ERAghbDyLzocFwcGJROFTwwH5lu-5TjSlwaQLPygA40fUnQ/s1600-h/IMG_2163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3hq5x-ZbI0eJK9T20d2bVLjop6CI26X2VcnJU6hxvVDgtXzfz8fPtGzaDkzDaQNtuO3t5ddmxa-xfDNZEbRmR6ZskFr_ERAghbDyLzocFwcGJROFTwwH5lu-5TjSlwaQLPygA40fUnQ/s320/IMG_2163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397393659371967906" border="0" /></a>good thing for automatic timers<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafFrjvW9-U_WNDO7did-waLkMo5j9D8ewdktx27p2KBDKj8MYqNk0cH4eWthUrFuliOircmK380sonPZamccFb2BxRcASo1Fz9mfCPtiJAZM2t0w_hvqNeA3J0k6ZKcoi1mHmntXLHkA/s1600-h/IMG_2178.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafFrjvW9-U_WNDO7did-waLkMo5j9D8ewdktx27p2KBDKj8MYqNk0cH4eWthUrFuliOircmK380sonPZamccFb2BxRcASo1Fz9mfCPtiJAZM2t0w_hvqNeA3J0k6ZKcoi1mHmntXLHkA/s320/IMG_2178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397393660710403362" border="0" /></a>goofing around..<br /><br /></div><br />Well, last Thursday I was lucky enough to have my good friend Lindsey, from Washington come over to visit me from Mallorca. (She's an auxiliar there). ohhhh, I haven't seen this girl in 2 years, it was sooo awesome! Thursday night, I took her out on the town....well as much of it that we could conquer....of course, we hit up Australian bar, you know, the staple of Calatayud. The hoppin' place where it all goes down... (not really) there were like five people in the bar, but we had fun anyway. It's sad because the bartender is beginning to recongnize us (his name is Francisco) and now he comes over to talk to us when we go in...oh, so sad...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tJ_7XURhJiDqdcuYUuHuNljX9Pb_KV9XmyOOoog7QsWRwoMIHXbFcS3-lOKXQmYlTw3KbeV8piqiV2yT65ZmGo7oxN6igQWFZduls2-qod0BXv8nlARhnJtRurDivn7EmtUnW16vRb4/s1600-h/IMG_0998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tJ_7XURhJiDqdcuYUuHuNljX9Pb_KV9XmyOOoog7QsWRwoMIHXbFcS3-lOKXQmYlTw3KbeV8piqiV2yT65ZmGo7oxN6igQWFZduls2-qod0BXv8nlARhnJtRurDivn7EmtUnW16vRb4/s320/IMG_0998.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397415124563723138" border="0" /></a><br />Anyways, on Friday we decided that we would spend the weekend in Pamplona..so off we went! It's only about two hours away by train...and we got a super nice one! (earphones and everything...) We arrived around 6:30 in Pamplona....to the pouring rain...awesome. And on top of that, we had to walk to the hostel. haha....needless to say, we showed up looking a little wet. ha. Well, we stayed at Hostel Hemingway, which was close to the city center...the old part of town, el casco viejo (which literally means old helmet) But it was cozy and we got too meet some people there. Well, friday night we decided to indulge in falafel and Doner kebabs...mmm! It was outrageous because not only was it a kebab place....but oh, they served italian as well! wow, only in Europe will you find that. Needless to say, it was delicious and me and Linds overheard two Australian gals talking and we found out that they were staying in the same hostel! Weirdly, they were also both named Sara(h). ha! They were pretty chill though, we had a good talk.<br /><br /><br />Well me and Linds definitely did some partying this weekend....some of the people from the hostel went out and invited us along, some of them being native Pamplonians, so we actually got to go to non-touristy places....it soooo rocked! We were out until 5:30 in the morning. wicked good times...One bar was called Garika and the other, Cava....definitely reccomendable! hahaha<br /><br />Well the next morning, we uh, slept in a little. Like you know, 12:30ish.... haha. We got up and walked around,we got to see the path that the bulls take when the fiestas de San Fermin take place in July....way easier to see without so many people around! The bullring there is the 3rd largest in the world, I can only call it less than impressive! It was giant! (third only to Madrid and Mexico City) It's insane, becuase the streets are sooooo narrow! I have no idea how all those bulls and people fit in them! Insane really.... Also, the city is well-known for Hemingway's novels....so its easy to see a lot of Hemingway stuff everywhere...especially the places where he liked to frequent. (Very cool, especially since The Sun Also Rises is one of my favorite novels) The ambiance of the city is great....Since its so close to France, there is a lot of French influence in the architecture which gives it a different feel. Also, its cool cause even though the city is in the region of Navarra, the majority of the city's signs are also written in Euskera, the language of Pais Vasco, the next province over. It's a really pretty language, however, its the only language in the world where no one can trace it back to anything...its unlike any other language. Yet, it's one of Spain's official languages. (For example, Garaika is a girl's name....and instead of the Spanish name, Ignacio...it becomes Iñaki...they do wicked cool things with k's). Anyhow, the city overall was a beautiful place...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPOM0f6KkGHEQWpYS5M5796X_liPWBE2wUoT84x-zCq3WS1DnaojNf6aNOtLQfFFf3dgs95J7DYi-sJovwY6TApxQreYXoVq7R_jsB7QzWeIUYKpT5pbvM-UoGZBe-vog3UWQ53GDFYs/s1600-h/IMG_1002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPOM0f6KkGHEQWpYS5M5796X_liPWBE2wUoT84x-zCq3WS1DnaojNf6aNOtLQfFFf3dgs95J7DYi-sJovwY6TApxQreYXoVq7R_jsB7QzWeIUYKpT5pbvM-UoGZBe-vog3UWQ53GDFYs/s320/IMG_1002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397415127438901442" border="0" /></a>The bullring....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqutZuX0KQPLDazCC_xQOsJ-IPjUYBo-_bkf1WcmFKVfnJ9PMSPn0FdfUTQQIhm-J5R710m0JQuigfdShFJcNZOJFdl-F-DPXqvHJW2vH2bJOoZVl2NhIe_XdlVGuevEoDg_ChB8YBT0g/s1600-h/IMG_2202.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqutZuX0KQPLDazCC_xQOsJ-IPjUYBo-_bkf1WcmFKVfnJ9PMSPn0FdfUTQQIhm-J5R710m0JQuigfdShFJcNZOJFdl-F-DPXqvHJW2vH2bJOoZVl2NhIe_XdlVGuevEoDg_ChB8YBT0g/s320/IMG_2202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397415132730649826" border="0" /></a>The origin of the Fiesta de San Fermin...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGMmgkV71NZwzPTS9GDeTVg7RJV2JZGU9cfs-EiPeZT_Vu80L4zeDz_kqYvBafzigO6pxJj5KAubjI8_Uw2KFlRz4KPVI6x-WoN8cifL48s9gplrEm-HqrYs76o9MWB_ThI7GBmIUWm8/s1600-h/IMG_1003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGMmgkV71NZwzPTS9GDeTVg7RJV2JZGU9cfs-EiPeZT_Vu80L4zeDz_kqYvBafzigO6pxJj5KAubjI8_Uw2KFlRz4KPVI6x-WoN8cifL48s9gplrEm-HqrYs76o9MWB_ThI7GBmIUWm8/s320/IMG_1003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397415143465253794" border="0" /></a>El Encierro, where the bulls enter the ring<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4gne_MZMhJJZAr0zsGAfNu61xxU-JPDF7A59Aza4orUedcE3819y2Z-ifTPWJsXanC_ocn7VF26gSpUDSmeFfo8gRXrK-mghBDYRJdpXsGGYM5tUi1eCX471wWQIRT4kfTaU3PMHqC0/s1600-h/IMG_2204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4gne_MZMhJJZAr0zsGAfNu61xxU-JPDF7A59Aza4orUedcE3819y2Z-ifTPWJsXanC_ocn7VF26gSpUDSmeFfo8gRXrK-mghBDYRJdpXsGGYM5tUi1eCX471wWQIRT4kfTaU3PMHqC0/s320/IMG_2204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397415143205439218" border="0" /></a>This is Sara, in the Encierro.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sF6UA_sZNIhRHueWxNh7ZxqBO8PbKWZO4V0dYJak3SQTtlFiV2AE1QtzBOJJ-zRx83RuyZX62WtWIcZuCodLKRGDGDuI-tuulPl5d6T7oRM8K9nmNQAh-GC1FwHBccrmZzX0IBSWzo8/s1600-h/IMG_2242.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sF6UA_sZNIhRHueWxNh7ZxqBO8PbKWZO4V0dYJak3SQTtlFiV2AE1QtzBOJJ-zRx83RuyZX62WtWIcZuCodLKRGDGDuI-tuulPl5d6T7oRM8K9nmNQAh-GC1FwHBccrmZzX0IBSWzo8/s320/IMG_2242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397416198326878402" border="0" /></a>El Estafeta, the longest straightaway ofthe run, 300 m. See how tiny the streets are???<br />Again, we went out on Saturday night...this time to the local discoteca...(I'm so glad we made friends!) and again...we didn't get home until 7:00 in the morning...I love Pamplona! It was pretty funny though, cause the next day, Lindsey and I thought that our phones had automatically changed time zones, well, let's just say they didn't. We ended getting to the train station SUPER early... yes, we got to know the Pamplona train station very well....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBfdeG9HDM2D9xSrotwLGlndxA_Qd2nMJi_iuDReb-lWJV03Sha3uhYJVUJtA9OxmETSU3tzWS4R2xDXlZP5mYs5sHkaFSTRZggT2hyphenhyphenyyxNNeXyrIiFYRbQXbrXSoAHvFqJoKqYoVpLY/s1600-h/IMG_2266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBfdeG9HDM2D9xSrotwLGlndxA_Qd2nMJi_iuDReb-lWJV03Sha3uhYJVUJtA9OxmETSU3tzWS4R2xDXlZP5mYs5sHkaFSTRZggT2hyphenhyphenyyxNNeXyrIiFYRbQXbrXSoAHvFqJoKqYoVpLY/s320/IMG_2266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397706201614578370" border="0" /></a>By far the most beautiful building we saw in Pamplona. Not really sure what it is though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvEwIed-vE8VfQOPGgRZQ3OOCA1LSACB7kVoJlpvY0yhjWR7kEhFeO3942jocqiKM9JcQQSF4tfl-SsSctFM3cNvlyNpdACQeGyaOXPNyaqrvF1ZrQURnSwy-AjCtxJV4ImUMgXui4Dw/s1600-h/IMG_1090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvEwIed-vE8VfQOPGgRZQ3OOCA1LSACB7kVoJlpvY0yhjWR7kEhFeO3942jocqiKM9JcQQSF4tfl-SsSctFM3cNvlyNpdACQeGyaOXPNyaqrvF1ZrQURnSwy-AjCtxJV4ImUMgXui4Dw/s320/IMG_1090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397706200307648802" border="0" /></a>The traditional dances of Navarra, a show we just happened upon while walking along the Casco viejo...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNCdJtVJo8t6YzLumjvPJAfG_1PCAxUrxJWi-J_cWt6VT97KeNt3yqs4H0NHy2nYUq8dPni1SHM_9mDKtFX_XQeVMVKMXc9ilB-PUbsMrB8crkEjMrQoCzGSrtFu-JVx1x0UVEaPkjv0/s1600-h/IMG_1107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNCdJtVJo8t6YzLumjvPJAfG_1PCAxUrxJWi-J_cWt6VT97KeNt3yqs4H0NHy2nYUq8dPni1SHM_9mDKtFX_XQeVMVKMXc9ilB-PUbsMrB8crkEjMrQoCzGSrtFu-JVx1x0UVEaPkjv0/s320/IMG_1107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397706180544757634" border="0" /></a>The statue of the encierro....depicting the Running of the Bulls, obviously Lindsey and I thought it could use a few more participants.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fAP2Oo0cQ0_Ixghm2e-nPCyEqyObVAuSo8KgoUENHu1LX76MU001obkZcG-czjR6VNiHD_o5Lg60wUzmORfTPzhZxGQw_Rx7KB3_qJwknc-fTIfXZ_zlAPpyh_OP4ypyGa1ZugRxGSc/s1600-h/IMG_2272.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fAP2Oo0cQ0_Ixghm2e-nPCyEqyObVAuSo8KgoUENHu1LX76MU001obkZcG-czjR6VNiHD_o5Lg60wUzmORfTPzhZxGQw_Rx7KB3_qJwknc-fTIfXZ_zlAPpyh_OP4ypyGa1ZugRxGSc/s320/IMG_2272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397706189931329714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFgVzqldF5ukVf7PayJ2Ig1Z4IAk1FTHIpxd4guE30t1wmXi04JtYgr97U08prtZ7QQaLhy3XkvhDMA282_TLiFjjMTRWurno5Rh-Hj54zsIfcHAU2XX2e6y9Pa5bzE-3qx_-5FGirFQ/s1600-h/IMG_1115.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFgVzqldF5ukVf7PayJ2Ig1Z4IAk1FTHIpxd4guE30t1wmXi04JtYgr97U08prtZ7QQaLhy3XkvhDMA282_TLiFjjMTRWurno5Rh-Hj54zsIfcHAU2XX2e6y9Pa5bzE-3qx_-5FGirFQ/s320/IMG_1115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397706187227984642" border="0" /></a>I know, I know...we CLEARLY had too much time on our hands....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXjhAi6G1OWEoe_nsu17e1qfixka4Pi-E_ZGrCxTm83tMrdI7S0872Z7DEknwQaJMiLl4fSznPO_3ByPkiMqj3RcF_MEo06xmDUQoB2JmlsKMT39Y7tR6M1EC_zgeaiwL4XNZLcqe-Is/s1600-h/Pamplona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 601px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXjhAi6G1OWEoe_nsu17e1qfixka4Pi-E_ZGrCxTm83tMrdI7S0872Z7DEknwQaJMiLl4fSznPO_3ByPkiMqj3RcF_MEo06xmDUQoB2JmlsKMT39Y7tR6M1EC_zgeaiwL4XNZLcqe-Is/s320/Pamplona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397710641327451874" border="0" /></a>Overlooking the Pyrenees...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, t'was a very good weekend....Sometime this year I'll make it back up north to get to San Sebastian, which is also a city from Hemingway's book. Met some good people and got to see Lindsey! This weekend mom and dad are visiting.....this should be interesting! (haha, just kidding mom and dad, can't wait!!) So, off to Valencia we go!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRqbfFIZ88WnukZ7Ivv6Eq3f3XoJZjTd_OmFT_dQThL_pP4-0ghD1s_N-89jUW4Va1NYTK78sLJMZglVv8kdt37KNeHc8x11XMQXGTprqbNKRhpANVx6fnmhVNlKdn0WrKp1JRP6dDt0/s1600-h/IMG_1039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRqbfFIZ88WnukZ7Ivv6Eq3f3XoJZjTd_OmFT_dQThL_pP4-0ghD1s_N-89jUW4Va1NYTK78sLJMZglVv8kdt37KNeHc8x11XMQXGTprqbNKRhpANVx6fnmhVNlKdn0WrKp1JRP6dDt0/s320/IMG_1039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397710634436100066" border="0" /></a><br />Things have been going well at school, today I got the chance to explain what Halloween was and where it came from....I also told them a few scary stories...(so easy to scare them!!!) You know, a little Mercy Brown never hurt anyone! hehehe. That was just entertaining for my benefit.... It is sometimes fun to mess with them... :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Adieu!!<br /><br /></div></div>Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-30736918306206865042009-10-14T13:33:00.000-07:002009-10-14T14:31:51.141-07:00Nuestra Senora, la Virgen Pilar, toros, and hot water.....oh my!So, wow. What a weekend. The gals and I ventured to Zaragoza for the world famous celebration of Aragon's Patron Saint, Pilar. We arrived on Sunday afternoon and crashed with another auxiliar living there, who was nice enough to let us stay the weekend. Well..than the party began!<br /><br />We cruised around Zaragoza for awhile...figuring out the mean streets, (which turned out to be not so bad) and we eventually found our way to the main plaza where everything was going down. The Basilica de la virgen Pilar is the central item in the plaza, with old Zaragoza surrounding it and the Ebro river crawling behind it. So there was a lot of room for activity. For the festival there were radio crews set up, the news, a concert stage...everything! There were already sooo many people around, it was crazy. One thing we noticed was that tons of kids were wearing white overalls, with writing all over them. Like every teenager imaginable wore them...we finally asked someone and learned that they were called 'petos' and that it was tradition to wear them to events and outings, after having you friends sign them...how crazy! Anyways, that night we met up with Kristin and we grabbed some wine and 'botelloned' (simply put, when you gather in a group and drink outside, in the streets, on a sidewalk, wherever you wish really) on the side of the cathedral! It was excellent fun...I even found Don Simon! woo! But anways, also in the plaza was this giant metal structure that looked like a pyramid. That was the center event on the following day.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf_5jC0InwMY5CH87T_pLelgT3sVKdHwKt_CR-awHUW6pOGW7Ork6TIJaMrIvN290tol-ycQkD_bvFhWcv14T-ZAzj0xiOB8GTeVv0siEK9gy3ZmY8ZFoVM_t8rs6wKY2mAsOkk_5nCg/s1600-h/IMG_2042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf_5jC0InwMY5CH87T_pLelgT3sVKdHwKt_CR-awHUW6pOGW7Ork6TIJaMrIvN290tol-ycQkD_bvFhWcv14T-ZAzj0xiOB8GTeVv0siEK9gy3ZmY8ZFoVM_t8rs6wKY2mAsOkk_5nCg/s320/IMG_2042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392563221129149954" border="0" /></a> Basilica de Nuestra Virgen de Pilar from the Ebro River<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULgnPtM3KOrXV-dE-OEs-lBpOt6ZOhJIlWr3_X0pgHEPI8Wyyx6McaeX7w9zePrVvmItTVIl9SfiNoz1GjtIoEPN48njTBHhGpkQoH9WokEfhQjI_rXeuAkApkqbQwySn4ngmAb7DBos/s1600-h/IMG_1973.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULgnPtM3KOrXV-dE-OEs-lBpOt6ZOhJIlWr3_X0pgHEPI8Wyyx6McaeX7w9zePrVvmItTVIl9SfiNoz1GjtIoEPN48njTBHhGpkQoH9WokEfhQjI_rXeuAkApkqbQwySn4ngmAb7DBos/s320/IMG_1973.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392563659238583874" border="0" /></a>From the plaza at night, the pyramid...<br /><br /></div>The following day we trudged back to the plaza, only this time to find the most people I have ever seen in my life in one spot. It was incredible the amount of people that attended this event. The streets were absolutely mobbed. But it was so neat as to what was going on. People from all over Aragon had come to Zaragoza, dressed in the traditional dress of their ancestors, and brought floral offerings for their patroness. That pyramid thing was actually what the flowers were put into, creating a humongous pyramid of flowers. It was absolutely mesmorizing to see from the young to the old (my age included) have so much pride in their nationality. Thousands of people dressed up and celebrated their aragonese pride. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1mR__qtxUM4k5yWnAJSSgqLeksiz6gilPPSpnO45pMbRHfYXNjB9BLwTZeLMxph9Hv7lZsOPl4XGR-gG8j-cd79pF00N7zZn2dydMHSWggvnGj1kQMI2OPtZ2kVf-HKuHcWosYtl_AM/s1600-h/IMG_1986.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1mR__qtxUM4k5yWnAJSSgqLeksiz6gilPPSpnO45pMbRHfYXNjB9BLwTZeLMxph9Hv7lZsOPl4XGR-gG8j-cd79pF00N7zZn2dydMHSWggvnGj1kQMI2OPtZ2kVf-HKuHcWosYtl_AM/s320/IMG_1986.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392564660458238898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YfZH7zBSTJ-kqMxc8cWpRjuTt3sLkpU9UHPrf6iWFUXza7lOR-F9TUb4OURja11_gRdQv0OKNRNYJFm_fGLWPWQF7rSfQ73DdU_ts_-cXwDhBTZ2sSciGvpqaM2ijpK0F8AzYC-gAt8/s1600-h/IMG_2103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YfZH7zBSTJ-kqMxc8cWpRjuTt3sLkpU9UHPrf6iWFUXza7lOR-F9TUb4OURja11_gRdQv0OKNRNYJFm_fGLWPWQF7rSfQ73DdU_ts_-cXwDhBTZ2sSciGvpqaM2ijpK0F8AzYC-gAt8/s320/IMG_2103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392565223553162914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgo1M1TDvFLLn4UXtIjDm5HHlc18iiAePwVk2zs4vSrhRESPvLH1L5QZ3dhVYqTnbxeeBl0ljwUXZ7B9I_LHuqcVi_3I_Y9yBFdfyW0Ma8L8qpNPLUHkJVZwrDK1sQUvV7RuiSGizYTQ/s1600-h/IMG_2078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgo1M1TDvFLLn4UXtIjDm5HHlc18iiAePwVk2zs4vSrhRESPvLH1L5QZ3dhVYqTnbxeeBl0ljwUXZ7B9I_LHuqcVi_3I_Y9yBFdfyW0Ma8L8qpNPLUHkJVZwrDK1sQUvV7RuiSGizYTQ/s320/IMG_2078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392565634604440690" border="0" /></a><br />Post flower offering....<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpa8UY6b1wToMQTw9OYfFQLAg4M96ll88U3L8DxMwknqnMZUNPKqy8A0RAWPtnvorW5pUjLdBVEyM0HjLK-8GrHGAiqqestc7wcZg2yaYAGD0dVXH7Et2DFw5qjA9a_QcHXBiidpBmc0/s1600-h/IMG_2105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpa8UY6b1wToMQTw9OYfFQLAg4M96ll88U3L8DxMwknqnMZUNPKqy8A0RAWPtnvorW5pUjLdBVEyM0HjLK-8GrHGAiqqestc7wcZg2yaYAGD0dVXH7Et2DFw5qjA9a_QcHXBiidpBmc0/s320/IMG_2105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392566230882370418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrtXIVfNvmSYk7lJ0Y9HkMZDTc4BjunsOCnHJ7DfgIXdEr6mN-dDpJlabcbFFAaJlPpSrEJncxC_4sSlplY8ULHsbFtvwcbDuYMRU4iEoVZZ4Qg4dEXxFORMd8btH97VATRSi-P5xjUg/s1600-h/IMG_2086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrtXIVfNvmSYk7lJ0Y9HkMZDTc4BjunsOCnHJ7DfgIXdEr6mN-dDpJlabcbFFAaJlPpSrEJncxC_4sSlplY8ULHsbFtvwcbDuYMRU4iEoVZZ4Qg4dEXxFORMd8btH97VATRSi-P5xjUg/s320/IMG_2086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392566766647991122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lKATVgekcQCMM2cySqljWeC7Uju-r0M7DSfs9uY0TbAFPvY_9sub26hUTz7OoKs-SRnJQxrMMiLcUzp7ZvaaSb6qyUEYvoOFBovEbPAZyYXaQXCmHpLhj0AkG8W8QBdczYFJbuFJmbM/s1600-h/IMG_2036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lKATVgekcQCMM2cySqljWeC7Uju-r0M7DSfs9uY0TbAFPvY_9sub26hUTz7OoKs-SRnJQxrMMiLcUzp7ZvaaSb6qyUEYvoOFBovEbPAZyYXaQXCmHpLhj0AkG8W8QBdczYFJbuFJmbM/s320/IMG_2036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392571219347404450" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>One of the events going in the month of October in Zaragoza are daily bullfights, something which is a bit of a divided subject in Spain. Well, the girls and I had the lucky experience of being caught in the middle of a protest! We were sitting in this plaza, when all of a sudden we see people starting to congrugate with boards and and flyers, and people dressed up in red and black...it was crazy! All of a sudden, they did like this charge move and they all started yelling and shouting and ranting and raving...protesting the bullfight! Police showed up and everything...it was nuts! We were able to get out of there...but it was kinda cool! haha! Never done that before!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ_3tvynBb4fck_4ssD05J5HSJf47EDejXfdrHKSTuzghCoVG8sg-cXgi-3TQ7nr53xtqzEvSUhjYANq4PDlGfmJDWI7O8DMPymZfnz2WW4jgkqWR7Z9ZXCxImumssKf5nASApf-Wxu8/s1600-h/IMG_1939.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ_3tvynBb4fck_4ssD05J5HSJf47EDejXfdrHKSTuzghCoVG8sg-cXgi-3TQ7nr53xtqzEvSUhjYANq4PDlGfmJDWI7O8DMPymZfnz2WW4jgkqWR7Z9ZXCxImumssKf5nASApf-Wxu8/s320/IMG_1939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392567529545576930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwFGY0PvdgnTbmlLOnLR2KNXiVHwP1EL64nXkqty2fzO4rE7O6qgEsrr2hXZTzT0D90-hKZIQdtiYOb2Pin5_KHEj1XHnbuBxiM4lrxr6i0UY6qJcu6YsXSAg18Wd_3dCa122qgBN8fY/s1600-h/IMG_1933.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwFGY0PvdgnTbmlLOnLR2KNXiVHwP1EL64nXkqty2fzO4rE7O6qgEsrr2hXZTzT0D90-hKZIQdtiYOb2Pin5_KHEj1XHnbuBxiM4lrxr6i0UY6qJcu6YsXSAg18Wd_3dCa122qgBN8fY/s320/IMG_1933.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392567894638461042" border="0" /></a><br /></div>All in all, Zaragoza was a beautiful city...and extremely easy to get too; I can't wait to go back! There is a giant salsa expo there in November...you can bet that I'll be there!<br /><br />Well, the good news is that we get hot water tomorrow! Yay....a warm shower is gonna be awesome! Can't wait......Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-77537950378043339862009-10-10T12:39:00.000-07:002009-10-10T13:28:13.750-07:00Oh....what a night!Wow....today was pretttttyy packed!<br /><br />Actually, I should rewind a bit back to Thursday, when Emily and I decided to go for a walk....which ended up in us climbing up to the castle of Calatayud....the big one, the mamacita, the head honcho of all the castillos around. Yea. Smart idea. Well, we climbed it, and it was gorgeous, but off in the distance, we definitely saw these giant rain clouds....haha. You bet, it happened. Halfway down the mountain, it started to pour...Emily and I were drowned rats by the time we got back to the apartment....Karli thought it was hysterical. (It was pretty funny). Well, that was experience number one with the mountain.<br /><br />As for today...which we slept in, after a night of Rummy and wine....and yes, grandpa DID hang up on me. hahaha. The internet guy showed up at our door at 9:30, of all things in Spain to be on time, it had to be him. Oh well, we know have internet in the apartment...(which means I finally get to write this from my room!) After that I kinda hung around the apartment, until we decided to go to the Castle, again! This time with intentions of climbing inside. From reading a pamphlet, I found out the the reason the city has this name, is for the castle itself, which was originally a Muslim stronghold in 716. The castle, which was named 'Qal'at Ayyub"....haha, get it? Calatayud! Anyways, to get to the castle, you have to walk straight up the main street in the city, up into gypsy land, and then finally, you are at the top. Nothing but mountains surrounds you, and you can see for miles and miles....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzW4TmybWYG0S7JsmFi57pgnftEIJIrVhxZBIrFfBPycjak7pDNfi32yKuKr08NG9_D7cPsyVfxNokDTzTCEOv9oGhp25XXv5XRJFaJEng6mwmKd6idZKJhblihMGR8A2YvhtmhXNsygk/s1600-h/IMG_1857.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 409px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzW4TmybWYG0S7JsmFi57pgnftEIJIrVhxZBIrFfBPycjak7pDNfi32yKuKr08NG9_D7cPsyVfxNokDTzTCEOv9oGhp25XXv5XRJFaJEng6mwmKd6idZKJhblihMGR8A2YvhtmhXNsygk/s320/IMG_1857.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391066899569682466" border="0" /></a>It is incredible...unlike anything I've ever seen. Once climbing inside the castle, things got even cooler. Just imagining what used to go on in it....It's hard to believe that its still standing after all these years!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqwJGUX1TioPiWQa5edxV97kX87N8Bb3fs-ks33uS9kjmPg3PAq5CrohiFaXCw4WXSxdJKF18f51PPpvLH6xdHpHGrThS-OjS4Dc90AymTHJMMsluKeIVp4jN7SL3AInRvYeCkQp0dEk/s1600-h/IMG_1911.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqwJGUX1TioPiWQa5edxV97kX87N8Bb3fs-ks33uS9kjmPg3PAq5CrohiFaXCw4WXSxdJKF18f51PPpvLH6xdHpHGrThS-OjS4Dc90AymTHJMMsluKeIVp4jN7SL3AInRvYeCkQp0dEk/s320/IMG_1911.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067753269805890" border="0" /></a>We climbed around inside, looking at all the neat alcoves and such...the stone just disintegrated in your hand, it was so old and worn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MRqX0D0k5oCL3HEzkdqa9-MuLfhoqk9ZHgczfv9U2zYZwKbsC9dl_0Y5QFyIswL1YvPWqwQSMMdcd_MYwRq22RlHy007sZZ_vyr85g9QW3QcFYtZjuflNZgdXYjxoQJad6Y-1TFESZ8/s1600-h/IMG_1892.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MRqX0D0k5oCL3HEzkdqa9-MuLfhoqk9ZHgczfv9U2zYZwKbsC9dl_0Y5QFyIswL1YvPWqwQSMMdcd_MYwRq22RlHy007sZZ_vyr85g9QW3QcFYtZjuflNZgdXYjxoQJad6Y-1TFESZ8/s320/IMG_1892.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391068270503118242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMUCx-0DDFxTxYhyphenhyphenIc1iC0BnrGb0_tE-eX9LM_-MevoNb-LNAaPYqAP3XT_M45ABxhMMP8XYwyq9iqa9P7fVX2Z-cw02cLyaPK_x8WDvtH_kMt80jPW1BewS8sq1p82KUb1-FSpdfwwU/s1600-h/IMG_1866.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMUCx-0DDFxTxYhyphenhyphenIc1iC0BnrGb0_tE-eX9LM_-MevoNb-LNAaPYqAP3XT_M45ABxhMMP8XYwyq9iqa9P7fVX2Z-cw02cLyaPK_x8WDvtH_kMt80jPW1BewS8sq1p82KUb1-FSpdfwwU/s320/IMG_1866.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391069011180520514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7TKSidpjkPy1NXCBe1zUe6ozRiaJBtiqY4_3N3vsx8IHMcNsGx0xDvecLi30A1f8wZ1803blKevsmG3_StmZXSWpOKJUOE89azDY6PfgeBYxQqz4-t-_lZGF1mm_zsIj74J4NPaaduw/s1600-h/IMG_1862.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7TKSidpjkPy1NXCBe1zUe6ozRiaJBtiqY4_3N3vsx8IHMcNsGx0xDvecLi30A1f8wZ1803blKevsmG3_StmZXSWpOKJUOE89azDY6PfgeBYxQqz4-t-_lZGF1mm_zsIj74J4NPaaduw/s320/IMG_1862.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391069354137424514" border="0" /></a><br />After we got back, I made an AWESOME minestrone soup....I was throughly impressed that I actually did it. It was absolutely loaded with good stuff..now we're talking, pastine, carrots, green beans, broccoli, lentils, red beans, black beans, zucchini, onions...and probably some other stuff...but it was sooooo good! Success!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX549Vbo-1fLCvnOat4N35Uhh6ukMM9oyuY2hllh4i1Hw5Gi_t9t8rU1Qph7m1PVKmn9SCsG_9Iuv5_yv6GdpZGaXDSeNc4CB5Nz9R-Tfvb2fokG5-hInnAo2s0E2yY0cCAYYUzHdAs0/s1600-h/IMG_1919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX549Vbo-1fLCvnOat4N35Uhh6ukMM9oyuY2hllh4i1Hw5Gi_t9t8rU1Qph7m1PVKmn9SCsG_9Iuv5_yv6GdpZGaXDSeNc4CB5Nz9R-Tfvb2fokG5-hInnAo2s0E2yY0cCAYYUzHdAs0/s320/IMG_1919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391069979763045794" border="0" /></a>Thanks grandma!!!<br /><br />And, the last part to the evening was the wedding reception that took place right outside of our balcony! It was so pretty, and really cool to see the way a Spanish wedding took place. There was even fireworks! People get really dressed up, and they had a beautiful night....the music is still going on. Weirdly, the reception didn't start until about 9! uff!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dG8XaP1aI_8zdECRoxyAOyBXFWiWoSffAMMSFTjo8BO-E6GAooj4tuBzF8B8FXA_eu8efodt_iCToNNVxCZcfMKAjPOKdGBbyxKbV-xrB5aBlSzEOMeFf6qQ-t48myOHCFtX0WRmULo/s1600-h/IMG_1921.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dG8XaP1aI_8zdECRoxyAOyBXFWiWoSffAMMSFTjo8BO-E6GAooj4tuBzF8B8FXA_eu8efodt_iCToNNVxCZcfMKAjPOKdGBbyxKbV-xrB5aBlSzEOMeFf6qQ-t48myOHCFtX0WRmULo/s320/IMG_1921.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070656248430114" border="0" /></a><br />Anyways, tomorrow we are Zaragoza bound for the Festival of la virgen Pilar....Spain's patron saint. This should be fun! Back on Tuesday......Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-69039768631713656582009-10-08T02:09:00.001-07:002009-10-08T02:20:44.822-07:00Sara, are you feeding yourself??Yes mom....I'm eating a plenty. With a full kitchen and a grocery store on the way to work....its hard to say I've done anything but. Last night I made farfalle pasta with lemon chicken and basil with pine nuts and tomatoes.....definitely a success!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn1dggimHjId-V16qesl5z-j96QlmE3qKX1f8bd8H1PircuypicSmJVdnYKiWTFvbTkMv5IKJJ2YH3W5BlqhSvje6QcmiyXzGZ3lGY3lpidXT9FSpToC8n-rk0DXBnWGbdtz1j3ZCFYo/s1600-h/IMG_1755.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn1dggimHjId-V16qesl5z-j96QlmE3qKX1f8bd8H1PircuypicSmJVdnYKiWTFvbTkMv5IKJJ2YH3W5BlqhSvje6QcmiyXzGZ3lGY3lpidXT9FSpToC8n-rk0DXBnWGbdtz1j3ZCFYo/s320/IMG_1755.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390154148373055378" border="0" /></a>yummmm. I also made a new friend last night...his name is Don Simon, and he's 99 cents. You know, plain ol' white table wine....but oh, so delicious. So delicious, that I took a picture of him....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg-esLmbbjYg7vm3OARGqcWo1dpQKDYzkl36i33uXGp9FBO382vz7bfc6QPQuckdPzjnZnzWDT4Gry6I9oBOB4ZgtXFnaPAAZOJh1k70H5uRwPJF8ukCRg0xaQV-gL1Q0i4ji4p056J8/s1600-h/IMG_1754.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg-esLmbbjYg7vm3OARGqcWo1dpQKDYzkl36i33uXGp9FBO382vz7bfc6QPQuckdPzjnZnzWDT4Gry6I9oBOB4ZgtXFnaPAAZOJh1k70H5uRwPJF8ukCRg0xaQV-gL1Q0i4ji4p056J8/s320/IMG_1754.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390154676493086322" border="0" /></a>This is definitely the start of a beautiful friendship.<br /><br />Anyways, on Tuesday, I started at the other school, Augusta Bilibilis...the biggest in the city, and my favorite of the two. The teachers are a lot of fun, and the kids are well-behaved and actually know some English, so it makes my job a little more meaningful. ha. I have one professor, who I will be with three days a week, asked me to make a slide show on American football....of all things! I definitely called in the help of my bro, and he somehow made it into the show. way to go there tiger...bringing back your glory days of '07. I also made one on Rhode Island and of the types of houses we have in America....it will definitely be interesting to teach that. I really like teaching...but I think I like it so much because I don't really have to do anything...I talk about things that I know about, and I speak my maternal language! ah....its still only the first week though....<br /><br />Other than that, we figured out our washing machine, which is helpful, and we bought our internet, so that should be up and running by next week. Next Monday and Tuesday are holidays here in Zaragoza, so we are actually going to Zaragoza for the Fiesta del Pilar, who is the parton saint of Spain. Apparently, its huge....so we shall see.... That should be fun though.<br /><br />Well, good news...I'm coming home for Christmas break! I'll be home from th 23 to January 6....woo! Long vacation! I bought my tickets yesterday....<br /><br />Well time for class...adieu!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-41612050338294809232009-10-05T12:00:00.000-07:002009-10-06T12:01:15.983-07:00...Do you know Michael Jackson?Well, today was the first day on the job….let me tell you, Spanish kids are extremely interesting. They yell, there hilarious, and they don’t stop talking….ever. I could not get over the amount of questions I received today….some were extremely funny. The best one was, when I was talking about how long it takes to drive from Northern RI to the south, they asked how long it took to walk it….uhhhh? I don’t know, a day? Haha. Things like that….also if I knew any movie stars, especially if I knew Michael Jackson. Yes, he’s a personal friend. Oyyyyeee. This is going to be a good year.<br /><br />Well, the teachers are excellent. Today I worked mainly with a woman named Beatriz, and she happens to live in the apartment building across from me. Today we worked with the two 4th grade classes, and the two 6th. I got to explain where I lived, the capital of the U.S. and how many states there were. It is kind of hard because here they don’t really have any English immersion, so they never get to practice what they learn. Unfortunately I had to teach a little bit in Spanish, which defeats the whole purpose of me being there! We’ll work towards it. However, it was still a lot of fun. The school is very small but well-equipped. Tomorrow I get to go to the other school, Augusta Bilibilis, the largest in the city.<br /><br />Score! Tonight we hiked over to the Spanish equivalent of Walmart and bought sheets and towels! Yayyyyy. Now all we need is some hot water and we’ll be good to go….<br /><br />Oh the little things in life that makes us happy.<br /><br />Buenas Noches!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-41724900289951324152009-10-04T09:39:00.001-07:002009-10-04T10:07:48.559-07:00Gloria Fuertes...and who was she??Ok ok, so the near impossible has been completed! With being in Calatayud for almost four hours, the chicas and I found an apartment! (We also got our telephones too.) We have a landlord named Jesus, and we live next to a hotel. Very monopoly like if you ask me. Anyways, we are up on the sixth floor and the view from our balcony is awesome! We can see the big castle and also some mountains off in the distance. We also have a birds eye view of the people below. gahh. Now with that done, we can sit back and relax and wait for the teaching to begin (tomorrow....)<br /><br />Anways, my address here is:<br /><br />Calle Gloria Fuertes 3 6B<br />Calatayud, Zaragoza, 50300<br /><br />Packages and cards are greatly appreciated! Want to be my pen pal? hehe<br /><br />Anyways, here's the apartment...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3dvPdk5wbM3G1Y1A68K4O65xYhytx_3eP6QnY7Avy2f5yizKiM5wrerFEETIlIUPknR2AYb-E68dKVTTjBjSFdw-Ps-nDmUxv7-dB7L1b486Ogsw9ibG_zRizXjeipNBhDY7YLcyhVI/s1600-h/IMG_1737.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3dvPdk5wbM3G1Y1A68K4O65xYhytx_3eP6QnY7Avy2f5yizKiM5wrerFEETIlIUPknR2AYb-E68dKVTTjBjSFdw-Ps-nDmUxv7-dB7L1b486Ogsw9ibG_zRizXjeipNBhDY7YLcyhVI/s320/IMG_1737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388786974906207506" border="0" /> </a>This is my bedroom...complete with yes, pink lights.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrLO3wJDtcRGDIqKSYpOGi7Rdy2lU1PwM7yO9OZO48DVWyBu2JPy9RNQFdI3NUmVfa1lUS2DBkjqKIQ2RnsND1YTlHspyLUxqd3CtPPzJqm_TjekGbGkrIlQhGmc4f9tap-3nTt3f8Ro/s1600-h/IMG_1744.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrLO3wJDtcRGDIqKSYpOGi7Rdy2lU1PwM7yO9OZO48DVWyBu2JPy9RNQFdI3NUmVfa1lUS2DBkjqKIQ2RnsND1YTlHspyLUxqd3CtPPzJqm_TjekGbGkrIlQhGmc4f9tap-3nTt3f8Ro/s320/IMG_1744.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388787638438187362" border="0" /></a>The dining area....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNRuVL8V1h_Q0zLvMfI4HwXlMO8mmjtT6qxvT_55-McJhj7LDqvytUO-hZFVqsusUYSSiGfFWBF9NVMDqGQt2JDrf0DPw1cPwR-zU1aVLasKaQh-YHPgkDXUYQCFtlETs9kvj_J3HZhk/s1600-h/IMG_1745.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNRuVL8V1h_Q0zLvMfI4HwXlMO8mmjtT6qxvT_55-McJhj7LDqvytUO-hZFVqsusUYSSiGfFWBF9NVMDqGQt2JDrf0DPw1cPwR-zU1aVLasKaQh-YHPgkDXUYQCFtlETs9kvj_J3HZhk/s320/IMG_1745.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388787956616906546" border="0" /></a>The living room, complete with Karli.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDn023rbf8gE6CejvnMXteVxTL35R0RMa1JdnIEjEuJc6vXIs6hci1y8X-0AIDM2mpyotRw9FuXDr1iO5DXe25rBDuUfeD_jk3ZRKQXMXtt6PrvW_jfyflb1naeiuU9HIWiG-ZcGh-1WE/s1600-h/IMG_1743.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDn023rbf8gE6CejvnMXteVxTL35R0RMa1JdnIEjEuJc6vXIs6hci1y8X-0AIDM2mpyotRw9FuXDr1iO5DXe25rBDuUfeD_jk3ZRKQXMXtt6PrvW_jfyflb1naeiuU9HIWiG-ZcGh-1WE/s320/IMG_1743.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388791260779155570" border="0" /></a>The kitchen! Where I'm going to attempt to make pasta sauce.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1scLjQZ86oHZ4K-vXFAagJyyY1hyphenhyphenLeA4QWN0q1lwGDGcEB3nGeMB6eAYJWFNVqRq9r4SPTj9PXzs_hzQF_S6hPY08RE89RFxS-SdNMU3tXGIGryR6rcyMvSsK1B6jRrLYTTors_GgWOk/s1600-h/IMG_1746.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1scLjQZ86oHZ4K-vXFAagJyyY1hyphenhyphenLeA4QWN0q1lwGDGcEB3nGeMB6eAYJWFNVqRq9r4SPTj9PXzs_hzQF_S6hPY08RE89RFxS-SdNMU3tXGIGryR6rcyMvSsK1B6jRrLYTTors_GgWOk/s320/IMG_1746.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789862880393026" border="0" /></a>Our balcony!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvXxy7uyUwcAxcnGaVccwwh9JzRx8HjCoK01oHWNOHpqVt6AaJFbYJ0yhenkHVYaVZ8v_uKBjGe1pG3kOkaI0QEvDXbANgDNNygDtt42tn-lB5G817_VewxORVKeQDyRrWZD4pORIFtg/s1600-h/IMG_1733.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvXxy7uyUwcAxcnGaVccwwh9JzRx8HjCoK01oHWNOHpqVt6AaJFbYJ0yhenkHVYaVZ8v_uKBjGe1pG3kOkaI0QEvDXbANgDNNygDtt42tn-lB5G817_VewxORVKeQDyRrWZD4pORIFtg/s320/IMG_1733.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388791559675016690" border="0" /></a>And the incredible view from our balcony! (Yes, that is a fourth century castle standing up there.) The balcony is also where I am currently writing this post....<br /><br />Well, it has been a truly splendid sunday....now we must find something to do....<br /><br />Tomorrow I start teaching! Could be interesting.....<br /><br />Until then....<br /><br />xxSara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-47359023782716950762009-10-02T16:09:00.000-07:002009-10-02T16:29:39.294-07:00beds? landord named jesus? washing machine? ....i think we got it!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyM_F9HMksfZ4ltXuAYwTk2jQEu4DUx0IrgR98C5j-mhq8cT39dUpxOlCbJNt-v0mYYa7fj5aLwMNlEirgJvAgnDSmYKmBcSwTOKzuopyDaHGQf7kVvnSiXgqNnkfHVkd7Cko0n06AE4/s1600-h/calatayud.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyM_F9HMksfZ4ltXuAYwTk2jQEu4DUx0IrgR98C5j-mhq8cT39dUpxOlCbJNt-v0mYYa7fj5aLwMNlEirgJvAgnDSmYKmBcSwTOKzuopyDaHGQf7kVvnSiXgqNnkfHVkd7Cko0n06AE4/s320/calatayud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388145521019979506" border="0" /></a><br />Ahhhhh! So today was D-day, las chicas and I have entered the wonderful city of Calatayud. Complete with 6 castles, roman ruins, and an abundance of Spanish english teachers that want to help us. Yes, of course, picture it, the three of us, loaded like pack mules with luggage, pretty much climbing our way up an escalotor, attacked by a crowd of 5 spanish woman, all talking like clucking hens at one.....(that one's for you Dan!) Yep, it was pretty intense, however, these women were INCREDIBLY nice, I met Rosa and Anamarie, the two women I will be working with, today and they are awesome. They are extremely excited that we are here to work with them. I guess it's been like 2 years since they had an auxiliar and now they have three. uff! Anyways, we arrived at our hotel, which is so cute! (complete with uneven steps, tempremental wifi, and antique furniture. After we dumped our stuff, we definitely set off and scoured the city. It is adorable!<br /><br />We also began our search of apartments, and after four of them, we definitely found one we loved!! 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a gorgeous terraza with kitchen and dining room. All newly furnished and awesome views. I can't believe it. Here's the kicker.....i'm paying 120 euros for the room....what whaattttt! hell yea! pictures soon to come.....<br /><br />After our trek through apartment ville, we definitely found some falafel and chowed down, then scoping out the bar scene. not bad, not bad. We found this place called Buddha bar and it was hilarious because we were in Spain, in a place called Buddha bar, drinking German beer (well, I wasn't), and listening to American music; only in Spain! haha. After that we went to this other crazy bar that played wicked loud techno music. Also pretty cool. hmm. It is definitely going to be an interesting year......<br /><br />Oh! and I finally got a Spanish cell phone! waca waca! More details to come!!!!<br /><br /><br />until next time.....ciao!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-68548693725284865672009-09-30T10:11:00.000-07:002009-09-30T10:37:50.992-07:00¡Olé!(Handwritten in plane)<br /><br />So, as I write this I am currently flying over France towards the Spanish capital of Madrid. My first flight from Logan to Amsterdam was extremely pleasant- I had a nice chate with the German woman next to me and then fell asleep in complete Sara-fashion. One thing I didn´t understand was that why did my chicken meal\dinner thing have an Asian flare to it? Is that typically Dutch? hehe. The world may never know. So I´m off to Hotel Convención in the heart of Mdrid right on Calle O´Donnell- who knew parts of Madrid were Irish? Ayeeee. It´s a very pretty hotel and orientation will take place there tomorrow. On Friday, Karli, Emily and I (the other two auxiliares) will travel by train to Calatayud, making Hospedería el Pilar our home for the next week. Very cute, very quaint, is it really even a hostel? We shall see, or as the Spanish put it, ya veremos. <a href="http://www.hospederiaelpilar.com/">http://www.hospederiaelpilar.com/</a><br /><br />(Now from the Hotel....)<br /><br />So my journey to the Hotel Convención was definitely a long one. 3 bags...all heavy. Who the hell did my packing, and why did I take so much crap? hhaha. I know, I know, it was me. But anyway, breaking a sweat and climbing like fourteen metro stairwells, I finally got on my train and sat for what looked to be a 1\2 hour ride. Let me tell you, you do not know what judgement is until you have to old Spanish women linked arm in arm with their crazy jewelry, staring you and your stuff up and down. And oh no, they weren´t that slick about it either. oye.<br /><br />Anyways, I got to the hotel and it is beautiful, and I met my roomate for the next two nights, ironically her name is Sara too! She is from south France, so we are pretty much forced to speak Spanish all the time. She is very nice though, we get along just fine. She actually invited me along to meet up with some french friends of hers for a drink for a little while. This is when I started my adventure of finding a phone card that actually worked. It was a litle bit of a hassle...however not unobtainable. Mission accomplished...one phone call to Dan and the rest of the mafia troops new I was safe. hehe<br /><br />Now Kristina, you would´ve loved this. We went to la Plaza de Santana for some drinks with these french dudes....(wouldn´t you know it, my french is pretty horrible....) They really didn´t speak to much English or Spanish, so I sat there enjoying the scenery, which was just fine. Picture it, a large plaza filled with baroque architecture, restaurantes and bares line the sides; tables fill the center, with a large space in the center left wide open. The terraces of individual apartments line the plaza on every corner; you can see the walks of life that inhabitat each one. One has a simple wooden chair, another filled with plants, one, an easel. Every single one has something to share. So, I´m sitting in this plaza, drinking a coca-cola with 4 french people, understanding very little of it, and what seems to come out of nowhere...and a 6 piece band, complete with two upright bass and an accordian. It just sets the tone perfectly....am I really here?<br /><br />Well now, it is time to meet some other auxiliares and for some dinner....Tomorrow we have a full day of orientation....should be interesting.<br /><br />Hasta luego!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707917538537991456.post-70304049418856270142009-09-29T10:08:00.000-07:002009-09-29T10:12:08.079-07:000 months, 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.....Just wanted to drop a quick line....I'm off to Spain!! Just want to thank EVERYONE who has supported me and dropped me well wishes! I love you all and I wouldn't be where I am today without you!<br /><br />More tomorrow from Madrid!!!!!Sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13925677434962856606noreply@blogger.com0