Highlights from my trips (photos can be found to the left!)
Portugal:
My Parents were with me and Hillary met us there. It was absolutely beautiful, despite some rainy days and the language barrier. I've planned a weekend to go back the last weekend in April/first weekend in May!
Gibraltar:
It is located in the very south of Spain, but is actually UK owned. They therefore speak english and use the pound. We took a cable car to the top of the cliff and got to be up close with monkeys! From the top of the cliff you can see Morocco, which was pretty cool!
Aracena:
This was a day trip through my program. We saw a quarry, that has since turned into a small lake. Due to the rocks and sediment, the water turned red! Looks a lot like blood, which is kind of scary. Then we went to these mines which has the only white naturally made rock in the world. They were discovered by a shepherd looking for a lost sheep! The caverns were so pretty, unfortunately they don't allow pictures to be taken. Some people in my group took them anyways, so I'll steal some pictures from them and post them!
London(!!!):
Lots of English, which was much needed. I stayed with Hillary as she is studying abroad there. She has a very nice apartment provided by the university. She shares it with one other girl, but it is supposed to be a 3 bedroom. Therefore, I got a whole bed with clean sheets to myself!!
So with all my traveling coming up, rather than boar everyone with the little details of my trips, Im gonna start something new. I'm not sure how each one will be formatted, but considering this was my first time out of Spain(except for Portugal)heres a list of..
You know you've been in Spain for 2 months straight when:
1. You get excited about understanding a menu and all the ingredients in the dish
2. You respond to everyone who isn't in your direct conversation in Spanish (even the lady in the bathroom at the pub)
3. Drunk pizza is reintroduced to your life and it tastes magical
4. Billboards in English are wonderful
5. You hear Spanish on the street and you immediately chime in
6. You skip over everything on a menu that contains ham because thats all they eat in Spain
7. You eat a burrito and tell people how much you missed them and they assume that Spain is like Mexico and should have burritos everywhere
8. You drink a tall glass of cold milk and feel like your bones are instantly re-growing or something
This weekend Morocco, next week Switzerland and Italy!
