http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Emily-Utschig/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Emily Utschig en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:29:58 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:29:58 +0000 Oxford Hung out with SDSU kids about to start study abroading in Oxford.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Oxford/blog-361307.html Met up with CA friends.. Swissland for a 3rd time.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-359805.html Rome did it solo.. woot woot http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-359795.html LOOVEDD italy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-359771.html Bberrrlinnnnwas brrrr cold http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-359768.html Geneva and Bern with Allison Derek and Mariel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Berne/blog-359756.html MONDAYWent bar hopping with Maru and Eliza her bestie. Super fun talked about what a great time we've had here... good times. Had 3 finals the next day but no worries haMonday night stayed in and studiedTuesday day 3 finals.. stayed in and studied that night.Wednesday... sooo of ALL days to accidently take the wrong train it ended up being when I had a final. When we go to school we go to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/blog-353407.html PARISSo went met at Tribunal on Thursday around 5 and went to the airport from there. We usually take other terminals to travel but we went to Terminal 2 for this one and it was supperrr empty so we barely waited in line in fact we waited like 2 hours for our flight but its better to be safe than sorry and I got some reading done for a class that I wrote the essay for on the plane ride on the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-352264.html Emily UtschigLiteratura Espaola10 de diciembre 2008La Primera Muerte Narrativa de PosguerraldquoLa Primera Muerterdquo por Alonso Zamora Vicente fue escrito en 1953. El cuento uno de los de la posguerra narra el relato de un nio en los momentos despus de la muerte de su madre y por esto el ttulo revela que es la primera muerte en la vida del nio. El narrador del cuento es el nio http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-352262.html I've realized that I'm not a procrastinator at all but when I am I'm super efficient. I'll do everything EXCEPT what I have to do.. oh well Wanted to randomly write on this anywho.This week is dead week and it is getting SO sad I had two of my last classes today... its so weird how fast it all went. I knew it would go fast in the beginning though so I'm glad Ive been living it up I just have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-350727.html Just got back from Switzerland and it was amaaazzinng I think the best trip so far.Last week I decided I want to go out every night that i have left in Madrid We dont have much time left at all.. and I know that once real school starts back up again I'll wish I was here having fun so thats my new goal . and its worked out so far so yayMonday night A friend that I went to Toledo with and is stu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-349998.html Random picturesSome are from Barcelona my camera broke so couldnt use it to take pics.Some are from random outting with the kids from school... so funAnnddd some are just from touring Madrid the other day with Dane yay http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/blog-348563.html THURSDAY November 20 2008Got done with school booked Sensation White tickets huuugeeee rave in Europe... first time it came to Madrid... big deal and then got stuff done before the group trip to DublinWent to this store FNAC to pick up the tickets got Evan and I the Pablo neruda book we have to read for lit hispanoamericana camera shopped and found a great new camera yay on that. then http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-347898.html Decided to stay in the night before cause our bus left around 8 AM Friday morning... some people came right from the discos though Was about a 6 hour bus ride.. slept and talking most of the way there.. we went to Cordoba first had a tour guide take us around the famous mosqueturned cathedral kinda Forget the name.. it was interesting lotsa history there The hotel room was pretty nice.. we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/C-rdoba/blog-346302.html Just wanted to make sure I keep this updatedToday was great... slept in til 800 cause I thought I was getting strep throatfever again... but I took some of the meds that I shad left over from last time so now its just a lil pain but not much so yay. Did some exercises got ready and went to school I can never manage to make it to Espanol Coloquial on time classes even start 10 minutes late on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-344157.html SEVILLA with AndrewA million years later the updateSo we took a midnight or rather 1 AM but to Sevilla... was about... 6 hours maybe I almost missed the bus came RIGHT on time eek but thank goodness it all worked out and it ended up being such a bomb weekend.So yeah slept and hung out on the bus arrived in Sevilla around... 67 and watched the sunrise It was supposed to be soo warm li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/blog-343161.html AMSTERDAMWe stayed in a christian hotel called Jordan's Shelter.. overall pretty good. Free food with bible discussion so that was nice It was SOO cold there.. we did a lot of walking around.. the city is SO pretty I love holland Went to the Van Gogh museum and Risjksmuseum.... lotsa souvenir shopping.. all around good time and we celebrated Halloween a lil bit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-343150.html Ah I still need to write about south of spain and morocco.I LOVE wednesdays... no class til 4 I get to sleep in its the only day I really sleep and get stuff doneIm off now to go to the US Embassy cause I waited too long to do this voting thing so hopefully they can send it faster from there.. and then Wren and I are meeting up to do the Thyssen museum at 1. Class 46... yay I super duper w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/blog-339616.html THURSDAYgot to leave class a little early had my friend tell me what I had gotten on my exam cause she was gonna tell us at the end of class.. i got a 68 outta 70 woo and met up with michael at atoche renfe train station. got lucky and made it just in time. Spent about... 6 hours reading sleeping and watching some random american movie dubbed over in spanish. We got to the hotel in algecir http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/blog-339431.html Another paper that I was just proud of had to write a biography of someone famous and then why we chose them..and I love that my mom here checks my homework for me heheEmily Utschig22.10.08Lengua Espaola y composicin Biografa de La Madre Teresa de CalcutaLa Madre Teresa de Calcuta naci el 26 de agosto de 1910 fue una persona extraordinaria de la religin catlica y conocida por sus tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-337427.html