Morgan Pitts

Unfortunately, this is the last little bit I will be writing in my blog for a while. My program is now over (so sad), and soon I will be moving out of my senora’s house and starting my adventure around Europe. I will have some internet along the way, but probably not a lot of time to use it. I am traveling with my friend Brittany, who also goes to CU, but who I didn’t know before this program. In June, my other friend, Niki, who is currently studying in France will meet up with us and we will travel together until her dad and my family come to visit! We bought Eurail train passes, so we are free to move about the countries on the dates that we choose. Here is a quick itinerary of ... read more

Sadly, this blog includes the activities that have occupied my last week in Barcelona with my program  . But it has been a fun one! Montserrat Last Saturday I went to Montserrat with my friend Brittany. It is a small town about an hour train ride away from Barcelona. It is known for its beautiful and unique mountains and its wonderful views. This tiny little town used to be occupied only by the monks who were part of the monastery, its main attraction. Now days, about 80 monks still practice there, but it has become a huge tourist destination. After the train arrived at the bottom of the mountain, we took a gondola up to the top where the monastery is. The town today consists of the monastery, 2 hotels (really nice and expensive), multiple ... read more

My school planned a boat trip for the business and culture program where we got on a catamaran and sailed up the Costa Brava all day. La Costa Brava is the part on the northern most part of the east coast of Spain. Basically we sailed up the coast for 3 hours and then back down the coast for 3 hours. On the way, we stopped twice so that people could go swimming. Unfortunately, the water was VERY cold, but lots of the guys, and some of the girls jumped in. The expressions on their faces when they hit the water were hilarious. They all described it as a complete shock to their body. The weather on the trip in general was not the best either, it was pretty cold and windy the whole time. The ... read more

After our amazing excursion through Morocco, our spring break was still not over! We decided to spend the last 4 days of break in Sevilla, since we were already there. Sevilla is a lot smaller than Barcelona, and the people seem a little bit more laid back and relaxed. And it is a beautiful town, with cute little streets and hardly any cars. When we were there is rained a little bit the first two days, but then it got really warm and sunny for the rest of the trip. We saw all the important sites of the city, but it is not nearly like Barcelona in the sightseeing sense because they only have like 5 cool things to see. Semana Santa is one of the busiest times of the year in Sevilla. It is a ... read more

I went to Rome for the weekend of February 21-25 with 17 other people in my program. It was not a trip organized through our program, so we borrowed guide books from our families and did research online to figure everything out. At first only about 6 of us were planning on going, but then when other people found out about it and how cheap the flights were (30 Euro), they decided to join us. That did make it a bit more difficult to coordinate the hostel and flights and buses and all that, but the more the merrier!!! By the way, I am warning you now that this is a really long entry. Hopefully you are not in a rush and have some time to sit down and read this, because it might take a ... read more

This past Saturday I went with some friends on a day trip to Penedes. Penedes is located in the wine-making region of Catalonia. We took about a 30 minute train ride to the town, and got there around 11 am, right in time for the last tour of Freixenet Wine and Cava Company. We only had to pay 5 Euros, which included a 10 minute video of the history of the company (in Spanish so we didn't quite understand it all), a guided tour (also in Spanish), and a glass of cava (which is what champagne is called if it is made in Spain). The guide took us underground where we saw tons of barrels of wine and cava, tons of bottles that we being fermented, some of the old machines and equipment they used to ... read more