Blogs from Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 7

We arrived in Malaga, Spain, about a week and a half ago. We were amused by the passport checking station as they barely even glanced at our passports. A blank page was opened for a split second, just enough time to stamp. Those with Spanish passports simply held them up and they were ushered through without even looking at the photo! We immediately fell in love with Spain - it was nice to be in a place that was even more laid back than Australia (and warmer than England haha!) Little did we know that we had arrived on the first day of ´Santa Semena'which is a week long Easter celebration in Spain. We stumbled across the procession through the city streets which included very elaborate floats depicting Jesus and The Virgin Mary at various stations ... read more

Hola Amigos! We took a flight out of London on Thursday night to Alicante (Spain). Expecting a burst of summer we stepped off the plane and had to put on jackets and beanies. We spent our first night in Alicante and the following day was black friday. Subsequenly not much in the town was open. We hunted around for a deal to get to the south of Spain (Malaga) however everything was out of our very limited price range so we decided to give hitchiking a go! 2 days and 7 rides later we arrived. Hard work and very cold! The transport ranged from a BMW to a family campervan with a crazy nana. Not many people spoke a word of english. It certainly was an experience on its own...not sure if we would advise anyone ... read more

Well here's how my trip to London with Lisa went down...it was quite an adventure: Monday - Arrived at the airport around 10:30 at night, went through customs and all that good stuff, then attempted to find our way around to our couchsurfers who lived about an hour away. So we went on a search for the train station to take us into town...by the time we got there they told us the next train to leave would be the last one to go where we needed to be. We asked what time that train would be leaving and he told us 11:15...the time was 11:11....so we RAN.... ALOT. Then we hopped on the underground tube from there, going the directions the internet has told us to take...Around midnight it turned out we didn't know what ... read more

Today Lisa and I are leaving for London!! YAY! Unfortunately that means we will also be internetless because we are definitely not risking taking our computers along with us while couchsurfing and staying in hostels…but we are VERY excited, especially because we get to speak ENGLISH the entire time. For the first time in months we won’t have to worry about translating! It should be interesting because apparently Obama’s over there right now and its causing quite a commotion, but we’re not too worried about it. Guess what!! We have new students!! Two students just arrived in on Tuesday from the US…I’m not sure how long they’re staying until, but it sounds like it will be a month or two. Unfortunately that did mean we also lost a few students :( Our friend Obe from Denmark ... read more