so this is the last blog from spain. ridiculous. it seems like an hour ago i was filling out applications just to come here. i finished my last test about 20 minutes ago and in like 7 hours i leave sevilla. this last week was awesome. i played frisbee one last time and at the bar the frisbee team gave me a disc that they all signed. it was hard to say goodbye to everyone. harder than i thought it would be. as a side note i ate snails and octupus. one last night of ridiculous food. last night was one [View Full Entry]

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Look, I know what you've been thinking the last few weeks. It's been pretty obvious to us too, but we just haven't gotten around to it yet. But still, there you are, sitting at home thinking over and over to yourself, "Hey! What about Southern Spain???" Don't worry friends, we've been thinking it too. And as usual, we've got you covered. So Southern Spain it is. You may remember something similar from such recent blogs as "Central Spain" (Madrid) which we did just back in February. But if there's an unchartered piece of EARTH, Gabriela's manifest destiny is that this Meenan [View Full Entry]

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April 20, 2008 My parents finally came today! I made my usual stop at Starbucks before heading to the bus to take us to the airport. After waiting for a little bit, they finally arrived. It was so good to finally see them after three months! We all headed back to the hotel to get our rooms and go eat lunch. Then we had orientation, and started to take a walk around Sevilla until the rain came. We went back to the hotel for awhile, til it lightened up, and the three of us went walking around some more until we [View Full Entry]

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April 21, 2008 Unfortunately, this whole week I was busy with school so I wasn’t able to go on all the visits with my parents. While I was at class, my parents had a meeting with the director of CC-CS and got a tour of our school. When I was done with class, we went walking around and ate lunch at 100 Montaditos. Since I didn’t have class in the afternoon, I went to the Cathedral and Giralda with the group. When that was over, we walked around and went shopping. They had dinner at the hotel, and I went home [View Full Entry]

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April 22, 2008 I live at school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so it was a good thing, there was a trip planned for the parents. They went to Jerez to visit the Gonzalez bodega and try their sherry. Then they went to the Andalucía Horse Show, which my dad called horses on ballet! I ate at home, and met Lolina’s cousin who is in Sevilla visiting from Arizona. She was nice, and complemented me on my Spanish speaking. After my parents got back and in between two of my classes we went to get some ice cream. I went back to [View Full Entry]

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April 23, 2008 Bellas Artes, an art museum, was on the schedule for the parents this morning. When they were done, we met up to do some more shopping, and to buy some flowers for Lolina. Then we headed to my house for lunch with Lolina. This was the part I was most worried about being okay and not awkward. I was nervous about having to translate what my parents said to Lolina and vice versa. I think it went pretty well though. After that was over, I felt even more confident in my Spanish because I was able to maintain [View Full Entry]

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April 24, 2008 Today was an insanely busy day for me: a test, class, my dance final, and a presentation. Needless to say, I didn’t see my parent’s much. They visited the Alcázar and Barrio (neighborhood) Santa Cruz in the morning. We met up for lunch and went to the Horno San Buenaventura. My mom wasn’t very successful in finding food, so we made sure to hit up Rayas again for some yummy ice cream. It was back to school for me, and my parents headed to Parque María Luisa to see it in the sun! When my classes were finally [View Full Entry]

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Sevilla! [View Full Entry]

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well, there´s no way to end a trip but with excitment and confusion. So yesterday, a big group of us is sitting by the river, soaking in one of the last days in sevilla and talking about how we´re excited for the cruise when kelly gets a text from brad. ¨the cruise is cancelled.¨ we all thought it was a joke and were talking about how he must think it´s funny. but guess what. the cruise is friggin cancelled. check the link http://easycruise.com/gb/news/archive/25.04.08.asp so not only do i have 4 finals, packing all of my stuff, and figuring out work info [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone! Sorry for not beginning with Day One, but we just figured out how to update this website, along with trying to find time to write it. Madrid Beautful capital city that is big on spanish culture. Our hostel was centrally located near the ´Plaza Mayor´, a large open courtyard surrounded by shops and restaurants. We overheard that many city festivals are celebrated at this plaza. We also visited the cathedral, Palacio Real (Royal Palace), a 300 acre city park, which was created as a place for leisure by King Alfonso XII -where we wandered and took a row boat [View Full Entry]

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