Blogs from Segovia, Castile & León, Spain, Europe - page 10

Hola from Spain! I made it to Spain early Friday morning. It was quite a flight-definatly not an easy one. Our flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was about 8 hours with the worst landing I´ve ever had. It was just a straight shot down. I really thought I was going to throw up. We literally ran through Schiphol in Amsterdam and made it just in time for our Amsterdam to Madrid. We got all of our luggage and made it here smoothly. We were very fortunate to be so lucky! We arrived in Spain at the bus station (right in town, only a short walk to my house) to see a bunch of women waiting for us - our future moms! My mom picked me up with two kisses to my cheeks and is a delightful ... read more

Well everyone here I am. In Segovia, Spain. Tomorrow I will have my entries posted. For those of you who are new with this if you are reading these words then you did it right. I'm going to post some pictures for you to look at in the meantime. I look forward to your posts tomorrow. Te Amo-Nicole ... read more

Kate The first weekend in May we had Thursday and Friday off, and thus a four day weekend. It was the celebrations of the 2nd of May, when the Spanish kicked Napoleon and the French out of Madrid. As it was only our second holiday since we started work in January, we considered visiting another Spanish city- Barcelona or Valencia perhaps. However, there are many places around Madrid that we haven't visited, so instead we decided to stay at home and do a couple of day trips. The first one was to Segovia, a town in nearby Castilla y Leon, about 2 hours from Madrid..... .....allegedly. Kate and Kris's adventure on public transport #2 You will recall from previous blogs that we have some adventures on public transport in Spain. Now, don't get me wrong, public ... read more

Happy All Saints Day! Today is a national holiday in Spain--All Saints Day. From what I gather it's like the spanish version of memorial day--people go to cemetaries, announcers on the radio talk about famous singers who have died, etc. A lot of impromptu flower stores have popped up in the past week. A few weeks ago (my apologies for the massive delay) was the excursion to La Granja & Real Fábrica de Cristales, both relatively little-known places in comparison with other major attractions that Spain has (such as a Roman aquaduct in Segovia!) and only about 15 min. away by bus. Honestly, there's not much to La Granja (which means "farm")--but don't let that make you think any less of it. It's acutally a summer palace with a huge labrynth of gardens, fountains, and even ... read more

I have a confession. When I signed up for this whole "semester in Spain" thing, I was expecting sun. Lots of sun. I was looking forward to warm(er) winters and a life without needing to use artificial lighting in the daytime. Also, I've always secretly been superstitious about sunny days being good ones while cloudy days aren't. Past experience has proven this to be true for me; my best days are ususally sun-filled and the bad ones cloudy. Thus the reason for Spain. With my logic, Spain = sun. Sun = good days. Therefore, Spain has to mean a whole lot of good days. For the most part, I've been right on. Spain is sunny and every day has been good. Until this week. This week the sun decided to take a vacation, sleep in, boycott, ... read more