Blogs from Segovia, Castile & León, Spain, Europe - page 8

It’s Monday here and I’m back to blogging. On Saturday morning we all rose bright and early to go on another group excursion. First we drove two hours to Salamanca where we toured the University of Salamanca which resembled something out of Harry Potter. Parts of the Univ. are still used today and it is the 3rd oldest Univ. in the world. We then toured another cathedral which looked the same as the one in Segovia. But there was an actual wedding going on which wasn’t closed off and we passed through it. There was actually a total of 2 weddings that day. We then had some time to shop where I got a Univ of Salamanca zip up sweater with matching t-shirt. Which I was thankful for because it was so cold out. After that ... read more

Just a note to say I'm going on an excursion with the school to Salmanca this Saturday during the day, so will not be blogging until after I get back. Maybe Sunday or for sure Monday. Espero que tener un buen fin de semana. (I hope you have a good weekend.) Love, Nicole ... read more

Just a correction to say that the artist whose home and work I saw in Barcelona was not Salvador Dail but Gaudi. I mixed up the names. ... read more

Hello everyone, Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July, even though I heard it rained in Cinn. for Adam’s baseball and hope Grandma’s 80th birthday went well. Well this past weekend was a lot of fun. We left Thursday night at 7pm and took the bus to Madrid from there another bus to Barcelona and 8 hours later @ 6:45am we arrived in Barcelona. A taxi took us to the hotel where it was too early to check in but we dropped off our bags and spent the next 3 hours walking around. (Don’t worry it wasn’t dangerous no one is awake before 10 in Spain). We finally found the beach and then we had breakfast. We strolled down Las Ramblas which is the main shopping district. When we returned our hotel wasn’t ready ... read more

Hello from across the pond (as Jeffrey would say)! Nothing super exciting has been happening in the past few days, just class and hanging around town. For those of you who don't have facebook (aunts and uncles), I just realized you guys haven't seen pictures of my house. I have a very large house. You walk in through the basement. Up one flight of stairs is the main floor with the kitchen and bedrooms, and up one more floor is my mom's floor with her study and bedroom. I'm so lucky that I have such a beautiful house! I have no pictures of my family yet. I'll post that when I can. As for this weekend, tonight at 11, 7 of the girls from my program and I are leaving on an 8 hour bus ride ... read more