http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Illinois , Aurora en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:11:51 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:11:51 BST May 19 2008I just wanted to say thanks to anyone who read my blog or looked at my pictures. I hope you enjoyed everything. Hopefully they helped you to see some of what my life was like during this lifechanging experience. I started making a list of some of the things that I will miss about Sevilla so here it is in no particular order Lolina Andrs Nano and IB Arrayn 100 Montaditos He http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-278829.html May 18 2008I didnrsquot sleep well at all last night probably 45 minutes out of 3 hours because I was so nervousexcitedsad. I decided to just get up at 4 am and get some last minute stuff together and get ready to go. Lolina woke up and then we moved my stuff by the door to wait for my taxi. When he came we loaded it up and I said goodbye to Lolina. That was really sad since she has been http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-278824.html Well...the day is FINALLY here I have been waiting for a very long time seeing as though this break seemed to never end but alas its here and I couldn't be any happier I will be flying out of O'Hare on a 450 flight this afternoon and will arrive in Madrid at 745 am Thursday 1245 am at home due to the 7 hour time difference. Then I have a 3 hour lay over in Madrid til I fly to Sevile at http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-241075.html So I found out yesterday where I will be living...finally My Senora's name is Dolores Velzquez Ferrer. I don't know what her family composition is like and wont know til I go there for the first time next week. She lives about a mile from my school which is exciting because some people live so far away they have to take the bus. I'm hoping a nice walk is all I will have. It'll be a nice way to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-239792.html So...in 2 weeks...from tomorrow...i leave for spain...its soo surreal that its almost here ive been waiting for 4 years to go...ever since i read a book in spanish class junior year i have had my heart set on going to spain. its a good thing SMU offers a program thereon wednesday january 30 at 450 i will begin life in a new city a new country a new continent. am i scared as many people ask http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-236344.html Well christmas came and went now it's 2008 hope you all had a good christmas and happy new Year I had a good cold christmas and a oretty good NYE also...I have now packed up my life again and am in New York staying with trina about 30 mins out from NY. I have done most of the touristy things that are to be done here I went to see the statue of Liberty Empire State building Time square http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-234807.html Pardon the pun. I am not referring to the movienovel Trainspotting. I just happened to travel all the way to the suburb Aurora solely through train My college professor and friend invited me to visit her in Aurora for the long weekend Labor Day weekend. Aurora is a suburb 40 miles west of Chicago. Such translates to an hour's drive from Downtown Chicago. But I don't live in Downtown http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-218052.html Untitled It was late March and we needed a college volleyball fix. We had a couple of matches that we watched a few weeks earlier at Miami of Ohio but it wasn't enough to satisfy us or hold us over until next fall. or even until the Dayton Flyers schedule showed up on the internet We planned it out pretty well. I stopped at the UD men's baseball game to grab a free tshirt and an inning of ba http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Aurora/blog-168234.html