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Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 26th 2006

Hey guys! This week has been going TONS better than last week and this weekend. It makes a beautiful day that has a lot of positives and uplifting things happen in it seem so much more when you've had some really bad days in a row. I thank God that I am finally out of my rut. It wasn't a fun place to be, but I grew and learned from it. Laura, the director of the Cultural Immersions Project (the Overseas Program at IU), is here visiting us this week. She came to observe me and meet my teacher yesterday. It was SUCH a good day and very very encouraging and uplifting. It was so nice to see Reyes get so excited when Laura said that she wants to send more students to this school that ... read more
Santo Tomas

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 24th 2006

Well, this past week has been a rough one. Last week was hard to get back into the swing of things at school after being gone for over a week. I was also still really tired from my trip, so I felt like a zombie every day at school. School is getting kind of frustrating for me because it's the same thing over and over again. They read a text from their book, find vocabulary that they don't know, I tell them the vocabulary words, they translate the text, answer questions, check the questions, and then start over again the next day. My teacher is good at making things fun and joking around with the students, but its hard when I'm not teaching as much like I was in Indiana. I'm just ready to have my ... read more
Avila

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Salamanca April 23rd 2006

My little travel alarm begins to play it's irritating high pitched melody. Shit, I fell asleep. Of course I knew I was going to fall asleep, otherwise I wouldn't have set the alarm. But it's 4:00 and I have a night train to catch at the insane hour of 5:00. Too late to stay up for and too early to be waking up. So I compromised, drinking too many cans of cheap lager and finally passing out around 1:00. Not such a good move. A slight hangover is knocking on the door and I have had nowhere near enough sleep. I check the shower. It's cold. I don't bother. I haphazardly search the room for forgotten items of clothing, shoulder my bag (which seems unbearably heavy after only two hours sleep) and step out into the ... read more
Little Drummer Boy
Cross
Salamanca

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 18th 2006

Hey guys! I hope that everyone is doing well! I am finally back in Spain and somewhat glad to be back to the slower pace of life here. Last week was a fun, but exhausting week. Like I said, Prague in the Czech Republic was a great city. The set up really made it a beautiful city. One of the most interesting things that I did while there was visit a communist museum. The country was communist until 1989. Not too long ago. It was interesting to read about their history (in English) and watch some videos on what life was like when communism was coming to an end. It is crazy how different their lives are from ours. You rarely ever see people being beaten by policemen or cars set on fire by protesters in ... read more
Prague
Prague
Munich

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 17th 2006

Spanish food is very very good .My favorit luch in a bocallia de tortilla which is bacicaly and omlet sandwich. I eat it every day at school, it cost 1.50. In about ten minutes im going to go get one and a coffe because i got up at seven am and went to sleep at one. Grr, one thing I dont like abotu school... getting up early. Im also here without any of the other candians or very many other students at all because there are still some easter clebrations so not very many people showed up. Well go to get going , maybe during free block i will take a nap. Haaahaha, today im going on an extended pickininck.. hahaha its been raining all morning ( which very rearely hapens) thats ironey fo ryou . ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 17th 2006

I know that’s a weird title but its true. I want to type something that means something, what ever it means I don’t know but I don’t want it to be meaningless. That’s why I haven’t written much mostly because I haven’t had anything nice to say or interesting. I just wanted to talk about menial 4everyday things, which I thought were useless piece of information. Captured and published taking up another tiny corner of the huge World Wide Web. Then I got to thinking menial everyday things are what life is made of. Life would be very wearisome if everyday was a grand adventure. That’s what I’m doing here I suppose is living. I’m not doing any awesome travelling or back packing across the country. I’m actually only seeing a very small portion of Spain, ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 16th 2006

*The links to the pictures from my trip are at the bottom of the page. You'll have to copy and paste!* Happy Easter! I hope that yall are having a great day and really getting to enjoy your time with family, friends, and the Lord. Remember that this is one of the greatest days for us as humans. Because Christ has risen from the dead, he has defeated death, which means we can live with Him eternally and we now have that bridge, Jesus, to reach God. Praise God! :) Today has flown by. I really miss being able to go to church in general, but especially today since it is Easter. Emily and I didn't get back to Avila until about 12:30 pm, so all of the church services were over by then. I REALLY ... read more
Munich
Zurich

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Salamanca April 4th 2006

Hey guys! I hope that yall are doing well! Thank you for your comments, Ayrica, Acacia, Jade and Tasha (I think that is everyone). I really enjoy reading them! It's great to hear from yall! This past weekend was a really fun one! The other 3 Americans and I went to Salamanca which is a city/town a little bigger than Avila. It took approximately an hour to get there by train. The weather was perfect to spend the day walking around. I liked Salamanca a lot better than I like Avila when it comes to walking around and things to do. There are a lot more people of all ages there. The University of Salamanca is the oldest university in Spain founded in the 12th Century. So there were a lot more people my age there, ... read more
The Cathedral
Plaza Mayor in Salamanca
Bridge

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ávila April 4th 2006

NEW PICS! ***http://community.webshots.com/album/548899844FaiZaJ*** (new ones from Avila-look on page 4 and 5?) ***http://community.webshots.com/album/549170167rWZhZS*** (Salamanca!) So, the past 2 days have been amusing as well as very very annoying and frustrating. Yesterday was a good day...it went by very fast. I'm in high school this week in the mornings going around with the English teachers. That has been very interesting. I was with Noemi, one of the English teachers, and she is able to discipline her students well. They respect her better than they respect other teachers and she had them prepare about 30 questions to ask me in English. I enjoyed talking with them. I am able to speak more English and Spanish with them. I've noticed that my Spanish has improved a lot more in the past 2 days from speaking English and then converting ... read more
My school

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Salamanca April 2nd 2006

Sarah Farber and I are now in beautiful Salamanca...we arrived yesterday afternoon via bus from Oviedo. Blair and Alyssa journeyed off to Madrid for the next two days and tomorrow we will reunite in Toledo, which is a Midevil town just southwest of Madrid. Salamanca is really an amazing town, it is full of so much history, I really don´t even know how to describe it. The university here, which used to be considered one of the four lights of the world along with Oxford was built in 1219 or something crazy like that. There is such a deep history of the Catholic religion here as well. The most impressive thing of all though is the architecture...it is called plateresque (spelling?) and it is so incredibly intricate and detailed, it is hard to fathom how long ... read more
Plaza Mayor
Plaza Mayor
catedral nueva




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