Blogs from Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - page 18

So I have 5 min so this is quick... buttt up north was amazing, of course, and I ended up going broke with two days left.. oops! Yeah, I learnt my lesson and brought my debit card with me this trip. I got here yesterday earlllly morning and spend the day with Christie in Valencia, it was pretty cool - we went to this aquarium and ate dinner underground and watched the little fishies swim around even though some of them were gross and looks like their eyes were gauged out - ew. Then last night we went out with all of the alicante program kids, they def know how to have fun in Espagna, Italia should watch out! Today we went to the beach and then saw this castle way up in the mountains with ... read more

Well to sum up my weekend, Kristen, Ethan, and I went to Denia, a little beach town between Alicante and Valencia to spend the entire time at the beach, building sandcastles, finding sea shells, and swimming (which was very cold), we also stayed at a very nice hotel…yay for Marriott! And went to the spa and pool where we also got plenty of sun, to say the least we are all a little darker (our theology professor even noticed our glow) and a little sad we have to go to class for a few more weeks (3 to be exact!). Fortunately, this Thursday my classes are cancelled so I might take another trip to the beach, this time probably to the southern part of Spain. Well, I hope everyone is doing great and that I can ... read more

January 8th, 2006 Well this is day one of my journey, although if you really think about it this journey really began back when I first started to dream of doing something like this. I am now sitting on a plane staring out the window looking at my last ground shot of the United States. I have been filled with emotions of excitement, adventure, fear of the unknown. All in all looking at everything now I am ungodly nervous, and anxious but glad that I took this chance. To say I am traveling with class would be an understatement. I got lucky and my first 8hours in the air got booked for first class, thanks to my dad of course. But when he said first class I never would have imagined he meant that my seat ... read more

Today we started our new classes. This comes as good news because this means that we don´t have to sit through our intensive Spanish class for three hours every day. I was a little sad because my teacher for the first few weeks, Mar, is no longer my instructer. Instead, I have this lady Rosa who is a little crazy, but still a good teacher I think. So, I still have my two Spanish classes with Rosa, and now I have Spanish Cinema and The Spanish Civil War. It is really cool to have classes about subjects other than grammer and other hard stuff. At about 10:30 we were all lead outside because there was going to be an amazing full solar eclipse. We were even given special glasses to watch it through. With much anticipation, ... read more

Yes, I finally got some of my pictures uploaded. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them (some of them are from El Barrio). Tuesday nights here in Alicante are Guacamole Nights. This bar that a lot of us hang out at, Austins, has amazing guac every Tuesday. The reason this rocks so much is because the guac is a little spicy. You may think that is not a big deal, but seriously, it is probably the spiciest thing in all of Alicante. I don´t know if it is a regional thing or a country thing, but I have had the hardest time finding spicy food here. It is like Spaniards don´t know what it is. Maybe they do but they don´t appreciate it. But anyways, this Tuesday night was great. ... read more