Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1209

Ok im back but this is a quick one! Just wanted to put up a few pictures and let everyone know i'm still alive. Things have been crazy here with school, planning trips, and then philip came out for 10 days! Carnavale, like mardi gras is goin on right now and ill be leaving for Florence, Italy tomorrow night with a few friends. I promise more is too come, just checkin in with everyone!... read more

I love Spain and when I think of Spanish people, many fabulous qualities come to mind: they are warm, friendly, eager to help strangers, devoted to their families, jovial, easy-going...the list goes on and on. But one word would never appear on this list: ATHLETIC. So during a mid-day coffee break last week while my co-workers chatted amongst themselves about going hiking on the weekend, I listened and tried to imagine this crowd of coffee-drinking, churro-eating, middle-aged teachers on a mountain. Ha. Not going to happen, I thought to myself. But then one of them turned to me and asked if I would like to join them for some hiking in Malaga on Sunday. Now, you must know that on this particular day I was trying to be more social than normal, and also, that I ... read more

Oh, 19th....duh. It says so in my little date thing at the bottom of my computer!! lol Anyway, some of you who are exceptionally good at math and reasoning skills might look at the time of this message than refer back to my school schedule. You than may notice the descrepancy in the fact that while I am posting this I should be in my Spanish Civilization and Culture class. Mom, I´m not skipping class! No, instead there is a teacher´s strike. Yes, the teachers here are on strike. Not all day long though, no, that would be depriving only the students apparantly and that was deemed bad. So, for two hours, convienently during my 10:00 and 5:00 classes the teachers are on strike. Apparantly when you teach in the Centro de Lenguas Modernas here you ... read more

Again, considering we stayed out way too late Saturday night (or Sunday morning, as some may consider it) We slept until about 11:30 Sunday morning, But we got up and moving and went out to lunch as a different café nearby the hotel. Then we headed up to the Olympic Park. There’s a few different things up there - it’s all on the top of a hill, so there was a pretty good view as well. We had to ride the Funicular to get to the top - not quite as exciting as in Alaska, because it was underground, it was part of the metro system, but it was still fun. We got to the top, and started heading toward the Olympic park and there seemed to be tons of people around. When we got to ... read more

The flight from Cairo departed a few hours late on Friday morning, however we managed to pick up some time on the way to spain. Touched down in Barcelona, where I farewelled Jan & Doug as they disembarked to contine the remainder of their honeymoon. After collecting more passengers & refuelling, we took off Madrid bound & arrived before daylight to a mere three degrees celcius weather outside. Unexpectedly, the airport was massive, there was an underground train to ferry passengers to another terminal where the luggage carousels were. I managed to change some travellers cheques & obtain a map of the underground system before collecting my backpack. The train station was at yet another terminal, so I boarded a bus & witnessed my first sunrise in Spain en route. Like London, Madrids underground system is ... read more