Andrea´s Entry!

¡Hola!
Josh is letting me invade his blog, so here´s my update:
Basically, I am loving my life here in Spain, and I´m really sad that we only have a week and a half left. My family here is really nice, I´ve made some amazing friends, classes have been going well (even though this week has been extremely stressful for everyone with finals and essays), and I love how much I´ve been learning about both the Spanish language and culture. I´ve also been enjoying the traveling that I´ve been able to do while here.
Two weekends ago, Josh and I went to Zaragoza together. Initially we were planning on visiting Sevilla, but a last-minute change of plans took us to Zaragoza. I didn´t know anything about the city, but I´m really glad we went. After a lot of walking, Jaaaazzz (that´s what I call him now - long story) and I finally found the center of the city and things to do. We visited the castle Aljefería, two cathedrals (which were both amazing), and the Roman forum. On top of all that, we managed to do some shopping and serious turrón/chocolate-consuming (mmmm). We were also highly amused by Fluvi, this mascot for an upcoming water expo that was EVERYWHERE throughout the city. Overall, the city (and especially the Plaza de Pilar) was really beautiful, and it was a nice day trip.
However, on the way home, our train ended up being delayed a half hour... which caused a lot of stress, because we knew we had to catch the last bus back to Toledo at midnight. This meant I had another experience running through Atocha (I tend to have bad luck with public transportation). Thankfully, we were able to catch a taxi to the bus station and avoid being stranded in Madrid for the night.
Three weekends ago, we had an excursion to Segovia with the Fundación. It was another really beautiful city. Another castle, another church, the aqueducts, lunch (surprisingly not chicken and fries- cow and fries this time), and some time for shopping. And that was our last Fund excursion.
Last weekend I went to Barcelona, but Jaaaaazzz didn´t go, so I won´t talk about it on his blog. It was wonderful.
Anyway, Jaaaaaazzz and I are both looking forward to our week of traveling Europe before heading back to Wisconsin, but it´s also going to be really sad to leave España and this amazing experience behind.
Hasta luego....