I’m alive!

Hey all! I know I haven’t written in forever. Apparently I’m as much of a failure at blogging as I am at journal writing! I am alive and for the most part well. Hard to believe, but I only have one week of classes left followed by exam week, so things are getting pretty stressful here. I definitely won’t have time to fill in all my missing entries before I leave, so what I’m going to do is give you a brief overview (in the form of a list) of what I’ve been up to and once I have time (i.e. when I get back to the States) I will write the entries I would have written on all of these events (and possibly more) and will post pictures too.

So, since London I’ve…

…been to Toledo, one of the oldest cities in Spain that’s renowned for its swords and gold crafts—it also has lots of paintings by El Greco

…did a whirlwind six day trip to Paris, Rome and Barcelona before Semana Santa

….pulled the biggest April Fool’s Day joke of my life (and am quite proud of it!)

…saw 15 processions during Holy Week

…finally visited Plaza de España and got sunburned

…went to Cadiz (on the coast) and spent a few cold hours on the beach

…visited Michelle and her family in Ireland

…was visited by my parents (yay!)

…turned 20???!!!

…saw my first bullfight, went paddle boating on the Guadalquivir, saw lots of Flamenco dresses during Feria, and did a carriage ride through the historic city center

…and last but not least am currently writing my 25 pages worth of final papers in Spanish (guess I should probably stop procrastinating by writing this blog entry)

I can’t believe how much time has flown and can’t wait to actually give you full updates on what I’ve been doing! Until next time (whenever that may be)!

Brittany