Opinion paper - Tibet Protests - 4/18/08 In the following article, I will try to answer this question: Should the upcoming Olympic Game's, in China, be used as a vehicle to protest political issues, such as human rights in Tibet? The protests we've already seen have varied from putting up banners, trying to steal the torch, to violent protests that end up with hundreds dead or jailed (it is currently unclear though, how many people have died during protests a...

Florence, Italy is a beautiful town and has some of the best food you can find! While we were there, we stayed in two nice little (exclusive Resorts) apartments, with a breathtaking view of River Arno. Right above the river is the bridge Ponte Vechio. On the bridge are restaurants and Jewelry stores shaped like a treasure chests. The bridge was a place where people hung out. When the second day arrived, we went to a large cathedral called the Duomo. The Duomo wa...

Barcelona 4/5-4/9 As of tomorrow, we will have been in Europe for a month! Most of this time we have stayed in Spain (Madrid, Seville, Ronda, Barcelona…). I think that the life style here is better than in the U.S. For example, I liked that we ate dinner at 10:00pm every night and stayed up late.Another reason that I like Spain is that they eat Tapas; smaller portions of delicious foods. There were many reasons why I liked Spain but I think I liked that ...

Bullfight Seville 4/2/08 Yesterday we went to a bullfight in Seville. At 2:00 pm my family and I drove down to Seville to see a bullfight. We bought some goofy panama sombreros and took pictures as we waited anxiously for the fight to begin. Finally, the music started and everyone took his or her seat. The entire crowd hushed and stared at the gate as if in a trance! Then, the opening ceremony began - the matadors and their personal teams (cuadrillas), the pi...

Sevilla to Ronda House 3-31 Hi, I'm Cam and I was just staying at the Finca la Cabra house for three nights. It was a lot of fun. My family and I were staying with the Shane family in Spain.On the first day we played football and stuff.We didn't go to any museums or anything, but it was fun just chilling out at home.That night Ryan and I stayed up 'till one o'clock.It was fun, but kind of hard because I had to wake up at 4:00 the morning before to get on our f...