On Sunday we went to Aracena, which is a small city on the southern coast, part of Huelva. It reminded me a lot of Granada with the white washed buildings and a true sense of community. We were lucky enough to be there while the ham festival was going on. I have never seen so many Hispanics packed into such a small tent, and I have never seen so many fatty, ham legs hanging from a ceiling. We were also able to go below ground level into the most amazing caves I h...

I must blog about today, one of the best experiences I have had in Sevilla. In my journalism class, we have been focusing on a particular part of Sevilla, "3 Mil Viviendas/Polígano Sur," which is a part of Sevilla constructed by the government. It was built in the 70's with the intentions of having Gypsies from the countryside move to the city. There were 3000 apartments built within walls, and have basically been left since. I don't like to use t...

Granada, what an awesome place. Granada was a trip that was "free" for us, from CIEE. We could choose between two weekends, and I am glad I picked the one I did, because we had awesome people, and we reunited with Fernando, our orientation leader. After driving on the bus for four hours, we finally arrived at our hotel. Yes, a real hotel. It was amazing... We had a buffet lunch and then headed to La Alhambra, from the 14th century. It is a palace an...

I am always the one on time... minus on our departure date for Barcelona. I had been harassing Catherine (who has overslept countless times) to meet at the taxi station at 6:15. Well, 6:16 I get a phone call, awoken from a dense sleep, and realize that I am the one that is late. I luckily had packed and we were ready to rumble by 6:30. We arrived in Girona at around 10:00 AM, grabbed a bus to Barcelona and were stationed by 11:30. Now, here we were, a group of...

Long time since I have been back. Most recent crisis: My hard drive is busted on my laptop. I took it to MAC (they only have three in Spain and luckily two are in Sevilla) and they told me it is definitely the hard drive. This was the first time the language barrier has completely gotten in the way. I had no idea how to say hard drive, and disc drive, etc. But we got through it and I should have a new hard drive in about ten days. The most upsetting part is I h...