This was my "think of the positives and don't cry" exercise this morning... thought I'd share :)
Things I’ll miss about Spain:
- My host moms, my piso
- Susana and Magda
- My students
- My job
- Watching Spanish tv during lunch
- Tapas, two plate lunches
- Galletas (cookie/biscuit things)
- Café con leche
- The food in general
- Having Chels as my roommate
- Hearing my host moms fight
- Having my host moms talk about how pretty we are for 10 minutes before we go out on the weekends
- Hearing Spanish on the streets
- Not being almost hit by cars everyday :P
- When waiters are mean to you in restaurants :) (you don’t tip here!)
- Strolling by Cervantes house on the way downtown (aka Alcalá is historic)
- Having to calculate what time it is in my head before calling someone :)
- Not having my cell phone
- Being able to order wine with dinner!
- Using Celsius and military time (I’m good at it now!)
- Magazines in Spanish
- Dos besos!!!!!! (Spanish greeting)
Things I love about the US:
- Family and friends
- Bowling GREEN!!!!!!! :) aka best city on earth...Alcalá, you're a close 2nd.
- Peanut butter and ranch
- Chipotle and Jimmy Johns
- Cooking and eating at my house
- Being a vegetarian again
- Having space to do yoga
- My job (yes, SDK, I miss you)
- My fav websites like Pandora and Hulu (they don’t work here)
- Not having to use power adaptors
- My hair straightener
- All my other clothes and shoes
- No piropos! (annoying cat-calls)
- Not being stressed about communicating with people in stores
- People smiling at you on the street
- Being in the same time zone as people!
- My cell phone! (I know, I know, but I went 4 months without it!)
- Not having screaming children wake you up everyday
- Hugs from everyone!
But more than anything, I'm going to miss the Spanish lifestyle in general. They are rarely stressed, they know when to work, but they also know how to sit and talk over some coffee or wine for 3 hours, with no where to go, no where to be. "Fast food" doesnt exist here (the fastest food I've had here is a 30 minute breakfast at a café). They don't worry about unnecessary things, and spending time with family over lunch is SO important. They know how to balance work and pleasure. They just live and enjoy.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Spring break - part 1!
Hola todos,
Just wanted to say hey! from the Canary Islands. I've been here for 5 days with Rach and Katie, relaxing on our private patio, chilling by the pool at our hotel, and enjoying the sun at the beach. And eating, a lot. We have our own kitchen so our meals have been yummy and at times very creative when we started running out of supplies :)
Although the Canaries are a territory of Spain, they are very close to Africa, and we are right by the equator. So the sun is way hotter and I have been getting very burnt, despite all of my best efforts at shade and sunscreen. A lot of families and older couples from cold, northern Europe come here to vacation, there are a lot of British and German people here.
And the funny thing about vacationing in Europe is that.... everyone is topless. All the time. Rach and Katie and I joked about finding a nude beach until we realized... everywhere is a nude beach. No on here is even a little suprised about it, but, as Americans, it took us awhile to get used to it. It's still weird to see topless moms watching their 10 year old kids in the pool. Isn't that awkward for anyone?!? But, on the upside, it seems that everyone has a good body image in Europe, and the three of us felt much more comfortable in our bathing suits since everyone else wasn't wearing one, haha.
Tomorrow we're heading out to Valencia to enjoy the city, and maybe go to the beach again, if the weather is nice.
I will be back to the United States in 23 days! :) Seems so crazy that my adventures are almost over!
Un beso,
Ann
Just wanted to say hey! from the Canary Islands. I've been here for 5 days with Rach and Katie, relaxing on our private patio, chilling by the pool at our hotel, and enjoying the sun at the beach. And eating, a lot. We have our own kitchen so our meals have been yummy and at times very creative when we started running out of supplies :)
Although the Canaries are a territory of Spain, they are very close to Africa, and we are right by the equator. So the sun is way hotter and I have been getting very burnt, despite all of my best efforts at shade and sunscreen. A lot of families and older couples from cold, northern Europe come here to vacation, there are a lot of British and German people here.
And the funny thing about vacationing in Europe is that.... everyone is topless. All the time. Rach and Katie and I joked about finding a nude beach until we realized... everywhere is a nude beach. No on here is even a little suprised about it, but, as Americans, it took us awhile to get used to it. It's still weird to see topless moms watching their 10 year old kids in the pool. Isn't that awkward for anyone?!? But, on the upside, it seems that everyone has a good body image in Europe, and the three of us felt much more comfortable in our bathing suits since everyone else wasn't wearing one, haha.
Tomorrow we're heading out to Valencia to enjoy the city, and maybe go to the beach again, if the weather is nice.
I will be back to the United States in 23 days! :) Seems so crazy that my adventures are almost over!
Un beso,
Ann
Monday, April 4, 2011
Roma!
Soo. Rome. It’s still kind of surreal that I actually went there. It’s amazing that I got to travel there for the weekend, how blessed am I?!
I feel like words aren’t enough to describe the beauty, atmosphere, or adventures I discovered in Roma. And the Vatican City is absolutely breathtaking, pictures can’t do it justice. It is so full of history and beautiful art, if you ever have the opportunity to go, DO IT.
So 5 other lovely ladies and I started out bright and early Friday morning, ready for pasta, gelato, and any other Italian delights we might find. We arrived in Italy at about 1:00pm, only to discover that there was a transportation strike throughout the city (later we figured out why, public transportation is practically free, no one EVER checked your ticket, and tons of homeless people just chill on the buses and trains). There was over a 2 hour wait for the one bus that was running, so we decided to take a taxi to our hotel, and then from our hotel into the city (about a half an hour drive, and a 65€ cab fare!). And thus began the adventures…
I thought Italian bad driving was a stereotype. It’s not. We drove down the highway at least 90mph at all times, dodging cars, people, bikes, motorcycles, you name it. Just in case you wondered, there is no need to slow down when going around sharp turns or roundabouts. Ugh. We had no idea where he should drop us off, so we just said “The Colosseum” like good American tourists. He nonchalantly drops us off on the side of the road, while we stood there bug eyed, with our mouths open. Here, in the middle of a crazy, busy, cosmopolitan city, was the Colosseum. The construction of this beautiful and massive amphitheater was finished around 80AD, to give you an idea of how old this is. 80AD. Waaay older than our country. Whoa. Awe struck, we stopped at a ristorante (it means restaurant...one of the few Italian words I picked up along the way :). We got to eat some delicious food with the view of the Colosseum!
PIZZA :) 
Gelato!
We spent the day strolling around Rome, eating more pasta and pizza, enjoying gelato, touring the Colosseum, going to the Trevi Fountain, and soaking up the warm sunny weather. We also encountered some very interesting people… the homeless men on all the public transportation, the mean lady selling Colosseum tickets (we have our International student IDs and we tried to get a discount because we study in the European Union. She pretty much scoffed at me, asked my nationality, laughed when I said “American,” and said “12 Euros, please.” Rude.), the restaurant workers that compliment you and promise discounts and free appetizers if you eat in their restaurant, and, of course, the random entertaining groups of tourists from around the world.
The Colosseum 
The Trevi Fountain... amazing!!
The next day we went to the Vatican City, after a bit of a work trying to figure out HOW to get there. We asked this man, who told us to get on a certain bus. As it turns out, the bus just makes a loop, not even getting near the Vatican City. It was hard to know if some people just didn’t understand our English or Spanish or just wanted to see us fail at navigating the city. We finally reached the Vatican City, and Katie, Rachel and I paid for a tour, which was a great idea because then we knew everything we were looking at. Some of it I had learned about in Art History but it was a great reminder. We got to see some great Raphael frescos, Michelangelo’s Pieta, and of course the Sistine Chapel. There is just such a vast collection of beautiful buildings there, it really is incredible! Although we were very close to his house, we did not run into the Pope. Ah, well, maybe next time.
Our last day, Sunday, there was supposed to be another transportation strike and Katie, Rach, and I thought we might be stuck at our hotel, unable to pay a taxi to get into the city center. Thankfully, there was no strike so we could take the train. We spent the day outside again, enjoying the sun, the many gorgeous fountains, and outside cafes in Rome.
Although Rome is gorgeous and I loved it, the three of us were very ready to be home in Alcalá, back in a country where we can (sort of) speak the language. We knew we missed Spain when this lady at the train station came up to us, asked if we spoke English, then started babbling random questions to us in Italian. How do you even react to that? Just shake your head and repeat “no hablamos italiano” (which happens to be Spanish, but, hey, whatever works!)? Laugh hysterically? Well, we did both and she continued to talk to us in Italian for 5 more minutes. Landing in Barajas airport and hearing Spanish all around you in the greatest feeling in the world, after that.
We had an amazing, relaxing, beautiful trip to Italy, it was so worth all the money and time! Now, it’s back to the grind of school and work! But my lovely Miss Steph Becks is visiting me from England this week :)
Ciao!
Besos,
Ana
I feel like words aren’t enough to describe the beauty, atmosphere, or adventures I discovered in Roma. And the Vatican City is absolutely breathtaking, pictures can’t do it justice. It is so full of history and beautiful art, if you ever have the opportunity to go, DO IT.
So 5 other lovely ladies and I started out bright and early Friday morning, ready for pasta, gelato, and any other Italian delights we might find. We arrived in Italy at about 1:00pm, only to discover that there was a transportation strike throughout the city (later we figured out why, public transportation is practically free, no one EVER checked your ticket, and tons of homeless people just chill on the buses and trains). There was over a 2 hour wait for the one bus that was running, so we decided to take a taxi to our hotel, and then from our hotel into the city (about a half an hour drive, and a 65€ cab fare!). And thus began the adventures…
I thought Italian bad driving was a stereotype. It’s not. We drove down the highway at least 90mph at all times, dodging cars, people, bikes, motorcycles, you name it. Just in case you wondered, there is no need to slow down when going around sharp turns or roundabouts. Ugh. We had no idea where he should drop us off, so we just said “The Colosseum” like good American tourists. He nonchalantly drops us off on the side of the road, while we stood there bug eyed, with our mouths open. Here, in the middle of a crazy, busy, cosmopolitan city, was the Colosseum. The construction of this beautiful and massive amphitheater was finished around 80AD, to give you an idea of how old this is. 80AD. Waaay older than our country. Whoa. Awe struck, we stopped at a ristorante (it means restaurant...one of the few Italian words I picked up along the way :). We got to eat some delicious food with the view of the Colosseum!
PIZZA :) 
Gelato! We spent the day strolling around Rome, eating more pasta and pizza, enjoying gelato, touring the Colosseum, going to the Trevi Fountain, and soaking up the warm sunny weather. We also encountered some very interesting people… the homeless men on all the public transportation, the mean lady selling Colosseum tickets (we have our International student IDs and we tried to get a discount because we study in the European Union. She pretty much scoffed at me, asked my nationality, laughed when I said “American,” and said “12 Euros, please.” Rude.), the restaurant workers that compliment you and promise discounts and free appetizers if you eat in their restaurant, and, of course, the random entertaining groups of tourists from around the world.
The Colosseum 
The Trevi Fountain... amazing!! The next day we went to the Vatican City, after a bit of a work trying to figure out HOW to get there. We asked this man, who told us to get on a certain bus. As it turns out, the bus just makes a loop, not even getting near the Vatican City. It was hard to know if some people just didn’t understand our English or Spanish or just wanted to see us fail at navigating the city. We finally reached the Vatican City, and Katie, Rachel and I paid for a tour, which was a great idea because then we knew everything we were looking at. Some of it I had learned about in Art History but it was a great reminder. We got to see some great Raphael frescos, Michelangelo’s Pieta, and of course the Sistine Chapel. There is just such a vast collection of beautiful buildings there, it really is incredible! Although we were very close to his house, we did not run into the Pope. Ah, well, maybe next time.
Our last day, Sunday, there was supposed to be another transportation strike and Katie, Rach, and I thought we might be stuck at our hotel, unable to pay a taxi to get into the city center. Thankfully, there was no strike so we could take the train. We spent the day outside again, enjoying the sun, the many gorgeous fountains, and outside cafes in Rome.
Although Rome is gorgeous and I loved it, the three of us were very ready to be home in Alcalá, back in a country where we can (sort of) speak the language. We knew we missed Spain when this lady at the train station came up to us, asked if we spoke English, then started babbling random questions to us in Italian. How do you even react to that? Just shake your head and repeat “no hablamos italiano” (which happens to be Spanish, but, hey, whatever works!)? Laugh hysterically? Well, we did both and she continued to talk to us in Italian for 5 more minutes. Landing in Barajas airport and hearing Spanish all around you in the greatest feeling in the world, after that.
We had an amazing, relaxing, beautiful trip to Italy, it was so worth all the money and time! Now, it’s back to the grind of school and work! But my lovely Miss Steph Becks is visiting me from England this week :)
Ciao!
Besos,
Ana
Monday, March 28, 2011
¡a cantabria!
I really can’t believe I only have 5 weeks of school left in Spain. FIVE. And I know they’re going to go SO fast because of how busy I’m going to be. It seems like it’s the weekend before I know it, and on the weekends I usually travel!
I have mixed feelings about my time almost being over. I’m not ready to leave, I love my host family, I love the laid-back culture, the food, the streets, everything. But I’m starting to feel very far away from Ohio and the people I love there, plus this whole meat-eating business is getting hard for me! I’m ready to be a vegetarian again :)
This weekend our BG program went on its last weekend trip, to Cantabria, a northern community of Spain, with both beautiful beaches and beautiful mountains. We stayed in this ADORABLE (but slightly creepy), ancient hotel in a tiny tiny pueblo! We walked around the city in about 10 minutes, that’s how small this place is! It smelled like the country and had excellent food, such as cheese, meat, honey, and farm-grown products like that! The typical food is very hardy, with lots of beans, sausage, etc., and a lot of food is produced in the region we were staying.
The first day we went to Comillas, another small town in Cantabria, located on the beach, where lots of celebs go for vacation! I can see why, it was gorgeous! We all played around on the beach (the water was freezing but the weather was great!) and then we walked around and saw some great architecture in the town…
Town we stayed in :)
Beach at Comillas
Later we went to Santander, the capital of Cantabria, and ate a delicious lunch, played on another beach, and got a little tour of the city. As far as our trips go, this one was much more relaxing and we were blessed with gorgeous sunny weather the whole time!
Then we finished up at the caves of Altamira, which have some of the oldest recorded human art! I learned about it in art history, and never knew I’d actually end up at Altamira! Unfortunately, 10 or 15 years ago they stopped letting people into the caves (obviously, people being in the caves was hurting the cave paintings) but we went to a replication and it was very fun to see them!!
This weekend I’m heading to Italy! :) expect some great pictures soon!
Un besito, Ann
I have mixed feelings about my time almost being over. I’m not ready to leave, I love my host family, I love the laid-back culture, the food, the streets, everything. But I’m starting to feel very far away from Ohio and the people I love there, plus this whole meat-eating business is getting hard for me! I’m ready to be a vegetarian again :)
This weekend our BG program went on its last weekend trip, to Cantabria, a northern community of Spain, with both beautiful beaches and beautiful mountains. We stayed in this ADORABLE (but slightly creepy), ancient hotel in a tiny tiny pueblo! We walked around the city in about 10 minutes, that’s how small this place is! It smelled like the country and had excellent food, such as cheese, meat, honey, and farm-grown products like that! The typical food is very hardy, with lots of beans, sausage, etc., and a lot of food is produced in the region we were staying.
The first day we went to Comillas, another small town in Cantabria, located on the beach, where lots of celebs go for vacation! I can see why, it was gorgeous! We all played around on the beach (the water was freezing but the weather was great!) and then we walked around and saw some great architecture in the town…
Town we stayed in :) 
Beach at Comillas
Later we went to Santander, the capital of Cantabria, and ate a delicious lunch, played on another beach, and got a little tour of the city. As far as our trips go, this one was much more relaxing and we were blessed with gorgeous sunny weather the whole time!
Then we finished up at the caves of Altamira, which have some of the oldest recorded human art! I learned about it in art history, and never knew I’d actually end up at Altamira! Unfortunately, 10 or 15 years ago they stopped letting people into the caves (obviously, people being in the caves was hurting the cave paintings) but we went to a replication and it was very fun to see them!!
This weekend I’m heading to Italy! :) expect some great pictures soon!
Un besito, Ann
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"Week 7"
¡Cuanto tiempo! Hola dear ones, it's been awhile!
Yes, I’m still alive and well in Alcalá. Yes, I’ve been busy. Yes, week 7 has been the hardest. Yes, I’m still studying for midterms but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, this post is yet another procrastination method (because it’s more fun than writing essays or studying literature).
Last weekend our BG program spent 3 days in Granada, which is in the south of Spain and has a lot of Arabic and Moroccan influences (there are reasons for this, but I won’t bore you in a lesson of Spanish history). We visited la Alhambra, which is an amazing fortress with palace-buildings and gardens up on a mountain in Granada. We spent the whole morning there, and it is so beautiful! I wish I could have seen the gardens in the summer but everything was still gorgeous! And we had beautiful weather too!
Yes, I’m still alive and well in Alcalá. Yes, I’ve been busy. Yes, week 7 has been the hardest. Yes, I’m still studying for midterms but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, this post is yet another procrastination method (because it’s more fun than writing essays or studying literature).
Last weekend our BG program spent 3 days in Granada, which is in the south of Spain and has a lot of Arabic and Moroccan influences (there are reasons for this, but I won’t bore you in a lesson of Spanish history). We visited la Alhambra, which is an amazing fortress with palace-buildings and gardens up on a mountain in Granada. We spent the whole morning there, and it is so beautiful! I wish I could have seen the gardens in the summer but everything was still gorgeous! And we had beautiful weather too!
They had lots of streets filled with little stories like this... very hippie-ish and full of tapestries and incense. Obviously, I loved it.
View of most of la Alhambra... how sweet is this?!
The Moors built this when they were in control of Spain... which was quite while ago (in the middle of the14th century-ish).
Later on Saturday we went to this town on the ocean, and we hung out and ate lunch. We got to see the ocean, but it was a bit chilly and windy to enjoy it! Plus Rachel starting getting sick so Katie and I hung out in a café by the ocean while the rest of the group climbed up to see this castle. By the time we got back home Sunday night we were so exhausted but the trip was so amazing!
Last week was the last week of the first half of our time in Spain… how crazy is that?! So, naturally, being almost halfway through, it was a hard week for a few of us emotionally, plus we had to study like crazy for midterms! Here are few pictures from adventures and frolics we had this weekend to recover from our week…
Later on Saturday we went to this town on the ocean, and we hung out and ate lunch. We got to see the ocean, but it was a bit chilly and windy to enjoy it! Plus Rachel starting getting sick so Katie and I hung out in a café by the ocean while the rest of the group climbed up to see this castle. By the time we got back home Sunday night we were so exhausted but the trip was so amazing!
Last week was the last week of the first half of our time in Spain… how crazy is that?! So, naturally, being almost halfway through, it was a hard week for a few of us emotionally, plus we had to study like crazy for midterms! Here are few pictures from adventures and frolics we had this weekend to recover from our week…
Katie and I spent Friday afternoon barefoot in the park listening to American pop music...we got some weird stares from Spanish people but it was 75 degrees and sunny, so we were gonna enjoy it!!
On Saturday Katie, Chester, Kalyn and I went and spent the day in Madrid, and it was so amazing! We're all so obsessed with the city, and it's so fun on Saturdays in the spring because so many people are out and there are so many street preformers and everyone is eating at little outside tables. That has to be my favorite part about Spain, just how people relax for hours in the sun, watching people, chatting, and drinking a beer.
THEN... we found this amazing crepería (crepe shop) and went in for some café con leche (pictured above... SO much better than any coffee in the States) and crepes! My crepe was filled with Nutella, bananas, caramel, and cookie crumbs. Needless to say, this crepe experience and lovely hours in Madrid helped us recover fully from the "off" week we had experienced!
Now, it's back to studying for me! But the latest news is that in exactly a week, two amazing friends of mine from BG are coming to visit me!!! :) I can't wait to see them! :) :)
Besos!
xo
Ana
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Paraguas and other things!
Hello dear readers (if I have any left... it's been a very long time since I've posted!),
I'm still alive. And still loving Spain. But just busy and lacking interesting tidbits to blog about. It's just been raining around here, and there are so many paraguas (umbrellas) out every day! All colors and designs, it's like a parade of umbrellas (to borrow my friend Chester's phrase). I can't wait for the nice weather!!
I spent the weekend in England visiting two of my best friends, Ellen and Steph. They're studying there, and I was so amazing to see their lives at Keele University for a few days! Everyone in England was super nice, too!
We're all heading to Granada for the weekend with the BGSU program, so expect a nice long post and pictures soon! (unless studying gets in the way... midterms are coming!).
Besos,
Anita
I'm still alive. And still loving Spain. But just busy and lacking interesting tidbits to blog about. It's just been raining around here, and there are so many paraguas (umbrellas) out every day! All colors and designs, it's like a parade of umbrellas (to borrow my friend Chester's phrase). I can't wait for the nice weather!!
I spent the weekend in England visiting two of my best friends, Ellen and Steph. They're studying there, and I was so amazing to see their lives at Keele University for a few days! Everyone in England was super nice, too!
We're all heading to Granada for the weekend with the BGSU program, so expect a nice long post and pictures soon! (unless studying gets in the way... midterms are coming!).
Besos,
Anita
Friday, February 4, 2011
Adventures... ¡a Segovia!
First of all, I’d like to say that I broke two of my keys off my keyboard adding pictures to my computer today… so if it seems like my posts are low in “2’s” “3’s” and “ marks, that’s why. Soooo if anyone knows how to fix them, your feedback would be helpful! I got food stuck down there (Proof, reason #4598, that I’m getting chubby in Spain) and I just popped them off! Now… their functionality is… um… not so good.
Moving on to more exciting news… SEGOVIA. Early, early this morning (9 am, I know that’s not early, but, hey, it was our day off!), our group packed up our bocadillos (you read more about these and their enormity a few posts ago), our coats (everyone assured us it would be freezing there!) and headed to Segovia for the day!
It’s much different travelling with the program, because everything is structured for you, and Javier comes as a tour guide (he knows so much about Spain, but sometimes we don’t want to hear EVERYTHING about a particular topic :). First we got to see Los Jardínes de la Granja de San Ildefonso, which were pretty amazing, even in the winter! (yes, in my pictures there is snow! But in the sun felt so warm to the Ohioans!)
(La Granja de San Ildefonso)
Moving on to more exciting news… SEGOVIA. Early, early this morning (9 am, I know that’s not early, but, hey, it was our day off!), our group packed up our bocadillos (you read more about these and their enormity a few posts ago), our coats (everyone assured us it would be freezing there!) and headed to Segovia for the day!
It’s much different travelling with the program, because everything is structured for you, and Javier comes as a tour guide (he knows so much about Spain, but sometimes we don’t want to hear EVERYTHING about a particular topic :). First we got to see Los Jardínes de la Granja de San Ildefonso, which were pretty amazing, even in the winter! (yes, in my pictures there is snow! But in the sun felt so warm to the Ohioans!)
(La Granja de San Ildefonso)Then we actually rode into the city of Segovia, where the Roman aqueduct is—it’s so incredible! It was constructed with no cement whatsoever, just rocks that fit together perfectly. My pictures, like so many things, really can’t even do it justice! It was built at the end of the 1st century and beginning of the 2nd century, that’s muy antiguo!
We trotted around through the city to the Castle de Alcázar, which is supposedly what Cinderella’s castle is based on. It was built about 9 centuries ago, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves…
Finally, after enjoying our lunch in the sun, a few of us went to a few shops. There was a little hippie store, one of the ones that smell like incense and are full of scarves, handmade jewelry, and all other good things, and it was so fun to just look around awhile! At the end of the day we ended up at the Catedral de Segovia. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside, but I took tons of the outside! Since it was my first European cathedral, I was amazed! The students from last semester said they’d seen so many, but I thought it was so amazing! :)
Sorry this post is kind of “business-y” and not very interesting! The girls and I are going out on the town of Alcalá tonight, so maybe I’ll have some adventures that lead to funny blog posts!
Hasta luego (or “staluego” if you’re going say it like a native! :)
Abrazos y Besitos, (hugs and kisses)
Ana
We trotted around through the city to the Castle de Alcázar, which is supposedly what Cinderella’s castle is based on. It was built about 9 centuries ago, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves…
Finally, after enjoying our lunch in the sun, a few of us went to a few shops. There was a little hippie store, one of the ones that smell like incense and are full of scarves, handmade jewelry, and all other good things, and it was so fun to just look around awhile! At the end of the day we ended up at the Catedral de Segovia. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside, but I took tons of the outside! Since it was my first European cathedral, I was amazed! The students from last semester said they’d seen so many, but I thought it was so amazing! :)
Sorry this post is kind of “business-y” and not very interesting! The girls and I are going out on the town of Alcalá tonight, so maybe I’ll have some adventures that lead to funny blog posts!
Hasta luego (or “staluego” if you’re going say it like a native! :)
Abrazos y Besitos, (hugs and kisses)
Ana
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