today was the best day ever.
we got up around 9 and went to breakfast (ellen, avery and i). we had a really great "toast with butter" and ORANGE JUICE before we went shopping. i didnt do any shopping besides buying some stuff in the stadium in madrid so i got my shop on.
i got a purse, a bracelet and some sandals before i went on buying souvineres for everyone else back at home. we did on assignment stuff after that and then just had siesta time. around dinner time we had a surprise birthday for brandon and then went to the biggest dinner that ive ever eaten. it was 5 courses.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
the hike
today we went on a hike.
it started out being a group hike but after about 10 minutes we realized that dovan wasnt infront of us anymore so merritt, lierin, hanna, robert, ellen, jaime, kate, allison and i ventured around the mountains on about a 4 mile hike to the closest town. it was SUPER fun.
once we got home and took a serious siesta we hiked up to the square to take pictures of the alhambra at "blue hour"
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Mountains and horses.
so yesterday i didnt take pictures of anything that was really relavent to anything having to do in spain. sorry.
yesterday we worked in our "on assignment" groups. our group is robert, merritt, eve and i and were talking about modernism in the andalucian culture. its great. we had lunch at the restaurant where we ate paella and calamarie last time but this time i had paella and the beef like at home. after some down time we went to the cathedral and to see where ferdinan and isabelle were buried then a SURPRISE. it was the best surprise of our lives we went to an arab bath place. basically all we did was sit around in the different pools (cold, warm and hot), sauna and get a FABULOUS 15 minute massage. we got home at 2 in the morning and had to get up this morning at 9. that was super difficult.
this morning we ran out the door to go to a horse farm. it was just a really really spectacular day. i felt right at home. we got to wonder around the farm, talk to the people that work there, watch some people pratice and found the most precious dog ive ever seen in my life (other than snowball ofcourse). we were there until almost 2 and then went to this chinese place. can i just say how much i LOVE chinese food? because i do. it was so good. it was like fogo de chao kinda (p.s. im so going there when i get home) where we got to pick the meat and they cooked it with whatever sauce and they had such good fruit AND really good egg rolls. the place didnt top china view or anything but it was for sure good enough for being in the middle of granada, spain.
Friday, June 26, 2009
ole!
so today we went to a ranch and we got to watch professional bull fighters test out the girl bulls to see if they were good enough for breeding or if they were just going to be sold to a slaughter house. they stick the bulls which kind of made my stomach flop but it was a really really cool experience. we got to talk to salvador vega but none of us really thought anything of it until the owner of the ranch showed us a magazine that he was on the cover of and told us how famous he was. we were shocked because he was really nice and seemed really down to earth. i think i can officially leave spain with a full sense of accomplishment watching these guys play around with the bulls and thankfully not killing them.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
FLAMENCO!
today was sadly our last day with tino. we will definatly miss all the adventures that he took us on and the peppiness that he had in the morning when all of us needed it. today we took a trip to a flamenco studio where we got to photograph a group of flamenco dancers that were practicing. it was really cool and really beautiful.
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granada so far.
granada has been amazing.
the first day we had churros for breakfast... theyre good here and everything but i think that the ones from miami are much much much better. (just an opinion) then we ventured around the market with tony "fishing" for pictures. basically stalking people and stealing picutres which has proven to be super super fun. we walked up the hill and ended up at st.nicholas square infront of the alhambra. we did that twice, once in the morning and once right before dinner. we had dinner at an indian restaurant and then had a lesson by tony.
on day two in granda we went to the science park. the planetarium was cool but i was the only one who understood what they were talking about because it was all in spanish. we went to the butterfly garden and it was litterally like going to a sauna. i felt assured that all of my pores were cleaned out though because we were only in there for 3 minutes and i came out dripping sweat from every single pore in my body. we had tino time at the end of the day and that was that.
yesterday was a really fun day. we went to a conference room at a really nice hotel and had a picture showing. tino looked at all of our pictures and told us what we need to do to improve our pictures and what we do really well already. we had the best lunch that we have ever had at this spanish restaurant and then had a loooooong siesta time. we got up and went to a bar to watch the spain vs. usa game. we were supposed to get dominated but instead ended up winning... coolest feeling in the world to be surrounded by a bunch of americans and beat the team that was supposed to be the best in the world. we went to the alhambra at night and it was pretty beautiful.
the first day we had churros for breakfast... theyre good here and everything but i think that the ones from miami are much much much better. (just an opinion) then we ventured around the market with tony "fishing" for pictures. basically stalking people and stealing picutres which has proven to be super super fun. we walked up the hill and ended up at st.nicholas square infront of the alhambra. we did that twice, once in the morning and once right before dinner. we had dinner at an indian restaurant and then had a lesson by tony.
on day two in granda we went to the science park. the planetarium was cool but i was the only one who understood what they were talking about because it was all in spanish. we went to the butterfly garden and it was litterally like going to a sauna. i felt assured that all of my pores were cleaned out though because we were only in there for 3 minutes and i came out dripping sweat from every single pore in my body. we had tino time at the end of the day and that was that.
yesterday was a really fun day. we went to a conference room at a really nice hotel and had a picture showing. tino looked at all of our pictures and told us what we need to do to improve our pictures and what we do really well already. we had the best lunch that we have ever had at this spanish restaurant and then had a loooooong siesta time. we got up and went to a bar to watch the spain vs. usa game. we were supposed to get dominated but instead ended up winning... coolest feeling in the world to be surrounded by a bunch of americans and beat the team that was supposed to be the best in the world. we went to the alhambra at night and it was pretty beautiful.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
internet at last.
if youre in one of the biggest cities in the world you would think that wifi is avaliable... negative.
so we just got to granada this afternoon and just got wifi.
it has been quite the adventure so far. really it has. weve learned so much about spain, eaten so much food, taken some pretty cool pictures, even stalked a few people in the process but its been super super super fun.
weve had little scandals every day which have made our trip interesting to say the least.
day 1: there was so much turbulance on the plane none of us could sleep and were scared as none other
day 2: we lost connor. no worries though about 45 minutes later we found him.
day 3: jaime got cursed by a prostitute
day 4: we got exposed to by a homeless man on the subway on the way to the stadium
day 5: there was a protest outside of the place where we ate
today: nothing so far (thank goodness)
madrid was a really interesting city. so SO overly populated but it made for some awesome people watching.....
the first day we were in the city we went to a modern art museum after we went to a park to have orientation and the whole "get to know the leaders" thing. their names are megan and dovan and both of them have done study abroad programs here and they both have worked with national geographic so they know alot about spain and all about the culture and everything.
the second day we went to the prada museum and that was alot better than the modern art one, i think because it was just classic and the modern one was just a little too out there for me. the afternoon however was the most fun thing we did the whole trip. we broke off into small groups and dovan brandon and a few of us girls went to the real madrid stadium. it was so cool. we got to go to the locker rooms, presidential suite, the bench, all around the stadium, the press room, the trophy room, EVERY thing.
yesterday we took a day trip to toledo and i have to say that it was the most precious quite town. it was the polar opposite of spain, in population and just in general. toledo was small and so quaint but at the same time had the most gorgeous cathedrals and the most interesting buildings. it was very cool and made for some pretty awesome pictures.
im in the process of putting some of the pictures up on facebook but now i have my laptop at least for the next nine days and ill be checking it so shoot me an email if you want.
love you!!
miss you!!
p.s.
happy fathers day!!!
so we just got to granada this afternoon and just got wifi.
it has been quite the adventure so far. really it has. weve learned so much about spain, eaten so much food, taken some pretty cool pictures, even stalked a few people in the process but its been super super super fun.
weve had little scandals every day which have made our trip interesting to say the least.
day 1: there was so much turbulance on the plane none of us could sleep and were scared as none other
day 2: we lost connor. no worries though about 45 minutes later we found him.
day 3: jaime got cursed by a prostitute
day 4: we got exposed to by a homeless man on the subway on the way to the stadium
day 5: there was a protest outside of the place where we ate
today: nothing so far (thank goodness)
madrid was a really interesting city. so SO overly populated but it made for some awesome people watching.....
the first day we were in the city we went to a modern art museum after we went to a park to have orientation and the whole "get to know the leaders" thing. their names are megan and dovan and both of them have done study abroad programs here and they both have worked with national geographic so they know alot about spain and all about the culture and everything.
the second day we went to the prada museum and that was alot better than the modern art one, i think because it was just classic and the modern one was just a little too out there for me. the afternoon however was the most fun thing we did the whole trip. we broke off into small groups and dovan brandon and a few of us girls went to the real madrid stadium. it was so cool. we got to go to the locker rooms, presidential suite, the bench, all around the stadium, the press room, the trophy room, EVERY thing.
yesterday we took a day trip to toledo and i have to say that it was the most precious quite town. it was the polar opposite of spain, in population and just in general. toledo was small and so quaint but at the same time had the most gorgeous cathedrals and the most interesting buildings. it was very cool and made for some pretty awesome pictures.
im in the process of putting some of the pictures up on facebook but now i have my laptop at least for the next nine days and ill be checking it so shoot me an email if you want.
love you!!
miss you!!
p.s.
happy fathers day!!!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
TODAY is the DAY
after 3 months of planning, packing, learning how to use our cameras and getting excited today is finally the day. we will be meeting and departing together and meeting our national geographic leaders on the other side in madrid.
see ya in spain!!!
:)
see ya in spain!!!
:)
Monday, June 15, 2009
tomorrow is the day.
tomorrow we leave for spain for 20 days.
we'll be flying houston to paris, paris to madrid then spend 5 days venturing around madrid.
after that well take a train to granada and travel around there for 10 days. well end by adventuring around costa de la luz for the last 5 days before we fly back to paris and finally home.
we'll be flying houston to paris, paris to madrid then spend 5 days venturing around madrid.
after that well take a train to granada and travel around there for 10 days. well end by adventuring around costa de la luz for the last 5 days before we fly back to paris and finally home.
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