the family minus paul

hey everyone,

sorry for the lack of blog updates, writing just hasn't been on my mine. Life in Espana is grand, because of the fam! (sort of rhymes?)

Last Friday, my program went to Ronda which is about 2 hours away. Ronda has Spain's oldest bullring. The city is built on cliffs in the mountains. We did a lot of hiking up and down stairs and roads with our tour guide, but it was beautiful. I spent the day with my gcc ladies.

Then, I went to Barcelona for an overnight trip. Sadly, Ashley's tickets got messed up and she couldn't make the trek. But, i was still able to go with 2 other friends of ours. I'm really happy I went, however it wasn't as great as I was expecting. I think a lot of that had to do with teh weather because it was CHILLY and rained the whole time. We walked along the harbor, went to the Picasso museum, went to many Gaudi houses and the Gaudi park. For a 24 hour visit, we crammed a lot in and tried to see as much as possible.

This past week of classes was normal and now i'm going to enjoy a week off of school with teh family. Mom, Dad, and Andrew arrived in Sevilla at around 1 pm. They are pooped. They were going to try to avoid napping, but Andrew just fell asleep on my couch and now the parentals are going to take a power nap. Tonight we're going to go out for a nice dinner and then have early bedtimes so they can get rested up for touring my beautiful city! I'm so happy they're here!!!!!!!!!