It’s official! I now have tickets into London on July 31st with the CRL fellows and then out of Madrid on August 15th… that means 4 wonderful days in beautiful Spain after England.
Now it’s booking a flight on EasyJet, a hostal in Madrid for the night, a bus to Segovia and I’m back in my Spanish home.
Can’t wait.
From the Puerta del Sol blog:
There’s an increasing number of “pedias” on the Web, and now we have Madripedia, which aims to become the biggest ever Madrid-based encyclopaedia (in what’s probably a limited field). It follows Cordobapedia, which has done the same thing for Córdoba since 2005, and which now has 3,700 entries (Madripedia only has 850+ so far). So it’s over to you! Any experts in cocido madrileño out there?
An article from Spain’s newspaper, El Pais, (in Spanish) about the Madripedia.
If this doesn’t make it worse… doesn’t this television commercial currently playing on Spain networks just call out to you?
Video link:
Andalucia… te quiere.
And by the way, the music from the commercial is Chambao’s “Ahí Estás Tu.”
Last week I applied for a position within the Student & Residential Life Office at Alma, and unfortunately did not get the Assistant Hall Director position I wanted, but a slightly lower position, Senior Resident Assistant in Mitchell, that I also had applied for (but that’s another story in itself). This means, I will have to be back on campus 2 and a half weeks before the beginning of classes for training with the rest of the staff.
I don’t know how this justifies the not getting the AHD position, but now since I will be SRA in Mitchell, I do not have to be back on campus 3-4 weeks before classes begin, which means there is some time after my London & Wroxton conference to head down south to Spain.
Unforuntately, I think Granada will have to wait, and just revisit Segovia and possibly a day trip into Madrid. I wish I could make it down to Granada, but it would be too much traveling and rushing for only 3 or 4 days. I’m already looking at returning to home to the States the night before I have to be back on campus.
I wish it wasn’t so far away, and that money & time were endless concepts.
It’s so hard to believe that it’s already 2007, and that I’m back in Alma.
Last night I was talking to my mom about returning to Spain during the week after the Center for Responsible Leadership takes all of us to England for a conference. Of course, being my mother, she reminded me that I should be saving my money instead of using it to travel, and also that I am still only 20 years old (not after Friday!), and that I will return to Spain eventually in my life and I don't have to do it all right now.
She then reminded me of all of the places I was during 2006.
New Years week- Guanajuato, Mexico
Spring Break – Tennesee/Kentucky for Alternative Break
May – Spring Term in Nicaragua for the month
June/July – 2 weeks in Peru
August – a week in New Mexico with the Center for Responsible Leadership, week out east in Maine/Massachusetts
September – December – study abroad in beautiful Segovia, Spain
We figured that during the past year, I’ve spent more time outside of Dearborn than I have in Dearborn. And if you don't count being at Alma, I’ve pretty much spent more time outside of Michigan than I have in Michigan…
I shouldn’t complain, but am looking forward to returning to Segovia & finally going down to Granada for a week.