tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57239610942557663962024-03-13T02:56:55.784-07:00Where in the World is Jessica?Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-42038829125297400142010-08-09T10:51:00.000-07:002010-08-10T04:16:09.999-07:00torro torro torro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaiSL-q-pI8TUEcS8U_bl76ofsIDqM3hqeJtMjl8Mlc9tMw2xQ9_DnVmytbxZ7kaU_-Jey19anUKVwY4AU-JFdVReWX3onkpU1AzDB-65HvvXI9iQo2tRAwLrVxsUtQbXJARXh4R3qeQ/s1600/torro+103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaiSL-q-pI8TUEcS8U_bl76ofsIDqM3hqeJtMjl8Mlc9tMw2xQ9_DnVmytbxZ7kaU_-Jey19anUKVwY4AU-JFdVReWX3onkpU1AzDB-65HvvXI9iQo2tRAwLrVxsUtQbXJARXh4R3qeQ/s320/torro+103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503733227684471090" /></a><br />So after all my time in spain Brooke and I felt we had to see a bull fight. I wasn't sure how I felt about it before, and I thought seeing it would clear it up for me. It was only 5 euros anyway. I still don't really know how i feel about bull fighting in general, but i'm glad I went it was interesting to see. I got to see the rare instance of a matador getting injured.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TKFjyY4dhybCP00ftwwYlCR_eZxknbSYYB8l6VNa9yXE5rKhf3ehFkX2m_tSDnc6iZng3ua_Mx2UXuXh1AXlMIBce7PqPcoxMxBKyZM1Ji_o8n8zBQXddISoLmdyWDRx6-Myq_gvoM/s1600/torro+130.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TKFjyY4dhybCP00ftwwYlCR_eZxknbSYYB8l6VNa9yXE5rKhf3ehFkX2m_tSDnc6iZng3ua_Mx2UXuXh1AXlMIBce7PqPcoxMxBKyZM1Ji_o8n8zBQXddISoLmdyWDRx6-Myq_gvoM/s320/torro+130.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503733216556821938" /></a>It was probably one of the weirdest things i've seen. First there was like a procession of all the bull fighters with drums and trumpets and the carriage, that was neat to see. Then they let the bull out first there are like minie matadors who get close to it and do the thing with pink capes. Then there's guys on horses who stab the bull with this lance. I felt bad for the horse. They werre armored and with the first bull the horse didn't even flinch when it got rammed, but the second bull was stronger and it wanter to leave. Then these guys come out with those spear things that look like acupuncture needles covered in pinata paper. And stab the bull and run. that was scarey. They everyone leaves and the matador comes out with the red cape and fights the bull for a but, then takes a sward and stabs it in a certain place in its back, where they have to like reach over the horns. Then it dies and they pull it off with this carriage.<div><br /></div><div>The first bull went as normal, but the second bull was a lot stronger, bigger and smarter. The first parts were more difficult. Finally when the matador came out and tried to stab him. The second time he tried the bull knocked him down and trampled him. Bing a matador he got back up to try again, which he shouldn't have done. he tried again and the bull like threw him up between his horns, he looked like a rag doll. The he threw him down and like stomped on him and tried to stab him with his horns, which i couldn't see weather he did or not, i think there was at least a scrape. The other guys finally distracted the bull and carried the guy off into the infermery. It was pretty scarey. It took the second guy a bunch of tries to finally kill the bull. For a while we thought we were gonna see the bull win, which is very rare. Finally he got it. It dies quicker than the first one, but vomited blood. We had only a little bit of time left that we could have stayed before catching our bus anyway, so we just kinda looked at each other and said "we're done" And went to the bus.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXcZCHp623peFnlb-08ci8dih7v6LxMCzLLNdQLX4frsne3uB5B_0QOAtvsbi4r2RUQWVLAONeQ8h2mJewGUBAnhDUmE56LOXvIX5ospu90ZVE5UfS-8c1q2xTgwSG7HqPJS7BuIRCz8/s1600/torro+129.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXcZCHp623peFnlb-08ci8dih7v6LxMCzLLNdQLX4frsne3uB5B_0QOAtvsbi4r2RUQWVLAONeQ8h2mJewGUBAnhDUmE56LOXvIX5ospu90ZVE5UfS-8c1q2xTgwSG7HqPJS7BuIRCz8/s320/torro+129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503732601886957762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWH_CLWXQ3a3_hj5qRsm2nY-ev3JRgO8MRgahwrX2Lk9oCre2YzEWFaCfBYVJ0QIzpbxdmlI4j5pN6v9nXQw3DDiaZ6TG2qnUC4QtJ7TvGmCDLFDq2ivDtXkWqMQ4dttd4MMXZcD3HTs/s1600/torro+111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWH_CLWXQ3a3_hj5qRsm2nY-ev3JRgO8MRgahwrX2Lk9oCre2YzEWFaCfBYVJ0QIzpbxdmlI4j5pN6v9nXQw3DDiaZ6TG2qnUC4QtJ7TvGmCDLFDq2ivDtXkWqMQ4dttd4MMXZcD3HTs/s320/torro+111.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503732594142381570" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-56420356638306779702010-08-09T10:50:00.000-07:002010-08-11T10:47:27.037-07:00Real Madrid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpve8T2lBuBkr6Xg7xfY9YztCdKJ787ptnd9xIXJV7msS1iPYHv6sMC05TbNeJp9SEych9z-BNMe_JgtHONLgn-uxGAwRMnnzHiQ-uMhfuEf9Q2JQfv4TP83hUEVy8Od7Khuh82UVCHes/s1600/torro+099.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpve8T2lBuBkr6Xg7xfY9YztCdKJ787ptnd9xIXJV7msS1iPYHv6sMC05TbNeJp9SEych9z-BNMe_JgtHONLgn-uxGAwRMnnzHiQ-uMhfuEf9Q2JQfv4TP83hUEVy8Od7Khuh82UVCHes/s320/torro+099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504210302890006242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMl2hjmOidVjknEr4AG1suZHMYjZuHHpjQyCGef5YMZtt9aMYV-2Yz5PrAl5S7YPqcxd35Y8i8SePIwUamrMpVwEyQ-XJFfcrNkNJuBNJqJakmG2Tcg4oA5xs0-l-N9p-fbk0pF5IwjM/s1600/torro+084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMl2hjmOidVjknEr4AG1suZHMYjZuHHpjQyCGef5YMZtt9aMYV-2Yz5PrAl5S7YPqcxd35Y8i8SePIwUamrMpVwEyQ-XJFfcrNkNJuBNJqJakmG2Tcg4oA5xs0-l-N9p-fbk0pF5IwjM/s320/torro+084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504210299399947026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvjECLL1DUgtq7jzwOVLssJblgUQgcVJEDN1wyhRKQiGK6fWQ1uiR0zGzI2LxZSpa9g5XLhw04G2_9DOxIQTW8qwXkMN09jE_ZuU_KxlVIaUjE1o4t4Tx3TVbcd9x-lbhU71PymBOpwY/s1600/torro+087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvjECLL1DUgtq7jzwOVLssJblgUQgcVJEDN1wyhRKQiGK6fWQ1uiR0zGzI2LxZSpa9g5XLhw04G2_9DOxIQTW8qwXkMN09jE_ZuU_KxlVIaUjE1o4t4Tx3TVbcd9x-lbhU71PymBOpwY/s320/torro+087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504210286853121890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd01c_2hmDYR0WEgDuE843Uuqttg3rrmsB0o42x5gC1XOiw2D6VqLN4ahVuc2Uy0DIXT7F7soVIMWs_o1_aNffo-UYwVohJtHi6UlV0SecaB7Zckm37fJXf1EiBxE14kPGe3MFlc9bc7M/s1600/torro+060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd01c_2hmDYR0WEgDuE843Uuqttg3rrmsB0o42x5gC1XOiw2D6VqLN4ahVuc2Uy0DIXT7F7soVIMWs_o1_aNffo-UYwVohJtHi6UlV0SecaB7Zckm37fJXf1EiBxE14kPGe3MFlc9bc7M/s320/torro+060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504210277703401490" /></a><br />Before the bull fight we had some extra time, wo we decided to tour the football Stadium de Real Madrid. It was huge!!! It dwarfed any american stadium i've seen. the tour was a little pricey,but it was really cool to see. We got to see all the trophies, and old uniforms and we got to go up to the field. Thus far I have not found a comfortable place to sit in Spain, I finally figured out what u have to do to get one. You need to be really good at soccer and play for madrid. We got to sit in their seats, it was like heaven in chair form. I would not complain about being benched on that team. Their chairs were even better than the king's chair, which was still more comphey than anything else in spain. Shows where the priority is.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftihiJiM506IoG_wf45ggcOaKX342YAemuQ-vJS1HS_5jN2Dp9xG1Drec-ZDVv8luexKSZsUhwysYrB9PXTofRIoubX9DYaD9m7jmXd0eVZ4u4Q8CbugBVVXUH2Z5SacOniQNon43SxU/s1600/torro+077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftihiJiM506IoG_wf45ggcOaKX342YAemuQ-vJS1HS_5jN2Dp9xG1Drec-ZDVv8luexKSZsUhwysYrB9PXTofRIoubX9DYaD9m7jmXd0eVZ4u4Q8CbugBVVXUH2Z5SacOniQNon43SxU/s320/torro+077.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504209132825603410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcj6N1O3JbRndCnYvk7cDInCMmAIdkOjL8571-t2zJfb0CWYtVTJle7CQ6jSg8dBtXO-6rByeaYJwbNVyklYmiJBHEMBuVv2LBTttDWubcHush0KVvt2dfZNvhtMyjm91oM4riTMTyhU/s1600/torro+044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcj6N1O3JbRndCnYvk7cDInCMmAIdkOjL8571-t2zJfb0CWYtVTJle7CQ6jSg8dBtXO-6rByeaYJwbNVyklYmiJBHEMBuVv2LBTttDWubcHush0KVvt2dfZNvhtMyjm91oM4riTMTyhU/s320/torro+044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504209129499000210" /></a>We got to go into the press room and the locker room. I saw where the futbolistas shower and urinate, lol. people get excited about it. They had a hot tub. Overall it was pretty cool, I'm glad we went.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUQ89oNV41rwH2eOX94w2PfFldQIWMTiJkz8U9Gqymrasag9YtRgKEtOBamGN67Es2qqo1xWogB8KkvNag9Y1UVILnNXxMJrdB5IVCseDSlOgDpmU7Ophvob1VlsjEkWIOzJcyBUu4xI/s1600/torro+037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUQ89oNV41rwH2eOX94w2PfFldQIWMTiJkz8U9Gqymrasag9YtRgKEtOBamGN67Es2qqo1xWogB8KkvNag9Y1UVILnNXxMJrdB5IVCseDSlOgDpmU7Ophvob1VlsjEkWIOzJcyBUu4xI/s320/torro+037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504209121744831730" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We got to go into the press room and the locker room. I saw where the futbolistas shower and urinate, lol. people get excited about it. They had a hot tub. Overall it was pretty cool, I'm glad we went.</div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-91588372189079549302010-08-07T10:42:00.000-07:002010-08-11T11:07:13.364-07:00There better be a Telekabap in heaven<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMi-CLrhfnOIEA8f2SpKfoUHk87nUatwxHsW81KW1eOQuGuJb1Q0auaspwDUMar1_tJ-jYGx0L-eYHx1PNI2u87B5qcOA-SnQOVQRvJZss58ui9Ve8h5fjhgG76PUvQO5FwRQsHriS_E/s1600/torro+006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMi-CLrhfnOIEA8f2SpKfoUHk87nUatwxHsW81KW1eOQuGuJb1Q0auaspwDUMar1_tJ-jYGx0L-eYHx1PNI2u87B5qcOA-SnQOVQRvJZss58ui9Ve8h5fjhgG76PUvQO5FwRQsHriS_E/s320/torro+006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504212793462554018" /></a>Our favorite place to hang out in Salamanca, isn't even Spanish. We go to La Passion Turca: Telekebap and Pizza pretty much every day. It is AMAZING! Kebap is like their fast food here. It's a pita pocket, with either lamb, chicken or falafel with a little salad and a sauce kinda like ranch and goat cheese. It comes wit hfries covered in the sauce. It very quickly got to the point where they knew our order. The staff is so nice, they're are best spanish friends (tho none of them are actually spanish). They have good pizza too. And they usually give us a free drink at the end since we're there so often. You'd think we'd be sick of it by now but it is awesome every time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mv-kN54-Jkwb4G84SpraCjRP_esIne-xD02pl985Yz0fOyj-EQZ7rATuHZF3Od70wzAkjXO8oVTE8C13MWUIqg8xSYzt2jXCqXNdZnhfU-9QvmRvciTbBA30T2BgfyOF4angfQgDMXo/s1600/torro+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mv-kN54-Jkwb4G84SpraCjRP_esIne-xD02pl985Yz0fOyj-EQZ7rATuHZF3Od70wzAkjXO8oVTE8C13MWUIqg8xSYzt2jXCqXNdZnhfU-9QvmRvciTbBA30T2BgfyOF4angfQgDMXo/s320/torro+005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504212788743594818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRxvkG3TCS5y5ljx396ZRwsaCdGjxOZJx31D5kFPe3hVamLYS5_3jpWU0WEphSfI26avDgveyKGFYFn626OJuQojJP9pxmJLNoCW825lXty0Hy-C1snrp4XGzvXoAzf8hJ0ZOMYnCqaU/s1600/torro+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRxvkG3TCS5y5ljx396ZRwsaCdGjxOZJx31D5kFPe3hVamLYS5_3jpWU0WEphSfI26avDgveyKGFYFn626OJuQojJP9pxmJLNoCW825lXty0Hy-C1snrp4XGzvXoAzf8hJ0ZOMYnCqaU/s320/torro+007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504212779402133090" /></a>Last week we went out with the staff after close. It was fun but we were out really late, and the wierd turkish liquor we had (reminicant of orzo) did not mix well with thee rum drink I had later. Tho I was responsible in my little 6 week strip of legality, I didn't feel good the next day. It was still really fun, We'll prolly do it again now that exams are through. I'm gonna miss this place so much!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH6tDYw1nNDdaF5xC0P4CJITuiSnx25wVWRrmIUExb29xDZC5M9IhCd4fWFl0kVUdYdqjC3is6i65HaPOFbDU7d22CSr9RMf4W-kpRmoYfADeOetTAlKnX5SVpeUdX5VRDd7Uu-JYAzc/s1600/torro+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH6tDYw1nNDdaF5xC0P4CJITuiSnx25wVWRrmIUExb29xDZC5M9IhCd4fWFl0kVUdYdqjC3is6i65HaPOFbDU7d22CSr9RMf4W-kpRmoYfADeOetTAlKnX5SVpeUdX5VRDd7Uu-JYAzc/s320/torro+009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504212770605774818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo18mYD0-uCWjkXjoW8t1k1U7U-5EMx6Ouv4bY32D7NjcD80YBb1d8lNAZL_ApfGU-lD0lvL_OQ0eyrhuxrO1RazFJB8uUsxrJz_D66G3lSL4fskOpIQedTqcRiwqNjt6F8tjk9NGvKA/s1600/torro+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo18mYD0-uCWjkXjoW8t1k1U7U-5EMx6Ouv4bY32D7NjcD80YBb1d8lNAZL_ApfGU-lD0lvL_OQ0eyrhuxrO1RazFJB8uUsxrJz_D66G3lSL4fskOpIQedTqcRiwqNjt6F8tjk9NGvKA/s320/torro+008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504212761512041474" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-47756359213525882622010-08-05T09:52:00.000-07:002010-08-11T10:51:53.439-07:00Lost cultural context for the 8th grader in all of us<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsuPhdYBrlY8_dZyl2nJRVbNfALwB9zMd17ddrxXK2-hA69LCHZ8VbCm3jdYm2Uk2nWdEejricoJJrdD6TrWNIYiW5juyHxKa07YUbTiHnhcsC42XU8rzaLyN_DW83Mr1XtIHfD0ucH0/s1600/Toledo+092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsuPhdYBrlY8_dZyl2nJRVbNfALwB9zMd17ddrxXK2-hA69LCHZ8VbCm3jdYm2Uk2nWdEejricoJJrdD6TrWNIYiW5juyHxKa07YUbTiHnhcsC42XU8rzaLyN_DW83Mr1XtIHfD0ucH0/s320/Toledo+092.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504211344395027410" /></a><br /><div><div>Its amazing what can be lost in cultural context. We;ve learned some things in classes and in life here that have different meanings. Now we no that if someone asks you Quieres Chocolate, they don't want to give you a candy bar. And you need to use emocionado when your excited in stead od excitado, unless you want wierd unwanted attention. And a Viejo Verde, is not an old man with a stomach flu. Anyone will encounter this when entering a new place, tho there are cases of the reverse. One little tidbit of lost cultural context that has made us all giggle: Magnums. We all know what they are at home.</div><div>Here "I have seen many magnums, they have many varieties, including magnum gold and magnum minnies (which really cracks me up.</div><div>Here a Magnum is a type of ice cream bar. And they are delicious! they have like chocolate icecream dipped in fudge dipped in chocolate, some with nuts, other flavors the gold has like butterscothc in the middle chocolate and is sprayed with gold, minnies (ha), and they're all amazing. But somehow every time hearing people talk about them or seeing advertisments for them turns every american into an 8th grader. An unknowing non-american student wil say something in reference to the ice cream, that sounds really dirty to us, and the giggles commence. Then we explain it to them and they're like OOOH, i didn't know! Oh what is lost in translation!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjniIHVxsrSumKthD2yV-wyCmhrdFgLsTIRqdLgkKG5L0AkBudKrNuwgUhYHGbzFQdC8nLKlRakIvud9NsS_QNOhMie1pGSb2LDsq0tf4lQH72kf1BWTfX2JYNTDvdy7RqYSqzBw3qz4/s1600/torro+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjniIHVxsrSumKthD2yV-wyCmhrdFgLsTIRqdLgkKG5L0AkBudKrNuwgUhYHGbzFQdC8nLKlRakIvud9NsS_QNOhMie1pGSb2LDsq0tf4lQH72kf1BWTfX2JYNTDvdy7RqYSqzBw3qz4/s320/torro+002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504211338750749650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoBAcNIpciwBKOsvVKxyh6gsh0xBkgvIWfr4b1ACP_3eXA9BkvVWWiaEbpEhn1V_HURP4h5p3gEO9saLAkS6Bagl8v1C2EcjwqX0twVmvJFCFJ9PbdIyy5M-CwIli_WcFAH2be5O8Gng/s1600/torro+003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoBAcNIpciwBKOsvVKxyh6gsh0xBkgvIWfr4b1ACP_3eXA9BkvVWWiaEbpEhn1V_HURP4h5p3gEO9saLAkS6Bagl8v1C2EcjwqX0twVmvJFCFJ9PbdIyy5M-CwIli_WcFAH2be5O8Gng/s320/torro+003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504211335195504034" /></a><br /><div>Its amazing what can be lost in cultural context. We;ve learned some things in classes and in life here that have different meanings. Now we no that if someone asks you Quieres Chocolate, they don't want to give you a candy bar. And you need to use emocionado when your excited in stead od excitado, unless you want wierd unwanted attention. And a Viejo Verde, is not an old man with a stomach flu. Anyone will encounter this when entering a new place, tho there are cases of the reverse. One little tidbit of lost cultural context that has made us all giggle: Magnums. We all know what they are at home. </div><div>Here "I have seen many magnums, they have many varieties, including magnum gold and magnum minnies (which really cracks me up. </div><div>Here a Magnum is a type of ice cream bar. And they are delicious! they have like chocolate icecream dipped in fudge dipped in chocolate, some with nuts, other flavors the gold has like butterscothc in the middle chocolate and is sprayed with gold, minnies (ha), and they're all amazing. But somehow every time hearing people talk about them or seeing advertisments for them turns every american into an 8th grader. An unknowing non-american student wil say something in reference to the ice cream, that sounds really dirty to us, and the giggles commence. Then we explain it to them and they're like OOOH, i didn't know! Oh what is lost in translation!</div></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-17455327850722193322010-08-02T14:37:00.000-07:002010-08-05T04:38:11.597-07:00An american in Paris, day 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEuQ6NGwk0IbFOLJgrKXRQSJ9zZylgdr-wosNwyMUXhZkJg2LdFUt6Clo_xZoRbQDfUrsYFSRlwz8fl7GgWXAthuHqG4hqKzA1fRxZ-QSJ4Bug5giwI85IHwbFfkAS4XZa2Om5CjYfPw/s1600/Paris+347.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEuQ6NGwk0IbFOLJgrKXRQSJ9zZylgdr-wosNwyMUXhZkJg2LdFUt6Clo_xZoRbQDfUrsYFSRlwz8fl7GgWXAthuHqG4hqKzA1fRxZ-QSJ4Bug5giwI85IHwbFfkAS4XZa2Om5CjYfPw/s320/Paris+347.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501234966022310050" /></a>The nest morning we went to the luve first thing, before it opened. We got some crepes, that weren't as great but still better than all previous crepes. We wanted to beat the crowd, and went with a plan. We ran straight to the Mona Lisa as soon as we got in, being as it was the smallest thing we wanted to see. It was amazing in real life, everyone says how small it is, and it was small, but i was expecting it to be tiney, it wasn't, it was really cool to see the detain i wish i could have gotten closer to it check out the wood panel. I got to get closer to the other daVinchi's, john the babtist, i'd never noticed the cross he was pointing to before, its very subtle, but it was cool. I saw the famous Venus with no arms, the winged vistory, and all kinds of really cool stuff!, of course you can't see all of it. It takes 7 days to do the entire luve, but i felt sufficuantly luved. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUg-_B4jCmAoqNC09Vwi2Qg2YWqKYl68FzCsBQwB-McYNa4tl8mbFynNNSM2rHDlqBbpOkuwlWBdYRL70aDRHZshvfn32RoDY9Crh9UlEUg1PKqJ2xQc8OSv3sejNIBiDWn0zfggLHpw/s1600/Paris+353.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUg-_B4jCmAoqNC09Vwi2Qg2YWqKYl68FzCsBQwB-McYNa4tl8mbFynNNSM2rHDlqBbpOkuwlWBdYRL70aDRHZshvfn32RoDY9Crh9UlEUg1PKqJ2xQc8OSv3sejNIBiDWn0zfggLHpw/s320/Paris+353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501234965163941986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNTOdEhalQR7xozbganVfB6YEB5SdLOkWBB1rStZ-IWt-OJBPM9rfsQFLQOJNsJGb8hk-c63K5vEODL6GypUCZ7zG07g1kNNiigGueMZjVkKQoI6u_7xUdbGs4YoQhJE_lBuioeMyscg/s1600/Paris+356.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNTOdEhalQR7xozbganVfB6YEB5SdLOkWBB1rStZ-IWt-OJBPM9rfsQFLQOJNsJGb8hk-c63K5vEODL6GypUCZ7zG07g1kNNiigGueMZjVkKQoI6u_7xUdbGs4YoQhJE_lBuioeMyscg/s320/Paris+356.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501234959353028082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwjHxubNHY-bNVF7v6FZluXxDyDn6P1WqQSEo2MT5J3HtIRQo9x6MD0FLdrGm47DHaEMzkLRYoG_M8b5x6FlO2aoRe67k4C_WC-Na32IoWiZOko5vod3yhJU23xEO3P_r22uxOjcYF0M/s1600/Paris+386.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwjHxubNHY-bNVF7v6FZluXxDyDn6P1WqQSEo2MT5J3HtIRQo9x6MD0FLdrGm47DHaEMzkLRYoG_M8b5x6FlO2aoRe67k4C_WC-Na32IoWiZOko5vod3yhJU23xEO3P_r22uxOjcYF0M/s320/Paris+386.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501231373891545986" /></a>On the way back into town we ran into this amazing candy cookie shop. They gave free samples, it was amazing. I would have bought more but it wouldn't have kept until i got back in life with no air conditioning. It was still a really cool place, we bought some cookies and ate them. It was a cool place, we went to this huge mall thing too which was kinda neat to see all the weird paris fashion. Tried on a beret.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtfRCkPB0CMHpJfi4k4dPZfSVk0vNwgSL6YAJ_DXjVT9gupGaZOhOklfdjzvanY2C4TopxpFBOlwI-n6zLTcRkwKAdkJcAFA6bG4YuItoY7ZrCH7WQ9iK_tW5-KaFde_MxdSAsC0phUk/s1600/Paris+423.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtfRCkPB0CMHpJfi4k4dPZfSVk0vNwgSL6YAJ_DXjVT9gupGaZOhOklfdjzvanY2C4TopxpFBOlwI-n6zLTcRkwKAdkJcAFA6bG4YuItoY7ZrCH7WQ9iK_tW5-KaFde_MxdSAsC0phUk/s320/Paris+423.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501231362668262450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsktFdteURDSkT8ZQERNpPGS-9XYIRhyphenhyphenWQrMwzklu72t6_0H4DJFGdg5EkHrfaKImSDePws1Znv8pU7Lq0LbXA4z_4BNsytQISmYlJ3k1g8-haHkwD9ggCJJJP4p1k7EuZfL9B7f0HXww/s1600/Paris+431.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsktFdteURDSkT8ZQERNpPGS-9XYIRhyphenhyphenWQrMwzklu72t6_0H4DJFGdg5EkHrfaKImSDePws1Znv8pU7Lq0LbXA4z_4BNsytQISmYlJ3k1g8-haHkwD9ggCJJJP4p1k7EuZfL9B7f0HXww/s320/Paris+431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500934760542152818" /></a>Next we went over to the Arc de Triumph ad went up to the top, which was included in our museum pass. It was stairs, i got my work out in burning off all those crepes, it was pretty high but it was worth it when we got to the top. We could see the Eiffel tower, it was cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip57s1lwBNqs9aGZlipe3l5n3rYM8-LTfnXjkjtqHq6Kt9a_BTS6Qs7f5-ADvhpq0bY9XdAkfSgAlSrwxKuRQY1xUYw4nbEPjHZAbk1ljkODNxA8UiD9oZ-UeIZPjtA9Ry854EwbGTRz4/s1600/Paris+459.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip57s1lwBNqs9aGZlipe3l5n3rYM8-LTfnXjkjtqHq6Kt9a_BTS6Qs7f5-ADvhpq0bY9XdAkfSgAlSrwxKuRQY1xUYw4nbEPjHZAbk1ljkODNxA8UiD9oZ-UeIZPjtA9Ry854EwbGTRz4/s320/Paris+459.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500934755415295266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrUS9EnPEL-g57MxB4lDCLRLN1b3fG3240pKpLksQHxrgy43vHWgOA5wi2lMSJu0xv8npwa12qk80vJE5la2LvEtcGK_QasAvy3Y3Aki1lHYMZphIwDq1g9xgu_3SSOfKuXgxkH3W-IE/s1600/Paris+446.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrUS9EnPEL-g57MxB4lDCLRLN1b3fG3240pKpLksQHxrgy43vHWgOA5wi2lMSJu0xv8npwa12qk80vJE5la2LvEtcGK_QasAvy3Y3Aki1lHYMZphIwDq1g9xgu_3SSOfKuXgxkH3W-IE/s320/Paris+446.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500934748394037858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tpc0DjWF_rZju-tb58ubtcBrQLEtxqh7IN1yIqfY4rDARL1P7CyLcsou88KaB5NuZ3PrP7y-r8FcG4gRHVJLrpBicclZBsOLS9c3dfIQ_uurq7rvK6i0fO4_VgZ2vt8g5CsGaJizOHQ/s1600/Paris+436.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tpc0DjWF_rZju-tb58ubtcBrQLEtxqh7IN1yIqfY4rDARL1P7CyLcsou88KaB5NuZ3PrP7y-r8FcG4gRHVJLrpBicclZBsOLS9c3dfIQ_uurq7rvK6i0fO4_VgZ2vt8g5CsGaJizOHQ/s320/Paris+436.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500934741663729330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32xkK_8KwGWw7BR_sP63SGKcK9H5LLYbQJxfmAk1KblumFS2ojr_eVNpD_Ahy2B2lh-KkH3jVc_oQQAoimuKI1-3BBVdVUczogBLHaUeNGjO3LqKedlJdwN_QSiGFGYbPDLv4nAZnyBg/s1600/Paris+476.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32xkK_8KwGWw7BR_sP63SGKcK9H5LLYbQJxfmAk1KblumFS2ojr_eVNpD_Ahy2B2lh-KkH3jVc_oQQAoimuKI1-3BBVdVUczogBLHaUeNGjO3LqKedlJdwN_QSiGFGYbPDLv4nAZnyBg/s320/Paris+476.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500933695995711938" /></a>We found out that Versailles was included in our museum pass, which was exciting because usually it's like 20 euro's to get in. We took the train there. It was really neat. We saw the palace where the nobles lived and got a free audio tour walking through all the rooms. It's one of the cooler things i've visited. 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It looks like it's sparkling it's really hard to capture in a photo, it was s beautiful. I loved it, I wish i could have stayed for a few more days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaKdumg60DTWXZ8nUF8sGBl-ATs2wACDgzS-5ruQ3e8gdYqyDzm83DdZaa9akPczQidEpMVGVZuvURLuKb-x2pGgn7yi9v0d6f2pOPbsEoQ09foGrPT3BSn_USHlhxF6VWcA4PVmN_Qk/s1600/Paris+596.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaKdumg60DTWXZ8nUF8sGBl-ATs2wACDgzS-5ruQ3e8gdYqyDzm83DdZaa9akPczQidEpMVGVZuvURLuKb-x2pGgn7yi9v0d6f2pOPbsEoQ09foGrPT3BSn_USHlhxF6VWcA4PVmN_Qk/s320/Paris+596.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500932581933595026" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqChqk0jT-I5o2HfPvwpF273e9wj5WxWuWdzuBNrr4YNppiiDWm7J-u3DJdVqpqSWQo_UuftYKSKEh7SCcBMTr9tKnhpGbf0uzgpKaWKe90wN-Stgp8Trv6-g2mlb3EMyw-qAMCHn5OOA/s1600/Paris+340.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqChqk0jT-I5o2HfPvwpF273e9wj5WxWuWdzuBNrr4YNppiiDWm7J-u3DJdVqpqSWQo_UuftYKSKEh7SCcBMTr9tKnhpGbf0uzgpKaWKe90wN-Stgp8Trv6-g2mlb3EMyw-qAMCHn5OOA/s320/Paris+340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500931351904970066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBVf2FVFV992XEn9IUvi0g4liemLkBu_bKhiQapaAuXCGE1wGZxY9S3V5WvjJxN_SaXp0kP4w_l8oi4IOL-65WuYji1KEKPuvQwLvl29Iwc2YFS-IzNjH1cEEKePdn6CA9XZo1IpAS3M/s1600/Paris+339.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBVf2FVFV992XEn9IUvi0g4liemLkBu_bKhiQapaAuXCGE1wGZxY9S3V5WvjJxN_SaXp0kP4w_l8oi4IOL-65WuYji1KEKPuvQwLvl29Iwc2YFS-IzNjH1cEEKePdn6CA9XZo1IpAS3M/s320/Paris+339.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500931342783951346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrPdMGXAhJ-7yss_jPZ1CmmxNt8ZHUl6wWuVvOcbIsJv1EnlEJPD2Is3QMWfMr3-6qxt6ZMN2wQxKjYbVy_4FKOaj1R7tfapsjTLTjKV_aZZEGj4vTwqA-e3b-bGuEd26ThHioSNBDOE/s1600/Paris+324.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrPdMGXAhJ-7yss_jPZ1CmmxNt8ZHUl6wWuVvOcbIsJv1EnlEJPD2Is3QMWfMr3-6qxt6ZMN2wQxKjYbVy_4FKOaj1R7tfapsjTLTjKV_aZZEGj4vTwqA-e3b-bGuEd26ThHioSNBDOE/s320/Paris+324.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500931341556574658" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-27893896255434225702010-08-02T14:04:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:35:24.428-07:00PARIS!!!!!!!!! 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIeOz4ryruKtoLuKJ_8gAeVMNk_0L_tth6-HMx9OEsP4xWFTWy7pbrYRSyiuXWdHFRns9Euh68UftsnypHlGwXZHcPUpnxs7kzopDlyMPjMqg8z-AtbcM3ZGlmAeZLVIN2t1R05cWAnY/s320/Paris+287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500927243250510034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yaS9R8liOMEF1FmoMCYDz9WmnZc5uA9u2v84qaq4vvYltZch6-OC_EhyphenhyphenCHEA67Ph7UtyJsOZ53i-KNyhrWnXGYHg2bzVFPTAXU-8umHhONfkFPFUz-15Azymhm6qgKpwqgiXQTLkBLY/s1600/Paris+273.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yaS9R8liOMEF1FmoMCYDz9WmnZc5uA9u2v84qaq4vvYltZch6-OC_EhyphenhyphenCHEA67Ph7UtyJsOZ53i-KNyhrWnXGYHg2bzVFPTAXU-8umHhONfkFPFUz-15Azymhm6qgKpwqgiXQTLkBLY/s320/Paris+273.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500927236151182162" /></a><div>Paris was amazing! By far the coolest plce i've ever been! i'm so glad I got to go. We got there thursday night, our hotel was really close to the Eiffel tower, so we went there first thing. It was amazing! I really wasn't expecting it to be that great, I knew I would like it but...wow! It was so beautiful, and huge! The next morning we got some crepes from this shop nearby from this very adorable old man. </div><div> We walked to the Notre Dame and bought our museum passes, which I would reccomend to anyone, it saved us a lot of money and told us good places to go we otherwise wouldn't have known about. Notre Dame was cool, It was neat to see the difference between it and all the spanish one's I've seen. There was a mas going on but it was still packed, and you could take pictures. We went to this Chappel, connected to a courhouse, which wouldn't have really been worth it withought the museum pass, it was under construction, i'm very glad we didn't have to wait in line. Next we went to the Conciergerie,which was really cool. It's this mideaval hall that wa converted into a prison during the reighn of terror where they held nobles before they beheaded them. Marie Antwanette was there, they had reconstucted cells and a chappel, it was really neat to see. We ate lunch, got a sandwich, and was very pleased to taste butter once again after so much time without it, and free tap water. </div><div>Next we went to the Museum de Orsay, which is less known but awesome, if your ever in paris and you like art its a must see. They have some very famous works, and it's a managable size, especially compared to the luve you can see them all. Lots of Van Gough's including the best known self portrait, lots of Great Monets and other really awesome impressionist works. Some older stuff, the really famous twin painings of the woman laying on the couch naked and clothed that's artist's name escape me,some cool statues, the ballerina with her hands behind her leaning back i've seen many copies of, just lots of really cool stuff. We liked it a lot. </div><div><br /></div><div>We went to the top of The Eiffel that evening. Well not all the way to the top, the line was very long and we were high enough . It was kinda scarey because the elivator goes crooked and once your up there your out in the open air, but you could see the whole city. It was beautiful! </div><div>We went tout to dinner both nights. Lots of people say that the french are snobby or mean, and perhaps I might have thought that if I had just come from the US, but compared to Spain, they were really nice. In spain no one ever appreciates your buiesness, it's not a customer service provider relationship, its more liek your a neucence to them. I thought maybe it was because there are no tips, but in paris they actually took care of you. There was pepper on the table, free bread and water, refills on the water, the waitors were all pleasant and polite, the food was good, It was really nice.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcL6xWnAZlOh7NJ43yPCsGbLbN3ic1p7fVhyphenhyphenCJnlL_5Ldhg_fhuaIP7_rm_x1lKFgofE1nao4psRnIvjLPRaD1-s0piJ3s6-nNqDn0LtX7wQZIbz359z-eNXaupPrq1VS_lMy9eaS8fw/s1600/Paris+037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcL6xWnAZlOh7NJ43yPCsGbLbN3ic1p7fVhyphenhyphenCJnlL_5Ldhg_fhuaIP7_rm_x1lKFgofE1nao4psRnIvjLPRaD1-s0piJ3s6-nNqDn0LtX7wQZIbz359z-eNXaupPrq1VS_lMy9eaS8fw/s320/Paris+037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500927232625242754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPiMg1S1T6MeHPxIEjJEqUBU025TkSWAF4dmihKghxxkBiqwM3kaBdH47yS38KsJtbKP_N16Bn3QhGil3pMIyOIE8bpO7LmHJnFTzk4dsCo0WenxbvQDv6EpvCSPC30IdKJhYYpcwfJ0/s1600/Paris+039.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2k3ADV4KPglcTIrePDDk4MAsqIkazmUe5c1kYd5BnG3OjBFg_l0Z996RQLbd3je5sBz224GYoKCN7tgy-rRd7JeMlVcpdeDqkvgvnMwkW3jYsd833df4Lo-vql-aEV-4yv7y-6J8eSk/s320/Paris+013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500922383434153698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ5KFTV8wYuRFNrWbptxAviBguNjCHU_kdJ6ZMaMWlDvdCbrApkFaPd7GhJNhuT3Rz2gLJV0WSLIJt5KXQyZoE1XMCJJvIYnmi2UrUl2lvRWRfijQk7cjI-O37smbKOzlG0HQyo_Zj4E/s1600/Paris+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ5KFTV8wYuRFNrWbptxAviBguNjCHU_kdJ6ZMaMWlDvdCbrApkFaPd7GhJNhuT3Rz2gLJV0WSLIJt5KXQyZoE1XMCJJvIYnmi2UrUl2lvRWRfijQk7cjI-O37smbKOzlG0HQyo_Zj4E/s320/Paris+012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500922381188847762" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-19400921567268967792010-07-28T14:28:00.000-07:002010-08-05T09:48:48.224-07:00La Alberca and the famous Pig<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0ka7GDjz3dgdKHbjDXJE-3JTFncyUZN448stfDG2jPmvf82W84PkKK_7Oi-vlmfAn27YkSTjjCqvMlDiptuFPUj12qN2FdCYEUdUo0VhKLAzdwqwXmfHRPP4IXrRP35Jhl0f0I_Youg/s1600/Alberca+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0ka7GDjz3dgdKHbjDXJE-3JTFncyUZN448stfDG2jPmvf82W84PkKK_7Oi-vlmfAn27YkSTjjCqvMlDiptuFPUj12qN2FdCYEUdUo0VhKLAzdwqwXmfHRPP4IXrRP35Jhl0f0I_Youg/s320/Alberca+011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499077074417662642" /></a><div>Well it ws before Paris but i haven't blogged on it yet. Last Wednsday </div><div><br /></div><div>IU took us on a trip to La Alberca, a little village not too far from </div><div><br /></div><div>here. We really enjoyed it. </div><div>One IU fed us, it was steak and fries cover in steak greese , so normal </div><div><br /></div><div>for spain, but realy good. There was this awesome veggitable soup </div><div><br /></div><div>before the main course tho I wish I had eaten more. '</div><div>We went on a tour through the little village it was really pretty. </div><div><br /></div><div>Flowers outside all the windows and really old buildings. Houses with </div><div><br /></div><div>inquisition symbols above the door to show the family had converted to </div><div><br /></div><div>Christianity, in houses people live in now. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUqsdb4qx2RXreQ8ywoP89tQFUahgxlQiz0sfJ0bDNX_H5Cm7O3VIBTHBHks7JozWJ6n2qWCPlV-yjxCLAK4dP41AMg_NnMxauKppnaRgzWroJifS6Oo2N46-eG1pUhC0R1rYzUE0aeo/s1600/Alberca+077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUqsdb4qx2RXreQ8ywoP89tQFUahgxlQiz0sfJ0bDNX_H5Cm7O3VIBTHBHks7JozWJ6n2qWCPlV-yjxCLAK4dP41AMg_NnMxauKppnaRgzWroJifS6Oo2N46-eG1pUhC0R1rYzUE0aeo/s320/Alberca+077.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499077064529838466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp9Rpg-AGtj9uDZf92PhodnKJm9vFugaPKCPmEgeOt94lyavk-Auy5f2InM6B0rqv4tmzxxVY4uyyt0yKLWFbovQqk0SPo-tnbX6W5vEDvXXbRfmeW80LirG4TPeBn-CwiKHx0pj0bm8/s1600/Alberca+066.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp9Rpg-AGtj9uDZf92PhodnKJm9vFugaPKCPmEgeOt94lyavk-Auy5f2InM6B0rqv4tmzxxVY4uyyt0yKLWFbovQqk0SPo-tnbX6W5vEDvXXbRfmeW80LirG4TPeBn-CwiKHx0pj0bm8/s320/Alberca+066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499076490478677682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iyHfCXQvsRUfu-yfVRyi6YCotD2SYynhGw1IgGObiSugHWCF20ElcUu4ezftwhqFjbGqb7WgjY-jQopE_CdW8YIwCjgOtb94lYmOn_hXxgsZx4bH4COUaYHF7TSOW1ZMTsAqNZPhhyc/s1600/Alberca+057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iyHfCXQvsRUfu-yfVRyi6YCotD2SYynhGw1IgGObiSugHWCF20ElcUu4ezftwhqFjbGqb7WgjY-jQopE_CdW8YIwCjgOtb94lYmOn_hXxgsZx4bH4COUaYHF7TSOW1ZMTsAqNZPhhyc/s320/Alberca+057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499076479801431586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4L-qMqLVtf_W6ZlTod6ZnV5c9glVA4JVt6xpfnplkTkt8oyfaxJrhMNdj5DVFcvsZjW6Ycg8c8rC6DTAQz5gd2u0YdrdDyKfDw3QnKZv2LEUzCygX2POQQlp_pUyniw6YTiRe6F2n_w/s1600/Alberca+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4L-qMqLVtf_W6ZlTod6ZnV5c9glVA4JVt6xpfnplkTkt8oyfaxJrhMNdj5DVFcvsZjW6Ycg8c8rC6DTAQz5gd2u0YdrdDyKfDw3QnKZv2LEUzCygX2POQQlp_pUyniw6YTiRe6F2n_w/s320/Alberca+029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499076477072841858" /></a><div>La Alberca has this tradtion with this pig, called the pig od San </div><div><br /></div><div>Antone. Its kinda wierd but cool. Every June they let this pig run </div><div><br /></div><div>loose in the streets and enjoy his pigness. Everyone in the town feeds </div><div><br /></div><div>it. In January they traditionally give it to the poorest family in the </div><div><br /></div><div>town, tho now they auction it off for charity. Apparently its very </div><div><br /></div><div>rare for tourists to see it, but we did. Got a picture with him it was </div><div><br /></div><div>pretty exciting! He was pretty smelly, and grose but he was still </div><div><br /></div><div>cool.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbx8gD-uvyOKM3UqNWoCj5Ak67EV-9E4byKNoC8LmN-Al7-5fsEC1SWyYoJ5X1KcCFtgjJDu_oKK3hPTqhw6jggYfHn6wyq_kxWIxlq5LNJf0wMN9JiM6d64T3QUpt9uIbZfzhc3DLVq4/s1600/Alberca+022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbx8gD-uvyOKM3UqNWoCj5Ak67EV-9E4byKNoC8LmN-Al7-5fsEC1SWyYoJ5X1KcCFtgjJDu_oKK3hPTqhw6jggYfHn6wyq_kxWIxlq5LNJf0wMN9JiM6d64T3QUpt9uIbZfzhc3DLVq4/s320/Alberca+022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499075373208987474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oXVeD2IDkYitCEvhJ9l4Lk2VTFGfyPIotUAQx6LabCKb4iX7iEUJgu7nM5nUpT__atzlVIUtpbaDqe1fbsv2U89JEU-utVsJySBC3g9L3nrG2j5TR3A1M0EM_QEnjpUIThWy0uy8rL4/s1600/Alberca+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oXVeD2IDkYitCEvhJ9l4Lk2VTFGfyPIotUAQx6LabCKb4iX7iEUJgu7nM5nUpT__atzlVIUtpbaDqe1fbsv2U89JEU-utVsJySBC3g9L3nrG2j5TR3A1M0EM_QEnjpUIThWy0uy8rL4/s320/Alberca+008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499075363647009666" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-80617172980557742232010-07-27T02:43:00.001-07:002010-07-28T14:27:39.846-07:00Madrid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCAXG6972rL8I4YZywDvsCpzlw8Sz-d8LSjTLAhQ_pNOQUn4d21TGOhOgPbvFl5ilmzGxQhdeTf_GXnR6xN2O2gggYz_zvb_Y1EcfSFJxYvdCXAjyEETVIazRXciNdcrvuKdrs629_I0/s1600/Madrid+065.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCAXG6972rL8I4YZywDvsCpzlw8Sz-d8LSjTLAhQ_pNOQUn4d21TGOhOgPbvFl5ilmzGxQhdeTf_GXnR6xN2O2gggYz_zvb_Y1EcfSFJxYvdCXAjyEETVIazRXciNdcrvuKdrs629_I0/s320/Madrid+065.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498520483995786786" /></a><div>Since I'm in Spain I fugured I had to visit Madrid while I'm here. I'm really glad I got to see more than just the airport. I went this Sunday to take advantae of the huge sunday flea market thing they have and the museum discounts. I think if it had been the first city I'd seen in Europe I would have been really amazed, but I've already seen so many beautiful cities here I think I've developed some desensitization. It was cool tho I liked it. We started out a la Rasca, the huge flea market they have every sunday. When we got of the train we saw like three stands and thought that wa it for a second,ha ha. It Was HUGE! it never ended, it went on and on and on. Even when we were done and trying to get out there was just more and more. You had to go through and ask, one thing would bw 30 euros in one place and 5 in another. I got some pretty good deals tho. It was neat just to see. </div><div>We went to the Museum of Reina Sofia, which is all modern art. My travel companions enjoyed some of it a lot less than I did. There were some very famous Piccassoes which everyone got excited about. You could actually take pictures there I was surprised. It was pretty neat, saw some really wierd stuff that looked a lot like a homeless camp, but it was cool. Its free on sundays.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next we went to the Prado. Whic is an enormous collection of old master paintings. It was amazing. Not free on sundays, but somehow they didn't charge me. I had to change registers beacuse thee printer wasn't working and I think one thought the other charged me and vice versa. Win! Lots of Goya, El Greco Van Dychs, other famous artist whose names escape me. It was prett awesome but it kicked my butt. I was so tired afterwards.</div><div><br /></div><div>We walked over to the Plaza Mayor, which was really cool, but you can't really comapre any plaza to Salamanca's. We saw the Puerta del sol, and the staues and the Palicio Real, Which closes early so we didn't get to go in, but at that point I was too tired anyway. </div><div><br /></div><div>All week i'd been battleing a cold that turned into a sinus infection. Plus I was out in the sun way more than I should have been all weekend. I was Feeling pretty bad on the way home, it kinda got worse monday morning in class, my teacher sent me home. I went to the docter with Daniella, our progeam director, just to help me explain medical terms. He gave me what I think is the Spanish equiviant of a Z pack. I do feel a little better tonight after resting. Hopefully it works. I need to be better for Paris this weekend.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QdAJ0w2FcK9cMQ4G_WFGZD6Qzl4o54GBjWcMUpxQT-MdrUWz45pB7MDxiygalIP1Nb0NaKWoy7kmwhIFcYVrhn8-qQwZhiIMtbHv0py2DRV-6LeeYMUVoaAG6ixL62z0W0WNuGFkMow/s1600/Madrid+047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QdAJ0w2FcK9cMQ4G_WFGZD6Qzl4o54GBjWcMUpxQT-MdrUWz45pB7MDxiygalIP1Nb0NaKWoy7kmwhIFcYVrhn8-qQwZhiIMtbHv0py2DRV-6LeeYMUVoaAG6ixL62z0W0WNuGFkMow/s320/Madrid+047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498520478579536114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtroE5F0Rkh1hzgw7Le1nZDRSZRvIE9n2vwxyLKVaWbVC_BVVHwn9n-4HaGyyJALAGvo1uu-67xUwEUa9NAS2huqUMXsZhAbHP_xFcF7Dz1byjqXBM_p2sNpdq5AwbTS99cxxeT52UZBM/s1600/Madrid+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IPo8wR1Xe4AxIwkgZQQRf36KoQQ3A1uQ3s47OzHNgkTS3QPfWR4ZQIOOTqMUfwYKa1BAyMG4-_OqGrhzNt8gd2sZuC5U9axh713fDyDEo4oBcsWAAOfj1DV-7AMl_Sn0c9JTt3Qsxmg/s320/Madrid+111.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498519793687992162" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-17047044841160913782010-07-27T02:38:00.000-07:002010-07-27T02:43:31.214-07:00TOLEDO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83AoSlhENX2EDfwo-H3N6ZL6xteeaHKhXUVS8M1XRbXbaIV2AMTLl_rHxaHnzPitgW0KyHTGCnL4cBxSxwPE1iHx6_RScw9WVchqCvxvxHo-y3kOsExWLLEd9GKYbCG37bzXeJoHc9h4/s1600/Toledo+158.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83AoSlhENX2EDfwo-H3N6ZL6xteeaHKhXUVS8M1XRbXbaIV2AMTLl_rHxaHnzPitgW0KyHTGCnL4cBxSxwPE1iHx6_RScw9WVchqCvxvxHo-y3kOsExWLLEd9GKYbCG37bzXeJoHc9h4/s320/Toledo+158.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498519247075665794" /></a><div>Went to Toledo today on the daytrip with the Cursos Internacionales. I liked the way it was handled way more than the other two trips. We had two tour guides both of whom talked loud enough for everyone to hear, no one got lost and I made it home in time for cena. While I can't say I liked it as much as Lisbon, Toledo was great. It was really pretty. The city of Tres culturas, has of course a Cathedral, and a preserved Synagog and Mosque. The mosque was really not worth looking for, wans't on the itenerary, we found it, it was pretty small and unimpressive. Especially after looking at La Alambra last weekend. But the Synagog was pretty cool, it actually looked a lot more like a mosque than a synagog, it was built by arabic archatects and it showed. Now its more of an art gallery, there were some neat paintings tho. We went to the Monistary of San Juan de los Reyes, which was pretty eat, only place where we could take pictures on the inside. It was pretty neat looking, worth going. It was built as kinda a PR campaign for Fernando and Isabel Nailed to the outside are all these chains, they're from Christian slaves freed in the conquest of Granada. </div><div><br /></div><div>We went inside the Iglesia de Santo Tome, which is a small church/ tomb, its neat to look at. But the main event of it is the Giant "El entierro del Senor de Orgaz, by El Greco. Its truley a wonder to behold in person. I've heard of people seeing famous works of art and finding them dissapointingly small. It is not the case with this one, it was HUGE, i'm pretty sure it's bigger than my dorm room last year. You could really see the detail that went into it. I was pretty pumped about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>We went to the cathedral, which is of course huge, and I would have enjoyed it by itself, but it is worth going even for those with cathedral fatigue simpley for the art collection. Several El Grecos, Van Dychs and a few Goyas. Along with lots of really shiney gold jewrley royal and or Catholic stuff. </div><div><br /></div><div>The city itself is really pretty just to walk around it. Tho it was super hot, and none of the locals were out. All the more reason to eat two ice creams! It was really beautiful, up in the mountains by the entrance to the city you could see the whole thing, it was just magnificant. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwa3_sDAT0xxl-xVJLpT2vOfT_rUzlfXEcOTQJv2cvVa8d4U2H-jheW3vpSnqllT86WPhVH0gQaNuCf4zlsPdrAzXF8zhCvoiCrGKUh__Y64rsRmtFKDYdK47cHZghkTfBcdRrNTwT_-o/s1600/Toledo+113.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwa3_sDAT0xxl-xVJLpT2vOfT_rUzlfXEcOTQJv2cvVa8d4U2H-jheW3vpSnqllT86WPhVH0gQaNuCf4zlsPdrAzXF8zhCvoiCrGKUh__Y64rsRmtFKDYdK47cHZghkTfBcdRrNTwT_-o/s320/Toledo+113.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498519244720913010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIpCiDL4nHQ764VbpotzNFzf0KCjcMuFNGKRDPtmYdvGYzX0C35SO3HglcoFmaJlFjFKQXKoQG7T7uYS4UU9eloluINnvIoI2fMvkbezTwuCRJp_tqaNArYjD4qiqXoenaVi4l5I-8zI/s1600/Toledo+091.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJphkig2PF5y1IiQMMXEQMnLbb7Q2IIzibUMKH86rReCaizsBXs2O6UucDbfQopx2nLqrD4dBXi-v5N5kiXjxEwgpHvHV8a9YWEeXxn9PZqhdGl81Nq5xn3OB-0Rl8Su47D95VeFQy1IY/s320/Toledo+010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498518536215619602" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-23859245870690346082010-07-19T11:12:00.000-07:002010-07-27T02:38:32.961-07:00Hello Muddah, hello Fadda, here i am in Granada<div><br /></div><div><div>Granada</div><div>I really loved Granada. More so than Sevilla, i felt like it was a little more welcoming and less hot. Well only a little less hott. We got to see some cool stuff there. We saw the tomb of Fernando and Isabel, not the one they're actually buried in. They built it than changed their mind and decided to be buried in Madrid. I felt a little less creepy taking pictures of the tomb, you could go underneath and look at the coffins and stuff, they were empty tho, less creepy. We Saw the cathedral. They're very anti pictures in Granada. I took some anyway, but everywhere we went the first day I pictures were banned. most places its just silence and no flash, but here i guess they don't want tourists running around taking pictures of their religious landmarks. It was all white on the inside,and everything was gold it was pretty. The front of the chapel of the tomb of ferndo and Isable was very pretty at firs glance then u realize how moribitd it is. I feel like spanish catholisism has the most blood and gore out of all the forms of catholic. Maybe its related to the inquiasition, or Matamoros or something. In Latin America you always see Guadalupe or a Risen Jesus. Here the front on one side has John the Babtis being beheaded, head stump blood and all and on the other side Saint John the Evangalist being boiled alive. In general the cursifiction was more gorey. Im catholic and everything but this was a little too graphic for me. </div><div>Outside there was this guy writing people's names in Arabic and selling it. Mina got one but i didn't know what I would do with it. So he wrote it on my arm for free. He was really nice, not in a creepy way, which i feel like is rare. People thought it was a tatoo for the rest of the day lol. Mom wouldn't like it, but its gone now don't worry.</div><div>In the night I saw a really awesome Flamanco show. Ticket included transportation there and back, the show a tour of the historic area where the flamanco bar was and sangria. I thought it wa a pretty good deal. It was really really intense! It was a lot more rythimic than the one we saw in Salamanca. You could really tell the arabic influence in the sound. I'm very glad I didn't sit in the front row because they got splattered with sweat when the dancers turned. It was just amazing. </div><div>Afterwards we got a little tour of the area where the bar was, a historic neiborhood in Granada. It was pretty neat. All the houses were white and had painted pottery and flowers. It was at the top of the mountain and they took us to a spot where we could see a wonderful view of la Alambra all lit up at night. It was amazing, pictures can't capture it. </div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we went to la Alamabra, which almost needsa post in itself. La Alambra was the last place the Mores were in spain. It is HUGE!. It has a palace, gardens, fountains, ruins, towers. You could spend several days just doing that. IT WAS AMAZING. I can't even describe some of it. There were ruins of where the soilders lived near the walls around it so they could get up and fight at any time, which i guess they needed to do, tho i supposed it didn't really help. We went up into the towers. Magnificant view of the city and the rest of la Alambra. There were lots of Gardens. Flowing water everywhere, like on the floor, you see in the pictures. Our guide said water was very sacred to the mores because where they come from there isn't a lot. IT was beautiful. The palace was like made of rocks it was so cool. There were lots of other places too. The sealings were so decorated, lots of very detailed geometric shapes. Painted tiles. Its one of the most amazing thigns i've ever seen!</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQLNXbaRNZz1YQLWoqsnBDs1duq_9p8DO60RjeFp6TStaYU8VdQl-fSNJWA1ZP-8RiGzM8p88OP9sWOwCPmhhjdCnCRkefEfB7f1FptPJ_eUzlwe8a0plAFxupLAfg6awn8xBUpEJeRg/s1600/Granada+152.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQLNXbaRNZz1YQLWoqsnBDs1duq_9p8DO60RjeFp6TStaYU8VdQl-fSNJWA1ZP-8RiGzM8p88OP9sWOwCPmhhjdCnCRkefEfB7f1FptPJ_eUzlwe8a0plAFxupLAfg6awn8xBUpEJeRg/s320/Granada+152.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498517333204312370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tUmeEvjjv88s9P0Ek9ZC5Jxj7-lG0uQWUtAOKqoBF2aAU65LZToPl-GAQb0Vzy_VXWhryn0KrULbwcmrDt3HbsRCYH3ZzZBAUVjXthN1KC3jGLxJfLXPCPqy0iTqo6HZvA4uYxGkxMI/s1600/Granada+281.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj867NwLmni6YImO_X7ZYg2r0mjPwl-MD89IX77Ws2gxymXhmeyyPSLk8COoE_hdeYdGEBaWqxyPhjOOXedp3p8nQQEzJqZlKKJZpDs15QyMyLYhEsD3QYjVslQxbfva_WJ7jWIUyBhBd8/s320/Granada+002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498495584592847490" /></a><br /></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-11162958627334645492010-07-19T10:35:00.000-07:002010-07-19T11:03:56.725-07:00Sevilla<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sHmbmdk3WQ2UhLyHsUqwMqEEadAb0S2C0xTa87BtLz2H6FbW12k07Xoq8Sx8Mti8QbLRBJDe7lNvFUMeLElTLr-r00Ta7vSvxBC5-jD9t3cE7apInPciyL47LTBi4bURT2GUiVfPDYw/s1600/Sevilla+504.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqKZwgZ0lCnoWC9-lA7WWxN2dBFIbBrvKzpIpeQpuk0cBSNhAVeeIiTf2BlufsRhmXrfLVO8nu1T1USxa_E962ZVEsVEO3bFWKXC1yu2occ-L6RMe5B4DnyA9JRwkLM8lYTn4bsHZa0Q/s320/Sevilla+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495676460119170242" /></a><br />Went on the Excursion to Sevilla and Granada this weekend. Fortunately this time no time was spent stranded in a Portuguese mall. Sevilla was really cool, yet really hot. It was scorching like the first week of classes in Salamanca. Fortunately the Hotel had air conditioning and I got to see something i had not yet seen in Spain, a drinking fountain, it was exciting. We got to go up into the top of the Cathedral, which was really cool. We could see the bells, and an amazing view of the city. The cathedral itself was neat, i personally liked the Salamanca one better in general. The cool part of this one was outside, it was built on the ruin of a moorish mosque. It still had the water channels and fountains, and some moorish stone work which was cool.<div><br /></div><div> But this one had the tomb of Christopher Columbus which was really neat to see. Other places claim to have columbus, but his son is for sure in this one which is evidence to me that this is the real one. Im not sure if its morbit to take a picture of a tomb, but I don't think columbus would really mind. Plus they had actual relics at this church (relics being body parts of saints). I'm Catholic but something about body parts kinda freaks me out. Well it made me feel less morbid about photographing Columbus' apparant tomb. <div>After the tour we went off on our own and found the plaza de Espana which was really cool. We found some gardens we liked. Afterwards we were so hot, so we sat at a place with air and got smoothies, good decision. in the morning we checked out one of the palaces, i don't remember the name i'll look it up and edit it later. It was really cool</div></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-61347124507824887812010-07-15T14:27:00.000-07:002010-07-15T15:00:30.190-07:00I wish i knew some portuguese<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqza8hJ6KZb_TOgvlp83Nzx7NUpzRV6OGPULarBMtSl1lcdQq7Xbn7K0aguNeKlxqPfnK7A38qWTxailUitTC6W2L2NTr5Etrx3HgT0wTaxFdzaNur4H7yl8kDHxvoJe1dkhpDMz_RYMU/s1600/Portugal+418.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqza8hJ6KZb_TOgvlp83Nzx7NUpzRV6OGPULarBMtSl1lcdQq7Xbn7K0aguNeKlxqPfnK7A38qWTxailUitTC6W2L2NTr5Etrx3HgT0wTaxFdzaNur4H7yl8kDHxvoJe1dkhpDMz_RYMU/s320/Portugal+418.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494256171568413554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqItbVleSwPwOxl1SLdeNLMQazUEoHWAusK31oXEZSQbRW3wneHiGH7l5cmUks5qU_S6_dFQY9zyCGEpkQTseVdStxj1Aj5fVAL247DVJNTqk2A8aNJYAeKWCIK88Nplfn7VJzESUFzxk/s1600/Portugal+353.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqItbVleSwPwOxl1SLdeNLMQazUEoHWAusK31oXEZSQbRW3wneHiGH7l5cmUks5qU_S6_dFQY9zyCGEpkQTseVdStxj1Aj5fVAL247DVJNTqk2A8aNJYAeKWCIK88Nplfn7VJzESUFzxk/s320/Portugal+353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494256167176285474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_jRG9l349UUTic3tELv8eRv8QULpTh7iGFQO6p8TKvlxSTfUqIoNFk-X1Xs8lo__049mmmML09LOBNYmziMLucuHhC2op60wKHBpmuf60RKSHmnK7aqmVNgDFPYNoX8mXpJ-imFbSwA/s1600/Portugal+262.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_jRG9l349UUTic3tELv8eRv8QULpTh7iGFQO6p8TKvlxSTfUqIoNFk-X1Xs8lo__049mmmML09LOBNYmziMLucuHhC2op60wKHBpmuf60RKSHmnK7aqmVNgDFPYNoX8mXpJ-imFbSwA/s320/Portugal+262.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494256154519200498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC5YoPPAhELWfOBTX2JmxeM751ON3XbuyluBvjwB-TmlWKLFW5Kx_2YWz-Qb5jaVQULTkHnPM67xiZWpSrbSSamxM4DaliXkjFr3hYt3oANHohHbn6uPlFeBaMIC32MwKqQocL8lsrE4/s1600/Portugal+282.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC5YoPPAhELWfOBTX2JmxeM751ON3XbuyluBvjwB-TmlWKLFW5Kx_2YWz-Qb5jaVQULTkHnPM67xiZWpSrbSSamxM4DaliXkjFr3hYt3oANHohHbn6uPlFeBaMIC32MwKqQocL8lsrE4/s320/Portugal+282.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494254784319459362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC1A3hcQhVXUr7_cZ4s2XiXVZojgCvdknmq7zBRG1HfeRBQ_9kDWiOJ2z3kuodkHt3IAOos6cxuEPTJ0AYUdAT_wTJvkwz1J3buGyawEIJmXjES66plpI9J2paUXmEG3FxoA5B5XUaVo/s1600/Portugal+262.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC1A3hcQhVXUr7_cZ4s2XiXVZojgCvdknmq7zBRG1HfeRBQ_9kDWiOJ2z3kuodkHt3IAOos6cxuEPTJ0AYUdAT_wTJvkwz1J3buGyawEIJmXjES66plpI9J2paUXmEG3FxoA5B5XUaVo/s320/Portugal+262.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494254772333346210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYzajR8zQGm7IGyysDw6CtBvsVTK_IJLtT_tavjlKPkygCg1PqoXREVI9t7ZmZjpiP3nkf445qBYcYA619FsD507C8xOySIMAiijxOecI5etJRaDSwh6N3wBhBsgaurS-lIY8kLFgL4w/s1600/Portugal+165.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYzajR8zQGm7IGyysDw6CtBvsVTK_IJLtT_tavjlKPkygCg1PqoXREVI9t7ZmZjpiP3nkf445qBYcYA619FsD507C8xOySIMAiijxOecI5etJRaDSwh6N3wBhBsgaurS-lIY8kLFgL4w/s320/Portugal+165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494254764166486642" /></a><br /><div><div>Went to Lisbon Portugal on an excursion this weekend. Lisbon is the most beautifu place i've ever seen in my life. All the buildings had these beautiful tiles on them. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in the 1700,s and to rebuild they invited all these forign archatects to reconstruct buildings. The city is full the best of every countries archatecture. there were buildings that lookes french, italian, english, and of course portugese. The city kind of reminded me of San Francisco,it's close to the ocean and they have trollies. They even have a bridge that looks like the goldan gate bridge across the river. It was really amazing! They had a monument where the palace was next to the river. Some poeople actually got left behind there. Our tourguide who we refered to as Alehandro (we found out later is name was really daniel it was pretty dissapointing) was very illusive. When he left u had better be following him. After that point everyone knew to arrive early and kinda stalk him. He was a nice guy tho. When we stopped to eat we asked a random person where was a good place to eat. turns out he was a resturant owner, and he lead us to his place. Ordering was really complecated, his english wasn't good and we had no portugise other than ola and obrigado (thank you). They charge u for bread in Europe even if u don't ask for it. It was good, but it was a difficult expierience. Needless to say we ate in more toursity areas the rest of the time whith english or spanish speaking waitors. We went to hard rock cafe that night ja ja.</div><div>My absolute favorite part was the castle, Castillo de San Jorge, it was so beautiful and we climed up it. the view of the city was breathtaking. We could see the slits where they shot arrows from, it was really neat. We saw the Cathedral and 2 monistaries with cathedrals. They weee all amazing. The Monistario de los Jeronimos had royals and some famous Explores buried in it. We also went to the Monistario de Batalha, where they have the portugise tomb of the unknown solider which was neat, plus mre dead royals. It was so beautiful, the sealings were so high and hte carvings and stained glass were amazing!</div><div>We saw the Torre de Belem, which was this fort thing by the ocean, there were ladies selling scarves, they were pretty reasonable and pretty so i bought a blue one. It was neat. </div><div>We went to Cascais to go to the beach. It was a really nice area. We ate lunch at this place with an amazing view. Americans don't really think of portugal too much as a vacation destanation, but it's really nice. The weather is reminicant of California and it's hot by the beach. It's probably about the same as going to hawaii. I really liked it. We saw this huge gorge tidepool theing called la Boca del InFierno, the mouth of hell, someone signidficant fell into it and died, I think the tour was in fast Spainard Spanish and the sign was in portugise. </div><div>We saw the cathedral in the city, at the time it was the most amazing thing i'd ever seen, buried saints and royals and all. The next day we visited an even grander Cathedral and monistary. Monistario de los Jeronimos</div><div><br /></div><div>The last day We went to this mideval village that was really nice. it was cold in the morning, the past week was super hot for us so we were really excited for the cold. We really liked the people in Obidos, the y were a lot calmer and less pushey than the shop owners in other places. In Lisbon when we were eating peopel would try to sell u sunglasses and all kinds of stuff constantly. It was neat tho, got to hear lots of free portuguise music. </div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunatly we had some bad luck on the road. The bus overheated and we were stranded for about an hour on the side of the road, then we were able to drive to a mall. I was stranded for 8 hours in this Portugise mall. DURING THE WORLD CUP FINAL THAT SPAIN WON! we at least got to watch the game. It was an experience. We're writing letters of complaint hopefully we can get a refund because it should not have taken that long to get a new bus. They didn't even call them for 4 hours while they were trying to fix the first one. We didn't get back to Salamanca untill 4:30 am. They dropped some people off pretty far from their house. people were saying "stop here stop here" and they didn't respond. When we passed my place i yelled "Puedes Altar" and they stopped so I didn't have to walk I was so glad. Aside from that and some pompous portuguise hotel worker who wouldn't cash my traveler's check (apparently my signature was different he sat there and yelled at me for like 15 minutes, the manager fixed it in like 2 seconds, i think it was some portugise machismo) I'm glad I went. If anything it's a great story, how many people get stranded in a portugise mall? </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnUhzFguAPY3SSVHVg9P2se_m8bx6JatgeyR9i09jJ5eOSPwnY50Yp7SjUNuiKhFL3wPaGzEXBaleYdnUL0hS-XETH5cppM_1y_tsuZzKaNNzuRQMF8CH88fu0sS2YUXsBq0aAlpK-N8/s1600/Portugal+187.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnUhzFguAPY3SSVHVg9P2se_m8bx6JatgeyR9i09jJ5eOSPwnY50Yp7SjUNuiKhFL3wPaGzEXBaleYdnUL0hS-XETH5cppM_1y_tsuZzKaNNzuRQMF8CH88fu0sS2YUXsBq0aAlpK-N8/s320/Portugal+187.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494253085946063378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kK4nqNtvZD77t-hmEkVG5WjfqTIoiIx47rDm1gOk6_bSSaxnKRILO5GkJPllkENm5j8VYxseFTCLaHSBGDwJ5X7qersumZbGyneUChQiHpDQdKrHpGFsm4FXyVeIo6B0_Yo3MtDqrj8/s1600/Portugal+134.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeOLIDTnjQnsfN58_LhbUXkuBGHTWsVrVpUFI-T4c_zxoKF37bbcUCURve0fBF_Cl337ImIq_TlHnLAtDXnyr0nOrEnyvJsB-jkomB3xZS-0o6dTHpaLdfhvrPT17KaCXhRFjahy1VU4/s320/Portugal+052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494251754733911746" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-7145726979644652072010-07-04T09:58:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:38:56.740-07:00Salamanca estoy aqui!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkGLptxW0H_iZcFLP3Tm6nY4OEn7Tt4yEKuW1lB4yrBfGuLfY4dMO-qU1WtikFsCsYAIjgVY1utq0xXHim_BCfNuhkYT7dl1-x7zbX4I67K12OZcax7UMpOXsXb7IFAZt9pifeGThD58/s1600/Salamanca+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGOI-iz8wgYikiQ6MC2EtKTvQh_yFsFoO_JstIh3LF1pcHWicXazcaq2VFre-l4nX53hMR57TdRTXPOi8cYnsVvUwMjmBAHX3xIEVSpsnSU0CeEvfiucJ4oizc7TrYdX9gRgcvCzxgTM/s320/Salamanca+004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490098341688054530" /></a><br />Well I made it to Salamanca in one piece. Turns out there's internet in the plaza mayor, it goes in and out but its closer than the university. It is so beautiful here. It's so different from everywhere at home, everything is so old. In a good way. all the buildings are old, but solid. there's a bridge that was built by the romans in the third century still in use. There's such a relaxed atmosphere here. Everything closes from 2 to for for a 4 couse lunch and a siesta. Yesterday everything was closed because Spain was playing in the world cup. We went to watch the game outside this department store called el corte ingles, close to where we live. They had a big screen set up with a tent serving food and drinks. I tried calimoche, a mixture of red wine and coke that i read about and it sounded really strange but it was actually really delicious. I was expecting it to be like cherry coke, but it wasn't at all. It's hard to describe but good. There were tons of people there dressed to the nines with their faces painted waving Spanish flags and blowing horns. Spain one everyone went crazy! It was really fun.. <div>My host lady Conchi is really nice. Its just her and her niece who live in her apartment. Its much better than i expected. And I've been eating the food, which is a big deal for me. Yesterday I had a tortilla espanol. a potato cake thing. Today we had some kind of meat, i think it was some kind of ham, but it was good. lunch so far has always had soup, a salad and some fruit for dessert. yesterday we had tapas after the game today we're having our first dinner with our host. We toured the university today. it's really beautiful. </div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-39662797355982413932010-07-02T08:49:00.000-07:002010-07-02T08:59:55.296-07:00Off to Spain<div><br /></div>Well I fly out today! I'm soo excited! My first Transatlantic flight! Got lots to do today so i'll just finish here. Wish me luck everyone! here are some pictures from the last time Tim and I went to Chicago, Enjoy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0SdU_GpAtp0YPDcJKRzq2agl6dCgTbRGwJo__goBRAUlagaPEgrZmKFyTmN4NOmNLF2HcZgqYDiD2pBUl0k6T6W-iJYfYjBwkVgkTXcUcHIm_rmX0Q4u1zy0rQH3XZLGOs_rI1aUQd0/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0SdU_GpAtp0YPDcJKRzq2agl6dCgTbRGwJo__goBRAUlagaPEgrZmKFyTmN4NOmNLF2HcZgqYDiD2pBUl0k6T6W-iJYfYjBwkVgkTXcUcHIm_rmX0Q4u1zy0rQH3XZLGOs_rI1aUQd0/s320/011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489338536154305698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxjcMfvQsH57e_HEh_1vnVJJ_5dPiAA4Xqd0uqWy0O2LB4V2hQOSho1cX5E3IMCqfmRVHBe6fSk1dDSCsJ2JPeTXY1TkZNUr4fWweceiQ0QkGHe5WPgpWvRT6CHo6rJ02TW-vbgZcLdw/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJafmSZve3dZ7WsbOh8OYu07oT6wQW9T36ykqgnpnRvI7RL8tbMjmBAkMgoXWPrw0au3ycCXMVkxLZEUlDKcwi25R1Awy7A2MJ8t9j6umITGhsgm7r4pXf9L-5l_EYPoV2mZ1Q8CnsjLE/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489338501772701906" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-84222803418485998722010-06-30T07:12:00.000-07:002010-06-30T07:38:57.111-07:00Harry is my homeboy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamh6Kpb0fE8MKsyitWOOGo9LldgMdpN7IcgJ6FfDlWZZy00BSfHWXOa6fmxZpFbV9MR4yEzLGYyE2XP5qKJfGqNheAPYk_JHlleTOWSjbjLtOTDr6lQcBudcXKrH5qBOWMBcxct931-8/s1600/harry+potter+world+117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzAOdwkc7tf6dcYE-q0ZR3EZOkXTCmU_BQccjZF0EWGzVNPaXftS2dJc8YQNViUNCcFhYy9ERQHa7DjEDNBlSRCWJFRMS76VMmjevukPPONGENgCYxYk-VE0XlG_KxohyYRr5_j6qGV8/s320/harry+potter+world+027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488574369489306802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIc9TZMJlpgW9ejukm9gIV25ojxYqLDPooMgwqOXBj9JdEAmG7EVrJP949XjHcD_s27btL1O0dSww8g1myvOI5xF2ITQQ1XEpX9LAD3CzOo49hCalMXC4nrJ1IH9Oi2FFrXMKa4yJdxOY/s1600/harry+potter+world+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIc9TZMJlpgW9ejukm9gIV25ojxYqLDPooMgwqOXBj9JdEAmG7EVrJP949XjHcD_s27btL1O0dSww8g1myvOI5xF2ITQQ1XEpX9LAD3CzOo49hCalMXC4nrJ1IH9Oi2FFrXMKa4yJdxOY/s320/harry+potter+world+022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488574363282282050" /></a><br />The Wizarding world of Harry Potter Was SOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!! The first day we had to wait 6 hours in line just to get into that part of the park but it was totally worth it. Tho if I could do it again i wouldn't have taken the shuttle and I would have gotten a taxi at 4 am. ahh well nothing I can do about it now. It was amazing. Hogsmede was covered in snow, it felt like the real thing, (when it was cloudy, the angle next to jurrassic park when i t was sunny and there were palm trees at hogwarts looked really wierd lol) The main new ride was awesome. The line was even fun, it went through hogwarts and u got to see all kinds of stuff. The pictures talked, my favorite part was the 4 founders bickering about harry potter. Hologram Harry Ron Hermione, and Dumbledor in his office talk to u. It was awesome! The ride itself was really amazing, even BL liked it. it was a miz of virtual reality and real props, you actually move tho it wasn't one of those stationary one there is a good amount of flipping going on. You get sprayed by spiders the whomping willow (which is real not virtual) almost hit me in the face. I fought a dragon, played quittich and had my face sucked off by a dementor, but harry saved me! It was really cool!The other dragon coaster was cool, tho not new, it was new to me. We got really wet on the poeye ride and went on that coaster a few times to dry off. I liked the family coaster because i got to bow to buckbeak, but bl didn't because it was slow. We got to eat at the three broomsticks at another day. It was delicious and sooo neat inside, and a good helping of food, not as pricey as i expected. I got to have butterbeer, which was delicious, tho I had trouble getting to the foam. I got to see the hogwarts express, and all the workers were dressed in pointey hats. some of them were very into it, I would be too! We went on the other rides too, the rockit was a bit too scarey for me too much upside down. But the hulk and mummy were cool. Universal is really into fire lately, it seemed like every ride there was fire. It rained every day too, but not bad the first day, and it was sunny before and after. It was really great I'm so glad I got to go. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-69577188163168145462010-05-29T08:18:00.000-07:002010-05-29T08:24:46.142-07:00bird love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEl7Cx2ri9f2hpxa76mJKuzy2CMoWgtFaeLjRfIUUDaXVzZbT836XVw3w-MLkuGSHseKpXK5tEWin6qyFq0V7j_S_qh_yUhciBZBiB4A3bNp-zdseIX2vfwUDLKEQy2b346bhkNvCxJA/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEl7Cx2ri9f2hpxa76mJKuzy2CMoWgtFaeLjRfIUUDaXVzZbT836XVw3w-MLkuGSHseKpXK5tEWin6qyFq0V7j_S_qh_yUhciBZBiB4A3bNp-zdseIX2vfwUDLKEQy2b346bhkNvCxJA/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476713180305511106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJVVPdOB0Nd6jvamM-xSYRqRp350VbFbTdm2J9Xv_AUrJ80obQ9tgyuWwvj2-C19ZdrwsUgGVElihcuhUXG0mbDspxOxipOPyHgiQJvqZUpaKAbOEwlZFR46LBfL27VDDY2zLABruhXY/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJVVPdOB0Nd6jvamM-xSYRqRp350VbFbTdm2J9Xv_AUrJ80obQ9tgyuWwvj2-C19ZdrwsUgGVElihcuhUXG0mbDspxOxipOPyHgiQJvqZUpaKAbOEwlZFR46LBfL27VDDY2zLABruhXY/s320/008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476713169481412658" /></a><br />check out these pidgins...or doves...birds on my back porch yesterday morning. I thought they were very cute, they were cleaning each other's feathers. ahhh bird love, the purest love there is<div><br /></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-6252479872052857432010-05-25T07:44:00.000-07:002010-05-25T08:09:37.234-07:00Dune adventure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc_pm-XHsE74TTeRydNs5eFN88LNAKp6p-0DBsk8UXvCPBJy3Vw2IAbXpfs0UEXbkVBlNwK0u42_5YGxZ6vvoKBTIDUmydCb3PgYUIF5sPVd2iGkndYePwvh_VanCh7QVnJ79zd7Z_gM/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc_pm-XHsE74TTeRydNs5eFN88LNAKp6p-0DBsk8UXvCPBJy3Vw2IAbXpfs0UEXbkVBlNwK0u42_5YGxZ6vvoKBTIDUmydCb3PgYUIF5sPVd2iGkndYePwvh_VanCh7QVnJ79zd7Z_gM/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475222168891245538" /></a>We made it back home to Indiana safe and sound. After a few days of chilling out at home, Tim payed us a visit. I decided to show him the majestic beauty of Northweast Indiana. We went to the dunes and Deep River County park. 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk8EXFxmUfqGX1IAp7WdxwZbbrZt1PhoCXBLJSM4KawmMErJERYcCgt8pJBNQ_yLoIkAjnXmbhST_lGyg3aLHJP6CWoB3ya2aDio2fuTzj7wrURR1fRvBWCzdrG2nj0z_dFZTZLUxzok/s320/018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475219869999123186" /></a></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-8424205770970287632010-05-23T10:53:00.000-07:002010-05-23T11:25:37.448-07:00hot springs arkansasMom and I decided in stead of traveling on my birthday we would spend the day in Hot springs arkansas. We had always driven by it on this trip and wanted to stop and we finally did. It was beautiful there. There are all these mountains with springs, where the water comes out at 140 degrees. It looks like a waterfall, but you can see the steam rising up. you can't even keep your hand in the water. there is this cute little touristy town around it with all kinds of little shops. They have these sink type things where you can fill up containers with the hot water. people come with milk jugs to take it home. The water is supposed to have healing powers. people like to bathe in it but since it comes out of the ground so hot you have to go to these bath house spa things where they cool the water down. lots of them happen to be closed on tuesdays, which seems like an odd day to be closed. We went to the one that was open and it was wonderful. It's a really great place to go if you get the chance. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-bi7Iw-nhJ0im1Ex7AzbJGVSVPbBd8MLomDm0XFwRZG9NV2CdwAZ0iQVh0ZsOHgKSi6YSSqDB58h02cYb_gNSk47j7ZFOSsqKNNRwfVedVuRIjeITL5nHPTdRFQmacaYwRzhpUke9H4/s1600/hot+springs+166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-bi7Iw-nhJ0im1Ex7AzbJGVSVPbBd8MLomDm0XFwRZG9NV2CdwAZ0iQVh0ZsOHgKSi6YSSqDB58h02cYb_gNSk47j7ZFOSsqKNNRwfVedVuRIjeITL5nHPTdRFQmacaYwRzhpUke9H4/s320/hot+springs+166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474530089259828194" /></a>arkansas welcome center<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0k9NA1_nQu2xa_X8rqI8v-1Vhw6YTVfn_7iZxSeBLbJmo2tZm8p6aJniOgwQz6If2Gx6VZy31JEfGrpZGDVfMgYBslhifNDoWWC8C1aYSr3HKbA9DDYl64KIrpPxcKUNpOU-uo59aoI/s1600/hot+springs+119.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2qI-x0cc1kv6ZoVoh9jnunsJ_EYQXJa6q-RTo8vW1NrVIKjPsrivTBo-xr36GEeKaEOqozCKxy0NntTJQTki5Xh5yVtr7grNvKAHv2QSGE6gN8HwErFzTrjlBFiZy3a0nKp75sHRzqk/s320/hot+springs+147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474527298473690002" /></a>the spring, see the steam coming up<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGH6P1GmVeSyPhNSez44oD-AELyvsJIqta1fNTk9W124kGq47ZENQ7C2HHZ9N6lIgBCxFK_Ah96rpeCwzvb5Az50ju6sfbLItv84XMm9G441wShHwFjHjfbnPL9BMrJq6gIac1NLEAos/s1600/hot+springs+160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGH6P1GmVeSyPhNSez44oD-AELyvsJIqta1fNTk9W124kGq47ZENQ7C2HHZ9N6lIgBCxFK_Ah96rpeCwzvb5Az50ju6sfbLItv84XMm9G441wShHwFjHjfbnPL9BMrJq6gIac1NLEAos/s320/hot+springs+160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474526506403744034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CbBP1GeEAtCRrfn5FrPJKuv_b7Vy0QfKgvJjFVE_KXFCikhFgZv2_D8BQElRFSHgghX6LEisjkGP6wDoEeghiG_xb7rl8tsChv0RFwU7QsRwJJUT5ih_tfjixGQqAn99aGuUFrXijmQ/s1600/hot+springs+161.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvefECFILUTq9m4n7mS3PE3f5ubRtnCgGyCV_oUp_LR_mFXWR9xqLxv6twX31iwQRRzQHafWVpg2fXaO-4uw1ystj96KqfTnOrr3R9mqpnPOx32bh8PgCVQ1ib5R__7J_amibuve-_gGo/s320/hot+springs+206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474525755753904386" /></a>unfortunately i was captured by a gorilla<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5M_jnxhrgfwgWf03GYeUetEGaaVB0XJJsDLj7VoTl0OrQ1iuq3fMIneRB_iI8mEa0OgQAAgG1sD3CkpZiQyZWWbUBrA1w1-5lrXUPHYSvy_YrJU6RviFETTTlRmxDvi7Pba8td7m6xc0/s1600/hot+springs+140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5M_jnxhrgfwgWf03GYeUetEGaaVB0XJJsDLj7VoTl0OrQ1iuq3fMIneRB_iI8mEa0OgQAAgG1sD3CkpZiQyZWWbUBrA1w1-5lrXUPHYSvy_YrJU6RviFETTTlRmxDvi7Pba8td7m6xc0/s320/hot+springs+140.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474525749516644978" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-14517361909656913502010-05-23T10:41:00.000-07:002010-05-23T10:53:21.100-07:00back to bay city<div>We survived the monsoon and came back to uncle joe and aunt nancy's house and all the cousins got together. It was great to see everyone. Mom and uncle joe took uela back to mexico in the pouring rain. It eventually cleared up Olivia came to hang out with me and aunt nancy. Isabel was having too much fun with her other cousins and came later. We watched Shriek 2 and played games. </div><div><br /></div><div>me and olivia</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk6I-noRH_U7E-58pHIdMHPFNSu5_6b6dqqT4LPBKnIJN-69enOPoj-2dtTSl8QpIx7RIjV5m2w-57F7R7EFg4gWZzT7wvUpTvhmojeJg-G2upggoogXanYq5nJxetXYavCDOTcQ3zXk/s1600/hot+springs+102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk6I-noRH_U7E-58pHIdMHPFNSu5_6b6dqqT4LPBKnIJN-69enOPoj-2dtTSl8QpIx7RIjV5m2w-57F7R7EFg4gWZzT7wvUpTvhmojeJg-G2upggoogXanYq5nJxetXYavCDOTcQ3zXk/s320/hot+springs+102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474523379346558898" /></a>jasmine the wild poodle<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fQ68cqlLuS-dJl_o4PHY5g84kW-c098-RlYCE7pBjlfT9vG_4EnBIcvRtspyRoD0J66m8cobcOgtcZCEG5F4RtmJMgd3Wlr3axf8uYof8VNOSYc_Idt-_g6yglXixXrpaKPWjE3blBM/s1600/hot+springs+110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fQ68cqlLuS-dJl_o4PHY5g84kW-c098-RlYCE7pBjlfT9vG_4EnBIcvRtspyRoD0J66m8cobcOgtcZCEG5F4RtmJMgd3Wlr3axf8uYof8VNOSYc_Idt-_g6yglXixXrpaKPWjE3blBM/s320/hot+springs+110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474523372067312338" /></a>olivia and isabel<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPNAjv2oGexwldtadW73Xp4ZIgNrPRtSIF11sFN-gTjR-z9EbODjBVc3QIkpmPV_xVHHk93erfaVuQcU7o8OGKZnKKvAlb5VGlBpvSIooGAssW7gGfZMQudEWCVrhyCRwjo1Ix1SMi_E/s1600/hot+springs+085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPNAjv2oGexwldtadW73Xp4ZIgNrPRtSIF11sFN-gTjR-z9EbODjBVc3QIkpmPV_xVHHk93erfaVuQcU7o8OGKZnKKvAlb5VGlBpvSIooGAssW7gGfZMQudEWCVrhyCRwjo1Ix1SMi_E/s320/hot+springs+085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474522699191501138" /></a>a lizard, i thought he was cool looking<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkZQ5sy7jaihL2gmHyljZt9rAQ-Szu0-K18RpZZCBfW17OswIO3Ypk5n9aI9r4ltIFhS7zJANmKtr-wZu2N-sCNimJDQun70sIGS7djkKWBPt5e0GO-5DcwZXa8I5DIE5GHkTtudXxSg/s1600/hot+springs+088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkZQ5sy7jaihL2gmHyljZt9rAQ-Szu0-K18RpZZCBfW17OswIO3Ypk5n9aI9r4ltIFhS7zJANmKtr-wZu2N-sCNimJDQun70sIGS7djkKWBPt5e0GO-5DcwZXa8I5DIE5GHkTtudXxSg/s320/hot+springs+088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474522691053128834" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-80553839841493064312010-05-23T10:07:00.000-07:002010-05-23T10:22:56.368-07:00visiting sarah jonas and timWent to visit my cousin sarah in houston for a couple days. I met the famous Jonas, we went out to dinner and ice cream. We stopped at a secondhand book store where sarah found some records she was excited about including a recording of whale songs. We went to the art museum one day. The next day i hung out with their dog ironically named Tim. We went to the the butterfly house at the houston museum. <div><br /></div><div>this is a picture uncle joe painted of Paras that was at sarah's apartment<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihuI_CKI8mSYeQP82M3_VHBeHMTF_mzfiJ_GbnlKlavuk2bC5hrDoOH1lgHcVZicEqmOnlLWwbYos8A-CujaDT4lXxo0DzcRQqoQP4jZ7WJSiJFaZvK9u26dejuOAuZKYke2_3Xk6G4w/s1600/hot+springs+073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihuI_CKI8mSYeQP82M3_VHBeHMTF_mzfiJ_GbnlKlavuk2bC5hrDoOH1lgHcVZicEqmOnlLWwbYos8A-CujaDT4lXxo0DzcRQqoQP4jZ7WJSiJFaZvK9u26dejuOAuZKYke2_3Xk6G4w/s320/hot+springs+073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474515234882932882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JaqXzHet-xZGqPLAMdgEmlMgZPuB3l68Y64XVu_x3400-9AC2d5GM4CFtGDOu9wq_DNhrJtoQb2zFVWBSltfdI756gA-JF8Fij31LToLpUdN0ap3OUYq0Bb_p_Dec6jwieM1GkYVv3Y/s1600/hot+springs+077.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykrPVYb-moFHsm1skFFz8WRtzoa8mi_LE84twe0wNzK3e76L8W-uZ-G38kabj5qas3z2vyrY-a9Hi6yAqfIIiMNttoFUkSEJx2J3GDUxh3-Zrq_VkVIXwvkO4wYIsldiHAP2LHVgX2jE/s320/hot+springs+079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474514453330616498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wF6jR30mpbBS8Zahb38QbIc_DxnxxfUqaTXJ1rKKWpXIZdAG6enUS41sgzfIsHn3bB1Mj35CteJb1BsFA9RlOWdwa1yA7ojjCJLLu6HCAZVsRkfAVy8rbFpt8z3XzfHmMeHCpEUpKCg/s1600/hot+springs+084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wF6jR30mpbBS8Zahb38QbIc_DxnxxfUqaTXJ1rKKWpXIZdAG6enUS41sgzfIsHn3bB1Mj35CteJb1BsFA9RlOWdwa1yA7ojjCJLLu6HCAZVsRkfAVy8rbFpt8z3XzfHmMeHCpEUpKCg/s320/hot+springs+084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474514441343656306" /></a><br /></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-85494324329430211632010-05-23T09:25:00.000-07:002010-05-23T09:42:10.218-07:00houston here we come<div>Went to visit aunt edie and uncle steve in Houston. had a good time ate gringos and laughed lots. it was great to get together. </div><div><br /></div>aunt edie uela and mom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1wSLub2zeiG0GStpIn6DGtlSfwPVVuI8l_uCZzjKFDnbU89BJHIcAxbjbp_wlGARBHyWQumPqJ3VfW6RnaMpvKvM90GkIxHJJZy0rkfJpmsTU-BwRWplTW5HM0mH2i7wh4kzKDK8yFU/s1600/hot+springs+070.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1wSLub2zeiG0GStpIn6DGtlSfwPVVuI8l_uCZzjKFDnbU89BJHIcAxbjbp_wlGARBHyWQumPqJ3VfW6RnaMpvKvM90GkIxHJJZy0rkfJpmsTU-BwRWplTW5HM0mH2i7wh4kzKDK8yFU/s320/hot+springs+070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474506279250678098" /></a><br />aunt edie and uncle steve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ka0x7A0jXB27TNFclS6kuIPSVIWBCy69xaU_rOH3hs9z0Nzi8ogeAdqgyJFATwQsLmfg51Aqq9NDuJa0KomcMAL7p9NSyj8W-GJo836cXUbfBauPHbtiAxqBMhQPMBhc03XKZaV6GDY/s1600/hot+springs+054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ka0x7A0jXB27TNFclS6kuIPSVIWBCy69xaU_rOH3hs9z0Nzi8ogeAdqgyJFATwQsLmfg51Aqq9NDuJa0KomcMAL7p9NSyj8W-GJo836cXUbfBauPHbtiAxqBMhQPMBhc03XKZaV6GDY/s320/hot+springs+054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474506269137351842" /></a><br />me mom and aunt edie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wp6-Jb6BnGY6EuHZ8KIlBswY4SlzWYYwGDZ-Hcu_QFzx8aue2KWXBT7eq0bCxBcsZs47E3QYEwyD88015GT_2Ij7ajMD5ezuDxUCYSC_BIvGO2wWbrjjpye8JKoMAslT_r9iQqlV7zE/s1600/hot+springs+053.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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Our cousin Marichu stopped in for a visit.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQiW6h5Vwvgns-ILbGc_UMCDPmf7UsRyR2QehWd6YJ2ESfKNV9bF8wfBTtjdM6jIySP7-yNOi0Q6hUTZZGJqjYXYPpR-YGaeMRETq8GroSFM3Od4aWeuVgy2QOxj3RKCWvNMKB2_VN3o/s1600/hot+springs+049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQiW6h5Vwvgns-ILbGc_UMCDPmf7UsRyR2QehWd6YJ2ESfKNV9bF8wfBTtjdM6jIySP7-yNOi0Q6hUTZZGJqjYXYPpR-YGaeMRETq8GroSFM3Od4aWeuVgy2QOxj3RKCWvNMKB2_VN3o/s320/hot+springs+049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474503053622199506" /></a>she brought a cake<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6IjEng1eodPPg0HcwFKIdyhyphenhyphenK3vJHjPA7rlGvMAbnmSzGgfYUPTBL6K3IplVm5-LVlx2Ersrm8K5OKQfSNn230oGFnrR3YrHP_2pBtXGAHi6tFMXv7NBCVV9h8CmGqR72usuyYvNfrM/s1600/hot+springs+048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6IjEng1eodPPg0HcwFKIdyhyphenhyphenK3vJHjPA7rlGvMAbnmSzGgfYUPTBL6K3IplVm5-LVlx2Ersrm8K5OKQfSNn230oGFnrR3YrHP_2pBtXGAHi6tFMXv7NBCVV9h8CmGqR72usuyYvNfrM/s320/hot+springs+048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474503039127469842" /></a>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-80584162971430927862010-05-09T14:54:00.000-07:002010-05-09T15:24:58.265-07:00hanging with aunt nancy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_6bW2TaaEljYwH2wkwWnFFjZIiRskTa6DCA2W-F40M-2q9bEY9nxM3iX0mdSEomUFKOEnOQwJJos1LWeWnIO74KzG5Q2Oo7YZmbtArCx0aRlKhWdsKH8Hs_Yj7xyDrAHeuiHaAlIWXs/s1600/P5090057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469398682069651730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSXxBfK9vorY3wDs8QO52OkAlyqMa7C0LPLM4AQA550BIkfjpOpVdpXJf49UZmnFvrLVgCFWcYN8BlcJXa1JVKGTdr2z7R74JVAEtf7qKVVgPn4u8KIuxu_NnxruDUmreP_iVwSbNm90/s320/P5090055.JPG" border="0" /></a> wild boar<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkI9VeU913a1DRNoKk7hy20rHihnz7IQED8LJcP0BxtZCi4Ut1BCEM3jI-OB7yZ-AyOV2EtawKdWHDfyC9i88_8E7WVEcNcqZBqEQcJbku1qV13gldFUQMK_sF-meXILJHxS_hn0gHoXY/s1600/P5090052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469397343593539666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkI9VeU913a1DRNoKk7hy20rHihnz7IQED8LJcP0BxtZCi4Ut1BCEM3jI-OB7yZ-AyOV2EtawKdWHDfyC9i88_8E7WVEcNcqZBqEQcJbku1qV13gldFUQMK_sF-meXILJHxS_hn0gHoXY/s320/P5090052.JPG" border="0" /></a> a jelly fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcamMbYwzbN350DH523ZWmcY0vvWzL6raODp1yrKP-0ZoFQNdI1iSFpQ1jsrwY6jOYzg5GVYQ7OaIcAidHqhyphenhyphen89u8qmqMOHksB0Ovoe5DtaOms_3xVZp-QH_ORXMqwNoOxyQRgLfe5jsI/s1600/P5090048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469397339171977762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcamMbYwzbN350DH523ZWmcY0vvWzL6raODp1yrKP-0ZoFQNdI1iSFpQ1jsrwY6jOYzg5GVYQ7OaIcAidHqhyphenhyphen89u8qmqMOHksB0Ovoe5DtaOms_3xVZp-QH_ORXMqwNoOxyQRgLfe5jsI/s320/P5090048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL9qvDiG1ujY_5pXL1DvpkWi-yFLGa68kTozWajhiMeUwFV7tg3kcA3e8LTkuVlQOi4ISgUgstB6JP6ZOLqK4qOPFgzNvln7zpgc5LElzSeyBz1B6q_Wo3-kaow3eC9YK5ss9vQWaf-I/s1600/P5090046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469396248850468450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL9qvDiG1ujY_5pXL1DvpkWi-yFLGa68kTozWajhiMeUwFV7tg3kcA3e8LTkuVlQOi4ISgUgstB6JP6ZOLqK4qOPFgzNvln7zpgc5LElzSeyBz1B6q_Wo3-kaow3eC9YK5ss9vQWaf-I/s320/P5090046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMokxKH8mv58qy2-pLNnCWoFWetDXD_vTdqt9_ARTve_bPqhh3DJTAxf35od420W_HFUfMtd5XzGelJywjaDENDaQKO6pmW3xrgFDcmtqpTWiEFl2rG2yXwv6Wb3UWNT4w7KGa787gAhg/s1600/P5090045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469396236042205538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMokxKH8mv58qy2-pLNnCWoFWetDXD_vTdqt9_ARTve_bPqhh3DJTAxf35od420W_HFUfMtd5XzGelJywjaDENDaQKO6pmW3xrgFDcmtqpTWiEFl2rG2yXwv6Wb3UWNT4w7KGa787gAhg/s320/P5090045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Mom and Uncl Joe went to Mexico this morning to pick up Uela. They made good time, and go there befor dark. they just texted me looks like they're coming back today (101 degrees in Paras)I'v spent the day with Aunt Nancy. We went golfing. The have a course righ next to the nuclear power plant (lol olson would love it). It was a nice little course thought. It's been so long since I've golfed, didn't do too well, but I was getting etter after a few holes. we only did 9 holes then went to the beach at Matagorda. It was beautiful there. there wer a few jellyfish washed up on shor that was cool. once my toms were filled with sand we went to a late lunch at this place by the river. Across the river there wr thes wild boars running around, i guss people feed them because they're fun to watch. they had a bunch of little babies. They were pretty cute. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>After lunch w started driving back we saw a Russell's bait and tackel. (Russel is my dad's name and he loves fishing) So we got him a shirt and hat and took a picture. Now we're just haning out at the house.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-71725651716125626262010-05-08T20:05:00.000-07:002010-05-09T15:31:53.380-07:00Rest stops of Americatexas rest stop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWBSY8jBhgskAhXxH0R_lP98CDh5TFJlXPmOoUbNrsf-Rqo4Heouwm4duz8QgtHpspEwEnRDcftc0KW2lNCl4Qv_srHJjWGksMURbnwPyzw6GjP31aG6AsoVCxKPFqeeiuE0l99ey0xg/s1600/P5080044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469108970473957170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWBSY8jBhgskAhXxH0R_lP98CDh5TFJlXPmOoUbNrsf-Rqo4Heouwm4duz8QgtHpspEwEnRDcftc0KW2lNCl4Qv_srHJjWGksMURbnwPyzw6GjP31aG6AsoVCxKPFqeeiuE0l99ey0xg/s320/P5080044.JPG" border="0" /></a> majestic<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxV7_vdSNX0N9mUV1FE4NHBvuDxRTDKSEAoRzts4LgghBIfWXZsYfW1V0yN4UTrZzFODW__uuyml_GLaIV6LdjGlC4b-lut1oaBlKUD1oN6_1WcpgjW1fCEv0LfZDxfOUsSMezOPmOyo/s1600/P5080043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469108958565782674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxV7_vdSNX0N9mUV1FE4NHBvuDxRTDKSEAoRzts4LgghBIfWXZsYfW1V0yN4UTrZzFODW__uuyml_GLaIV6LdjGlC4b-lut1oaBlKUD1oN6_1WcpgjW1fCEv0LfZDxfOUsSMezOPmOyo/s320/P5080043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>me and my mamma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVmyOCvzxNmT6B5YkdwI3Bf3DY4vgyelG1ey-Rd-Xp1mVuZKxx4IWvO4FRtcpDie4MvTgE4icboEets3CyFjKnlaTbhTFy87MQzatfD7lCTk05Q12uub-j6l4AfHij4l1sGmG4AMnF0I/s1600/P5080040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469108089089722962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVmyOCvzxNmT6B5YkdwI3Bf3DY4vgyelG1ey-Rd-Xp1mVuZKxx4IWvO4FRtcpDie4MvTgE4icboEets3CyFjKnlaTbhTFy87MQzatfD7lCTk05Q12uub-j6l4AfHij4l1sGmG4AMnF0I/s320/P5080040.JPG" border="0" /></a> Texarkana, the rest stop is twice as nice<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI087GU1VIoB5iCeulramw2g48YZHtfD5LQU3ZG_5auWWEUv8Ukqg_WzzlznlRShBsVC11AUzLU6dLHDIkD0yUOqJs4CfDZaWodeGsk23UVEgAvsb4s5uLiclWQ-xT_Cb_a0ui7owsjg/s1600/P5080042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469108078792462882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI087GU1VIoB5iCeulramw2g48YZHtfD5LQU3ZG_5auWWEUv8Ukqg_WzzlznlRShBsVC11AUzLU6dLHDIkD0yUOqJs4CfDZaWodeGsk23UVEgAvsb4s5uLiclWQ-xT_Cb_a0ui7owsjg/s320/P5080042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Texas!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnbJOHryF9wKC-CURSs_mg2WOH949vljzZkPHp7DRWTwRAmHbbuXjKLz2aGbPWiVYMuGHQTZfcv-HJAzfF3kAWRIjEMj3qaTr3louEDQA97gqLeHgPnoOFiPiw5VwHWXjHOPupqj524A/s1600/P5080039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469107209157796066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnbJOHryF9wKC-CURSs_mg2WOH949vljzZkPHp7DRWTwRAmHbbuXjKLz2aGbPWiVYMuGHQTZfcv-HJAzfF3kAWRIjEMj3qaTr3louEDQA97gqLeHgPnoOFiPiw5VwHWXjHOPupqj524A/s320/P5080039.JPG" border="0" /></a> i'm keeping it from falling over<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5uIkfl0rmKRD4IUYbbJdxdXPmRO-kIFIV9Sw7iEYBCRytQPBQnhRBQswfKShHZ_IAgapOC6FoBEul0j6Pi7mVo-6Ei-2Np9NWHh9EPaQajbqEj1bYP8tVYLxsmrHyg6Xes4W3tNa8MM/s1600/P5080038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469107203836190082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5uIkfl0rmKRD4IUYbbJdxdXPmRO-kIFIV9Sw7iEYBCRytQPBQnhRBQswfKShHZ_IAgapOC6FoBEul0j6Pi7mVo-6Ei-2Np9NWHh9EPaQajbqEj1bYP8tVYLxsmrHyg6Xes4W3tNa8MM/s320/P5080038.JPG" border="0" /></a> our arrival in Texas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn5MZEcwP36eeRCZZ-adoln7q_9U8lehDRugmlyVRwzFoehocMcfzzCnOUDcGtVq3RA2udlGSoe9hS-fKTGGwvr3abjXtlkjY3gCLx_H6FcjNGzxFV3EJugQR7D_SmJcqYEAOyTIznkE/s1600/P5080036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469105829190521746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn5MZEcwP36eeRCZZ-adoln7q_9U8lehDRugmlyVRwzFoehocMcfzzCnOUDcGtVq3RA2udlGSoe9hS-fKTGGwvr3abjXtlkjY3gCLx_H6FcjNGzxFV3EJugQR7D_SmJcqYEAOyTIznkE/s320/P5080036.JPG" border="0" /></a>the mighty mississippi <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAkYfsEFn9in6sXKm4EKcL_wUwVCcowktIURGU9MnBvWNh6qUEPvE6au8jifCcjSaYp7ekT92RgHwSiSiFhyyeoZrswFQuVcMk3qT_YP6yZmK9pIzpq7cVdTkq4XVWr8n_7uqt2bhBNs/s1600/P5070031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469105823578816066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAkYfsEFn9in6sXKm4EKcL_wUwVCcowktIURGU9MnBvWNh6qUEPvE6au8jifCcjSaYp7ekT92RgHwSiSiFhyyeoZrswFQuVcMk3qT_YP6yZmK9pIzpq7cVdTkq4XVWr8n_7uqt2bhBNs/s320/P5070031.JPG" border="0" /></a>illinois rest area <div><div><br /><div>i lov the guy fishing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUs8XzvGiP9KkaclDIjPUDsolaIYzh5UtF9sHxbjw7_uteU9cZR5eVOgATBrLdIu4D0nqZlpx8F6cn9coBZk1lFK7-KdiH98pv24dgPlbJwCqyEZNSc0EOGPSM60DqpiVaYidICexZr0/s1600/P5070027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469104281692398050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUs8XzvGiP9KkaclDIjPUDsolaIYzh5UtF9sHxbjw7_uteU9cZR5eVOgATBrLdIu4D0nqZlpx8F6cn9coBZk1lFK7-KdiH98pv24dgPlbJwCqyEZNSc0EOGPSM60DqpiVaYidICexZr0/s320/P5070027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix2u-DvLeWsbt0o0pPFrMehCmCkSUuLn9tBw3NLoPTbJ18uOOJGeF3wolKeCVDhmHum34NdRGyTUxQlyIyk_w2ppsJf77tnQMugBBUbXkW4KEcDLORTD8g6eBBxOxTRGh24bNcr2hOs8/s1600/P5070028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469104277247609490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix2u-DvLeWsbt0o0pPFrMehCmCkSUuLn9tBw3NLoPTbJ18uOOJGeF3wolKeCVDhmHum34NdRGyTUxQlyIyk_w2ppsJf77tnQMugBBUbXkW4KEcDLORTD8g6eBBxOxTRGh24bNcr2hOs8/s320/P5070028.JPG" border="0" /></a>a rest stop in southern Illinois<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z4yNYyNgyirSPZhcxCr1lVWfrYOl0lrzWSVcJKNDWqrL1Hfz0u1p0aGUGEkjC3_Nix1T5ar2_mOaoIIM6s3IbykIIkLVjcRbVkOnvMA2t2dmT4PXuCWYk6sGgoafgrhyphenhyphenVHO1LXkm87Y/s1600/P5070021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469103088444298482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z4yNYyNgyirSPZhcxCr1lVWfrYOl0lrzWSVcJKNDWqrL1Hfz0u1p0aGUGEkjC3_Nix1T5ar2_mOaoIIM6s3IbykIIkLVjcRbVkOnvMA2t2dmT4PXuCWYk6sGgoafgrhyphenhyphenVHO1LXkm87Y/s320/P5070021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ziBvFgU1Qfv5wcu4KR2HpH1txorgeCR12WlRLQqL1mdTukCYGMtxMUe0DJdLsPHonsUgwG9OoHJr9F1dhznV5x1dhmg2XeI2sW5vNMWfd3nEFzW96KIA5HDCYbXQgqZLdipv-z4UCXA/s1600/P5070018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469103083392519410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ziBvFgU1Qfv5wcu4KR2HpH1txorgeCR12WlRLQqL1mdTukCYGMtxMUe0DJdLsPHonsUgwG9OoHJr9F1dhznV5x1dhmg2XeI2sW5vNMWfd3nEFzW96KIA5HDCYbXQgqZLdipv-z4UCXA/s320/P5070018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-66151188146827756332010-05-07T19:31:00.000-07:002010-05-07T19:55:51.240-07:00Illinois; the state that doesn't endFirst day of driving in the journey to retrieve Uela. We left a little later than originally planned. I woke up this morning and opened my eyes heard thunder saw lots of rain and lightning out the window, and hear my mom say "i'm not driving in that" so i went back to sleep. woke up a little later, ate some bacon, packed up the truck and left. the weather cleared up and we left. <div>Illinois is a very long state, i felt like we were in Illinois forever. Very nice rest stops in Illinois, way better than Indiana. There was one by a lake, i saw some guy fishing. Lots of trees and woods, got out and walked a bit. </div><div>We waited to eat until we found something better, sought out a Culvers that we never found nd ended up doing the 2 for 20 deal at an empty Applebees in southern Illinois. Eventually we crossed the mighty Mississippi and into Missouri and eventually into Arkansas, which is where we are now, watching Dateline.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll be off to Uncle Joe and Aunt Nancy's in the morning.</div><div>I'll see if i can post the pictures from the rest area ( they were pretty, yes i took pictures)</div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723961094255766396.post-82986303106600430112010-05-06T22:16:00.000-07:002010-05-06T22:41:18.512-07:00Home for the night then OFFWell I managed to pack all of my stuff into my little focus. Procrastinating until after my last final was not a wise decision. I was over an hour past my original checkout time. Earlier had an econ final, i think it went pretty well, anna and i did the test dance to eye of the tiger for the last time. I felt like i had my moving out skills more together last year. Turned out I left the wrench i needed to re-loft my bed in the pink drawers my mom took the weekend before. We had to search far and wide for something. Thank you clayton for your contribution which i'm sure u are unaware of. Well we got it lofted and eventually I did manage to leave Read for the last time as a resident. It was very sad. I only managed to sell back like 2 of my books, which was also sad. I'm really going to miss everyone in Bloomington over the summer, and living with anna.<div><br /></div><div>anyhoo I hit the open road in my very disorganized and packed focus, later than expected. Got home, ate, watched a bit of baseball with dad. Then unpacked the car, and nothing ends a day of packing and unpacking like more packing. So i packed for the next two weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow, mom and I leave whenever it is that we wake up (mom wakes up early) and drive, probably stopping somewhere in arkansas. I'm up for a funfilled day of driving through flat land. YEEEAAAAHHHH! it'll be fun tho, mother daughter bonding time. The TEXAS, FAMILIA and whatnot. Can't wait to see everyone. I will try to keep this updated through the trip. </div><div>hasta maƱana</div>Yessiquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468100458717004379noreply@blogger.com0