Hello! I am here on the farm in the region of Cataluña! and recovering from being a little sick the past couple days. Barcelona was a blast and can tell you all about it when i get home. Also went swimming in the mediteranian which was freezing but had to be done. I am eating so much delicious fresh food here it is great. Next week i got to ASturias (small farm in the middle of nowhere/paradise) till the end of June. And the plans as of now are that i will go to germany to visit friends afterwards, and then to england/ireland7scotland where hopefully i will know someone i can stay with, and then come back to the states in early august. Anyway, i am sureiyou are all doing well, love and miss you!,
Hasta luego,
un besito

update; por fin (finally)

So, I don't know if anyone is still bothering to read this but I've been quite busy living in the present, which when done right doesn't leave one much time to report online, or keep in contact with dear ones far away either. But some new developments:
I have decided to stay in Spain for May and a little bit of June working on two local farms through a program called WWOOF. !!!
Madrid is still excellent. Spanish is still being learned at a slow and steady pace. NExt week is our vacation and I'm embarking on an unplanned adventure with my swiss friend Elodi to the cities of Cordoba (majestic mosque i really wanna check out) and Sevilla (supposedly has the most impressive religious processions for easter). To all my family I am going to miss not being home for Easter and spending the holiday with all of you. First time haven't been home for one of the big three (thanksgiving and Christmas) and it feels pretty wierd.
well, i hope you are all doing well.

Hello all,
Sorry I haven't been posting a lot. (But really, what did we expect?)

I am still doing very well across the sea. School is actually starting to become like school which is a bummer. A 6 pg paper in spanish is pretty intimidating. BUt hopefully I'll get started on it and not get overwhelmed.

I was in the beautiful city of Granada last weekend, home of the impressive Alambra. It was a lot of fun. I am running out to my first spanish protest right now, (something about housing problems in madrid and homelessness) but I'll post again later...

:)
love

You tube Video link!

Video of me, Oli, and my madrilena friend Elena singing a great song by the Elvis Presley/John Lennon equivalent of Flamenco - Camaron (tradicional Spanish/ Gypsy music).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S6-fcTCOls&eurl=http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=614148043&share_id=54165426515

Fotos from the camara my good Belgian friend Oli (Whose last night is tonight! :) We have had mucho fun together

International Sing Along Party!
Liz, Oli and I in a rather authentic Hookah Bar in the Arabic neighborhood of Madrid.
Wee little twin babies played soccer with us!
We played soccer.
Oli and I posing in a very fun discoteca that played music ranging from Spice Girls/Grease/Bon Jovi/Kanye West/Reggaeton and of course various spanish songs no one (including me) would recognize.

The beautiful city of Toledo as seen from the roof of a church!


























Cathedral of Toledo











The Beautiful Church


















6:00 AM after a long night dancing :)














Me and Friend Danny

Carnaval!

I just bought bus tickets to Cadiz (city on southern coast) for Carnaval (3rd biggest carnaval fiesta in the world) for the weekend! Woo-whooo!