October Updates

I realized that I haven't posted in a long time, so here goes.  Last weekend I took a trip to Sevilla for Elliot's birthday.  We had a really really great time.  I didn't realize how much I missed living there.  It's so much bigger and prettier than Badajoz.  The architecture and views are amazing almost everywhere you look.  We went to all of the old spots that we used to love, like the park, the rio, the city center, plaza de espana, the stadium, etc etc.  We even went to visit our host Mamas.  We got some desert and coffee with my host Mom which was so much fun.  It was great to see her, and made me miss living there.  I wanted to go back home with her instead of going to my hostel.  The weather was perfect as always.  We stayed in an awesome hostel in the center, right near where we used to go out.  The hostel is an old mansion, so the architecture inside was incredible.  It was also the cleanest and nicest hostel I've ever seen, so that was a definite plus.  It was a nice little getaway.  This week I'm working at the elementary school.  It's going well, except every time I'm here I have to fight off some kind of sickness that I feel coming on.  Sleep and OJ has seemed to do the trick so far though.

This weekend (well, actually starting today) we are going to the North of Spain.  Besides Barcelona, northern Spain is one of the few places that neither Elliot nor I have traveled to.  It'll be a bit of a hassle getting there, but I suspect it'll be worth it.  Tonight (Thursday) we're taking a 10:30 bus up north, so we'll arrive in the city of Oviedo at 8AM tomorrow.  We'll stay in Oviedo for a few days, then move on to Gijon.  After that, we'll travel to Santander.  From there we'll fly back to Sevilla, then bus back to Badajoz (gotta love living out in the sticks).  So this trip will introduce me to three new cities: Oviedo, Gijon, and Santander.  Pictures and updates to come.

That's about it on the updates.  I've pretty much settled into my work schedule.  Classes in schools are going pretty well.  I picked up about 8 private classes, which go very well for the most part, (excluding occasionally wanting to slam my head into the wall).  I'm happy here.  Although I do miss home and wish someone would come visit!!!!