these are pictures of spain.
IT'S SO
so after a truly painful flight (my ears popped like no other), we landed in:
sam with her bull book.
proving that palm trees exist in spain.
andria, jess, and me.
some of the boyz.
jackie reading something complicated and academic.
THERE IS NO TAX IN EUROPE.
allison and andria being really bored during our layover.
three chaperones. kleinman is talking to some random.
andria brought this movie and vowed to make us all watch it at some point. she never did succeed.
me and jess are very much alike.
just look at my face.
sam, dreb, and the o'connors.
so then we finally get to toledo after another flight!
the view from our hotel window.
my sleepy roommate.
seriously so happy to lie down.
steinberg pondering the scenery.
dreb's excited.
cobblestone is pretty but hurts my feet.
my first spanish meal of chicken curry.
love this guy.
not as much as jess.
main square in toledo.
this photo was part of that stupid scavenger hunt.
me chatting with local ladies.
random church at night.
everyone was in a frenzy when the ATM machine ate adam's card.
this is how kleinman passes time in hotel lobbies. poor kaitlyn.
my outfit was pretty much great that day.
NANCY!
illegal pictures of el greco's masterpieces.
uhhh this castle is made out of marzipan.
"take a tourist picture of me."
won't go into the story of the video that goes along with this picture. suffice to say, me and andria are amazing shoppers.
we know how to pass the time in shoe stores.
toledo is pretty.
then we took a long drive.
windmill.
cute view.
us taking retarded pictures in the cold.
ooh.
okay, it was seriously so windy that day. this is me after i fled, shocked, back into the bus.
andria's scary wind hair.
us angry at how cold it was.
olive trees on the road.
we visited the inn of don quixote.
me and the don, looking hot.
touristy restaurant inside.
historical, blahblah.
GRANADA!
this hotel hosted many happy memories.
spanish graffiti was always beautiful.
and so was the street art.
the entrance to the grave of fernando and isabella.
me and adam.
allison and her failed "once" ticket.
kleinman and carey. bonding.
look closely for the gross spanish couple in the middle.
striking resemblance: shifter and the street performer.
palace again.
about half the group.
illegal church pic.
la moda.
the arabians had their own shopping district.
sam katz.
adam wearing andria's pajamas, comfortably.
the night that's still burned in all our memories.
the alhambra.
hi green skullcap.
castle I.
castle II.
castle III.
castle IV.
castle V.
view from castle.
me and jess could not get this picture right.
palm tree.
bessie being cold like the rest of us.
more views.
sames anderson.
time for seville.
so many orange trees in spain.
they're pretty.
me and adam should've won best couple.
could i be the hottest person there?
mama stein and me.
mijas is amazing.
carnivale!
yes.
spanish junior japs, dancing.
everyone was in cute costume.
veeery cute.
I IMITATE ROWAN ATKINSON LIKE NO OTHER. and i look like emine here.
artist guy.
me and nancy shmancy.
three greats.
then time for rrrrronda.
the third-biggest bullring in spain.
bullbullbull.
scenic ronda.
ooh.
my mom wants to frame this picture, lord knows why.
me and the pathetically sick ricky.
montanas.
kleinman. my personal jesus.
farmland?
almond bushes. also known as alien plants.
pretty canyon.
nancy explaining flying buttresses.
us failing to demonstrate flying buttresses.
cannot distinguish between the two.
poor kaitlyn.
darth bader.
that nancy is always talking about bulls.
us admiring the huge bullring.
that right there.
that's me and mcmaughll-of-america.
sam showing off her fast food.
"WE HAVE A HUGE ROOM."
architecture.
me listening to mrs. carey.
ronda, baby.
washington irving. mr. buchman follows me everywhere.
the disco cruuuuuise.
me and jess before the cruise.
aaand me and bessie. i look male.
everybody breakin it down.
the last dinner!
mmmm, paella.
everyone realizing they can't blow bottles like me.
the dinner party.
kaitlyn making the party.
flamenco-ing people. flamencing? flamencoers?
adrian brody! i love your work!
the building fulla naked people.
allison and shawn with their churros.
jess and i are not so civilized.
random statue.
the prado!!
me excited reflection.
my loverrr.
sculpture.
a sea of children.
copycat artist.
very illegal picture of velasquez's masterpiece.
closeup on the famous part.
good painting by goya.
a great last day.
me buying a delicious sweet potato.
the last morning.
the last messy room.
then we got called downstairs.
the final paaarty.
paul chang, unlike enzo, is a barrel of fun.
everyone being bored as the scores were tallied.
tallied veeery slowly by the chaperones.
i heart choi.
roommates.
strange combo of people. brooke, for one, is confused.
the best partners ever.
in shoes...
and in friendship.
me trying to sleep.
shifter being hot.
more sleeping people.
and then...we had to leave!
EXCITED TO GO HOME AND EAT CHINESE FOOD.
but sad to say goodbye to nancy.
ricky, still exuding that wild energy.
crazy man with a cleft lip.
jackie and her troublemaker seatmate.
turbulence!!
aaaahhhhhh!
brooke screaming in terror.
afraid.
but choked up. because lordy, i have missed america.
final!