I feel like I was gone for foreeeeever last week. Germany-still gets a huge thumbs up overall. I intended on doing my huge update this evening. But I'm not in the embellishing mood now. The Berlin conference was cool, I'm glad I went. Visiting my family again was really nice. And I got to see a few different towns near Stuttgart ( Read more... )

This week has been quite the polar opposite of last week. I believe I've only seen my roommates and coworkers, I've been sleeping a lot, and eating vegetables (I almost forgot what those were...). A relax and refresh week was definitely in order, since it seems like many people I know are sick. So now I'm pumped for going to Berlin and not sleeping ( Read more... )

Valencia
es la tierra de las flores de la luz y del amor...Wednesday morning we all trekked to Valencia for a Fulbright conference. Most of us traveled on the same train, which I'm sure was absolutely de-LIGHT-ful for the other passengers. We also stayed in a hotel (not a hostel!). It was nice to talk to people I usually don't get a chance to see/ ( Read more... )

For you lazy ones. Or just people who don't pay attention to my picasa site as much as my parents do. ; )

80 some pictures of Sevilla goodness:

So Spain being a Catholic country, Semana Santa (Holy Week, for the English monolinguals) is extremely important, and widely celebrated. As i have stated, the place of all places to be for it (and potentially most touristy...) is Sevilla. So this weekend, I shipped off to experience Semana Santa firsthand down south.

First- I took the AVE down to ( Read more... )

Photos from Marrakech!
70 some pictures. If you want an amplification of the facebook album, here it is.

Before this weekend, I had heard a few things about Morocco. It had been described as “exotic,” “different,” or “interesting,” and though these words alone do little to actually provide a picture of the experience, I now know realize that these are definitely accurate adjectives. I’m not sure that I’ll be able to accurately capture the Moroccan ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to update...and just haven't ( Read more... )

I figured it was time to add another small blip on the journal radar ( Read more... )

Previously Undetected Talents of SpaniardsExample #1-I've been known to say that Spaniards can't parallel park for their lives. In Granada, in was quite frequent for cars to be halfway parked on curbs. Here in Madrid, it drives me crazier. My assumption is that if you live in a big city, you become accustomed-maybe even "learn?"-how to do such ( Read more... )