El Flamero Matalascanas

6/8 Lee and I were up early for our excursion to Cordoba. We took a high speed train for 14€ that made the trip in just 45 minutes (www.raileurope.com has a great website where I can check the train schedules). The trains are great, comfortable and a super way to see the countryside. There were more beautiful sunflower fields along with oli...

Well, I know I haven't posted for the majority of this semester. There are a few reasons for that: One, you never know who reads your blogs and I was getting to the point with friends of friends of friends reading it that I knew I had no control of who was reading my posts, so I didn't know how to filter myself. Thus I filtered everything. Two, ...

Trying to play catch-up on my journal - here's a letter to my parents (edited) to update you all since I probably will never get around to rewriting this entirely: Hi! I cooked dinner for my family on Friday night and made Aunty Mary's salmon recipe. However, I had problems finding the salmon since the store Maria Carmen told me to go to was all...

It really is becoming a running joke. In how many countries can Cate find a way to hurt herself? Luckily my travels have not yet (knock on wood) been marred by a hospital visit. Today while I was showering in the bathtub made for midgets, I was kneeling over trying to rinse the shampoo from my hair using the handheld showerhead and this time I h...

All I wanted was a pair of sneakers. Well, actually two pairs. I have about a mile to walk to class every day, and then back again. Cobblestones and up and down off of raised sidewalks while crossing streets, trying to take the quickest way to class every morning as I inevitably take that extra minute to sip my Cola Cao (hot chocolate brand) bef...

It's been cold the last few days, and raining on and off. It's not that bad, but when you have to walk a half hour to your classes, it's much more pleasant to do it in mild temperatures and sun. And I thought I was going to be studying in a warm Mediterranean climate. I hate cold weather more each year. My Spanish class has been going really wel...

So it took me about a week to finish my last entry, and I never really finished it to the level I wanted to. I'm finding that living with a family means less time to myself to write in my journal than I had in China while living in an apartment. I find that I have been using my computer a lot less, also, but definitely still addicted. I talk to ...

Today was a wonderful day. It was absolutely perfect, in fact. I woke up at 7 and took my morning routine into the bathroom to get ready for the beach. I lathered on the sunscreen, put on my bathing suit, and slapped on the ghetto hat. With the sun already up and waiting for me, i knew it was going to be a wonderful day. I made it to the bus sta...

i just feel so at home at the beach. After checking out of the hostal, lindsay and i went off in search of coffee and breakfast. I purchased a ghetto Sevilla hat to protect my face from burning, and then we set up camp in the sun and the sand. I am about halfway through Angela's Ashes, and i really like it. I've been very fortunate with all my r...

On Sunday morning I woke up early and met Discover Sevilla, which is a tourist group which caters to American students living in Sevilla. During Sweet Briar orientation the director gave us all 50€ bono cards (like gift certificates) good towards any trip. for the kids i´m sure the money came out of what their parents have to pay, but for m...