La Parilla Albox

... Ubeda before too late.

We made the run up the Mediterranean coast to Malaga. The weather was hot, but not humid or uncomfortable. We rode mostly on the two lane highway that hugged the coast and followed the Autoroute, although both combined in some parts. In one small city in particular we noticed that there was an abundance of pharmacies. And when I mean abundant, I mean every block had one.

Once we reached Malaga, we ...

... language school where people 16 and over can take night courses in English and other languages where another auxiliar from the US is teaching. My students take so many of their core and elective courses per semester in English, I believe three or four, so I will be teaching lessons on my own as well as assisting the other teachers in various subjects in English. I begin on Oct. 1st and will have much more to tell then! We then took the bus out to Villa Gordo...literally Fat Village ...

... class and went on a tour of Bedmar, but since the pueblo has 3,000 people, the tour wasn't lengthy. The last class of the day was more Q & A with fourth graders and, at 2:00, we were off to Jaen again. Justin didn't waste anytime in starting his "siesta." About 20 minutes into the hour car ride, he was out, so my coworkers whom we were carpooling with decided he was part Spanish ...

... descent, I can't help but feel like I will be visiting the homeland of my people! Also, a few days ago I moved across town! Random huh? The whole thing came about when I was invited to take an available spot in a piso where a few of my friends live with their señora. Even though there were a lot of things I liked about living in the independent apartment option of my program, all in all living with Lina (the señora) is going to a way better ...

... to me that a good way to help these kids get used to talking is to do the same kinds of things that my Spanish teachers in high school did with us. Sure, high school Spanish was mad stressful and hard, but it worked wonders. I have had no trouble with speaking in Spanish ever since. Remembering this I went about preparing a little "Silla Caliente" sheet. (Linda, Nick, and anyone else from St. Francis, you know what I'm talking about.) For ...

Ciao, I have discovered on down fall to traveling without a plan and just dropping into any city you want when ever you want. It is best to have a very comprehensive book of all areas. I wasn´t planning on Granada and arrived a little on the uninformed side of things. Wikipedia comes in hand for these occasions: Granada - Greek: (Steph. Byz.) - Elibyrge; Latin: Illiberis (Ptol. ii. 4. § 11) or Illiberi Liberini (Pliny iii. 1. s. 3); - is ...

... taken the Friday morning train for the last leg and spent a night in Madrid. Oh well. We´ll never know. So, with reservation in hand for 3 days hence, I stepped form the rail station expecting the same grand treatment I´d received in Sevilla. I looked for a tourism office. There was none. I looked for a cab and saw nothing but figurative tumbleweeds blowing acoross the pavement. I just stood there looking around for a few minutes until I felt the plastic buckles on my pack ...

... geometic beauty. What's really cool is the history that made such a place...so you've got the Islamic influence in the 13th and 14th centuries, the the Christians crusade on in and take over, build a church on the mosque and other than Carlos tearing down a wing of the Palacio...all was left intact. But then in the 18th century it was abandoned to beggars and thieves!! And during Napoleon it was used as a barracks and supposidly ...

... the Alhambra and set on 75 lush acres. That evening, the four of us watched an embarrassing soccer game with the US losing to the Czech Republic 3-0. Tuesday was a lazy day for the four of us since the prior two mornings we were up early. We walked around the town and went inside the cathedral. Later that evening, the four of us attended the local fairgrounds which were in celebration of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is a week long ...

... quick directions from Yann and was out the door before 7:10. The bright moon was still high up in the sky and the stars were twinkling. I still can't believe that its morning I muttered to myself, shoving my gloved hands deeper into my pockets. The air was very chilly and I began to think about what it will be like to have to endure another Canadian winter. I stopped thinking about it as I reminded myself I will be ...