Leflet Sanlucar Sanlucar la Mayor

... I waited for a bit and finally came across Marissa and Javier who helped me make my way to the taxi!

I got to my house and was greeted by my house mother's parents (she's out of town and won't be back until the morning) who helped me get settled, made me 2 delicious meals and gave me my house keys. I unpacked and slept most of the day. What I've seen so far I LOVE my apartment is situated in the cutest little neighborhood surrounding by tapas and ...

... a stage until 3. So today has been a bit of a recovery day. We slept in late, had a leisurly lunch sitting in the Plaza Nueva and then came back to the hostel to play cribbage. We had planned to see a few things, but the conteporary art museum closes early on sunday, and the cathedral USED to be free on sundays, but it turns out our copy of the Lonely planet is a year old, and things have changed, so it was just a lazy day with some blogging thrown in.

... So we headed to the train station first, hoping that there would be a cheap, fast train but there are no trains that leave Seville and go to Lisbon. We would have had to take a train to Madrid to go to Lisbon so it was back to the bus station and we ended up buying tickets for another 6 hour bus ride. After we got that sorted we checked out the main cathedral in Seville and also the royal Palace. I spent some time trying to ...

... We met a great group of travelers and went to La Caboneria for a live Flamenco show. It was a blast. The bar was packed with locals and tourists mingling and enjoying the free show and cheap beer. After the show, we stuck around for a bit longer then headed back to the hostel only to be up at 6 a.m. for another day of travel. This time it was a four hour bus ride to the sun and sea for a few days in Malaga.

... adoreable spanish women and two train tickets in the club car. So here I am sitting on the internet, in the club car with old business men drinking whiskey. We received a full plate of sandwhiches, soup, and later dessert. the best part of the whole thing was the gin and tonics that we so badly needed. Katie and I each got two and the old man sitting across from katie gave us the most horrified looks, it was absouletly hilarious. We finally made ...

Last day skiing. :( Still didn't run 13m but at least my 14s are pretty and consistant. And I'm getting a really good start on my 13. After skiing, Mat and I went exploring in a near by town and then we all had a big group dinner out. The clubs weren't open due to a massive festival in the next town. Bring it. Lewis, bless him, was out with us till 5:30am!! Hey, I'm gonna be a fun mom! What a ...

... There were only a few hours of sun and it was kinda chilly but still nice enough to go to the beach and read and just sit and listen to the waves crashing (which I could do forever). But this town has an abundance of old Irish and British people. I swear it was like the Florida of Europe where tons of retired people go to chill. It was tons of fun though. On Saturday night, since it was St. Patrick's day, we decided to hop from ...

... in Spain that the Andalucians speak the most grammatically incorrect Spanish, haha, so I´m learning well. I´ve also learned that there are several dialects within Spain and the Spanish I am speaking is actually called castellano. In the Barcelona area they speak another dialect, catalán, in the northwest corner another, and there´s one more too, but I can´t remember which region. So it will be interesting to see if I can understand people when I travel! Also, Spaniards ...

... of the sunny south of spain we were expecting, were greeted with cold and rainy spain instead. i can see how people would find sevilla a beautiful city, but at the moment they are constructing a tram line right through the centre of the city, past all the most beautiful and important sites, and so the city currently resembles one very large construction site, complete with poorly behaved builders... we headed to the alcazar, which is a big castle/ palace ...

I got back to the hostel last night and the guy at the front desk is talking to his girlfriend/friend/whoever yet again... he seems to do this every night. I want to fire him. I'm not even his boss! LOL! There was a distinct octogenarian feeling at the hostel this evening. A whole posse of ...