See what I'm up to in Spain!: Spring Break...

Hola a todos!

I am sorry that I have been writing only once a week the past couple of weeks, but school is really starting to get in the way of things! It's like they don't want us to do anything but study and do projects! The funny thing is that I'm not really joking, school has really started to get way overwhelming and it's not right. But I can't change anything. So I will just make the best of my situation and try to see new things everyday even if it may be in the darn TTU center late one night doing a project.

Abbie and my dad came last Sunday to visit me for Spring Break! It was incredible. I showed them around Sevilla on Sunday and Monday (and we had an awesome bible study Monday night with the Tech kids and their parents/significant others), and on Tuesday morning we all left for the nice little city of Toledo, where we stayed for a night. We left Wednesday for Madrid, but we made a few stops along the way, such as El Escorial and La Granja, locations in Spain that are very important to Spanish history. Once we got to Madrid things really got cookin!

Our first night, Wednesday night, Abbie, my Dad and I went to some of the main plazas and streets of the town, and ended the great day by seeing this fantastic jazz quintet (Tui Higgins Quintet) in a cool little cafe called Cafe Central off of Plaza Angel in central Madrid. The group was absolutely incredible, and I was SO SO glad to hear some really outstanding jazz here in Europe! We also had some very good paella for dinner right off of Plaza Mayor.

Thursday was spent visiting the nice little town of Segovia, right outside of Madrid. It is the home to some original, still-standing, 2000 year old aqueducts built by the Romans. That was incredible!

Friday was a day of ALL MADRID. We started the morning by visiting the Thyssen Art Collection, and we saw what was an incredible collection of art. Basically, one important piece from every well renowned artist was there in that museum. Next, we continued on the art theme and joined the Tech kids at the Prado Art Museum, one of the most famous art museums in the world. It was a wonderful morning full of art appreciation! That afternoon, Abbie, my dad, my friends Daniel, Ryan, Ashlee, Colby, and I all went to the awesome central park of Madrid, called the Parque de Buen Retiro. We relaxed and played some ultimate frisbee in the park until it got dark.

Saturday, Dad and the Sadowski's left back for home, and Abbie and I spent the day hangin around the city, seeing everything we didn't see the past couple of days. That night we bar hopped some and got the taste of the Madrid nightlife, which equals one word... PACKED. Every bar was standing room only, it was actually quite uncomfortable. Simply too many people!

Abbie left for home on Sunday, and all of us Tech kids caught the train back to Sevilla.

Now we are here in class, stressing out because of all the work we have to do this week and next week. It is crazy! I will write again soon, for now enjoy the pics below!