I've officially been gone for a month... I can hardly believe it. Time has gone by so quickly and luckily, I am finally starting to get into the swing of things. I am starting traveling intensively next weekend with a tour of Galicia (the region of Spain I am in) and a trip to Madrid to see the Kings of Leon. I am stoked. Heres what I have in store for the next few months: after Madrid, five days in Valencia (town on the eastern coast of Spain), then a six day tour of Andalucia (the southernmost region of Spain). The next weekend, we are taking a trip to Dublin to celebrate Saint Pattys Day. The following week, we are spending five days in Barcelona, and then going to Bilbao the next weekend to see the Gugenheim. CJ is coming the next week for two weeks and we are going to split eight or so days between Paris and Barcelona. After Paris and Barcelona I am taking a trip to Portugal, and am planning to make it to London the weekend after Portugal. After London, school will be nearly done, and I will begin preparations for my final trip to Frankfurt where I plan on spending a few days exploring before I head back to the US. Whew. After this weekend, I will only have two weekends where I am not going anywhere. Its going to be a packed few months.


Last weekend we went to Vigo, which is a town very close to Portugal an hour and a half away. It was a wonderful city built on a very hilly, very beautiful coast. It was the first sunny day we'd had in a few weeks.



First view of Vigo.


The girls and I.

In general, Vigo was wonderful. I want to go back on one of my free weekends in April or May when it is hopefully a bit warmer. The two girls in the anchor picture with me are Helen and Kelsea, who along with two guys Paul and Taylor, are my core group of friends. The five of us are doing basically all of our traveling together. Helen, Kelsea and Taylor all go to KU and Paul goes to Kenyon College in Ohio. To say the least, we have all become a tight knit group... all the Americans here have become my family away from home. Last night, for instance, about 15 friends came over to Fattin and my apartment and we had a huge potluck dinner feast, and then all went out together afterwards. Its wonderful to know how many great friends I am making, and how, when I go back to KU, I will still have these fantastic people around (minus Paul and a few other girls from Kenyon. We are trying to convince Paul to come visit Kansas though...).

All in all, I am having a good time. We are going to Pontevedra (another Spanish coastal town) tomorrow, so I will hopefully have some pictures from that. I love you and miss you all!