Springtime

I could’ve sworn I wrote one of these yesterday…

Anyways, for once I figured I should write this early as I’ll have quite a few things going on in the next two weeks, mainly that I’ll be going to Italy, but I’ll get to that in a bit. It’s almost april and the spring time is upon us, we’ve had around 25 degree weather for the past week and it’s awesome to feel the sunshine. As well, it feels like every week is getting better.

                The biggest event this month was my trip with a friend of mine, Alex. We met in Madrid and stayed in a hostel (packed with students from all over Europe and the US on spring break) a block away from the Puerta del sol, the center of Madrid. The very first night, after seeing the elegant royal palace, we had the luck of running into two other rotary students eating in a café (Spain can really be quite a small country) and we were able to have fun passing the rest of the day chatting and seeing sights.

In the days after, using Madrid as a hub, we went all over the area to Segovia, with its preserved aqueduct and disneyesque castle, Toledo, the former fortress-capital of the Spanish Empire and El Escorial, the summer home of the kings and the headquarters of the inquisition. Later we returned to Zaragoza to see some of the sights there. The whole week was a very enjoyable break from my schedule to see sights, travel, and catch up and talk with a good friend.

In the weeks after, I’ve gotten back into my schedule, which has gotten exceptionally busy (but fun) with the addition of memorizing scripts for theatre. As well, I now have the opportunity to go to Italy, the host-mom of another student fortunately works at a school where they had been planning a trip to Italy, and thought, as I had done less traveling than the other students (hard to believe) that I would enjoy coming along. As such, that’s where I’ll be going in an hour. We’ll be going in boat from Barcelona to Italy, with four days in rome, two in venice, one in Florence and a few other sights and I am incredibly excited.

Anyway, as a general note, everything is going quite well. Last week I enjoyed a jazz concert (or Jam session, rather) with friends and we’re hoping to make that a mild tradition.

Hasta luego.