Love,
Katie
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Buona Pasqua!
Happy Easter!
We are in Rome now, alive, well, and soaked - it poured today! Hope everyone had a good weekend. We are off to see all of the Roman ruins tomorrow, and then to Vatician City on Tuesday. More details later, just thought I would say a quick hello!
Amore,
Katie
We are in Rome now, alive, well, and soaked - it poured today! Hope everyone had a good weekend. We are off to see all of the Roman ruins tomorrow, and then to Vatician City on Tuesday. More details later, just thought I would say a quick hello!
Amore,
Katie
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Me encanta este ciudad
Hi all!
I finally made it to an internet cafe! :) I only have a half an hour, but just thought I would write a blog before Italia. We leave the 21st, and I could not be more excited. However, it does not feel real yet. We are going to be there for 10 days. Even though that sounds like a long time, we are cramming a lot into that time. It should be a great time, and I´m going to write in my journal while I´m there, so no worries.
Las Fallas (the festival) has been incredible! This city nearly triples in size during it, and I have never seen so many people in my life. Today is the first day that we have been able to walk on the streets, en serio. Tonight is the symbolic burning of the Fallas (statues). The best way I can describe it is spring cleaning. Las Fallas started when people would clean out their houses and put everything they did not want in the middle of their plaza. After that, the neighborhood would burn everything in the pile. Now, the piles have turned into elaborate statues that are burned. Que lastima. What a shame. But it is supposed to symbolize the coming of a new season mas o menos. Every Falla will be burned at midnight, and the ¨winning¨ Falla receives an extra half an hour of life and is burned at 12:30 - great prize, huh? :) The winner was chosen by a panel of judges and also voted on by citizens.
I didn´t think that I could love this place anymore, but Las Fallas proved me wrong. I am going to use tomorrow to recoperate before Italy, so we´ll see how that works out for me.
Expect lots of stories and pictures when I return from Italy! Hope you all have a great week and a good rest of the month!
Miss you and talk to you soon. BESOS Y ABRAZOS FUERTES!
I finally made it to an internet cafe! :) I only have a half an hour, but just thought I would write a blog before Italia. We leave the 21st, and I could not be more excited. However, it does not feel real yet. We are going to be there for 10 days. Even though that sounds like a long time, we are cramming a lot into that time. It should be a great time, and I´m going to write in my journal while I´m there, so no worries.
Las Fallas (the festival) has been incredible! This city nearly triples in size during it, and I have never seen so many people in my life. Today is the first day that we have been able to walk on the streets, en serio. Tonight is the symbolic burning of the Fallas (statues). The best way I can describe it is spring cleaning. Las Fallas started when people would clean out their houses and put everything they did not want in the middle of their plaza. After that, the neighborhood would burn everything in the pile. Now, the piles have turned into elaborate statues that are burned. Que lastima. What a shame. But it is supposed to symbolize the coming of a new season mas o menos. Every Falla will be burned at midnight, and the ¨winning¨ Falla receives an extra half an hour of life and is burned at 12:30 - great prize, huh? :) The winner was chosen by a panel of judges and also voted on by citizens.
I didn´t think that I could love this place anymore, but Las Fallas proved me wrong. I am going to use tomorrow to recoperate before Italy, so we´ll see how that works out for me.
Expect lots of stories and pictures when I return from Italy! Hope you all have a great week and a good rest of the month!
Miss you and talk to you soon. BESOS Y ABRAZOS FUERTES!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Feliz viernes!
Happy Friday everyone!
Las Fallas has begun in Valencia, classes are over for the month of March, and it is gorgeous outside! Everything here is going well. We are spending our time outside as much as possible. We have also been planning the final details for Italy. Our flight leaves the 21st and we come back the 31st. It doesn´t feel real yet, but I am really excited!
Hope everyone is doing well. We are going to go see some Fallas (the statues in the plazas) tonight and I will try and post pictures before Wednesday, when the office closes.
Have a great weekend!
Te quiero!
Las Fallas has begun in Valencia, classes are over for the month of March, and it is gorgeous outside! Everything here is going well. We are spending our time outside as much as possible. We have also been planning the final details for Italy. Our flight leaves the 21st and we come back the 31st. It doesn´t feel real yet, but I am really excited!
Hope everyone is doing well. We are going to go see some Fallas (the statues in the plazas) tonight and I will try and post pictures before Wednesday, when the office closes.
Have a great weekend!
Te quiero!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Brussels
Hi everybody!
I only have about ten minutes until the ISA office closes, but just thought I'd let everyone know that Brussels was great! We did the typical tourist sites, some more exploring on our own, and a lot of eating. Tomorrow, I will write a much longer post with details.
Have a good night!
Love,
Katie
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Belgium
Last night, some friends and I went to a concert in the famous Arts and Sciences buildings. There is usually an area with a water, but they drained that water and 30,000 people crammed in to see the concert. The Cure was the main act and a few bands performed before them. They were okay, the atmosphere is what made it great!
The weather is a bit colder this week, but I still cannot complain. From now on, I am going to find a way to miss every winter in Kansas.
My roommate, Haley, and I are heading to Brussels for the weekend. We leave tomorrow afternoon and return on Sunday. I will post pictures early next week! I will also be sure to eat a Belgium waffle for each one of you. :o) Have a great weekend!
And, big congrats to Meg for making JV softball!
The weather is a bit colder this week, but I still cannot complain. From now on, I am going to find a way to miss every winter in Kansas.
My roommate, Haley, and I are heading to Brussels for the weekend. We leave tomorrow afternoon and return on Sunday. I will post pictures early next week! I will also be sure to eat a Belgium waffle for each one of you. :o) Have a great weekend!
And, big congrats to Meg for making JV softball!
Monday, March 3, 2008
el fin de semana pasada
Hola chicos!
This weekend I decided to stay in Valencia. However, we did take a day trip to Segundo, Spain. It is a quaint, little town about 30 minutes away by train. It is filled with Roman ruins, which was pretty neat to see. We spent the afternoon eating lunch on top of a castle. The views were incredible, and I will post pictures as soon as I can.
The rest of the weekend was spent enjoying the gorgeous weather. It was 70-80 degrees all weekend long - the best weather we have had so far. I can sense the jealousy from here, Kansas kids. :o) Anyway, we went to the beach, walked around the city, and spent some time just relaxing outside.
Classes are going really well. In Cultura y Civilizacion, we are learning about Spanish art this week. I love learning about all of this art (thanks, Grandma).
Hope everyone is doing well! I´ll send out pictures soon.
Love love love,
Katie
This weekend I decided to stay in Valencia. However, we did take a day trip to Segundo, Spain. It is a quaint, little town about 30 minutes away by train. It is filled with Roman ruins, which was pretty neat to see. We spent the afternoon eating lunch on top of a castle. The views were incredible, and I will post pictures as soon as I can.
The rest of the weekend was spent enjoying the gorgeous weather. It was 70-80 degrees all weekend long - the best weather we have had so far. I can sense the jealousy from here, Kansas kids. :o) Anyway, we went to the beach, walked around the city, and spent some time just relaxing outside.
Classes are going really well. In Cultura y Civilizacion, we are learning about Spanish art this week. I love learning about all of this art (thanks, Grandma).
Hope everyone is doing well! I´ll send out pictures soon.
Love love love,
Katie
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