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We´re about to go the Caves of Urbax. Promise to update my blog in full in a couple of days with more pictures!
I want a hamburger. :) lol

ARRIBA

Yesterday was quite the day... 

We took a tour of Pamplona, on foot, and it was pretty fun. We got to see a really old cathedral, a really neat view of Pamplona, the old city walls, some perritos as we walked through the streets (the dogs here are weird, not at all like american dogs), the Plaza del Toros which is where the Running of the Bulls ends which was really awesome, and other stuff. 

I thought it was really cool that everyone loves Pamplona and the Festival de San Fermin so much. It´s kinda like Stephenville and Larry Joe Taylor. lol Kinda. 

Here is the really old Cathedral, I believe it was called the Santa Maria Real, it was soooo beautiful!

This is Cortney. We were taking her senior pics at our school during one of our breaks. 

This is a view of the courtyard where I attend school every day. It´s not a monastery, but its like a church, and there are friars there. Its different. :)

 This creepy man is outside our classroom. I don´t know who he is, but we call him a vampire. I think he´s probably holy.

 This is one of my teachers, Sonia. She´s nuts, but very animated and has taught us alot.

This is the inside of the main part of our school down the road from where my classes are. Its pretty :)

Stairwell in my school. 

Gates at my school. Sorry, Tarleton, these are much better. :) lolz. 

the sign outside my school

 A really old government building (edificio de gobierno) near the center of Pamplona.

El Banco de Espana. Me gusta! 

This is a sign at the Plaza de Toros talking about the Running of the Bulls.

This is the countdown clock to the Running of the Bulls during San Fermin.

This is ham hanging up in a restaurant. Disgusting. 

Really pretty ornate decorations at the Cathedral. 

 Los chicas de Tarleton hanging out in front of the Cathedral at a really cute little cafeteria.

days 1-3.

Hola!

Well we made it to Pamplona. We've been fighting off jet-lag, but other than that we are having fun. Oh and we stopped in between Madrid and Pamplona to eat because we were all starving, and I got a shrimp sandwich. It was definitely different.

The first night we were here, Pamplona had a huge partido de futbol (soccer game) and we didn't go to that, but our host mom told us we had to go to the Plaza del Castillo and hang out with all the locals. And when I say all the locals, I mean ALL the locals. There were thousands of people peppering the plaza and everyone was drinking sangria and cerveza and dancing. And playing Lady Gaga. With strobe lights. Oh and grown men in white tutus.

It was interesting.

We've been eating lots of food that we can't identify. But our favorite has been the tortilla (not the kind you get at Rosa's, its actually an omelet) con papas. It was SO freakin good. Probably because we haven't eaten much of anything else.

We're taking a tour of Pamplona this afternoon, so I will have tons of pictures to update my blog with in the morning.

Miss all you people, but don't feel bad for me, I'm living the good life in Pamplona. :)

--C

this shall be interesting.

Being the worrywart that I am, i checked flight details as we were driving down I-30 to DFW airport, and guess what... FLIGHT CANCELLED!

We've been here at the airport for almost an hour, but we will be in Madrid by tomorrow! We luckily got two flights so we're divying up the group and getting there within 3 hours of each other.

More at the next stop. :)

El dia uno.

Okay, let's be honest.

I'm probably not going to get up early enough to post my first post on my way to Espana in the morning, so I figured I'd do it now. :)

We leave tomorrow at 1:30. I will be arriving in Spain on Saturday (aka The Rapture day for those of you following the radicalistic view of family radio).

I look forward to jet lag, paella, fun times with friends, seeing where the bulls run, and oh, of course, escuela y tarea!

Adios America, HOLA ESPANA!

ESPANA

11 days and counting til I leave for the Spanish countryside. Or city. Or wherever it is I am going. :)

Stay tuned for posts about my trip! I'm so excited! :)

And nervous. And I think it would be funny to type all my posts in Spanish, you (the reader) can always use google translate.

Okay, I gotta study for finals.