Hello again everyone,

So it’s been a while since I last posted…life’s thrown me a few curveballs.  After my first two weeks in Spain I had to go back to the States for two weeks for a family tragedy (quick shout-out to all my friends and family – I love you all).  Fortunately I was able to go back to Spain (despite some serious flight issues) without missing too much of my classes.  Here’s what’s been going on since my return…

So I started my four classes for the semester – Advanced Spanish Grammar (fun, right?…but useful I guess), Spanish Popular Culture (really interesting – explains Spanish daily life), Spanish Art History (pretty dry, like it sounds, but I had to take an art class), and Spanish Gastronomy and Wine Industry (yes, it is the best class ever).  I wasn’t actually behind hardly at all, as the first week or two of classes were pretty slow.  In my art history class we visited a local art/anthropology/history museum called “El MARQ” – by far the most interesting thing we’ve done in that class.  In my gastronomy class we visited two local wineries and had a good time learning about and sampling many different wines – it was so great. 

Last weekend my whole program took a trip to Seville, but I’ll get to that in the next entry.  For now, I’ve gotta finish getting ready for my fall break trip – El Camino de Santiago – a historic pilgrimage in northwest Spain.  I’ll be backpacking for a week so don’t expect to hear from me again until next weekend…

�Hasta luego!

Location: Alicante, Spain