so rio vida has finished. a lot of tears and hugs and goodbyes later nikki and i were on our way to seville. we boarded a train from alicante to madrid. half way through the ride though they got us off the train and put us on buses to madrid since the railway was under construction. we got dropped off at some train station, or at least we think that is what it was. a very nice train attendant loaded us onto another train that we found out was the metro and told us "tres paradas". in other words at the third stop get off. so we did and we were in some grungy dark train station. we walked around until we found a ticket booth and bought passes for the train to seville which left in 1 and a half from then. we got on our train which was classical music-automatic doors-giant bathroom-high speed machine, very nice. we made it to seville in 2 and a half hours and then took a taxi to our hostel. well not right to the doorstep. so we wandered for about a minute when some man asked us if we were looking for oasis hostel. he walked us right to the door and we haven't seen him since. today we are taking a bus to faro and meeting up with gill and then tomorrow i see my mama. everything went so smoothly coming here, when there was so much oppurtunity for it to go wrong. God provides! miss you my rio vida loves.
<3 jess
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
oh so much has happened since we last talked my dear.
i have been to barcelona and back and most important i have less then a month here to go, which is very sad.
barcelona is an amazing city, with amazing things to see.
we went to las ramblas many times and saw many street performers and one very intense tap dancer. the first day we spent wandering around the city. we saw the sangrada familia, a cathedral of carved stone the stretched up into the sky. we headed further into the city and found the arc de triumph. and no you aren't crazy, there is one in france, but there is also one in spain. we shopped and sat in little squares and just experienced spanish culture as well as we could. that night we headed back out to the streets and found the pier. feet over the meditteranean sea and watching the lights of a spanish harbour, something you need to do in your life time.
the next day we walked to guell park, which is where the architect gaudi lived. gaudi was into the mosaic architecture and had a plaza built up on stilts. it was beyond anything i had ever seen. musicians everywhere, and it was gorgeous. that night we went to see a performance were the fountain was timed to music and it was all lit up. only a few of us went and then we had to sprint to the opera. it was all different tango songs written by different writters. it was deffinitley a cultural experience even if it was a little boring. i stayed out late that night wandering the city rather aimlessly since it was our last night. the next morning we headed home back on the 5 hour train ride. and that was barcelona, i could have stayed much longer.
and now i will be leaving this place and seeing the rest of the world. i am not ready to leave but it is coming faster then i want it to. and one more thing i am going to IRELAND!!! EEKK!!
love you all,
jess
i have been to barcelona and back and most important i have less then a month here to go, which is very sad.
barcelona is an amazing city, with amazing things to see.
we went to las ramblas many times and saw many street performers and one very intense tap dancer. the first day we spent wandering around the city. we saw the sangrada familia, a cathedral of carved stone the stretched up into the sky. we headed further into the city and found the arc de triumph. and no you aren't crazy, there is one in france, but there is also one in spain. we shopped and sat in little squares and just experienced spanish culture as well as we could. that night we headed back out to the streets and found the pier. feet over the meditteranean sea and watching the lights of a spanish harbour, something you need to do in your life time.
the next day we walked to guell park, which is where the architect gaudi lived. gaudi was into the mosaic architecture and had a plaza built up on stilts. it was beyond anything i had ever seen. musicians everywhere, and it was gorgeous. that night we went to see a performance were the fountain was timed to music and it was all lit up. only a few of us went and then we had to sprint to the opera. it was all different tango songs written by different writters. it was deffinitley a cultural experience even if it was a little boring. i stayed out late that night wandering the city rather aimlessly since it was our last night. the next morning we headed home back on the 5 hour train ride. and that was barcelona, i could have stayed much longer.
and now i will be leaving this place and seeing the rest of the world. i am not ready to leave but it is coming faster then i want it to. and one more thing i am going to IRELAND!!! EEKK!!
love you all,
jess
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