London, England

These are the pictures I took from both our day trips to London.  I would really love to go back. There is just so much to do!  But we didn't have much time.  I love London, and Sevilla, and Malaga, and Casablanca, but my favorite city in the WHOLE universe is Roma.  Did you ever notice that 'Roma' is 'Amor' (love) spelled backwards?  Coincidence? I think not!  Anyway, I'm getting off track.  Enjoy the pictures from London! There are too many!  One more post about England to come.

Adioss

They drive on the wrong side of the road.  On the wrong side of the  vehicle.  They spell words really weird , too.  But I love London.  

These adorable chips in a box coast me like 3 euros on the plane.  Not so adorable now. The plane ride was about 1hr 45 mins.  

I can't believe it! 

Piccadilly Square 

Alfonso and me.

Guille, Alfonso, me, Laura

Buckingham Palace

Look at all the people!!  Gosh.  No I didn't see Prince Harry.  Or Princess Kate.  Or the Queen.  

The balcony :)

Changing of the Guards.  

Group picture.  I'm on the side.  

Photo opp.

Right as I took this, this police officer yelled at us to  keep  moving.  I pretended to  not speak English.  I did this on a number of occasions.

I took this picture.  Thank you very much.  I know that it is a great picture.  

Giant bird in the middle of the park.

Olympic official count down clock.  

Me, Lorenzo, Sergio

Awesome View

He almost ran me over.

Kinda a dark picture, but it's cool.

The London Eye.

Westminster Abbey.  The wedding of the century took place here.  

Dany, Alberto, and our guide.  I forget his name. Let's call him Mike.

Wasn't the greatest of weather.  But that's typical for England.

The London Bridge is falling down!!!

Cambridge, England

I go to Hogwarts.  

We called him  Señor Pingüino .  

Right by the door of honors.  The students have to walk through this door to get their diplomas .

For my friend, Clare Procknow.  They even spelled your name right.  But You can't really do anything interesting here.  I mean come on!  No Dogs or Picnics?  I'm out! 

Take a cruise on a gondola.

The boys and me

Cambridge.  Really a beautiful place.  Founded around the mid  1200s.  Really good shopping too!

This is a clock.

My College! 

The apple tree which Sir Issac Newton was sitting under when the apple fell and hit  his head.  

Aren't they the cutest?

They were singing.  

Our guide, Louis was from France.  

Patrick.  One of the teachers with our school.  He had the most adorable English Accent ever.  

OK.  We are for sure in Hogwarts.  Look at this teacher!  Too awesome.

I will upload pictures from Peterborough and London soon!!  

-adiosssss

Wow! More than Halfway through my Year.

WOW.  It's almost already the middle of March.  It has been a long time since we have spoken.  


I am having a good time here.  Sometimes it's still difficult, but I am glad I have this opportunity.  It's my year to learn and grow.  I feel as I have changed so much these past 6 months!!  I can't wait to share my stories with everyone when I get back.  And I also hope I inspire others to study abroad. 


Here in Europe it's better to give to the charities. If you give to the charities then you know that your money is going to the right causes. I am going on a Spiritual Retreat over Semana Santa, or Holy week here in Spain. 'El Camino de Santiago' in the North of Spain, Perhaps you might have heard of it.  If not, that's ok.  Did you know in older times, that a criminal could complete this journey and be pardoned of his crimes by the Church and by the government?  
It's exactly like a pilgrimage.  Only a backpack for your belongings.  hmmm. This will be interesting.  Well, I still will come home so I can see some of Semana Santa in Malaga.  Who KNOWS!?  Maybe i'll even see Antonio Banderas...  He's from Malaga, Spain.  


I'll include some pictures of London.  I had so much fun.  I really want to go back.  We didn't have as much time as I would've liked to have had.  We didn't stay in London.  We stayed in a town called Peterborough.  It's about an 1hr and a half train ride to and fro.  I stayed with a really nice host family! I even added my English host mother on Skype!  And my English brother Jack, on Tuenti.  (The Spanish Facebook)  


I am taking piano lessons! And a few Ceramic Classes.  So far, I have made a decorative pot, a fruit plate, and a chip and guac platter...hmmmmmm how am I going to get this all home??  I am definitley going to need to send a box or something home.   Although, I leave things I brought from the States here.  I love the Spanish clothes here!  And the shoes.  


Funny story!  
So in CMC or Ciencias del Mundo Contemporaneo, the teacher starts talking about Genetic Engineering. He was explaining that not only does it work on plants, but we can engineer humans, too. This one kid named Alfonso, raises his hand. being absolutely serious and keeping a straight face says, "BUENO does this mean that we can create humans with super powers?"  I mean.... at least he was paying attention?  I'll give him props for that.  

In my new home we have a girl named Janja.  She is an Au pair.  Kind of like a nanny, kind of like a maid, she's a friend.  I love her so much.  She can speak a bunch of languages too.  Spanish, Italian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, English.   

In Stamford

Stamford

Old graveyard.  Stamford

Inside a Church.  Trying to be all Holy.  

Just saw a bunch of Expensive Cars.  Porche, Ashton Martin.  You know,  The usual.  This one, as many of you know, is a Bentley.  

Modeling again

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Stamford is really tranquil.  Kind of boring.  I couldn't live there.

I'll upload more pictures from my trip to England in a Separate post.  


-adiossss

From London to Málaga

Hello! 
It's been a long time!!  Over a month.  Sorry about that.  I promise more entries.  
Yes, I did move to Malaga. 
It's really nice here.  There are the beaches and it isn't too cold. But I miss 
Sevilla.  I just love everything there.  It has been a little hard not to be 
there.  But I am excited to explore and get to know a new city.  Meet new 
friends and go to a new school. 

Funny story.  So you know how I'm all Catholic? Yea.  So I 
told everyone that I can't eat meat on Fridays up until Easter.  Their eyes 
bugged out of their heads.  Everyone's 'Catholic' here but no one follows religion.  Well, the majority.  Most of the old people still go to church all the time.  
But idk. I'm me and during lent, I don't eat meat on Fridays.   

Anyway I just got back from a weeklong trip to England.  We stayed with Host Families in Peterborough, England.  I went with my Spanish school.  And we had to go to a few English classes. It was all good.  I passed. Hahaha.  

We had to day trips to London.  The train took about 1hr and 35min each way. I took lots of pictures.  

But I was really Excited too see everything London has to offer.  I saw Buckingham Palace, Chinatown, London Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, The London Eye, Museums, Candem market and much more :) And we travlled around London the real way.  Using the Subway system.  It was soo cool to travel in the subway system.  They call the subway 'the tube'.  Just like here in Spain we call it the Metro.  

We took day trips to Stamford and Cambridge.  Cambridge was my favorite.  It is SUCH an old university.  I would love to go there, because it looks just like Hogwarts.  Again, I took plenty of pictures.

Cambridge is really FULL of history.  It was founded in the 1200s.  We saw the tree from which the apple fell and hit Sir Issac Newton's head, prompting him to discover the those three laws of gravity which we need to learn in school.  Also, in the library of Trinity College, Winnie the Pooh was created.  I saw books from Medieval times.  A letter describing what one scientist saw at the testing of the first Atomic bomb.  Of course, a few of Issac Newton's notebooks, his walking stick.  EVEN a lock of his hair!!  It really was quite somthing.

A little river winds throw the University and you can go on a boat and cruise down the river and tour the university a different way.  It is called 'punting?'  Basically, it's a gondola from Venice, Italy.  Our guide was a funny chap from France.  He wasn't a student though.  

Also, Cambridge has GREAT shopping.  Touristy things, to expensive marks like Ralph Lauren, etc.  I bought an official hoodie.  I love hoodies :)  It's quite snazzy.  It cost a wooping 25 POUNDS!!!!  What?  That's not bad.  Hahaha my friend, convert the currency.  Not to cheap now, is it?

I learned so much.  

Inside the Cathedral of Peterborough is buried "Catherine of Aargon."  The Spanish queen of England before Henry VIII divorced her to marry Anne Boleyn.  Who was eventually beheaded.  

The 21st of Feb was Mardi Gras.  So the English have a day called 'Shrove Day' but basically it's called Pancake day.  You can just pig out on pancakes.  Because in essence, it's 'Fat Tuesday'  

And yes.  I did have tea time.  Tea and crumpets.  hahaha.  I tried it.  But I don't like tea.  But I ate the muffins with butter and jam.  How healthy.  

No I didn't have fish and chips.  I should've though.  Anywho that gives me an excuse to go back :)

 Oh!  Fun Fact.  Stamford, England is where films like 'Pride and Prejudice' are filmed.  

I'll upload the pictures in a later post :)

Talk to you later.

-Adios