So updating this blog regularly has kind of been a failure.
It’s been one month since I got to Spain and so much has happened. Time seems
to move so much slower here, it’s felt like I’ve been here much longer. The
past two weekends, we’ve travelled outside of Trujillo, exploring other parts
of Spain and Europe. The first excursion the group went on was to Mérida,
Spain. It has so many artistic and architecture influences from the Romans it
almost didn’t feel like we were in Spain anymore. Seeing the artifacts in the
museum, the amphitheater and theater really transported you back in time and
provided physical evidence for what we’re learning in class. Just walking down
the street full of stores and restaurants and finding a Roman ruin was just so
crazy.
Last weekend
our group split up; some went to Amsterdam and the rest of us went to Lisbon,
Portugal. We braved the terrible weather (cold, rainy, and windy) and explored
a city completely different from what I had seen in Spain so far. Lisbon was
really interesting, and kind of reminded me of San Francisco but with a castle
(and not as cool to be honest). It was fun to get out of Trujillo and Spain to
see something new, but all the buildings looked about the same (red roofs with graffiti-decorated
walls) and Lisbon started to get a little repetitive after three days. We did
go on one of the best tours I’ve ever been on and walked all over the city to
see all the important buildings and history of Lisbon. But I forgot to take my
camera with me on the tour so I didn’t get too many pictures of Lisbon.
The
next two weeks are sure to even busier with two midterms but after that, we all
are going to Andalucía for five days. And after that, a little group of us are
going to London! So I’m really excited to see what the next month has in store
for our little group of travelers. Also planning trips is super stressful, so I
would definitely recommend planning out the trips you’d want to go on as soon
as or before you get here. And travelling around Europe is not as cheap as I
would like either…But I don’t know when I’m going to get to come back here so I’m
trying to do everything I can during this crazy awesome experience.
