Monday, April 12, 2010
South Of Spain.....
Ok Guy! Looks like this is our final blog :( and this is my final trip that i took while abroad so it works out well :) So as my trip was coming to an end we had a long 5 day weekend, so i decided to travel throughout southern spain with my boyfriend. We were able to go to both Seville and Granada. Seville is known for having the 3rd biggest cathedral in Europe and Granada is known for the fortress called "Alhambra". We started out flying RyanAir a really cheap European airline service to go from Barcelona to Seville, then from Seville we took a bus to Granada since it was only about three hours. My boyfriend and i stayed in hostels at both of these locations however, they were much nicer then the ones in Amsterdam, we were in 6 person rooms. Seville, was very peaceful and beautiful. The women there were very beautiful and everyone was kind. Granada reminded me of being in the little middle east, there were tons of really small windy roads with pebble grounds and a bunch of vendors selling little things. It was a cool vibe though. The Alhambra in Granada is the biggest tourist attraction. We had to wake up at 7am and hike for 2 hours to try and find the place were we buy tickets and once there, there was a chance that they would be sold out because it is so popular. Luckily we were able to get tickets for the afternoon entrance. We spent about 4 hours touring this old fortress that had breathtaking views of the mountains and town of Granada. I am very glad that i chose to have a relaxing last trip and had the chance to explore more of Spain (southern part) instead of going say to another country. Overall, i was able to see Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Seville, Toledo, and Granada, Spain :) I must say for anyone who still has a year or two left in school, i would highly recommend studying abroad it was truly one of the best experiences of my life and i am so lucky to have embarked on this journey :)
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I really enjoyed reading about your travel experience! I'm a senior and I wish I would have taken advantage of the study abroad program. It seems like you had a great time and were able to see a lot of fascinating things. I've always been kind of sketched out by the hostels, but it's cool that you had a good experience with them.
ReplyDeleteThe best part about the abroad blog is it sounds like you had a really good time and the school part of it was not just a pain. Which country do you think was your favorite?
ReplyDeleteThe cathedrals in the European countries are huge. I haven't been to one of the biggest ones. The surprising part is there is not just a couple of them, they are everywhere.
I don't know or remember if you talked about what you are looking for in a career, but maybe you should think about one which abroad or travels abroad a lot.
That is awesome, I really want to go to Spain as well as some of the surrounding area myself at some point. I really like traveling to rural parts of the world where people still live in small town communities. It really is a whole different way of life. The scenery must have been beautiful there! Street vendors are always a treat as well, being able to barter for things as well as have conversations with the locals.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had an amazing experience during your semester abroad. I'm glad you were able to get so much traveling done. I would love to the places in Spain that you described as well as all of the other places you were able to visit. I hope to be able to do a lot of traveling in the future.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great time. Sounds like a wonderful time. I personally havent been out that way to Spain but its somewhere I would love to visit. The culture out there must have been great to learn and understand. Glad you had the chance to study out there and learn some new and interesting things.
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