It's Sunday afternoon and my host mom is just starting to prepare our lunch! My host grandma is also over.. she is usually here for weekend meals! So that's always fun to add another person :) Yesterday our group went to Toledo.. it's a 2 hour bus ride each way - a perfect time for napping. Toledo is a beautiful place with the "small town" feel that segovia has. ALTHOUGH--they have a McDonals, unlike Segovia. Qué suerte. We toured the town, went to Cathedrals, saw some art... and had free time to just roam around. The weather was just perfect.
Last Saturday we spend the afternoon in La Granja, a town about 15 minutes away from Segovia. We toured a glass factory were we got to see some guys blowing glass--very very cool! And, of course, there was a palace to tour as well. It was very beautiful with a ton of art. We had a wonderful tour guide (who was literally, half my height) she spoke very clearly and slowly and made sure we all understood what we were seeing! It was a great day!
glass blowing in La Granja
Stained Glass -- will always amaze me
more cool glass!
The Palace.. and beautiful gardens!
Leah, Kasey, & Me!!
This past week of classes were just same 'ol same 'ol. Nothing too new. We started reading some poetry in my classic literature class... it's awful. I always have my host mom help me with it.. but there a quite a few times where she doesn't even know what it's talking about!!!
I leave for fall break one week from tomorrow.. I'm going to Paris and London. Which is getting to be a little scary---there are about to be European Travel warnings to Americans because of threats of attack coming from Al-Qaida. Paris has had to evacuate the Eiffle Tower two times.. and most attacks take place in areas of public transportation, which i'll obviously be using. So please.. say a prayer for me and the other 17 students that will be travel around Europe in a week.. different places people are going are Italy, Paris, London, Dublin, Switzerland, Germany.. and a couple more.
Also - my Nana Berry has been in the hospital getting tests done to figure out what is causing some problems she's been having lately... please say a prayer for her and the doctors.
"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."Acts 4:31
I hope you all have a great week! And if you didn't see ... my post before this one has my address at the bottom..!!! Just in case you're interested in sending me something ;)
Besos. Amanda.
Ahh!! I went to London and Paris for fall break too!! It was SO great!! Be sure to eat fish and chips at a bar in London and a Nutella crepe (or two or three) in Paris! SO GOOD! :
ReplyDeleteYou're going to love it!! I'm excited for you!
Praying for you!