Well, I called it, didn't I? I apologize that I have not posted anything for three full weeks. My brother called me out about this on Facebook, and I did not realize that it had really been that long since my last post. I have been busy with midterms, summer job searching, program activities, summer job searching, and traveling (and a little more summer job searching). Last weekend Annie and I were in Madrid, and right now we are in Barcelona, from which I am writing to you from our hostel on a computer with a very fat old Phillips monitor and a somewhat greasy black keyboard whose shift key is resistant to being pushed. Thank goodness for hand sanitizer.
In addition to all of that activity, I have also been planning a trip for my mom and me when she comes to Spain after my program ends. We are spending a few days in Sevilla and Granada as well as going to Italy for a few days. It is a lot of work to book everything, but that does not even matter because I am so excited that she is coming! I know that any one of my family members would love to jet across the ocean for a little vacation guided by yours truly, but with kids and jobs it is no easy task. I am so grateful that I will be able to share parts of my experience here firsthand with someone in my family. I am going to absolutely love being a tour guide! I have already said many times during this past week that Mom is going to have to handle filming my tours so that I can send the footage in to the Travel Channel, inevitably landing a position there and working my way up to becoming Samantha Brown's protégée.
My hope in the coming week is to be able to give some recaps on my recent travels at the very least, but I can make no promises. It has been hard enough keeping up with my hand-written journal, which has been looking rather lean during the past three weeks as well. By Thursday I will be in Morocco with my program for the weekend. On top of that, I only have three real weeks left of class (we must pardon the rather welcome interruption of two weeks off due to Semana Santa and Feria). That means time to get cracking on final projects and studying for finals. Where in the world has my time here gone?
Love. Samantha. Brown.
ReplyDeleteI think you would be a fabulous "Travel Channel Goddess" as SB is often referred to as; however, I think we would make a great team. Picture Rachael Ray's former "$40 a Day" with SB's "Great Weekends" and we would offer a generous sampling of history, culture, FOOD, adventure, and fun, all on a budget. I would watch it ;) Love and miss you darlin.
I'll take you up on that idea! Love you and miss you too.
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