Vamos a Sagunto!

On Wednesday, the school took the ACA students into Sagunto for more fun and learning. The first stop was the local Catholic church - La Iglesia de Santa Maria (There are a LOT of saints here). Here we got a brief sketch of the history of Sagunto and then we were off to El Teatro de Los Romanos. This theatre was built in the FIRST century (A long, long time ago) and in the year 2000, the marble seats were added and the stage was rebuilt. Very cool.

Our third stop was to be the local castle however the weather was not on our side. It rained pretty much the entire day so I was unable to see the castle - again. My teacher said this was first time in thirty years that she has taken students to Sagunto and it has rained. This bodes well for the rest of the year right?

However the day was not spoiled because I was able to look around the local open air market (only happens on Wednesdays) and eat some hot chocolate! The hot chocolate turned out to be more like warm, thin pudding but it was still really good.

Lightening at the Castle

Today is Sunday!!

This afternoon, my new friend Cassie and I decided to walk into Sagunto again. This time I walked further into town and was able to see the local Catholic Church. Since almost this entire country is Catholic, there wasn't much in the way of shopping, which was ok.

Sagunto also has an old castle which is on top of the hill. Cassie and I were able to walk all the way up to the gate only to find out it was closed! It was at this point that the lightening started and the rain. And just in case you've never been to Europe, let me inform you that there isn't much in the way of drainage. It was kinda like walking in a fountain. The most exciting part was walking through the knee deep sewage-like muddy water under the freeway. Delightful!

One more thing, yesterday was a very special Sabbath because I recieved my luggage!! I've never been so happy to be in clean clothes in my whole life.

Day 2

Today is/was the first day of classes. I've already had one - one to go. Let me tell ya, it takes a lot of concentration when the whole class is in Spanish. I was quite pleased with the 1/10th I understood.

I'm still without luggage. If they don't come today, my situation is going to become quite desperate. It's awfully humid here (which means there is a lot of sweating involved) and all I have is one pair of jeans. Plus tomorrow is Sabbath. Quiero mis maletas!!!!

However, yesterday evening was fun. I walked into town with some of the other ACA students. European towns are just more fun than the US. People congregate and just hang out. Lot's of old people sitting around. Sounds fun to me.

The Beginning

The only way an adventure should begin is with an adventure. My travel to Spain was eventful to say the least.

The flights across the globe were nothing special - though i did think the large cheese balls on my in-flight salad were sour cream balls for a while. However once I arrived in Valencia, Spain, I realized I had no luggage. Then to make matters more fun, I couldn't find anyone from the school. I spent the next four hours waiting (very interesting people watching) and playing phone tag. Eventually I found my ride ~ turns out they had been there for three hours but they had been looking for someone with luggage - go figure.

I will post some pictures eventually - my camera cord is in my luggage. :)

Let the Fun Begin!!!!