Fui a Paris

Paris was amazing last weekend! We were only there for about 2 days, but we crammed so much into such a short amount of time. This picture was taken the first night we got there in front of a little thing called the Arc de Triumph on the famed Champs-Elysses. Beautiful. Other places we went over the weekend include the Sacre Coure cathedral, the Eiffel Tower X2, Notre Dame, the underground Catacombs, the famous Lido burlesque show on Champs-Elysses, the outside of Moulin Rouge, also about fifty crepe stands aroung the city of Paris.

Also, we went to the Louvre. Home of the Mona Lisa, a mysterious oil painting done by some guy named Leonardo DaVinci, the statue with no arms called Venus de Milo, and home to my finger inside the upside-down glass pyramid that marks the lower entrance to the museum... also the place where the Holy Grail is hidden according to teh first 10 mintues of the DaVinci Code movie.

Overall it was a great weekend!

"Paris is always a good idea." --Audrey Hepburn

En Burgos, Toledo, y Segovia

So we took a weekend trip to Segovia, Burgos, and Toledo. These three small cities are near, but not neighbors to, Madrid. Each one has a TON of history and is really unique. It was a very fun and interesting weekend although this is probably the most unexciting picture out of all of the 300 something I took, if you want to see better pictures, you'll have to ask me when I get back to the states. Just know that we saw churches, monasteries, monks, cathedrals, synagogues, museums, castles, roman aqueducts, british bands, and lots and lots of buena vistas :)

En la Playa Arnia

We went one of Pilar's, my host madre, favorite beaches... it was too cold to swim, but this place was incredible with all the huge rocks and crashing waves. It's actually been featured in several Spanish movies. Definitly a place for the pensive mind. In one word, awesome.

Al Faro

These pictures were taken on a trip to the "Faro" or lighthouse of Santander. It's a really long walk from the downtown area where the university is, but it is soooo worth it. These are the most beautiful views in all of Santander, and the most spectacular that I have ever seen. Behind me is all of Santander. If you were to go several hundred miles to the right of me, you would end up in the UK. To my left is the lighthouse; I feel bad for it because even though it has a great design, it cant compete with the scenery! I know I look like I was photoshopped into this picture. This was on the way up to the lighthouse... I think God was feeling a little more artistic whenever he made Santander :)