Sevilla

This last saturday, I was invited for a little excursion to Sevilla. The little excursion was to climb the roof of the world largest gothic cathedral in Sevilla. My friends brother had special permission to climb it, so we did. It was amazing!! We got to climb among the gargoyles, look down into the cathedral, and climb through secret passages. And to make it better, it was 77 degrees out. The nicest day by far. Glorious!!!

After the cathedral, we went to visit the Alcazar which are some beautiful gardens built by the muslims when the reigned here. It was so beautiful and the weather was perfect. Later, we got some bikes and took a little ride along the Guadalquivir river that runs through the center of Sevilla. Soooo nice!!! An all perfect day!!

These are pictures of the roof of the cathedral.

This is when we entered from the roof, so from here you could look down into the church.

The Alcazar!!!

I loved this last picture.

Summer Update

I just found out that this summer I will be serving from June24 - July 20th at Malibu on Housekeeping Summer Staff. I am SUPER excited because I have been wanting to return to Malibu for so long and it´s kind of last year to be able to do summer staff. SO yea, I´m excited!

Morocco

This last four day weekend, a couple of friends and I decided it was time we crossed the cultural bridge....so off we headed to Morocco. It really is only a 35 minute ferry bought ride, crazy huh? The five of us arrived in Tangier on friday and immediately got a taxi ride to Asilah where we were going to rent a house for the weekend. The house was amazing. Well furnished and clean. We spent most of our time walking the streets, taking siestas, playing cards, reading, checking out the sights, and relaxing....not bad. The sour point of the trip is that once you cross the Straits of Gibraltar....you become the newest local attraction if you have a hint of light colored hair. So, just imagine. I am very glad we went with two men because if not, I would have been lost forever...not really, I'm just making it sound worse, ha.
Part of the house!

My highlight of the trip was riding on the CAMEL...that's right, camel. We walked up to these camels to take pictures with them. (One of them started nibbling at my hair probably thinking it was hay or something.) And, the owner said, "sube, sube" (subir-to go up, to climb)....translation "get on, get on". It took me a quick 2 seconds the hop on. It was awesome. The funny part is that you get on when the camel is laying which means the camel has to get up at some point. It first brings its hind legs up (so it feels like you're riding a horse down a steep hill) and then slowly it brings its front legs up. So fun!!! Anyway, the trip was filled with good food (couscous!!) and good friends. Great vacation.

Sydney, Me, and Lucia!!

Our amazing couscous dish made especially for us!!

Getting ready to eat...oh wait, we already are...yum.

I love this picture of the beach.

Me in front of our door.

My twin!!

This is the ride to the market, that's right, four people shoved in the back seat. The pictures following are of the marketplace in a town nearby. It's a legit market.

OH WAIT.........HERE IT COMES.........SUZANNA, THE CAMEL!!! It was amazing!

OH Suzanna...she was such a sweetie!!

Horse Show, yea!

Last week, my students and I went to a ranch (used to be monastary) to visit some horses. However these horses have been kept pure since the 15th century. The monks at this monastary bred these horses and made sure their line was clean and pure. They are amazing horses and at the end of our tour we got to see a show. I forgot my camera but here's some pics from the internet.