Morocco II

I was obsessed with the Arabic stop signs!

Signs on a street in Fes

The city of Fes.

Morocco

For those of you who don´t know... I went to Morocco for a few days last week. Here are some pictures from my trip.

A few locals in Chaouen

A street vendor in Chaouen

The whole town of Chaouen


Cuscus!

Proof that I went.

Madrid Take II

One of the perks of my new host family is that my host mother´s mother (...my host grandmother?) lives in Madrid. So last weeked we took a quick 4-day trip.

I LOVE Madrid. It is one of my favorite places I have ever been so I was happy to go back!

Madrid´s POST OFFICE. Yes, post office. You know that a city is awesome when their post office looks like that.

The Real Madrid stadium. Sadly I´ve never been to a game. (Taylor Pond and I tried to buy tickets once and they were almost 200€ for the cheapest ones!)

We spent a nice afternoon in the Retiro. Much more people here this time then when I went in January. And sadly the rose garden hasn´t bloomed yet.


La puerta de Europa. These office buildings really are inclined... Cool huh?


So yeah, an overall great weekend in Madrid.

What is the difference between the US and Spain?

Well. I will tell you one difference at least... The way we celebrate Easter...

In the US we have nice little easter egg hunts like the one pictured above... (from 2007- look how little Raelyn is!)

In Spain they do things a little bit differently. Easter Egg Hunts are replaced with KKKish processions complete with drums and long candles. (This is just a pictures of one- there multiple every day leading up to Easter. and they are LOUD.) Hood and Robe colors vary.

Castillo de Santa Bárbara

A few days ago Taylor P., Julia (Germany) and I climbed up to the top of the Castillo de Santa Bárbara. (It´s not really a castle, it´s more of a fortress... Not as exciting)

A view of the Castillo from the Port

Me at the top, with a great view of Alicante

Julia, Me, Taylor P.

Say Hello to Norah!

Well, you should probably tell her Hola. This is Norah, my new host sister. She turns one on Thursday! Things with my new host family have been going really well, but I still miss Tino and Maria.

and Cortney- they do not have any roosters to wake me up.

Hasta Luego San Juan

So after 7 happy months living with the Sanchez-Sirvent family... I have to move. As you may have read in my last post, I had a run-in with a semi-insane girl. Interhispania, my organization has decided that it is no longer safe for me to stay in San Juan. Today I am moving to Alicante (which is only about 30 mins away). I don't know too much about my new host family but I will let you know as soon as I do.

I will MISS you guys! Thank you for everything.

The beautiful Sanchez-Sirvent House/Garden

My school in San Juan that honestly... I won't miss too much.