Eleven days ago I embarked upon the greatest and most nerve racking adventure of my life. Leaving everything and everyone I know and love behind, I packed my bags and headed to Sevilla, Spain.
It all began at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday January 16th. With two stuffed suitcases, a backpack, and a pillow, my parents and aunt drove me to the Portland airport where with a few tears and a lot of love, I was sent to my first plane to Seattle. After a mad dash to the other side the Seattle of the airport, I was again in the air on my way to Chicago. In Chicago I met a lot of girls from my program which was quite a relief because at last I wasn't alone in this journey halfway across the world. From Chicago it was an eight hour flight to Madrid, Spain where we arrived at 7:30 a.m. From here we had exactly an hour and fifteen minutes to get off the plane, go through customs, get to the airport train station, take the train, go through security, go up the escalator, and get to the other side of the airport to eventually find our other plane before it left. Let me tell you, this was not an easy task. We finally arrived in the Sevilla airport around 10:30 where the program coordinators met us to shuttle us to the hotel.
The hotel was fancy, had a great view, and gave us a great lunch, but after 20 hours of traveling, no sleep, and airplane food, all I wanted to do was crawl into my bed and siesta. So I did, until dinner.
What I really want to do with this blog is to not only keep everyone updated on what's happening here in Spain :) but to also take a picture every day. When it comes to taking pictures, I love it! but I am also really bad at it, so I'm going to try to take a picture everyday and post it here. Starting with Day One.
This is from my Fiesta de Despedida (going away party) and although its not exactly day one, it was day zero.. which blended with day one.
It all began at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday January 16th. With two stuffed suitcases, a backpack, and a pillow, my parents and aunt drove me to the Portland airport where with a few tears and a lot of love, I was sent to my first plane to Seattle. After a mad dash to the other side the Seattle of the airport, I was again in the air on my way to Chicago. In Chicago I met a lot of girls from my program which was quite a relief because at last I wasn't alone in this journey halfway across the world. From Chicago it was an eight hour flight to Madrid, Spain where we arrived at 7:30 a.m. From here we had exactly an hour and fifteen minutes to get off the plane, go through customs, get to the airport train station, take the train, go through security, go up the escalator, and get to the other side of the airport to eventually find our other plane before it left. Let me tell you, this was not an easy task. We finally arrived in the Sevilla airport around 10:30 where the program coordinators met us to shuttle us to the hotel.
The hotel was fancy, had a great view, and gave us a great lunch, but after 20 hours of traveling, no sleep, and airplane food, all I wanted to do was crawl into my bed and siesta. So I did, until dinner.
What I really want to do with this blog is to not only keep everyone updated on what's happening here in Spain :) but to also take a picture every day. When it comes to taking pictures, I love it! but I am also really bad at it, so I'm going to try to take a picture everyday and post it here. Starting with Day One.
This is from my Fiesta de Despedida (going away party) and although its not exactly day one, it was day zero.. which blended with day one.
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