Last blog post ever?! Maybe so!
I am currently in Texas, my belly is full of Taco Villa and Dr. Pepper, I am speaking English, my clothes smell like fabric softener, and I have been spending loads of time with my favorite people ever. Being in Spain was a wonderful, unexplainably influential experience for me. I feel so blessed for the opportunities and experiences I have had over the last four months. This experience definitely made me appreciate America though. I am ridiculously patriotic now :)
Look! I have been to all of these places!
I have made so many amazing, silly, original, hilarious friends in Spain, and I could not be more grateful for them. I can't wait to have "Spain Reunions" with all of the fun people who went...I'm sure we will just sit around reminiscing while eating Mexican food and Chick-fil-a :)
All I usually post are pictures of my trips...the places I go and the things I see. This is a great way to share my experiences and to remember later on, but honestly, without the people I've met here, I wouldn't have had half of the incredible experience that I did.
I mean, how often do you meet people who:
- will jam to a mix of Spanish praise music, the glee soundtrack, and christina aguilera
- are totally fine with eating gelato with you multiple times a day
- force you to do cross-fit
- will share m&m's with you when you have pink eye and a cough on a 4 hour bus ride
- don't mind going with you to buy pringles in the middle of the night in africa
- willingly hide peanut butter under their covers
- don't mind dancing with you at random moments
- routinely have 30 minute conversations about Spanish verb tenses
- will sit in a bus stop for 2 hours in the pouring rain until 7am with you
- will go with you to run pointless errands that involve walking 37 miles around Sevilla
Here are a few of my fave moments from the last 4 months:
Jeremy and I making pancakes and EXTRA crispy bacon at Natalie and Zora's apartment...
Z and Whits waiting on some delish pancakes!
Nats is a pro pancake maker. For reals. And Jeremy and I are kindred spirits when it comes to crispy bacon.
Carrie eating a baked potato in Versailles...OF COURSE!!
Whits and Z right before we saw 6 bulls get massacred...smile!
Roomies love ponchos. Chels and I stylin' at the bull fight.
Jeremy bo beremy on the beach in Huelva! SUCH a fun, relaxing day.
Making a wish at Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy with Juli and Carrie.
Hanging out with Picasso's GUERNICA with Z, Chels, and Breeeeeeee in Madrid.
Z and I rockin bows in Madrid. This is basically the best picture ever.
Little sister Maddie and I at a castle in Segovia over Spring Break!
Natalie being tall and hanging out with Don Quijote's windmills on the way to Madrid.
Fave roomie pic on the top of the Castle of Calatrava
Logan being athletic at the Castle of Calatrava:
Chelsea loves the Zebe.
Sometimes we had dance parties. Whits and Chels rockin out to the glee soundtrack in Portugal.
Logan found genie's magic lamp in Morocco!
Excited Carrie, Charlotte, Tracey, Julianna, Chelsea, and Zora braving the endless rain in Morocco!
Africa jumpy pic!
Whits and I at La Rábida, near the spot where Columbus set sail!
Katie OOOOOO!
Z and I being awesome at La Rábida monastery.
Carrie sharing the deliciousness of our first kebab in Granada! YUMMMY.
Z and I showing Lorca what we think of him at his house in Granada, Spain.
Juan working it in the Alhambra in Granada.
Delish sangria with Julianna in Barcelona...overlooking the sea :)
Baleric Sea in Barcelona with Chelseaaaaa. This one is a framer for sures.
Z and Logan hanging out with their new besties at the history museum of Barcelona.
Kate, Carrie, Chels, Z, Leeeezet, and Nats (chillin out, maxin') relaxing by a fountain in Córdoba.
Playing Go Fish! in the lobby of our hotel in Morocco with Z, Lizet, Caitlin, Chels, Carrie, and Juli.
All of the Tech kids that went to Morocco posing by the Atlantic!
My fave neighbors, Ky and Juan, out for a chill night in Sevilla.
Haha, so perfect. Getting ready to try some orange wine in the centro of Sevilla.
Our first (and only) futbol game! Sevilla v. Deportivo.
KYYYYYY! My sweet neighbor and I at the riv.
Being sassy to Heremy in the worst Pizza Hut EVER in Lisbon, Portugal.
Eating at the Brazilian (raw) Meat Restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal with Julianna and Kate!
Love love love all of these precious people.
It is so sad to see the blog come to an end, I have loved keeping a record of my time in Sevilla! Thank you so much for your support, prayers, readership, and fun comments. They definitely made spending forever trying to upload 80+ pictures per-post worth it :)
Besitos,
Julia
1 comment:
I thank God your are home because I missed you so much. But I am equally glad that you went to Spain! You have grown from the experience and have made life long buddies! I feel like I've come to know them through your blog. I have been entertained and educated for the past four months! Love!
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