¡Ha estado una semana para los libros! ¡Yo he visto tantas cosas! ¡Espero que todos están listos! También, si yo estaba loca por las flores antes, yo no sé como se describe este! Disfruta~
Primero, en el lunes, para la noche de hogar, nuestro grupo fue al Real Jardín Botánico. Yo no estaba allí por mucho tiempo, pero yo vi muchas flores bonitas.
It has been a week for the books! I've seen so many things! I hope ya'll are ready for this :) Also.. If I was flower crazy before, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO CALL THIS! I have about a gazillion flower picks this go round. Enjoy :)
First, on Monday, for Family Home Evening, the group went to see the Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid. I wasn't there for very long but I saw some pretty flowers. Then on Wednesday we left for our "weekend" excursion. We visited Córdoba, Sevilla, y Granada. So excited to show you all my memorize! But, I want to give everyone fair warning. I uploaded 130 pictures. Hehe :)
Real Jardín Botánico
Pretty white flowers
Pretty
Audi y yo
Hope, Kylie, Nat, me, Rinna, Audi
Poiple
Aud and Rinna. Matchinnnn
Favs flores del día
Can we talk about how gorgeous everything is in Madrid?
And sometimes I skype-date with Audi
Wednesday- 25 de mayo
Let's talk about Don Quijote de la Mancha
Does everyone remember when he tries to battle the giants?! These are them!!!
For those who don't know, during his adventure, he and Sancho come across these big windmills and Don Quijote thinks they are giants! He then goes to fight them to the deathhhh.
It was so FUN seeing these exact windmills that we saw in the movie.
No, my feet are not touching the ground
Me and mi compañera de cuarto
Hope, Kylie, y yo
We then stopped in one more little town that was gung-ho-Quijote.
Saw these "protectors for lips" and thought they were pretty funny.
Sometimes we just call them chapstick...
I really do :)
And sometimes we take pictures alone
Córdoba
Córdoba was such a pretty city! Boy was it HOT though!!!
and the water that flows through that bridge behind me?
Let's just say there's a reason I made this pic black and white... :P
"Where ARE all the oranges?!"
Adriana and I have seen an awful lot of courtyards together.
And every single time we do, we say (in British accents)
"Would you like to eat some oranges in the courtyard?" And other funny british things.
The thing is, no courtyard has ever actually had an orange. UNTIL TODAY. We both almost died.
Turns out there are courtyards with orange trees all over Córdoba. Officially our town.
Yep, ours.
Cerámicas
So I didn't buy ice cream here... but I like the giant sign
So, hey
THIS is the reason we came to Córdoba. La Mezquita.
This place holds a lot of history for the city of Córdoba and Spain itself.
Really blurry, sorry :(
This place was unreal though.
It was so cool to see it in person after learning about it in class.
Lovely
Más naranjas!
Flores
Oh, just my front door. No bigs
I want my courtyard to look like this one
And this!
Sevilla
I've got this weird thing with the door knobs here.
I just love them!
Yo no quiero al conde de Cabra, triste de mí, yo no quiero al conde de Cabra, sino es a ti
I looked this up and it apparently has something to do with some old shady story.
Not really sure what.
Sevilla was gorgeous!
This is something I am ALWAYS asking myself!
Chocolate or Strawberry?!
Sevilla sunset :)
Audi is really classy. really. classy.
Audi y Rachel están jémelas!
Thursday- 26 de Mayo
Ok. Still in Sevilla. We got to sleep in! Breakfast wasn't til 10 this morning!
Then we set off for the day. Our first visit was the Real Alcazar.
This place was UNREAL. I am not kidding when I say the prettiest garden I've ever seen.
There were PURPLE TREES. You will see :)
This royal palace used to be a Moorish fort. It is FILLED with Arab art and architecture.
I LOVE Arab architecture! Way more than Roman. Call me crazy.
Seriously though, I just love the detail of everything.
Here coma da pics.
love
sooo cool
¡¡¡This makes me think of Minnesota!!!
All they need is a Moose :)
cool cool cool
gorgeous!
This is Christopher Columbus! Can you see him?
Real Alcazar
Royal Alcazar
This is like Utopia! You don't fine this ANYWHERE! Crazy mix of insane architecture and nature.
Rylee bylee and me
So much detail!
Still in awe!
k. stop it.
This was my friend :) He was a sweetie. His name is Phil
SQUIRREL!!!
Purple TREE!!! Did you see all the purple on the ground in the two previous pics?!
Can we talk about this pic? I love it for so many reasons.
1. Beautiful family
2. Beautiful Audi
3. Hermana Stallings is the sweetest woman in the world
and she has a flower in her hair
4. Rachel is so chill. and crazy gorgeous.
5. Jonny's got swag
Pretty purple tree in the wata
Me and ma grrrl
PURPLEEEEEEE
This is a little fountain we saw just in a little random corner.
So precious. Not braggy.
loves it
Cobblestone streets just don't get old
Justin Bieber came to Spain right before I did.
Random fact.. don't know where that came from... sorry
....
OH LOOK! Someone wrote my initials in a HEART while he was in Spain!!!
Catedral de Sevilla! Only the biggest cathedral in Spain.
3rd biggest in the world or something like that!
Crazy huh? This place was gorgeous.
Horsieeee
Courtyard outside the Catedral
Inside
and again
These men are carrying the bones of Christopher Columbus.
So strange to be standing so close.
What an experience though.
We even got to climb a tower of the cathedral! Up by the bells! What a great view :)
Ding dong merrily on high :)
This is the house Audi and I are going to buy.
Party tonight!
My main man Mozart! Wolgang Ammadeus!
Remember when he came to Sevilla?
Me, Kylie, Audi, and Rinna
Wait, THIS is where we've been this whole time?!
another alley
just another house we're going to buy
Another evening shot of Sevilla from the bridge
Love this pic. We went to another Flamenco. This time it was club style!
Way cool experience.
This is Michael.
He was taking pictures of the two most super attractive Spaniard men he's ever seen.
One was one of the singers in the band and the other was a dancer.
Both were incredible and completely straight.
Thanks for taking pics Mikeyyyyy
He was taking pictures of the two most super attractive Spaniard men he's ever seen.
One was one of the singers in the band and the other was a dancer.
Both were incredible and completely straight.
Thanks for taking pics Mikeyyyyy
Sooo what next? Meet the cast? Kiss the... cast, I just don't know what comes next!
Friday- 27 de mayo
Granada :)))))
Alright kids. This pic goes out to mi madre :) mi mejor amiga en todo el mundo.
She really wanted to see a pic of the white hills of Andalucia.
Sooo here ya go mommy :)
Ok. Here comes the good stuff. La Alhambra.
Only the most beautiful place I have ever been in.
See what I mean?
No?! Ok. well. you will.
Oh yeah. This one is money in the bank.
La Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex
constructed during the mid 14th century by Moorish rulers.
And yes, I did know all of that in my head.
By no means did I copy and paste that from Wiki.
Pretty pretty flower!
(@NatConMC)
Mow flowas
This is my garden :)
I LOVED THESE
This is my friend Rylee. She is so PRETTY!
Also, arco de media punto.
A, R & R
Again with the Arab architectures.
It kills me.
I love this. First, because it looks really cool.
Second, because it resembles Wilson from Castaway
Generalife was unreallll
Aquí es la cosa. This stuff isn't real. I am so blown away.
Natural moat
Naturellement
Pretty view!
My hedge could beat up your hedge
I. love. this.
I mean, if you're gonna make a sidewalk, make a swirly sidewalk
And this is how they used their resources
So many layers!
Pretty purple flower in a tree. Not a bush.
My friends
Another door
im running out of captions for flower pics
Random little patch of cute clover-looking things!
So. Adriana was a sickie. It was an emergency.
Then she ate a happy hippo.
Then she was a happy bear :)
I am not a tourist.
WYLEEEE!
If I could trade hair with anyone in the world...
I would trade with JB.
And then Rylee.
This looks like a grapefruit!
Actually... it looks like a flower
"I hope those two cats accidentally get shot."
If you've got it, flaunt it.
The royal seal
Coolest wall I've ever seen
Achmed was here
More details :)
I want to perform on that baby stage!
My earphone makes me look like a secret agent.
Sup.
Welcome to my humble abode!
Audi and me
Can you just imagine having this be your front door?
Prettyyyyy
Twinkle twinkle
Like this quite a lot :)
Just the view. En Bees Dee
Our reflection. Kinda coolish
Peek a booo
Ok. In all seriousness. How unreal incredible is this?
Pretty wood
I believe this is the Court of Lions
Lilly
Leaf boat! and a koi phish!
My friends Ben and Jerry taught me how to spell phish.
This is Michael and me in the prettiest place evs!
OK! So. Now that you are all on texture and design overload from the Alhambra pics, lets bring it down a little bit. After the Alhambra, we got DOMINOS pizza for dinner (again.. no we are not tourists.)
THEN, we went to an Arab market! It was streets just filled with little shops and little men working in the shops who you could bargain down on anything. Along with all the shops were tons of restaurants! Cute huh? Yeah! And guess what these restaurants were serving! Food? Nope!
HOOKA! That's right! This place was a class act. (JOKE).
haha ok so the whole thing was sups sketch, but SO FUN.
Audi and I made a friend. He sold us jewelry.
We basically stole them from him. So cheap.
But he was hilarious. We went back to take a pic with him and he was so bubbly
because "his friiieeends" were back. hahaha
Then he put those jank gypsy hats on us and a turban on himself
and we took a pic! Fun huh? He also gave us essence as a parting gift.
Thanks bro.
This is audi and me with our sketchy essences.
Saturday- 28 de mayo
Sometimes we feel like this.
Audi is a little boy
Vale. On our way home (Alcalá) we stopped in a little town just outside Granada to look at this house. Aubrey was already inside and I took this pic.
This is Audi and me with a wishing well.
THESE ARE MY AND NATS FAVORITE FRUIT!!!
They are called nísperos (no idea what it is in English)
and the are soooo good. You just peel off the baby skin and eat it!
Super juicy a little tart, but still sweet!
Oh man. Just love them. When I saw them on this tree I was SO excited!
Sometime on the bus it's hard to find your backpack.
Haha alright. So backpacks are all the same and all in the isle. Good times on the bus. Everyone sleeps. Or we watch movies. Or we all listen to each other iPods. Or we get fat from all the junky food we eat. Or we get hot when the AC doesn't work. But still. Good times :)
This weekend excursion has been among my favorites so far. We are really so blessed to be where we are. Doing what we are doing. I am in love with this country :)
Sorry for how freakishly long this blog post was. Also, sorry that many of my captions are lamer than lame. But thanks for reading it :) I love sharing everything I see here with everyone I know! I truly wish everyone could be where I am. Life-changing. If you (yes YOU) ever have the opportunity to travel, DO IT. You will not regret it.
Love you all.
Also, I want to make it clear that although I wanted to about a hundred million times, I did NOT eat one single helado on this excursion. I know. I'm like way strong.
Also, I currently have Justin Bieber Never Say Never on my computer. I will be watching that with Audi tomorrow and I will probably cry... more than once.
S feliz :) tan feliz :)
