all things spanish

so here in spain, we find all kinds of fun things that emulate the spanish culture. besides the obvious flooding of español, the language, being fired at rapid speed, we also find quite endearing things like an unhealthy obsession with our fattened friend, the pig, olives out the cabeza, and flamenco-twirling, torro-calling extravagenzas. spain is very much known for its bullfights, which depending on who you talk to can be exciting or a travesty, and its flamenco dancing and costumes. of course, ive gonna crazy over the beauty of such disciplined dancing and even rocked the casbomb at our flamenco dance class! (i´ll work on gettin video and pics up l8r) this past weekend if i found myself bussing all over the south of spain with my class visiting the gorgeous cities of Toledo, Granda, and Sevilla. picture perfect weather. overwhelmingly gorgeous art and architecture. picture exotic people, street performers and great food. but please, try not to be jealous. :) well, just try. :)

much of the architecture here in spain is a combination of muslim and christian influence, speaking deeply of spains history. as a christian, this has been so interesting to me. too interesting to write about in a 5 min blog update :) the countryside is LITERALLY covered with acres upon acres upon acres of olive trees, with occassional sunflower fields. everywhere. in every part of spain. its very beautiful and the large mountains provide for scenic beautiful over large stretches of bus rides. we returned to madrid being overrun by people pouring into the streets celebrating madrid winning their futbol championship, unleashing the celeberatory madness with. :) if you think eagles fans go nuts, philly´s got nothing on madrid.

entonces, my 20 mins on the school comp is up... hasta pronto, amigos.