To All My Niñ@s Bonit@s

First things first, everyone should appreciate this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe1fRwgGu5E

AND on the subject of Spanish music, I am going to an Enrique Iglesias concert here. I KNOW. I'm thrilled. Not on the subject of Spanish music, I will hopefully be obtaining tickets to a Real Madrid game in three weeks!!

In other news, I just got back from a weekend trip to Extremadura--a region of Spain with lots of fauna and pigs and cows and bulls. Highlights: The fact that I got to eat lunch in TWO different castles. The fact that I saw some pretty serious Roman ruins. The fact that there are cloistered nuns there who sell sweets. (Literally, there is a door. It has a sign that says "Hay dulces" which means "There are sweets." You go up to the door to order something and the nun passes you your sweet through the bars on the door. Obviously I got cookies.)

Other hilarious fun fact: I learned in my grammar class last week that there are a MULTITUDE of spanish phrases that involved food without really having anything to do with food. For example, "No me importa un pimiento" translates to "I don't care one pepper" which means "I don't care at all." Or the phrase "dar calabazas" which literally means "to give pumpkins" but which actually means "to reject someone." LOL, Spain, you WOULD. Spain in general has an interesting food philosophy. Things that are recognized as "healthy" and non-fattening by Spaniards: olive oil, bread, and the fat of pigs raised for Iberic Ham. To the country at large: wishful thinking!!

Anyways, now I'm getting ready to run off again! This time I'm headed to London, Brussels, and the Hague, and I am absolutely stoked to reunite with some of my favorite people ever.

Sometimes I want to be a European princess: El Escorial (Spain) and Parissss

Thissss is a fantastic palace outside of Madrid called El Escorial.

It is perched in a lovely mountainous countryside...

Which we proceeded to hike around!

And then we went to Paris last weekend!!

The first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower!

ANdddd it was Fashion Week! (those are BARBIES)

Oh heyyy Paris, you are stunning!

Classic Louvre shot.

The Mona Lisa!!!

Arc d'Triumph

Nothing like finding MATH references in Versailles!

The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

"The Love Bridge"

Ok this has been so brief, which is unfortunate because I have SO many stories, but I'm about to go ride boats and have a picnic in the park!! LOVE YOU ALL xoxoxoxo