Spain

Mundaka, the World of Water
June 26, 2008 - Galdakao, Spain
At least that´s what the Romans called this little town on the coast, 20 minutes north of Gernika.  Derived (or evolved, rather?) from the Latin "mundusaqua" or "mundus aquae"¨mundus¨= world, and "aqua" = water.  Thank you, Nikki Romani at Boise High School. Daniela and I took turns jumping off the stone walls on the entrance to the...
Placed by Lael in Gaztemundu

Too sleepy to think of a title...any ideas?
June 25, 2008 - Sevilla, Spain
In Short: ·Where´s the love?· ·Weather update· ·Spanish TV· ·Spanish guys· ·The search for the drink· ·Next location· Another late night, another blog entry! The strange thing about blogs is that you feel like you´re talking to yourself :( PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT because we´re not getting the love like we were with the weekly...
Placed by Kiea & Simon in Kiea and Si's Overseas Adventure

Midsummer´s Eve, y la Fiesta de San Juan
June 25, 2008 - Galdakao, Spain
San Juan (the celebration of St. John the Baptist), was apparently another one of those Christianization phenoms where instead of stamping out the pagan holiday, they just attached a Christian name or significance to it (like Christmas, Easter, etc.)  San Juan, celebrated June 23rd, is the celebration of midsummer.  I don´t know if it´s...
Placed by Lael in Gaztemundu

the belated arrival and $9 sandwiches
June 22, 2008 - Bilbao, Spain
Wow, today has been a fiasco.  After missing our Paris to Bilbao flight b/c the booking hadn´t allowed us enough time to transfer planes, we were switched to the next plane to Bilbao (which would come in 4 more hours) and were supposed to be awarded with food vouchers to make up for the mistake of the airlines, so that we might be spared...
Placed by Lael in Gaztemundu

Noooo Italia!
June 24, 2008 - Sevilla, Spain
Hola amigos! It's 3:03am here in Sevilla and I'm struggling to write this so I hope you're able to understand everything. I'm trying to update the blog but I think an entry written when your brain needs sleep is as bad as no entry at all! ITALY LOST TO SPAIN LAST NIGHT AND MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN! It's the Euro cup 4th quarter final at the...
Placed by Kiea & Simon in Kiea and Si's Overseas Adventure