Hi Everyone! I am sorry it has taken me so long to write about this trip... for some reason October is just flying by! This past weekend was my fall break and I decided to go to Portugal with a couple of my friends from my program! Let me tell you Portugese may be very similar to Spanish when you are reading it, but it is COMPLETELY different when it is spoken. It makes me very grateful for every bit of Spanish I can speak. I will tell you that Lisbon is beautiful and it blew me out of the water with how many gorgeous views we saw! Our hostel was actually very amazing and in a very convenient area of town with very chill people. After a good night of sleep, we woke up and were ready to go site seeing! Woo hoo! Even though we were wandering around with a map, we still ended up getting lost and having to walk more than we wanted to. Two girls in my group and I were really not in a rush to get anywhere too fast and we ended up walking a lot slower than the others. We tended to window shop and finally we just had to leave the other part of our group behind so we could finally just shop! I am actually right now wearing my one clothing article from Portugal which is a longer gray sweater that goes great with black tights. We then headed over to the Basilica Estrela, but on our way over there there was a huge park in front of the church where they had built this ropes course in the shape of the Eiffel tour! And of course I wouldn´t be me if I couldn´t play on it! I am consistently amazed by how many churches I have been to while I have been here and still they manage to impress me with their beautiful colors and high ceilings. In the basilica, the interior was made of marble painted all different colors. After wandering in the church, we stopped by a pastelería for lunch. Literally, on every street that you walk in Lisbon there are about 3 pastelerías. Lucky me! Food in Portugal was amazingly cheap and on average I spent less then five € a day which is wonderful for a college student like me! Torre de Belem is one of the most famous monuments in Portugal and it sits right on the water. We had no idea that our walk down there would take about forty five minutes. But since the sun was shining and the sky was a crystal clear blue, I remained content. And as we stopped by the Los Padrao de dos Descubrimientos and went to the view tower, I have never felt so blessed to be in a place and see all of Portugal from a bird´s eye view. The Torre was also incredible and sitting in one of the corners that overlooked the water was breathtaking. We did so much sightseeing the weekend that I want to tell you all about, but I am going to try to shorten this up. The next day we visited the Castle de Sao Jorge and went to a thieve´s market that wraps itself all the way around the church. More views and more fun in the sun. I love being able to relax in Europe. Everybody is about you feeling stress free. That is exactly how I felt this trip especially as I was lying on a couch sipping sparkling water overlooking the river!
I am back home now and things are starting to pick up as examenes parciales are creeping around the corner! Today, I just sang with my choir for the Welcome back event that the University of Alcalá has. It was very cool because in the church all the heads of the different colleges march in wearing their colors of their department. We sang the ¨Hallelujah¨chorus and it reminded me of home and Westminster so much! There was then a reception and we got free tapas (appetizers) and drinks! Definetely my favorite choir event so far... and to put the cherry on the cake, my Spanish friend in the choir said she was watching Telemadrid today and guess who was on the TV: me singing with the choir! Six weeks in Spain and I am already making my television debut... watch out world!
I am back home for the weekend
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