Extremaduras and Halloween Weekend!

Hi Guys! I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to update... but it has been a crazy past week and a half. Let me start with Extremaduras... I would say that this trip was not one of my favorites mainly because I got really sick during it. I guess you all know that being sick kind of puts a sad cover over whatever you are doing. I loved our hotel... each room was themed with a different color and our room was the pink room and it had little pink chairs and pink sheets! We also visited a Roman amphitheater and a coliseum. These structures are impeccably well-kept and beautiful and it was cool to just be sitting in there and looking around at all the architecture. I also liked seeing the acqueduct that was HUGE and still just as magnificent as ever. My friend Hannah commented on how amazing it is that something so monumental and beautiful could have been made so long ago with almost nothing. It does make you think about how amazing people are! Unfortunately, my camera died that weekend so I barely have any pictures.

I am starting to fall in love with Alcalá especially after Halloween weekend. I mentioned in an earlier post that I am part of the choir here and we had our big Halloween concert with a choir from Berlin on Friday. Then we had a big choir party afterwards where everyone brought food and wine and there was a lot of merriment! There was a huge party and then we would have singing battles against the Berlin choir (I would definetely say that our choir has more fun..) Then the other Spanish kids asked us to go out with them. I was also able to go out with both the adult and younger group of kids just because it is more of a culture norm here to be able to go out with your adult figures! It was so fun getting to know everyone better and I am finally starting to make better friends with the choir members and feel a part of it! On Halloween, I went out with my friend Molly and we wandered around the city to three different bars. One bar that we went to was really interesting because before you entered there were people who wore a lot of make-up and acted like prisoners and they would come up and talk to you and act very scary. It took about five minutes before Molly could get me to go through that! I hate scary things! But the best part of that night was when we met some random Spanish girls in the bathroom and we talked with them for about a half an hour about our lives and our time in Spain... they were so nice! I love this town!