Saturday, March 19, 2005
Spain Pictures
So finally here are the pictures of Spain. Lindsay is doing great there. She's really got the hang of how to do everything in Spain. She knows her way around not just Alcala de Heneres, but also Madrid and Segovia. She's really doing well for herself. I'm really proud of her. We had a great time. Take a look:
An art museum where I attended one of Linds' classes and was able to understand some of the lecture.
The fountain of Neptune in the center of Madrid.
The central post office for all of Spain located in Madrid. Some post office!
Located over my left shoulder is the Puerto de Alcala which is where Lindsay studies, we're in Madrid again.
This is a statue of a bear eating from a tree, this is the symbol of Madrid.
This is the plaza in Alcala. The statue in the middle is Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote, who was from Alcala.
A picture of what some of the streets in Alcala were like. Under the walkways were store fronts.
This is a monument to the first historian to study the new world. He studied in Alcala and brought honor to the university through his study.
Linds and I in front of the monument from the previous picture.
The storks that were EVERYWHERE. They're HUGE too. Check out the size of their nests.
Flamenco dancers! Too bad the picture couldn't catch how fast they were moving. They were amazing.
Linds and I.
Linds and I again.
Aquaducts in Segovia. They were so huge and hard to believe they were standing with no concrete or mortar or anything.
A church in Segovia. The highest ceiling I've ever stood under.
The castle in Segovia. Inspiration to Walt Disney. It was amazing.
An art museum where I attended one of Linds' classes and was able to understand some of the lecture.
The fountain of Neptune in the center of Madrid.
The central post office for all of Spain located in Madrid. Some post office!
Located over my left shoulder is the Puerto de Alcala which is where Lindsay studies, we're in Madrid again.
This is a statue of a bear eating from a tree, this is the symbol of Madrid.
This is the plaza in Alcala. The statue in the middle is Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote, who was from Alcala.
A picture of what some of the streets in Alcala were like. Under the walkways were store fronts.
This is a monument to the first historian to study the new world. He studied in Alcala and brought honor to the university through his study.
Linds and I in front of the monument from the previous picture.
The storks that were EVERYWHERE. They're HUGE too. Check out the size of their nests.
Flamenco dancers! Too bad the picture couldn't catch how fast they were moving. They were amazing.
Linds and I.
Linds and I again.
Aquaducts in Segovia. They were so huge and hard to believe they were standing with no concrete or mortar or anything.
A church in Segovia. The highest ceiling I've ever stood under.
The castle in Segovia. Inspiration to Walt Disney. It was amazing.
Kings and Queens (Not of Spain)
Tonight was an interesting night. I went to see the "Kings and Queens of Slippery Rock University." These are not actual royalty but SRU students dressed as drag kings and queens accompanied by "professional" kings and queens.
The show was quite humorous. I didn't know anyone performing, save a the girlfriend of one of my friends from the honors floor. I enjoyed it a bunch. It was entertaining and humorous to see how people can make themselves into another gender. There were some drag kings that somehow had grown facial hair. Strange.
The best part of the night was the finale. One of the professional queens sang "this is my life" while eating life cereal with milk and then spitting it everywhere as she sang. She made a crazy mess. She would also chug milk and then sing, sending it flying everywhere. I won't see anything like again any time soon.
Lastly, I've finally got pictures from Spain uploaded to my server. I'll eventually put them on the blog too with comments so that you'll know what the pictures are, but for now here is what you can see: click here. The pictures will load very slowly because you're downloading the full picture in its original quality. Sorry.
More to come soon.
The show was quite humorous. I didn't know anyone performing, save a the girlfriend of one of my friends from the honors floor. I enjoyed it a bunch. It was entertaining and humorous to see how people can make themselves into another gender. There were some drag kings that somehow had grown facial hair. Strange.
The best part of the night was the finale. One of the professional queens sang "this is my life" while eating life cereal with milk and then spitting it everywhere as she sang. She made a crazy mess. She would also chug milk and then sing, sending it flying everywhere. I won't see anything like again any time soon.
Lastly, I've finally got pictures from Spain uploaded to my server. I'll eventually put them on the blog too with comments so that you'll know what the pictures are, but for now here is what you can see: click here. The pictures will load very slowly because you're downloading the full picture in its original quality. Sorry.
More to come soon.
Friday, March 18, 2005
The Spanish Expedition
Hi everyone. Sorry it's been so long. I have been really busy making up for the time I spent in Spain when I would have been getting some work done. I'm almost though with that now though. The end is in sight.
I was going to post pictures of the Spain trip now, but I'm in the lab and have realized that all of my photos are on my computer in my dorm. So that'll come soon, but not just yet. I've got like 16 pictures. There aren't a ton because my memory card is small. I was sure to buy lots of post cards with pictures though so there are plenty of pictures of Alcala, Madrid and Segovia.
School is going okay. Lots of work. I wrote a computer program earlier in the week and I finished a rough draft of a research paper for today. I've also got philosophy work that I need to start this weekend and I've got code to write for the research project I'm doing with Dr. Dailey. Lots of work. That's okay though. I'm gonna take it easy this weekend.
The weather is finally getting nice here. Not great, but nice. It snowed a little last night but the sun came out today and melted all of that. I am happy for that. There's still some snow on the ground here but it isn't so bad.
I'll write some more about the Spain trip when I post my pictures. See everyone soon.
P.S. I'll be home for easter because SRU give us the Thursday and Friday beforehand off! YAY!
I was going to post pictures of the Spain trip now, but I'm in the lab and have realized that all of my photos are on my computer in my dorm. So that'll come soon, but not just yet. I've got like 16 pictures. There aren't a ton because my memory card is small. I was sure to buy lots of post cards with pictures though so there are plenty of pictures of Alcala, Madrid and Segovia.
School is going okay. Lots of work. I wrote a computer program earlier in the week and I finished a rough draft of a research paper for today. I've also got philosophy work that I need to start this weekend and I've got code to write for the research project I'm doing with Dr. Dailey. Lots of work. That's okay though. I'm gonna take it easy this weekend.
The weather is finally getting nice here. Not great, but nice. It snowed a little last night but the sun came out today and melted all of that. I am happy for that. There's still some snow on the ground here but it isn't so bad.
I'll write some more about the Spain trip when I post my pictures. See everyone soon.
P.S. I'll be home for easter because SRU give us the Thursday and Friday beforehand off! YAY!
