October 21, 2008 Hey guys!

I know I haven´t written to all of you in a while, there just hasn´t been much time to write out emails to everyone except the parents. We went to Barcelona with a huge group of friends, who ended up staying with us about a week, and then Ellis and I extended our stay a few extra days to meet up with a few more friends we´d made in London, so we were in Barcelona for roughly ten days. The city was remarkably bohemian, but also very toursity and not what you´d imagine to be classically a Spanish town, but it was still wonderful. The energy was great, and there were so many young people around that really made it come to life.

After Barcelona, we ended up convincing two of our friends to join us in Madrid, where we spent this last weekend. The city is enormous, and probably the equivalent of New York or Paris. It´s just as gorgeous, but again, not what you would consider a traditionally Spanish town.

We had so much fun with all of our friends, and it was very sad to see them all go back to London.

I´d write something longer and more explanatory, but there´s not much time we have before we go to Granada today. I just wanted to let you all know that we´re still alive, and we´re still moving on! Two more cities to tackle in Spain, and then it´s off to France.

October 28, 2008 Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that Ellis and I are taking a painfully slow day to upload all of our photos onto Photobucket today, and we´re doing it just for you. Pictures will still be going up on Facebook, but only a select few. We decided to make Photobuckets just so we can store ALL of our pictures, which would give you guys the option of seeing every single one. Most of the photos on Photobucket are just pictures of scenery and stuff. Anyway, here´s the album URL: http://s375.photobucket.com/albums/oo198/vkunath/.

I think you can also access it by just typing in: www.photobucket.com/veronikakunath

So just check the Photobucket every once in a while to see if any new photos have been added! My battery charger was lost in the midst of travels, so I wasn´t able to get any pictures in Barcelona or Madrid, but I´ve got lots of pictures in London and a few from Granada and Sevilla in there right now.

October 29, 2008 Well, Seville has been absolutely wonderful thus far. It´s incredibly rewarding to be able to walk around and literally do nothing and still feel so fullfilled. We´ve found our favorite square and claimed it as our own, so we always meander over there during our free time (which is basically all the time) and just watch the people and the street performers.

The first night here we made a few really great people and on a whim went out with them under the impression that we were getting food, when really we ended up seeing a live flamenco show instead. It was absolutely incredible and well worth the lack of tapas. After that, we were just meandering through the near-empty streets (and there was about sixteen of us) looking for a place to eat, but it was a Sunday and most places were closed by midnight. We ended up splitting off into two groups, and the group I was with (including Ellis, a girl from Canada, a guy from Australia, and another guy from Canada) ended up coming across a kebab place at about 2 in the morning that was JUST closing, and we begged and begged and they must´ve taken pity because they reopened just for us to give us food.

Then the next night we met up with two German girls we had met earlier and just hung out at a cafe for a few hours, talking.

Last night there was a flamenco show at the hostel, which was very cool, but way too short! We also had a fantastic moment, Ellis and I, where we were sitting in our favorite square and it began to rain, and we bought some roasted chestnuts (there are little roasted chestnut stands EVERYWHERE), and we walked back to the hostel in the rain watching all of these street performers and gypsies run for shelter. It was probably one of the coolest moments I´ve ever experienced, and made me feel that life really didn´t get better than moments like that. It was such a great feeling and really impossible to capture in words or photographs.

I´ll keep you more updated as the trip goes on. We´re hoping to be in Portugal Saturday afternoon!!

Love you guys!

HARVEST MOON 2008 London Calling!

STURGEON MOON 2008 How about a magic trick?

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