hola! we are back! as some of you may have figured out, we were't so successful on the "free internet" once we hit spain, so i guess we'll just have to do long updates. you'll probably find most of the posts and pictures posted on our london & spain blog later. just a few quickies:
-i have come back with two knees, but a nice throaty cold. can't wait to go back to work to infect everyone.
-deciding to stay in crowne plaza in london the last night of our trip was the best decision ever. luxurious. hot showers. queen sized beds to ourselves. aaaaahhhh. all for hecka cheap. thanks, priceline!
-i'm usually not bothered too much but discrimination, but i was totally irritated for some reason, by these two guys in Alhambra in Granada who walked up to some of us, said "konichiwa," bowed with their hands, and took off snickering to themselves. i shouted after them, "we're AMERICANS!" later when we ran into them again, we said "waddup, dudes" to them. they laughed and said "waddup dudes. hahahaha" grrrr. couldn't tell if they were english (british) or american. regardless, idiots. that, and i was the one lucky one out of our entire group(because i hid behind this really tall guy) who didn't get pulled by the security at the heathrow airport to get my bags and clothes searched. i wasn't too bothered by it but found it interesteing since andrea & esther were ahead of us in line, and they pulled them out, and then when they saw the rest of us later, pulled everyone else out as well.
-definitely bring a compass with you next time you travel without a tour. would have saved us a lot of time. by the end of the trip i pretty much expected us to always be lost.
-my laptop, despite before the trip everyone telling me not to bring it, saved most of us a lot of trouble. who knew everyone would take so many pictures? there were people uploading pictures every night. only joy, with 1.5 gigs of memory cards didn't need to upload. my suitcase, for some reason always being the very last to show up in baggage claim, was the most precious to everyone since it held all their pictures :)
okay that's it for now. i'm surprisignly holding up pretty well considering it's almost 3am in Spain. adios for now!
-i have come back with two knees, but a nice throaty cold. can't wait to go back to work to infect everyone.
-deciding to stay in crowne plaza in london the last night of our trip was the best decision ever. luxurious. hot showers. queen sized beds to ourselves. aaaaahhhh. all for hecka cheap. thanks, priceline!
-i'm usually not bothered too much but discrimination, but i was totally irritated for some reason, by these two guys in Alhambra in Granada who walked up to some of us, said "konichiwa," bowed with their hands, and took off snickering to themselves. i shouted after them, "we're AMERICANS!" later when we ran into them again, we said "waddup, dudes" to them. they laughed and said "waddup dudes. hahahaha" grrrr. couldn't tell if they were english (british) or american. regardless, idiots. that, and i was the one lucky one out of our entire group(because i hid behind this really tall guy) who didn't get pulled by the security at the heathrow airport to get my bags and clothes searched. i wasn't too bothered by it but found it interesteing since andrea & esther were ahead of us in line, and they pulled them out, and then when they saw the rest of us later, pulled everyone else out as well.
-definitely bring a compass with you next time you travel without a tour. would have saved us a lot of time. by the end of the trip i pretty much expected us to always be lost.
-my laptop, despite before the trip everyone telling me not to bring it, saved most of us a lot of trouble. who knew everyone would take so many pictures? there were people uploading pictures every night. only joy, with 1.5 gigs of memory cards didn't need to upload. my suitcase, for some reason always being the very last to show up in baggage claim, was the most precious to everyone since it held all their pictures :)
okay that's it for now. i'm surprisignly holding up pretty well considering it's almost 3am in Spain. adios for now!
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