Up in the Air

So, I'm leaving tomorrow. I am pretty much all packed except for those few last minute things, I have lots of stuff to read on the plane, and I think I'm ready. I leave at 9:25am Mountain time, and will arrive at Alicante airport at 12:50pm Spain time. (For future reference: that's 8 hours ahead of Mountain time and 6 ahead of Eastern time.) Then I have to take a bus from Alicante to Murcia which is supposed to take about an hour. Then a taxi to my apartment. Hopefully this means I'll be there around 3:00pm if nothing goes horribly wrong. I'm totally horrified and excited at this point. I guess thats how I'm supposed to feel.

My friend Molly and I have started planning a trip to Valencia a couple weeks after I get there. She's studying abroad in Madrid so we're going to meet in Valencia to spend the weekend. I'm excited about that because I've been in touch with some of the dancers in Valencia so hopefully I'll get some swingin' in while I'm there. Not to mention how beautiful Valencia is supposed to be. And I get to see Molly! Hopefully it will work out.

In less happy news, my favorite Spanish teacher from school passed away this passed Friday. It was totally suprising when I got the news this morning because she seemed like she was totally healthy and in her mid-late fifties. She was a great Spanish teacher and friend. She's the whole reason I chose the study abroad program I did, and she wrote me some wonderful letters of recommendation during the application process. All of the classes I had with her were interesting, and I loved how she focused both on speaking and writing skills in a way some teachers have never mastered. I was pretty excited to come back from Spain and be able to show off my new Spanish skills to her. She will be greatly missed.

I'll do my best to write as soon as I can once I arrive but I don't know what my internet access situation will be--I'll do my best!