Jon Visits!

Hola!

I clearly haven't posted in a few weeks so I'll update you on my travels and adventures! The semester is flying by-- I can't believe I have less than a month left!

Jon visited 3 weeks ago for his spring break and we had a wonderful time together. I loved showing him around Granada, taking him to my favorite tapas bars, and introducing him to my friends. Maria cooked us a feast for lunch on Friday including Paella, seafood salad, shrimp, and a cool exotic fruit from Granada.

We spent the first weekend exploring Barcelona where we also saw our friends from Illinois who are studying there (Josh, Ben, & David) and Marc & Josh (from Florence). We loved walking down the busy Calle Bib Ramblas and seeing the unfinished Sagrada Familia church by Gaudi. On Sunday night, Marc and Josh flew back to Granada with us and I took them to my favorite tapas bar where we met up with a few of my/their friends. It was so fun hosting them in Granada after being in Florence with them a month earlier. On Monday we went to the Alhambra, I showed them my apartment and introduced them to Maria (Marc loved talking to her in Spanish!), and we went out for tapas with a big group that night.

Jon and I spent the next few days relaxing, enjoying Granada, and eating lots of Spanish food. He even came to one of my classes! On Wednesday night, we left for Roma...

Rome was amazing! Even though I went during my first spring break, I had a great time seeing parts of the city I hadn't been to and spending time with Jon. We loved the Bourgaisie museum and gardens, the Colusseum, Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums, Trevi fountain, Roman forum, etc! We ate lots of gelato and spent time with Max and Becky (Max was also visiting)-- it was so fun to see them!

We spent the last night of our vacation going out for tapas in Granada-- a great (but sad!) way to end his visit. I'm so lucky Jon was able to come-- it was one of the hilights of the semester.

I'll write later about the past 11 days in Eastern Europe! Time to catch up on a little homework....

Hope you all are doing well!