Christy, Ashley, Lindsay, Kelly, Missy, Amber and our goofy ISA director Wes at the soccer game! We won 2-1! Go Sevilla!  

El partido de fútbol! Here's Katherine, Missy, Kelly and Lindsay wearing red and supporting our Sevilla Fútbol Club against Atlético de Madrid! (that's soccer...) 

The aftermath of all our fun in the street....when everyone leaves to go to the clubs, they just leave their drinks, ice and trash in the street--kinda disgusting. But the trashmen are very efficient about picking it up by like 6am...so I guess it works out ok. 

Becca, Danielle, and Amber loving life! (Becca was supposed to be kissing the other cheek, but we'll forgive her for ruining the cute picture) 

Amber and Becca with 7 Spanish guys in the streets again on Saturday night! Good times had by all... 

Lindsay, Victor, Fran, Amber, Jason and Rocío hanging out in the street again on Friday night...haha notice a trend? This is basically what every young Sevillian does anytime they go out before going to the dance clubs! 

Kelly and Luque in the crazy streets of Sevilla botellón-ing on Thursday night! 

Salamanca, Spain

On Friday October 15th, we woke up at 6am to pack and get everything ready to leave on the bus to Salamanca at 7:30am. Basically, we haven´t been so tired in quite sometime, since all of us had just returned from France or Italy a couple days before! It was a miserable 7 hour bus ride, but we tried to enjoy the movies showing in Spanish and make the most of it. When we got there we checked into our amazing hotel, took a little nap and went to explore the small, old city of Salamanca. At the end of our little tour, we ran into several Wake Forest students and planned to meet up with them later so they could show us where the real fun was in the town! We went out at 11:30pm with a huge group of Wake Forest students that we had never met before, which was refreshing and felt so comfortable to meet people from our North Carolina home! The next day we did the whole sightseeing thing and all really enjoyed the architecture and beauty of this quaint city--even though we were all FREEZING. Overall, the trip was a big success and we just had a great time hanging out with new Wake Forest friends and just becoming closer with the other students with ISA that we were traveling with! Basically, one great field trip and we can´t wait til our next one together to Granada and Cordoba in November!

Coppell Cowgirls in SPAIN! Saturday night at Camelot, Amber coincidentally ran into Roya Hajbandeh--an old friend from high school! Those CHSers are really going places... 

Here´s Joe(from Wake) trying to warm up Katie and Kelly´s ears that were freeeezing off. After having summer in Sevilla for a couple months, this abrupt weather change to winter was a little shock to us all! 

Ashley, Amber, Lindsay and Kelly at a bar with the Wake Forest students studying in Salamanca the first night we were there. 

All dolled up and ready for a night on the town in Salamanca--a place famous for their bars and nightlife! 

Amber and Katie trying to liven up the most boring tour everrr of the old Cathedral... 

Kelly and Katie trying to stay warm in the Plaza Mayor where everyone meets up to go out each night! 

Our first night in Salamanca after finishing our short tour of the Plaza Mayor, we look around and see 3 guys from Wake Forest that are studying in Salamanca! Deacon pride all over Spain... 

Out luxury 4 star Hotel Byblos in Salamanca! They had jacuzzi bathtubs, and we each took at least 1-2 baths a day! Amazing... 

Kelly, Eve, Missy, Katie, Lindsay, Julie, Becca and Danielle playing in the streets of Salamanca! 

All the girls looking in different directions because there were 10 cameras snapping at once--but we all look cute nonetheless and hopefully you can see how close we´ve all become! 

Beautiful. 

We love our ISA directors! Here´s Amber, Quique, Kelly, Manolo, Katie, Lindsay and Wes hanging out in front of the Convent. 

Amber with the gorgeous Cathedral behind her in Salamanca 

A little panoramic view of the city of Salamanca... 

Pretty picture in Salamanca---we´re thinking the Cathedral? Beautiful whatever it is. 

On the way to Salamanca, we stopped in Caceres to eat our sack lunches and enjoy some well preserved Roman ruins in Spain! 

Amber and Lindsay Conquer Italy!

So....our trip to Italy was more than a success. Although it was our first trip without Katie and Kelly, we still managed to have fun! We visited Venice, Florence, and Rome in 5 days with a few spontaneous decisions and some bumps in the road. We were little social butterflies and made friends in each city (which managed to get us quite a few free drinks and meals). Let us just say that we spent more on transportation than food and lodging combined. We can say that we "camped" in Italy though.Venice: gorgeous pictures, Murano glass shops every 10 feet, 2 gelatos each day, Wake Forest girls, Dance of the Gondoliers (because that was free and a Gondola ride was a ridiculous price...we did take the vaporetto though, which is Venice´s bus system on the canal), and thank you Danielle for free cappucinos and an incredible dinner!Florence: RAIN...tent...drain toilets...RAIN....now the positives: shopping at the mercato, best focaccia ever, free dinner at Pepperdine House, Pietro-the gourmet chef, and the best meal of our lives...notice we didn´t mention the DAVID? Don´t go to Florence on a Sunday and Monday because all the museums are closed! We got some great photos of the city though and the people we met made up for the sighseeing misfortunes. Rome: Super sightseeing!! St. Peter´s, Vatican, Colosseum, Roman Ruins, fountains, etc. in 1 day and ending with another free evening out with some Italian policemen. On Wednesday we sadly had to leave Rome, but couldn't have asked for a more eventful trip with memories that will last a lifetime! Grazie Italia!

Here is Amber wearing 5 shirts, 2 cardigans, and a scarf on the flight back from Rome. Both of us had to wear the majority of our clothes in order to maintain the 15 kg weight limit on RyanAir after buying gifts in Italy. Haha at least we stayed warm. 

Lindsay and Amber posing with the biggest roses ever that our Italian guys bought for us--haha everything you've heard about those Italian men is probably true. Real smooth...