A breath taking view of the Mediterranean Sea from our hike  

Lindsay,Nicole, Ashley and Amber´s last hoorah!

We left on Friday morning to fly from Sevilla to Barcelona, spent all day touring around admiring the amazing architecture of Gaudí all over the city. We bought an all day metro pass and just went in every direction to make the most of the day! We spent the night in a scary hostel that looked like a prison that was cold with reallllly strange guests, but they had free internet so we were content. We did a little more sightseeing the next day but flew to Geneva, Switzerland that Saturday afternoon! As soon as we got to Geneva, we got on a train to Interlaken--about 3 hours northwest of Geneva in the center of Switzerland, the Alps and two beautiful lakes! In Interlaken, we stayed at Balmer´s...the epitome of an awesome youth hostel with fun travellers from all over the world! Right away, we met some fun guys that were studying in Alicante and made amigos. One of them is actually Derek Dobbs´ roommate in Alicante---what a small world! Anyways, Switzerland was like a winter wonderland with incredibly nice people and breathtaking views wherever we looked. Definitely the most serene beauty I´ve ever seen, and probably will ever see in my life! We spent Sunday at the Christmas market, biking around the amazingly clean city and then went to the Santa Goes Wild celebration that night! The next day we all went paragliding through the Swiss Alps!! Flying through the mountains and being able to see all that beautiful scenery from an aerial view was just a surreal experience and something I´ll never forget! Basically, the pictures I´ve posted and simple words can´t even begin to describe how beautiful this place was so I´ll just give up trying. We had to fly back through Barcelona, and made it home safely on Wednesday morning! Now it´s one weekend of fun, one week of finals and we´re coming home on the 20th!

Ashley right before she ate grass upon landing. Haha you can see that her feet are straight out...when we told to start running when your feet hit so you can ease the crash. Haha but she just sat down, her pilot flew over the top of her and wiped out...sure glad she went last and all 3 of us could watch her do it! 

Amber playing in the snow at the top of the mountain while waiting for the other girls to land and our turn at flying! 

Our big Swiss adventure!! Paragliding in the Swiss alps!! Here is Nicole right after running off the mountain top with Peter-our very attractive pilot! 

After seeing Santa Goes Wild at one bar, we headed over to Hooters with our new fun American friends Spencer and Sam! Sam had never been to Hooter´s before soo we decided to make Interlaken his big first experience! 

Nicole rockin´ it with Santa. 

Here is Santa later that night getting wasted at the ¨Santa Goes Wild¨ annual celebration at a bar downtown. Haha we were there to witness this amazing sight and had a great time getting down with Santa, the King, the monk, and the black peters...yes, strange but they are their version of elves that are black and know all the bad things they kids have done all year! 

Here is Santa or St. Nick as they call him, walking around the Christmas market with his donkey...just getting the town in the spirit! 

The Christmas market! We met a fun Swiss man who looked like a true mountain man and made us a traditional Swiss Christmas drink...hot red wine with fruit, pretty much hot sangría Swiss style! 

Amber playing in Lake Thun during our photo shoot pit stop during the bike ride 

Oooh beautiful Switzerland. 

The foursome on top of some castle ruins we found on our bike ride overlooking Lake Thun! 

Interlaken, Switzerland!! We rented bikes and explored the precious city on 2 wheels! A little cold, but the best way to see everything for sure! 

Lindsay, Amber, Nicole and Ashley hanging out on the roof of La Pedrera! 

Ashley and Lindsay in Las Ramblas in Barcelona with all the beautiful Christmas lights and big tree! 

The first stop in Barcelona was La Pedrera a famous apartment complez built by Antonio Gaudí! Nicole and I just hangin´ out in one of these amazing arches hallways in the attic. 

Amber and Mom touring the Real Alcazar palace on their last day in Sevilla! Sadly, Ashley was really sick and was at the hotel sleeping! 

Really amazing finale to the SICAB show at the end of the night!  

Mom playing with the horses at SICAB-an International Horse Exhibition that we took her to for her birthday! 

Out to dinner for Mom´s birthday at San Marco again for a delicious meal! 

A little Thanksgiving night Flamenco show with the fam! Not quite as traditional as watching some football, but still fun! 

The fam on a little Thanksgiving day horse-drawn carriage ride through Sevilla! 

Katie and Amber playing in Plaza de España! 

Ashley, Mom and Amber in Plaza de España! 

Thanksgiving dinner at San Marco-a really great Italian restaurant! So we didn´t have turkey, mashed potatoes, or pumpkin pie--but we were with the fam and ate well so that´s what reallllly matters!