When the adventure ends.

I have yet to catch up on tales of adventures of Spain, Austria, and Germany, I realize. Those stories will come. And next month I will have a Czech Republic trip to share with you as well. But today, I want to talk about what happens after the adventure. That thing that we all try...

First Impressions

After months and months of saying, “Is this Spain trip real?” I am finally discovering that it is indeed real. It’s been a week since I left for Sevilla, and what a ride it has been so far. The journey from St. Louis to Sevilla took a relatively easy 15 hours. Maybe I’ll be over...

Courage.

This morning I woke up and looked at my phone. December 15. And it suddenly hit me that exactly one month from today, I will be boarding a plane to Seville. That's a realization filled with way too many emotions for 7 AM, especially when I had two finals to focus on today. All the...

Real or not real? Real.

(Mockingjay premiers tonight so I thought the title was appropriate.) Today marked an exciting step towards my journey abroad: my visa is here! The Spanish Consulate is very particular about visas--you have to take the application to the consulate in person, which for me meant going to Houston, Texas. Luckily for me, one of our...