Well? I am official exhausted, but at least we get a day of travel tomorrow before picking back up with sightseeing and touristy stuff again on Tuesday in Barcelona.  Today we have amazing breakfast again at the hotel, then literature class @ 8:30.  Then we spent the morning at the Botanical Gardens in Madrid.  We learned today in lit class that the original purpose of botanical gardens in the 18th century was to organize thoughts and collect different k...

Today was our first real day.  We had an awesome breakfast at the hotel this morning at seven, and art class at 8:30.  Then we went to The Prado, a big museum a couple blocks from our hotel.  It was mainly older paintings by Goya, El Greco, Titian, Rembrandt, and more.  The focus of a lot of 18th century art is Christianity, so it was extremely interesting to get to walk around and see all the different depictions of Jesus, angels, and the Holy Spirit...

We have finally arrived in Madrid after 12 hours of travel and a 6 hour time difference.  Needless to say, my body clock is completely disoriented.  I can't really tell if it is today or yesterday.  I am writing this at 11:00pm (Madrid time) so 5pm (Atlanta time)? I think.  I can't wait until my body gets used to this whole traveling thing.  The past two days have been pretty interesting.  We left for the airport super early.  We were there a...

Hey Everyone!! I actually havn't left yet.  I am still trying to figure this thing out.  I thought it would be useful for you all to know where I am going and when. So here is my itinerary for the trip!! May 24: Travel! May 25-28: Madrid, Spain May 28- June 1: Barcelona, Spain June 1-2: Aix-en-Provence, FranceJune 2-6: Florence, Italy June 6-10: Rome, ItalyJune 10-13: Venice, ItlayJune 13-15: Zurich, SwitzerlandJune 15-19: Paris, France June 19...