Taken from Journal: Nov 12th (day 5) Today was our last day. We went to the Reina Sophia museum to see picasso's famous painting Gunerica. It depicts the suffering of a people during a war, and while I can understand it's meaning, I found myself almost laughing at parts of the painting. The faces look very cartoon-ish and I couldnt help but find a little humor in them. Mom and I ranted about how we arn't really fans of modern art for a while. I just dont underst...

Taken from my Journal: Nov 10th (day 3) So we went to Toledo today. Much cooler than Madrid I must say! We got off to a rough start (missing our train lol) and because no one speaks any english at all, and I had to rely on my 9th grade spanish to communicate we had a very difficult time trying to exchange our tickets. After a frustrating half and hour I finally just gave up and we bought new tickets for the next train. We waited in the station for another half h...

Hey everyone! sorry this is so overdue. I got back from Ireland and as soon as I got back was writing papers and doing homework. Then it was Thanksgiving and my roomate from Temple was visiting, so I havent had time to update this. I appologize! Anyways.... Here is the accounts of my Spain trip with my mom taken from my journal...enjoy! Taken from Journal: Nov 9th (friday) So, I am sitting in a very comfy bed in my extremely nice hotel room. Mom's getting ready...