"DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TITANIC????"

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days.  A few of us girl's left Friday for a weekend at the beach.  We stayed in Rota, which is about an hour and a half from Sevilla by bus.  Two of the girls' senora has a beach house there and she let the 4 of us stay there (for FREE!).

We left Friday afternoon and upon arriving to Rota navigated our way from the bus station to the beach house.  It was only about a 10 minute walk, so it wasn't bad at all.  There were three bedrooms and one bathroom and so we all had our own bed.  After we got settled in we went back out and found a grocery store.  We got stuff for dinner and for breakfast.  When we got home we started dinner, which was spaghetti (aka the go-to meal for college kids).  We couldn't found ground beef (obviously), so we bought some chorizo iberico (aka a mix between salami and pepperoni).  It sounds weird, but it was actually delicious in the spaghetti!  We ate dinner on the patio with a great view of the ocean.  After we finished eating, we of course spent the next several hours on the patio just talking.  Friday night we watched Anastasia which brought back wonderful childhood memories.  Then we just sat up and talked until wayyyyy too late (as in 3:30am).

We got up Saturday morning and had Frosted Flakes for breakfast (which was a VERY welcome change from having bread and jam every morning).  Then we headed to board the ferry to Cadiz (another beach town in Southern Spain, except it is more touristy than Rota).  We met 3 other friends from the program that were staying in Cadiz for the weekend.  We spent the day walking around Cadiz and spent a little time on the beach.  I absolutely LOVED Cadiz (and Rota).  Rota is small which reminded me of the close-knit community back home.  Cadiz is a little bigger, but still not the size of Sevilla.  They are both gorgeous and have wonderful beaches with amazing clear blue water.  Here are a few pictures from Cadiz.

 The girls before heading to Cadiz. (Shannon, Camilla, Allegra, and me)

 View of Rota in the distance from the ferry on the way to Cadiz.

 City Hall of Cadiz.

 The Cathedral in Cadiz.

 The open air market in Cadiz.  It was amazing...I wish it were like that in the US.

 Pretty little streets in Cadiz.

 The biggest tree I have ever seen!

 Me at the fortress/castle/thing in Cadiz.

 Camilla and I with crazy windblown hair.  :)

 Pretty ocean view.

Again. :)

 Amazing sunset on the way back from Cadiz.

 Again.

 We woke up at 6:45 am to watch the sunrise over the ocean.  Too bad it was really cloudy and the sunrise wasn't that pretty.  It came out great in these pictures, but it wasn't this amazing in person.  Still, I love to watch the sunrise over the ocean, so it was great to see it with great friends.  :)

Our little private beach in Rota.  We spent the afternoon on Sunday here.  It was really pretty and it was amazing to have a whole beach to ourselves.  :)

All in all, it was an amazing weekend.  I get to see some fields of cotton on the way to Rota, which reminded me of home so that was nice.  Us girls were also able to talk and share with one another all weekend.  We even began to lose our voices by Saturday night because we had talked so much.  It was nice to spend time with some amazing girls and even more nice to have really deep and open conversations.  We talked about our lives back home, relationships, school, and even religion.  Even though we each had different view points and different backgrounds, we were able to talk openly and freely.  For me, it was really nice to open up and bond with these girls.  I love being able to talk about things that aren't commonly associated with "girl talk."

And just in case you were wondering about the blog title.  It's dedicated to the one and only, Camilla.  While we were watching Anastasia on Friday night, she randomly asks "Did you hear about the Titanic?"  Looking straight at me, I wasn't really sure what to say.  Considering as how the disaster happened almost 100 years ago, obviously I've heard about it in.  The other girls were laughing so hard because my face showed the confusion I was experiencing.  It became even more hilarious as I realized that I had no idea how Camilla could possibly have JUST found out about the Titanic and she had no idea how I couldn't understand why she was asking me that.  Anyways, she finally told me that she was talking about recent discoveries in the Titanic's sinking (which are really interesting...google it).

We start university classes tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes.  I'm obviously very nervous about taking classes at the university and not knowing what to expect.  There will definitely be updates on that.