And then there were two.

In planning this trip to Spain, there were initially three of us. However, due to some unfortunate circumstances, one of our friends decided to turn down the opportunity. So I wish her the best of luck next year.

As I haven't really talked about what I'll be doing in Spain next year or how this opportunity fell into my lap, I'll fill in some blanks. Jason and I got an amazing opportunity to go teach english at a small privately owned Academy in Logroño, Spain - in the beautiful region of La Rioja. (Known to most as "Wine-Country". No complaints there.) Our friend, the one who ended up turning down the opportunity, studied in Spain a few months ago and was asked to take a year off of school to come back to teach at the Academy. She was then asked if she knew any other native English speakers that would be interested as well. With my passion for Spanish and different cultures, I was the first to jump at the opportunity. I've never really even thought twice about it yet.

Jason got a call today from our "Boss" in Spain. He got a lot of great information for the both of us and we were urged to get to Spain as soon as possible, however we mutually decided that we wouldn't be going until Mid-August, giving him time to finish up his summer internship.

I'm very grateful to have Jason to travel with, as he's travelled abroad and definitely has more international experience than I do.

I'm also so blessed to have gotten this opportunity and can't wait to be able to share it with friends, family, co-workers, teachers, etc. via this blog.

 ¡Hasta luego, Amigos!

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older."

So here I am, on Blogspot. I suppose I've always had an interest in creating a blog, I've always thought that my thoughts were especially interesting and that everybody would be interested in reading them, however, here I am, with my fingers pressed against the keys and nothing in my mind to write about. Having nothing to write about is probably not the best way to commence a blogging experience, but if I don't set this up now, it probably won't happen.

The main reason for setting up this blog is so that while travelling throughout Europe (beginning in August 2011) my family and friends will be able to keep up with my life and travel vicariously through me via pictures, posts, videos, etc. Why I started now? I got some advice to begin practicing my writing and blogging now, before my big adventure (Thanks, Jon).

While I'm sort of on the topic of travelling, I suppose I'll put the list of places/sites that I refuse to neglect while in Europe. I've been gradually creating this over the past few weeks:

SPAIN:
- La Sagrada Familia
-Las Ventas
-La Plaza Mayor
-La Plaza del Toros
-Vineyards
-Ibiza
-Pamplona

ENGLAND:
-Westminster Abbey
-Big Ben
-Stonehenge
-Windsor Castle
-Buckingham Palace

FRANCE:
-Eiffel Tower
-The Louvre
-Versailles
-Arc de Triomphe
-Mont Saint-Michel
-Notre Dame

ITALY:
-Venice
-The Colosseum
-Tower of Pisa
-Vineyards

VATICAN CITY
-The Vatican

GREECE:
-Theatre of Dionysus
-Athens
-Parthenon
-Olympia

GERMANY:
-Brandenburg Gate
-Auschwitz
-Holsten Gate
-Berlin wall remnants
-Cologne Cathedral

I'm sure the list will expand over the next few months and I'll probably just keep the list updated.

Until next time.