Final Pictures Of Spain (It's About Time!)

Here is the last installment of photos from our February trip. They are mostly from Gibraltar, and so mainly consist of us standing in front of or with cool things. They are some of my favourites though!

I think this is one of the funniest pictures I have. This is the outside of our hostel in Granada. That's right - we stayed in this extremely sketchy looking alleyway! It was actually perfectly fine, and it was even nice inside. Once we got over the shock of it, it made us laugh quite a bit.

And now, we come to Gibraltar. This is me pointing at Africa. AFRICA!! If you look really closely and squint, you can see it. It was my first, and hopefully not last, look at that continent.

Kim and I standing in a massive cave inside the Rock. I have never seen such a cool cave before. They even have a concert hall in there. I'm sure the acoustics are interesting...

I made a new friend! These are the only "free" apes in Europe.

Meg made a new friend too!

And to close, a picture of me in front of the rock.

That's it for the pictures - we'll see how many posts I have to do for our TWO week trip.

Meet The Next Rhodes Scholar

That's me! Or at least I'd like to think that it COULD be me, after our weekend in Oxford. Needless to say, I enjoyed it, it was very nice, and being there made me want to go back to university. All very predictable for people who know me. Funnily enough, I even felt smarter while I was there.
It's hard to say which I liked better - Cambridge or Oxford. Cambridge colleges had nicer "backs" which faced the river, while Oxford was less crowded and probably had a higher number of cool looking buildings (and seemed to have a higher number of famous alumni). Cambridge DOES have a better math program, though. So basically, if they offered me a spot at either school, I would take it.

Although it doesn't seem like it based on my posts, I have still been living in Great Yarmouth and going to work at school every day. The past two weeks were nice because we had a couple of students from Nipissing university doing some practice teaching. It turned out to be an interesting experience for them (they had a lot of problems with travel logistics and such), but it was fun to be able to talk about home. One of them had even attended Laurier for a year and understood how great Waterloo is! The two of them have gone on to France now, but having them around definitely made the last two weeks go more quickly.

I am glad that it is finally March, because ever since we came home from our week off in February I have thought that it was March. The trees have already been blossoming for weeks, the tulips and daffodils are coming up, and the days have been getting longer. Spring is here! As is March, which means much less confusion for me.

More Pictures Of Spain

Here is one of the cool archways in the Mezquita in Cordoba, with Arabic writing on it.

The streets of Cordoba.

The Alcazar (castle) in Seville.

The Alcazar gardens...very pretty. Senior citizens can get in here for free, so we saw an old man who came in just to sit in the garden for the morning. I can definitely see why.

The amazing Alhambra palace in Granada. The architecture, the gardens and the setting were all awesome. I will try to pick the best pictures to give you an idea of how cool it was.

One of the ceilings.

There was a lot of water around the palace, and it definitely signifies something. However, I can't really remember what at the moment.

One last shot of the exterior.

This is a view of the palace and the city, take from one of the old Muslim neighbourhoods in the city. The square we were at is now apparently also home to all of the hippies in Granada and many dogs.

I will stop for now, but stay tuned for a third installment which will include some pictures from Gibraltar. Don't miss it - they are some of the best ones!