Time flies

Only three more weeks to go! The semester goes by slowly while I'm living in it, but looking back it seems much shorter. Change of plans for this weekend, Sara is coming up from Jerez to visit and I'm going to show her around Sevilla on Saturday and Sunday. She's one of the nice Jewish girls I met at the seder during Semana Santa. She's from Baltimore, and she's spending her junior year (of high school!) in Spain. Very impressive. I have decided that showing Jews around Sevilla is a recipe for fun.

Next week is la Feria, which will be a whirl of tents, carnival rides, horses, and flamenco costumes. I'll post pictures once it gets started. Thursday through Sunday I'll be in Lagos, Portugal. I then have one week of classes, a weekend in Cádiz, and one week of finals. I have four finals to study for, one presentation (about Jews in Spain), and two essays for Pitzer to finish. I'm still working with Marc on a few details of our Europe trip, but most of the larger pieces have fallen into place and we're starting to get a better idea of what we'll be doing. These next couple of weeks are going to be busy, stressful, and fun.

Pictures (a few leftovers from Ronda):
1) one of the lovely gardens
2) classical guitarists play in the parks (and sell to the tourists)
3) a man asking directions from a young Rondan
4) a very classy Spanish menu
5) Gregorian chant music in one of the displays in the church (I learned to read this with Professor Kamm way back in freshman year)
6) very pretty street vendor jewelry