Córdoba and la playa

Hola todos...

So, the past few days have been pretty good here; not super exciting by any means, but good nonetheless...On Friday the school had a trip to nearby Córdoba to check out a church-turned-mosque-turned-church for the art class students' benefit; they're learning about the architecture styles,from what I can tell...I, on the other hand, figured why take the class if I can go on the field trips for free anyway? I think there's a bit more freedom on the trips for those of us who aren't in the class, so I'm liking my decision...

Saturday some of us headed to the beach at Matalascañas, which was like an hour or hour and a half away from here...that would also happen to be my first experience with the Spanish bus system, and oh my, was it fun...We had bought our tickets the night before (the 4 of us Northwesterners, that is) and learned about the concept of lines in Spain--they mean nothing; whoever steps to the front gets served first; waiting is worthless...So, we got there on Saturday morning and headed down to where the buses were...We met up with the other Acento students who had wanted to go too...since they hadn't purchased tickets the day before, they didn't know that the bus didn't leave until 11am, and so had arrived at the station at about 9:30...So, when the bus finally starts letting us board, we realize that there is a giant horde of people trying to get on one bus, and that not everyone will fit on that one bus...So we take our newfound knowledge of lines in Spain to heart and try to get on the bus...I think 4 out of about 12 of us got on the bus...the rest of us wondered what to do next; fortunately, they brought another bus, and we all managed to get on that one...The ride was fine and we went through a national park and saw what I like to think of as "fairy tale trees"--I didn't get any pictures, and describing them just wouldn't do them justice. We got to the beach and wondered if the other people had gotten off at the first or the second stop; we guessed that they had gotten off at the first one and so did the same; thankfully we guessed correctly! The beach was gorgeous, the weather was gorgeous, and I didn't even get sunburnt! All in all, a great day...

Well, I uploaded a few pics, so we'll see if I can get the link posted here...http://picasaweb.google.com/sarahloveseric/Spain# I think it worked...

Have a great day!!