I SAT IN AN AQUEDUCT!!!

That pretty much describes the highlight of last week. Our excursion for the week involved my all-time-favorite Roman Aqueduct and we were able to climb on top of it and sit…I have now marked of one of the things on my “stuff to do before I die” list. My Latin teacher is going to be sooo envious :)

Now, on to the turkey and

AMERICAN FOOD!!!!!!

I know it’s gone and past but I have to tell about our Thanksgiving dinner we had in Spain.  Thanksgiving is only an American holiday but our teachers here wanted to do something nice since all of us students are from the U.S., so we put together a Thanksgiving dinner.  Everyone, teachers and students, brought a dish and it was all delicious.  Yes, I am putting our menu on-line but if you had been eating only Spanish food for two months you would understand our desperation for American food especially on Thanksgiving.  We had Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes, pasta salad, fruit salad, slaw, green-bean casserole, tune casserole, chicken and dumplings, salsa and chips, broccoli and cheese, pumpkin pie, apple cheesecake, sweet potatoes, tiramisu, and Coca-Cola.  I especially loved what one of the guys brought, butter, and no one even opened it.  We all get along well so it was fun to hang out and have Thanksgiving together…it felt a little like home.  They have lights strung in the streets and we are all wondering when they are going to turn them on.  I hope before I leave, Segovia is beautiful enough, but it would be cool to see Christmas lights everywhere.  Since I am talking about Christmas…because almost everyone here is Catholic I figured the emphasize would be mostly on the Three Kings Day and not Christmas, but this is not so.  I have seen many window displays complete with Christmas trees, Santa Clauses, and snow mans, lucky kids…they get presents two times during the holidays J