My first post... :)

¡Hola de España! Okay, so how about this blog that I´m finally setting up? Sorry for the delay, all, but I assure you that all you´ve missed is the AMAZING things I´ve been up to here in España! haha. It´s great! Right now I´m in Granada, and I´ve been in Spain for a whole week, which is hard to believe; so much has happened and I´ve done so much it seems like so much longer than that! We started in Madrid, which was really cool. Such a huge city, and so European and stylish! We were a 5 minute walk from the Royal Palace, which was pretty incredible - it was my favorite thing in Madrid. We did a lot there and some some pretty incredible art, and we definately took advantage of the plazas and laid-back lifestyle of Spain. It was great. Next we went to Toledo for a day, which is this tiny little town on top top of a hill. It was just like a movie: skinny little winding, hilly streets that are deemed major roads if the pedestrians don´t have to jump into a doorway when a car comes down the road. One of the more amazing things I´ve seen in my life: a truck backing down one of these hilly, curvy streets and avoiding hitting both the surrounding buildings and the terrified pedestrians (that would be me). It was cool though, the main thing in town is this INCREDIBLE cathedral! It was truly amazing. The US has a shortage of cathedrals and palaces - someone get to work and fix that! :) After Toledo we headed here to Granada, which I love! Although I don´t know if it´s the town that I love, or the hostal that we´re in. Everyone is wonderfully social and there is so much to do! I´ve made so many new friends, it´s so amazing! Amanda from Austin, Laura from Dallas, Dan from Boston, Elly from Australia, Pierre from Paris (France!), Maciek & Jeremy from Australia, Christian from Argentina, Kevin from Hong Kong, Bert from Malaysia, Jen & Sarah from Wisconsin... oh, it´s so cool!! The city is really neat and we saw the Alhombra yesterday... but I´m loving getting to spend time with all these people who have traveled to all these incredible places! We have a blast together. This hostal is really neat - to anyone traveling to Granada or Sevilla, I recommend it! Some of them I´m hoping to meet up with when we head to Sevilla next! and Laura, who goes to UT Arlington, is really neat - hopefully I´ll get to see her when we get back to the States! Well I suppose that´s all I´ll say for now... I´ll fill in holes later because this post is already pretty long. Now that I´ve got this created I´ll update it more frequently, and I think I´ll have pretty steady internet access for at least the next week!
Oh, and thanks so much everyone for your interest in what I´m up to over here! It´s so nice that I can stay connected while I´m so far away... it makes how much I miss all of you so much easier to handle! Thanks so much for your emails and messages, they really mean SO much to me! Keep them coming, I love it! kelgoetz@tamu.edu!! :) Let me know what´s going on in your life!!!!!

Kelly

PS pictures still to come! :)