Delayed Update

I haven't had internet at my casa in a while, so I haven't been able to update my blog recently. Since my last update, so much has happened!
1-Spring Break with mom, dad and chel.- Madrid, Granada, Barcelona, and back to Madrid
2-Paris with Emma for a long weekend.
3- Valencia with some MD friends.
4- Mucho trabajo for class, Premio de Cervantes
5-Atleti Madrid game
6-leaving at the end of the week! AH!

Spring break was great! The family got here smoothly, and I met them at the Alcala train station. I showed them around town a bit, we had a great, big lunch, and they got to meet Espe at my casa. It started pouring, but we had to walk back to the station to go to Madrid. Everyone was super jet-lagged but we got back to Madrid to settle in the hotel. The next day, we went to El prado and Renina Sofia, which were really cool, and then to a great vegetarian restaurant. Saturday, we took a bus to Granada, which Chel and I almost missed! We got to the hotel, which was so SMALL but fine.
The weather was great in Granada, and we all got a little burned. We did a bus tour, and walked around and saw the cathedral which was massive.
The next day was Palm Sunday, so we slept in a bit and went to a procession in front of the cathedral. We walked down to the river, saw some cool shops and ate lunch outside in a plaza by the river. Later, we went to the Alhambra for our tour, only we didn't realize Spain had sprung ahead one hour for daylight savings! Good thing we got their early, or we might have missed the tour. We walked around and saw some of the best views I've ever seen! Later, we walked by and saw a massive procession for Semana Santa, with the hooded people and a giant float. We literally almost got crushed by it! By then, we were all tired so we got dinner by the hotel and went to bed.
Next stop on the trip was Barcelona. We took a flight there which went smoothly, and got to our rented apartment with no problem. We were right by Sagrada Familia, a giant Gothic style church. The apartment was really nice, and we rested that night after a good lunch because we had a long next day. We saw a lot of neat architecture, like Gaudi's Pedrera and churches. We went to Gaudi's park and a bunch of shopping. Everything was so modern and pretty looking.
I'm going to stop now and post number 2 tomorrow!