Last Weekend In Espana

The last weekend was spent with Mireille and Brittany in Pona. We went out to a nice seafood restaurant, yes that's right - seafood. I had an amazing steak, but was proud to say that I tried shrimp, crab and some other mystery fish. It was actually pretty good.

We met up with some of the other teachers down at the port later that night for one last get together.

Sunday was a day to pack and clean the house. The cab gave us a little scare when it was 30 min late. Good thing we called and told it to come 30 earlier than the original time. Missing an international flight would be a very bad thing. It picked us up around 3:00AM. Most of us just stayed up the whole night so we could get some sleep on the plane.

Driving from Sotogrande to the airport in Malaga was one of the weirdest feelings. It was the definition of bittersweet. I was very excited to get back home to the states and see my friends and family etc. However I was so sad to leave, I almost felt sick to my stomach. I had never made so many connections with people I knew I may never see again -- the staff and students. In the past I had taken vacations over seas with my family, but you don't make connections. Or you may visit family away from home, but because they're family you know you will see them again sometime in the future. I could not say the same about the people at SIS.

Before when I thought about the location of Spain I said to myself, it’s not that far away...just across the ocean. Ha oh no, it may not seem that far, but with our flight schedule it was definitely a solid 24 hours of traveling. Sotogrande to Malaga, Malaga to NY (terrible airport), NY to Chicago and Chicago to Minneapolis…the cold air getting off the plane took my breath away, welcome home =]