Once again, i don't really have anything to say about recent news or anything. So i'm just going to put up some pictures of things that i will probably see and take my own actual pictures when i'm there so you can compare them. I think that would be really cool. = ]

Stage 2 Materials Complete

I received an email today saying that the IU office got my stage 2 materials. All i can say to that is thank goodness. I have finally finished all of the paper work and writing and filling things out. After 5 months of worksheets, i am finally done. All that is left with the official paperwork and stuff is the final payment due May 15. Once that is in, the only thing keeping me from Spain is the date!

I don't really have anything else to say today so i'm just going to attach some pictures of Spain and some of the places i am going to see.

Flights.

Yesterday, I was talking with my mom about prom (which was on Saturday) and stuff and the topic of the ash cloud from the Iceland volcano eruption came into discussion. She thinks that we need to contact the travel agency about the fights to Spain in regards to the cloud floating above Europe. She seems to believe that the thing will still be there come June 6. I think otherwise. I really doubt that it will still be there in two months. I mean come on...there's wind and rain and other weather stuff that will move it, right? Right.

In other news, I am supposed to be working on the advanced grammar i will have to know with my current Spanish teacher. I got all of my books for the classes i will have in Spain and I wanted to get a head start on some things so I wouldn't do too bad or far behind. I showed her some of the worksheets and she made copies, but i just don't have enough time to get around to them. Last week was horrible. I was so stressed about regular school work, getting my Stage 2 materials in on time, and of course, prom. On top of that, there was some other issues too, but that's a different story. There was no way i could get to them. (Honestly, I don't know if i remember where i put them!) I think this week will be the same as last. I have AP tests to start studying for and basketball and a lot of other stuff to do. Oh, i hate being this busy!

Stress!

So yesterday, my Stage 2 materials were supposed to be postmarked. Thanks to my mom (Thanks Mom!) I got them in on time. All of this stuff is just sooo stressful. I had to get a medical assessment and have all of my medical records filled out. Then one of my parents had to fill out a parent assessment. And I had to get all of this stuff in the mail and yeah... Along with these forms, part two of the payment was due too. Keep in mind this trip is expensive.

School just got out so I shall write more later!

Intro Into My Trip

Hi! I'm Alyssa and I am a student at Roncalli High School. In February of this year, I was selected from numerous high school applicants to participate in the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages. This is the first of many posts that I will share with you about my trip to Spain. I will be going to Leon which is a large city in the northwest region of Spain. I leave on June 6 will return on July 22 (just in time to make it to the Jack Johnson concert the next day!). I will be in Spain for seven weeks while being totally emerged in Spanish. There is a strict no English rule so I will be writing in Spanish while I am there (sorry! you're just going to have to translate it on Google Translator). I hope you enjoy this as much as I will!

http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-leon.htm