Life Abroad: Córdoba (a.k.a. Surprise!)

This weekend I had my last trip with CIEE and the Teaching Development Program. Thank God! Although I love our group dearly, I'm done with guided tours. Nunca más. You can only learn about the history of Spain and the Arabic/Roman/Christian/Visigoth architecture so many times. I'm afraid we gave our tour guide a run for his money. But no pasa nada! Córdoba was a beautiful city and the history shone through despite a cloudy day! We visited the mezquita/catedral, the original synagogue of the Jews, the Jewish neighborhood, and last but not least the alcázar. But the best part of the entire trip was a tap I got on my shoulder :) So there I was looking at this other group of American students, kinda sizing them up and looking at their clothes as usual hahaha, when I got a tap on my shoulder. So I turned around and to my surprise Hannah Kregel was standing there. Of all the coincidences in the entire world, we both happened to be taking a day trip to the same city on the same day and going to the same monument at the same time. Although perhaps even more random was the time I ran into Aron Evans in a bar in downtown Sevilla. WHAT A SMALL WORLD!!! I was honestly so surprised I didn't even know what to say. I was speechless, in other words. Estupefacto. And to think, she's coming to visit me next weekend! All in all it was a very exciting and surprising trip :)