Sofia Somewhere

As I'm holed up in my apartment escaping the cold (thank god for heating, I don't know how I survived last year in Granada), here's another travel throwback post. While traveling around Spain and Europe with friends last year was fun, that and looking through some old travel pictures made me realize how much I enjoy traveling with my sisters. I managed to spend some time with my sister Angela over the Christmas break, so I decided that I wanted to travel with my other sister Isabel when I went back home for the summer. We wanted a place that was relatively near and cheap, and settled on Japan. We had both never been and were quite excited. August rolled around, and we caught our bright and early 5:25am Cebu Pacific flight and landed in Narita without any problems. (Random side story - we were waiting and waiting for Cebu Pacific to go on sale, but could never quite catch the seat sales for our preferred dates. We finally caught a promo fare, but it was only for our ret...

Last December's quick trip to Murcia made me realize that I never got around to posting about the other trip I took to Murcia at the end of May. When I finished up my stint in Granada, I decided to take one last trip before flying home to the Philippines. So I packed up all my things in Granada (two suitcases, plus a carry-on), and headed to Murcia to visit my mother's family's family friend (quite a mouthful). I brought along another friend, Julie, and Mari Cruz (my mother's friend) picked us up at the bus station. With Mari Cruz and her daughter Pilar We spent our first afternoon (Friday), walking around the city and exploring Murcia. Some sights we saw... La Iglesia Catedral de Santa Maria  - One of the things I look for in each Spanish city I visit is its cathedral. They are almost always so beautiful, and Murcia's was no exception. It has a mix of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. On the left of the picture below is the Torre-campanario (be...

Several weeks have come and gone, and here I am apologizing again for the lack of blog posts. So again, here is my attempt at getting back into the groove. December flew by pretty quickly. After my Salamanca and Segovia weekend trip, I had more classes, headed to Murcia and Granada the next weekend, and then after another week of classes I was on the plane to Manila! I spent the holidays in the Philippines soaking up the sun, eating too much food, and spending time with family and friends. It was a much needed (warm) three week vacation. Come January 9 it was back to Spain and the cold. Things will be quite tranquil for me over the next couple of weeks. I'm working on saving up for some upcoming trips in February: Stockholm, Sweden to watch my cousin's show, and an Asturias meet-up with some college friends around Spain who are also doing the  program. Then in March, my sister and I have a trip to Morocco planned for Spring Break. So the plan is the have some quiet weeks a...