Barca

June 30, 2009
After a surprisingly uneventful flight, a few days around Alicante, and a beautiful train ride, we are here. Our first days in Spain were spent sleeping and fighting the heat in Campello. It is a beautiful tourist town with small beaches and lots of heat. We now understand the purpose of a siesta is not to nap but to avoid this incenerating heat. In Barcelona, we are volunteering with an organization called Puente Arab to teach Spanish and English to recent immigrants from Arabic nations. The few hours a week that we are going to be able to spend here are a great distraction from the busy-ness of meandering from beach to historical site to napping. While Barcelona is beautiful, it may be the hottest city we have ever been in... Nias, Indonesia has nothing on this place. Jimmy is still fighting with technology and limited Spanish as he tries to settle in. I´ve given up on actually using the correct spanish and just spew my broken Mexican-style spanish on whomever I need to speak to. Delightful. I think our pics have been uploaded to our flicker account, which you should be able to access from here. Well, my time on the computer is limited, but I will try to return with better updates in the near future. Remember that you can text us for free... we´d love to hear from you :)
Much Love,
Jimmy and Celeste

Travel Day :)

Thanks to C's mom who called us BEFORE 5 am and woke us up :p I'm sure we didn't need those extra minutes of sleep:) we are through LAX security-with only minor delay as they felt the need, as always, to search Yimmy. Now we are waiting to board.... Clearly bored out of our minds; why didn't we bring cards?!?! Drena, bring cards! You're right we're not going read :)bleh... Debating whether or not to take the $300 bribe they are offering to get bumped because they are oversold.love us airways :)
Bleh, again! We tried getting bumped but for some reason they offered only to send us to Las Vegas instead of alicante. Char, want tickets to LV? Evidently US airways has plenty! Jimmy is tired, wants to sleep, and is annoyed that I'm making him listen to me type. You're probably bored,too, if you are reading this because let's be honest nothing fun is happening at LAX...alright,then, off to sleep... Or maybe, just to prove drena wrong I'll finish up eat,pray,love before the flight :)

Manzana!

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Two Days Til Spain

Celeste is packed and has checked off 99% of her to do list....Jimmy is busy watching America's Home Video's apparently believing that the morning we leave will be the best day to get ready :) Thanks to everyone who making our trip possible. Ross and Drena, you can expect calls from my mom to check up, not on you, but on Samson and El Gatito. Enjoy :) Our plan for the time being is to hang out in Madrid for a day, head to Alicante for a few days and then make our way to Barcelona for the remainder of our time in Spain.  We'll keep you posted as the journey unfolds whenever we can find access to the internet. 

Manzana!

Jimmy and Celeste