A few last treasures...

I found more photos that I haven't shared!! So here's the Spanish tapas/combo plate feast my dad and I ate the last night we were in Madrid before our flight...

Patatas bravas (potatoes with "spicy" sauce), fried chorizo, french fries, fried egg, bread, and beer with lemon Fanta–so many of my favorite things!!

Here's the suitcase stack my champ of a dad took to the airport...

Blurry photo, but you get the idea. It's a lot of stuff.

And here's my new collection of thimbles from all the places I've been in Spain:

Madrid, Toledo, Salamanca (x2), Segovia, Córdoba, Granada (x2), Lisboa, Roma, and Barcelona (x2). Not pictured: the hotel bottle of shampoo I emptied out then filled with Sahara sand. Plus I'm missing a thimble from Bilbao.

And here is the view from my new apartment in Denver, which I am all moved into now!

I had my first day of classes today, and I'm so happy to actually understand the syllabus, and to be back in classes on subjects that I enjoy. Not that musicology wasn't the greatest adventure ever… but I like hospitality management much better!

Adios!

Today's Plan

is to go from here to here to here. Be right back, gotta go lose 24 hours of my life to TSA!

 But actually, this is super exciting and I can't wait. I mean, for starters, I'm going on a flight that includes a meal without paying anything extra. If that's not exciting, I'm not sure what is.
Plus there's that thing about how I will wake up in Spain on August 30, and I am so stoked! I'll update you all when I get the chance, but until then, I miss you all already!