The pics I promised!

The wild flowers in the Carmona Necropolis

Paradise glanced on a Carmona rooftop

These are the oak trees with the tops cut off so that they grow fat, not tall. It makes it easier to harvest their acorns to feed the pigs but also causes water to rot the insides so that they have hallow insides and the tree is only alive near the bark and the branches.

Our guide, Mariano. He was amazing and knew everything about the forest and how to use all the different plants. I feel like I could live of the land after our trip I can now identify: spanish wild spinach, 3 types of edible mushroom, 2 edible berries, and know how to crack into a acorn.

This is what the majority of the hike looked like. The low stone wall on the left is the old roman wall from the 1st century AD. You had to be very careful about footing the whole way. You know me though, I tripped and stumbled my way through it without sustaining any permanent bodily harm.

Sheep! That was a fun and unexpected surprise. They followed us along on the other side of the low stone wall until the end of their pasture.

who doesn't love a good porch. This is the best one I have ever seen. I WILL own this house one day... 

1900 year old roman statue. Grandma, the second two really is longer!

The lesser patio at La Casa de Pilatos (Pontius Pilate) in Sevilla

Artsy Fartsy  -  but I loved it.

I love the colors here! They are so vibrant and they make to most beautiful pictures. This is just a upper corner of a entry way into La Casa de Pilatos. There are vines hanging over the edge from the rooftop and the walls are painted a faded rust color with a yellow and white roof inside. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I have started to stray away from photographing the cathedrals and churches in every town because they all look pretty much the same. There will be a ton of new pics and probably a couple blog posts within the next week after my trip to Paris (T minus 36 hours!). I leave at 6pm my time on Thursday (noon in the US) and a 6 hour bus ride to Madrid and from there we fly to Paris early the next morning. Wish me luck. None of the people I am going with know any french but I know how to say the words for bread, crepe, cheese, and wine so I feel like we at least won't go hungry!

Last but not least... a shout out to Matt - Internships are lame, come travel with me instead! I'm going to Madrid the last weekend in March and am going to find the tree you carved my name into. Will you come if I carve your name into a tree in some other city? That way you can justify coming here? Yes? Perfect consider it done!

Is this blog too hard to read with the current color scheme? I can change it if it is. It definitely isn't easy to read so please let me know by comment, email, facebook, smokescreen, Morse code, etc. if you would prefer a different background and type color. It won't hurt my feelings, I promise.

I love and miss you all  <3 At