the adventure continues

i am writing from montblanc, in spain, in the montains! i am working on a farm this week through an organization called WWOOF, world wide organic farming... something like that! it is so relaxing being here, for the next week i will be living on the top of a mountain, helping run a guest house and taking care of animals and helping out in the garden. also i will only be speaking spanish! this is really fun, but i realize there are so many more things i want to say that i dont know how to say. i can get by pretty well so far though and i am learning more words everyday. it took me a while to remember how to speak spanish, but i think i am getting in a good groove. i wish i could post pictures! it is sooo beautiful here, there are just rolling hills and mountains of green and the air is fresh and its so beautiful and life is so simple. its all about food and people and maintaining the land. everything is run on solar power, i think, and we only use the amount of water we absolutely need. water here is sort of scarce, its a strange mix because it sort of feels tropical but at the same time it is a desert... i dont really get it yet how it all works!

barcelona was incredible. i met amazing people through couchsurfing, not to stay with them but just to hang out during the days. Andres from chile showed us around the city by bike, Rosita from sicily hung out and we spoke in spanish about sicily and barcelona and she took us to a cool place for dinner and we all had a lot of laughs all trying to speak spanish! We also hung out with kathryn´s sister rachel who is studying abroad in barcelona and she was so much fun! really sweet person. barcelona is a beautiful mix of the beach, gaudi´s architecture, interesting people, good food, and a ton of stuff to do, all night long! people go out til like 5am, we couldnt handle staying out that late but we did have some good times! it was a great experience and i am excited to wind down now and sink into the simple lifestyle of working on this farm! i am the only volunteer right now, so i bought a book which i currently forget the name of, and i have been journaling a lot, and there seem to be a million places to go on walks to explore. right now though i am so tired from barcelona that i have been napping in the hammock and not doing a whole lot!

this experience since my semester ended has been so special, everything seems to be culminating to the next thing... like there are so many things about these travels that only can happen because of something in my past that has led me here. it feels like destiny. it is really amazing, i have to go now! adios,

jodi