It was Spaintastic!

I'm back! I arrived at JFK yesterday afternoon. For as wonderful as the trip to Spain was for me, I was excited to arrive home. A month is a long time to be gone.

I will be spending today catching up on mail, bills and laundry, as well as beginning the process of sorting through the 500 pictures I took.

Here is the order of stops on my trip: Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Granada, Cordoba, Valencia, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Santiago, Salamanca, Madrid, and home. Even the locals were jealous of my trip as I have now seen more of Spain than most of them!

Spain is such an interesting country because it is so different from one place to the next. Even the language changes drastically from one section of the country to the next. All in all though, I have to say that the most interesting reality for me was how similar people are. I expected some major cultural shocks when living and dealing with the people of Spain and I couldn't have been more wrong. In the end, people are people and, other than the language barrier, I was made to feel comfortable most everywhere I traveled.

Today's post is going to be a short one as I have a lot of catching up to do on the things previously mentioned. But stay tuned...I have plenty of topics to write about in this blog in the coming weeks. Obviously this trip was very impactful to me, but in a way very VERY different from what I expected. More on that coming up...

I'm revived, refreshed and energetic - ready for a great summer ahead (it's 70 degrees here today!).