Adios, Espana!

Well, it is almost time to say goodbye to Spain. There have been some great times, and not so great times, but overall, I think we can say that we enjoyed the land of the bull, with its free-flowing sangria and tapas, its dry hot days and cool nights. Although, there is no doubt about it, we are ready to leave. We just finished cleaning up the apartment a bit, have a load of laundry going, and are ready to get packed up so we can catch our flight to Rome tomorrow evening.
In the past few days, we have gotten to experience a bit more of the local life here in Villaviciosa de Odon. We invited our neighbor Jose over for some cervezas the other night to thank him for giving us the passkey to his wireless network (SO GREAT!!).
And if you have been reading, you'll remember the Shannon story from London, how we just happened to bump into her in the west end, well we have a similar "small world" story here in Spain. So, our roommate Sandra met a group of Spanish students in a hostel in Krakow, Poland. As you do in hostels, she got to know them a little bit, but she never found out where they were studying. Flash forward 3 weeks, we are waiting for the bus to take us to the University and Sandra leans over to us and whispers, "That guy looks like a guy I met at a hostel in Poland." As you may may have guessed, it was the same guy! He is a Mexican student studying at the same school as we are. Weird. Sandra had no idea that he lived in Madrid, let alone was studying at the same school. We happened to be looking for a good Mexican restaurant and he told us that he would cook for us, and last night, he did. Well, his roommates did and it was pretty awesome - Guacamole, quesadillas, tequila, it was a good night. It was the perfect way to end our time here in Spain.
We are really looking forward to going to Rome tomorrow and we will be in Nice with Marielle and Alexis on Thursday night.
We hope everyone is having a great summer and we can't wait to be back home in about 3 weeks (you better get your party hats on!)