Homesick Round #2. It’s April now which means only about 3 weeks left in Europe. It’s been an amazing experience and my brain is TOTALLY OVERLOADED with new things… in a good way.

But I am very tired of people. In general. And I miss trees and grass and clean air… the poor Spaniards are deprived of nature. Their idea of a park is compacted dirt and scrawny trees choked up with pavers. Easy to maintain, I guess.

I saw some of the countryside from a train today, gorgeous farms with oversaturated green fields. Amazing little assemblies of shacks and towns all tumbling off hills. But even there they don’t have trees like dear ol’ Appalachia. The wild places are scrub brush and rocks. In the distance the Pyrenees are still snowcapped. Man, those mountains are amazing. The way they skew your perspective. Like the world is curling up at the edges.

 Doing a lot of work now for project finals, which is a nice change of pace. At first starting a lot of work after so few academic demands was unfamiliar and stressful. But I’m getting back into the rhythm of things and enjoying seeing my work resolve.

Independent travels in 2 weeks! Going to South Spain: Granada, Cordoba, Malaga.

I miss home. I know as soon as I go back I’ll miss Barcelona. The compacted dirt is always greener on the other side, I suppose.