jo days

here is my jo. she is here visiting for a couple of weeks before moving to mozambique for a year. i couldn’t be happier that she is here. here are the criders. they are some of my favorite people. they helped make jo and i’s birthday something special. american food…need i say more?! i got some fans for amanda and jo and i from a street vendor…guess who left theirs at home? we went to the beach for lunch with some friends …here are jo and i in aj’s sunglasses with the beach behind us we made chicken curry the other night and susanna and loli came over with a bday cake to help us celebrate….thanks ladies. here are my new campers….they are kind of like the spanish creative cousin of dr martins in the states….i’ve been wanting some for awhile…

heffalump

meet the purple elephant that i am working on right now…alice ann, a girl that i know told me he cannot pass for a heffalump. aw well…everyone is an art critic! i guess this is still part of the africa series. right now i am drawing a giraffe.

the other night i had my first art show. ok, so it was one from school and i was one of about 30 people with somthing on the wall…but still it was exciting and affirming and well…just a good experience. i even met some new people at the dinner that we had to celebrate.

entering

entering

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this is the end of their run through the city streets. i think we had the best view. directly across from the doors and really high up!

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encierro

encierro

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these steers are suppossedly not full grown and suppossedly are playing....hmmm...let's just say i didn't want to play. i was one big ball of nerves watching this.

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girls are smarter

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this steer got a little upset. if you notice there are about 350 men and only 2 girls in the ring...mmm...i won't say it. haha

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fireworks

fireworks

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as we were leaving pamplona last night we got to see the fireworks from the park...they were pretty incredible if i do say so myself.

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band

band

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we paid a little for seats higher up in the plaza de toros to see the bulls and runner come in around 8am. right before a local band played some music typical of the festivities i think...although jacey thinks one is from the tv show arrested development. i think she is right. :)

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arenys

last sunday amanda and i went out with susanna to a beach town about an hour outside of town. that little peace of paradise is otherwise known as arenys (sounds like orange if you have a tennessee accent) this is susanna and i and apparently some man running or falling over behind us. haha..whatever. how can you not feel like a kid? there is just something about the sea that brings out a sense of playfulness and wonder. it is pretty much involuntary. i just took this pic because i liked the colored umbrellas. i thought this turned out kind of fun. amanda is in the jeep and all the background is reflected off the window although it looks brighter that aj. so we went to this beautiful little spanish beach town and we end up eating at mcdonalds. it was susanna’s idea. i promise!