January 24th: Escorial, Spain
(A small town where the former Royal Palace built by Felipe II is, as well as the burial place of Dictator Franco)
January 25th: Toledo, Spain
(A sweet town close to Spain which houses the best art of Greco and also is known for its historic mosques, synogages, and cathedrals)
January 31st-February 1st: Cordoba, Spain
(This city was the reigning city of Europe when it was dominated by the Muslims from the 700s to 900s AD, with the best technology, water irrigation, and architecture. The mosque here is one of the best preserved in the world, seeing that the "Reconquista" or Inquisition eradicated most Muslim culture from Spain.)
February 6th-8th: Lisboa, Portugal
(My favorite city thus far! A group of my friends made it to Lisboa, Cascais-a paradise resort type town on the beach- and Sintra- another resort town in the mountains where the Royals summer.)
February 14th: Segovia, Spain
(A day trip with the group to a province near Madrid)
February 20th-February 22nd: Barcelona, Spain
(This region is in Basque Country where Catalan is spoken and it is near the beach, lots of Gaudà architecture and has a collection of the best Gothic and Romantic art in Europe)
February 26th-March 1st: Amsterdam
(A friend from Blake High School in Tampa is there this semester, and she has a bike for me! We are going to ride around the city and see all that it has to offer.)
March 6th-8th: Milan, Italy
(This will be an all girls trip of friends to the fashion capitol of the world to dance a lot at night, shop (I will be window shopping!), and eat great Italian food.)
March 19th-March 22nd: London, England
(My big sister in my sorority will be staying in London for the weekend, and so I am staying in her hotel for another fun girls weekend. I also have three other sorority sisters in London that weekend. This will also be a great chance for me to visit the London School of Economics which I am considering for Grad School.)
March 27th-March 29th: Galicia, Spain
(A fun GW trip to the South of Spain!)
April 3rd- April 13th: Semana Santa or Saint Week
Friday April 3 to Tuesday April 7th: Paris
Tuesday, April 7th to Thursday, April 9th: Florence, Pisa, Tuscany
Thursday April 9th to Monday April 13th: Rome-- I am so excited to be in Rome for Easter!!!!
April 16th-April 19th: Palma Mallorca, Spain
(Headed for a beach weekend in the beach island town of Mallorca, another favorite of the Royals here in Spain.)
April 23rd- April 26th: Casablanca and Marrakesh Morocco
(Finally headed to Africa!!)
April 30th-May 3rd: *Tentative* Trip to Sevilla or Salamanca
May 11th-May 21st: *Tentative* Ten day trip to the UK and possibly Greece
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