End of Jaén..new travels

Well, I can't believe time has flown by so fast. It has been aboslutely incredible the last 3 months. The travels on the weekend, the people met - Spaniards, Canadians in the program and others in Jaén, international students - the teaching, the experiences. All have been wonderful and I feel incredibly fortunate for this opportunity. It was about this time last year when I was wondering after applying if I would get the opportunity. Really glad I did so thank you U of L and the people involved.
The last week or so has been busy saying goodbyes, doing last minute things, still experiencing the culture and having visitors from Canada. On Monday, Erika (my prof from U of L), came to visit for a few days. We had a meeting about the Mobility Program, with all of the Canadian students except one, and then had a fantastic Spanish dinner. Such great hosts the people were at the restaurant. Saying goodbye to lots of people and really glad to have met them. One last night out tonight with most of the Canadian students and most of us are off tomorrow!
Teaching has been awesome the last 2 weeks as it has been games and this week, teaching them line dancing. Has been really fun and the kids seem to enjoy it. Will miss the school - the teachers, the students, the lifestyle. Quite a gig out here..hope to come back in the next few years.
I leave tomorrow for Malaga, fly out on Saturday morning to Barcelona where I will met my brother Luke who is flying in from Singapore. He has holidays from teaching so we're spending 3 weeks together in France and Spain. We have 10 days together, then we meet up with May and Pam in Paris, come back down to Barcelona where we meet Dalia, Luke's wife, and we start a one-week tour of Spain with me as the guide!! Poor Luke, Dalia, Pam and May!! No, we have lots of stuff planned - Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Cordoba, flamenco dancing, arab spa, staying in the mountains..hopefully everything works out!!!
And then I'm off with May and Pam to Greece and Italy for a month before heading over to the Philippines with May and we're meeting her fam there for 2 weeks. Then back to Germany for World Cup where I hope to meet up with some fellow Albertans in Switzerland and then after that, either back to Spain or Eastern Europe for 2 weeks. I don't know...we'll see.
That is more or less the rough plans. Hopefully no major hiccups occur, but you never know.
I hope to keep up to date with this blog but that all depends on internet access and if there is time.
Best of luck to all and we'll be in touch!
Adam