Mallorca

So I´m at the beach right now updating my blog. The weather is beautiful here, and I have quite a nice tan, although I´ve been super anal and have been reapplying the sunblock several times a day to make sure I don´t burn.

We arrived in Mallorca on Tuesday morning, and I had to spend the rest of the day grading journals for the undergraduate students while they got to lay out at the pool. Yuck! However, I did officially find out that my grades for all three of my classes (four if you count my ¨teachers class¨) were A´s, so that made me very happy!

Wednesday, we spent over an hour getting to a beach since our hotel isn´t located by one (we´re in the harbor were there are LOTS of good-looking sailors from all over the world for some big tournament...the royal family is even here!). Once we finally found the beach, the water felt SOOOOOOO nice and relaxing. I certainly enjoyed myself, especially because I only make it to the beach about once a year. A lot of the guys I was with enjoyed looking at all of the topless European women too (haha)! When we got back to the hotel, some of us decided to spend some time at the pool, which was relaxing and fun too. Then, last night, we went karioking at some bar. Everyone was super lucky to hear my lovely renditions of Abba´s ¨Waterloo¨ (Amanda G, you would have been so proud!) and my even lovelier duet of Grease´s ¨You´re the One that I Want¨ with my friend Kristen.

Today, most of the group and I took a boat tour of the entire island which started at 9:00 and ended around 4:30. As I´m writing this blog, I still feel like I´m moving with the waves. It was so bumpy/rocky that several people were throwing up off the side of the boat. Luckily, I brought some Dramamine, so I was okay for the most part, but some others looked green the entire trip. The boat docked once in the Med. Sea, and we got to jump off and swim in some of the clearest and bluest water I´ve ever been in. Then, we went to another beach for a good 1 1/2 hours before returning to the boat for a yummy lunch of paella and sangria.

Tomorrow, we´re leaving Spain (sob, sob) and we´re heading off to Paris. I´m so excited to spend all day Saturday there, and I think that I´m going to hit up the art museums like The Louve, The Museu de Orsey, The Picasso Museum, etc. I don´t think anyone else wants to do art museums, but I don´t mind going by myself. A lot of people want to just walk around and go shopping, but I can´t go shopping again. I´ve already spent too much money (Andy, I hope you´re reading this!), and I don´t have any room left in my suitcase.

I will be back in the USA on Sunday around 5:30 at night. I don´t have to go back to work at UGA until the following Monday, but I will be going to Cincy to pick up Sampras next Thursday. And yes, I might be more excited to see him than Andy, but Andy feels the same way too!