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"Hola, chicas! I&amp;#039;m still on the road, literally \u2013 I&amp;#039;m writing this entry on a bus traveling through the southern Spanish region of Andalucia. This past week, I have been hopping around Spain with an unlimited bus pass, hitting up Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Cordoba and now Granada. It has been a pretty crazy experience so far. Last Saturday was Constitution Day in Madrid, which made finding accommodations close to impossible \u2013 I was scared I&amp;#039;d have to sleep on the streets! I managed to choose the coldest, wettest week in the history of Spain to travel, and I came down with the flu AND pinkeye in my first few days here. Plus, Spain is a very social place, which can make traveling alone, well, a little lonely. I&amp;#039;ll stop before I start sounding like Debbie Downer and get to the high points of the trip. There have been lots, I promise! I got to see some really incredible monuments \u2013 Park G\u00FCell in Barcelona, the Alc\u00E1zar in Seville and the Alhambra in Granada were my favorites \u2013 and explore some really cool museums. I met awesome people from all over the world in my hostels and had interesting late-night conversations on American politics and the pros and cons of organized religion. I finally got to finish the book I&amp;#039;ve been reading (Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, a family saga set in turn-of-the-century Cairo) and had a lot of much-needed time with my thoughts and my iPod. Overall, it was a good trip, but being on the road for so long on your own really makes you miss the comforts of home \u2013 especially when you&amp;#039;re sick! All I wanted was soup, Sex and the City DVDs and my mom. Instead, I had to sleep in a 12-person hostel dorm room in the middle of Spain. But what doesn&amp;#039;t kill you makes you stronger, right? Even though being sick threw a damper on my trip, knowing I could survive on my own was pretty empowering! Until next time, Jess CosmoGirl Travel Blogger "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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