Spain Fall 2017 Study Abroad

Hello Everyone, Friday, November 24th was the last day of our excursion trips as a group with BYU. The last and final area that we went to visit was a place called Segovia which is the capital and part of the province of Segovia. Segovia is part of Castilla y Leon. Many people do not know this, on my mission when I was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I spent my last P-day in Segovia. It was the 4th of July in 2016 and I was serving in my last area Valladolid and my last week as a missionary was coming up. Segovia was one of the places that I have never been able to visit during the 2 years I spent in Spain working for the church. So, I was able to go. When I went I remember I spent time with the other Elders who were there in Segovia, Elders Roka and Jeppson. They showed us around the city and we had a great time. I was so sad that day because I could not get over the fact that I was going to end my mission. About a year and a handful of months I

Hey everyone, So, originally our group was supposed to go to Catalonia for the big 8th excursion trip. The problem that happened was there were problems in Catalonia at the time back in October and BYU security cancelled the plans made for Catalonia. This means that I have never seen Barcelona. The alternative plans created were to travel to Merida which is a city located in the province of Badajoz which is part of Extremadura, the southern part of Spain. This excursion trip started on Tuesday and ended on Saturday. So, it was the longest trip we have ever taken. Just to give background information about myself, I was unlucky and got sick Monday night. The next morning I was sick and I forced myself to go on the trip. I was able to last most of the days we were there until the weekend hit. So, on Tuesday we went first to Merida which was mostly a Roman city that has Roman remains left behind. The famous sites located in Merida to visit are the Roman museum, amphitheater, theater