Off to Spain

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/oviedo.htm
http://www.ayto-oviedo.es/en/oviedoCityCouncilWebSite.php

Kimmi is off to Spain to complete her language requirement for her degree. I'm slightly jealous and a little nostalgic. She's traveling with two other girls and will spend a month studying the language, then another week or so touring the area around Oviedo and Madrid. What an adventure! She had to hug us all at least two times before she could bring herself to step into the line for security check. I knew that once she found her friends at the gate she would be fine, though. I remember winging off to England twice while my family stood at the gate wondering what the heck I was thinking - running off to traipse around some foreign country without them. I survived just fine and in fact recall both trips as life altering. I know most young adults get such an experience, and I'm happy as can be for Kimmi. She's come a long way. But I can't help but be a little jealous for the chance to shed other responsibilities to go adventuring in another country. Ah, well, retirement beckons and perhaps there's some adventure left for me down the road.