My Shrinking World.

Back in December when I wrote about my trip to Morocco, I talked about how the world is shrinking for me--but at the same time I felt its immenseness while in Morocco. Well this weekend in Segovia made the world even smaller for me...here are 3 stories of why it keeps shrinking..

1.) I was at the Alcazar on the top of the tower--and a couple came up to me and asked me to take their photo (they asked in poor Spanish)--I answered in English, since it was obvious they were American. I took their photo, they took mine--and we talked for a minute. They were from Richmond, Virginia--but the guy used to live in Newton, Iowa--60 minutes from my house. People with Iowa connections in random part of Spain--it's a rarity.

2.) Also on the top of the tower at the Alcazar, a woman comes up to me after I finished talking to the couple--she had heard me say I was from Iowa. She is the faculty advisor for the St. John's/St. Ben's program in Segovia. St. John's and St. Ben's are near Minneapolis. She also had heard of Luther, which again is a rarity in Spain, even when you come across Americans.

3.) Now this one is the best. I was at the aqueduct and had climbed up to this platform where you can get good pics. No one was up there, and I was attempting to balance my camera on a column in order to use the timer. Then a man and his son appear, and he says he can take the pic. We get to talking. He asks where I'm from and what I'm doing in Spain...typical stuff. Then I ask him...he and his son were visiting his college roommate who is currently working in Salamanca...then I ask where he's from...he says North Carolina. I asked him where...he says Durham. I say something like "Oh...I know where that is...my brother goes to Duke." And he asked me what year he is--and I said "First Year at the Medical School." Then the man says "Well I'm a PROFESSOR AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL." I was in shock. He hasn't met my brother--but he now has his name...so I met one of my brother's future professors in Segovia, Spain, standing by an aqueduct. How crazy is that?!?!?

My world keeps shrinking.

P.S. My Segovia pics are located in the "Vida Valenciana" Album...just fyi...