Final travel plans...

Well, I just booked a hotel in Jaén for two nights next weekend. I have not done nearly enough Spain exploring as I wanted to on this trip, and it´s a four day holiday weekend, so I am glad I made the decision to get out of Granada. Unfortunately, my friends aren´t going to be able to join me. They might be able to take a day trip with me on Saturday, but I am thinking that it´s too far/expensive for just a day trip... I am a little apprehensive about this, but excited at the same time. I´ve never traveled on my own before - I´m hoping it will be a good way to see more of the country. Any suggestions?

I´m heading to Jaén on Thursday, then hopefully making a day trip to Baeza on Friday (and returning to my hotel in Jaén that night), and then heading to Úbeda for a visit on Saturday before taking the bus back to Granada on Saturday night. I haven´t bought any bus tickets yet, but that´s easy so I still have a little bit of time to do it. In the meantime I´m just researching the sites to find some economical touristy activities.

The end of this trip is coming fast and everyone is preparing for the return home. I´m really sad because this was a great three months and I love all the kids I´ve been here with and all of the experiences we´ve had. That being said, just knowing how close it is makes me really excited to finally come home. It´s a weird mix of feeling totally ready and totally not ready at the same time... I´m trying not to dwell on it and really working hard to make sure I don´t "check out early". So hopefully I´ll really be able to live up these last two weeks!