Where in the world (Spain) is Elder Carrigan?

Elder Rio and Elder Carrigan (sent on July 12, 2012 while we were in Lake Powell) I have so much to tell you all and so little time. There is no way I am going to get it all down so I am just going to start typing and hopefully get through it all! ha ha So Tuesday we traveled from Madrid to Barcelona on the high speed train. I was pretty sweet! I got to see what the terrain of Spain looks like. It actually reminded me a lot of like central Utahish. Lots of sagebrush and lots of hills. For some reason I was expecting all of Spain to be a lot more green and beautiful... It is, but I will get to this later :) So President picked us up at the train station and we went to the top of this mountain where a giant castle is. (Sorry I cant remember the name) It was absolutely amazing! We looked over the whole city and president described the history of the mission work in Spain and how there is still a lot of work to be done! It just pumped me up! I learned a ton but I learned 2 things the most! Barcelona is HOT! and HUMID! I was constantly sweating! And number 2 I am no longer serving in Spain. Im serving in cataloyna (Not sure how to spell it ha ha) They were flying a huge catalan flag that over looked the city! They also played all the instructions they gave over the speaker 3 times. Once in Catalan, then in Spanish, then in English. We then went to the mission home where we had interviews with President, were bombarded with loads of information, and then introduced to our trainers. My trainers name is Elder Rios. I cant understand anyone, but i really cant understand him! He is from the southern part of spain and in the southern part of Spain, they cut the endings off of there words when they speak! So it has been super hard haha. I have heard from everyone that he is an awesome guy and also an awesome missionary, and from the time I have already spent with him, I cant tell he will be fun to be with! Im really excited! Later that day we were sent to Hospitalet to stay the night with the zone leaders there because we didnt travel to our area until Wednesday afternoon. It was "interesting" to see how the zone leaders lived and how I will be living for the next two years. It is definitely not the CCM anymore haha. Plus it was so hot in their piso I thought I was going to die! We went and taught a family that night about the importance of baptism. It was cool to see "real" missionary work happening. They had me introduce myself to the family and say the closing prayer. Of course the family laughed a little but were very nice about teasign me. Some of them even tried to speak english. It was fun! We then went and sang to the "Angels" all the missionaries who were going home the next day! That was really fun! A lot of people stopped and watched us sing, me and my companion worked the crowd pretty well haha. So then Wednesday we got on a train and left for our area. It was a 3 hour train ride followed by a 2 hour bus ride... Ya Im no longer in Catalonya. Any guesses... My first area in the Basque land. haha Its the city of Vitoria. It is the one of the coldest places in Spain in the summer and I am alright with that. Its perfect. Today was sweatshirt weather. Really nice. According to the other missionaries and the President this area is a great area. Has a great ward, really great investigators, and hard working missionaries. I hope to keep the reputation. Our Piso is great. We share it with normally with two other missionaries, but this week we are sharing with 4 other missionaries because the Elders from Pamplona had to coem here for a week because of the running of the bulls. Compared to the other Piso this one is amazing. It is really big and has 2 bathrooms. My companion says it is the nicest one in the mission. So to sum it all up, I am in a great area, my trainer is awesome, my Piso is great, and my spanish still sucks! ha ha All is good! I am really excited to be here and we have our two lessons tonight! On with a member family and one with an investigator. My companion wants me to invite her to be baptized tonight, we will see how it goes... Well I love you all! I hope you guys are havign or had a blast in Lake Powell! Love you guys a bunch! Elder Carrigan! P.S. This is my new address... I will be here for at least 12 weeks so go ahead and throw it up on Facebook for me! Thanks! :) Elder Carrigan Calle Eduardo Dato 17, 4B 01005 Vitoria Spain Also I think our P days are normally on Monday so I will talk to you guys again then! Love ya!