I am extremely exhausted but I will write this now because otherwise, I will use it as an excuse not to study tomorrow. I wish I had written more in my blog, but time just flies by and before I know it, weeks or a month already passed. I'm not sure exactly where to start (as always), but I will give an update on my past recent extravaganzas =). I went to a Real Madrid game two Wednesdays ago. That was so much fun!! They played Getafe, and they won. It was a very close game, which made it exciting to watch. I went with a group of friends but the game was so popular we could only sit in pairs scattered around the stadium. Madrid is so passionate about their team, I love it!
me and Jim at the game
My school took an excursion to San Sebastian, Spain last weekend. It's part of the basque country. It is crazy how Spain is one Nation but they seem to be so spread apart. There are the Basque's, the Catalan's, and I guess the regular Spaniards. I don't understand it fully still, but it really interests me. Anyways, enough history lesson... It was on the beach! Even though it rained a lot and I had to stay in and do homework a couple of times, it was a lot of fun being there with everyone exploring yet another place in Europe. It was my friend Kristen's birthday so we all celebrated on the beach and went out later on together and had a great time. I can't say I made it out to many school historical activities, but I think I have been a little museum-ed out these past four months. Plus, I think it's fair that I skip out on a couple of educational things. Overall, San Sebastian was a success AND I got to see the first thunder and lightning storm since I left home!! That kept me up all night with excitement on Friday =). School excursions are fun because they pay for our food and we get a HOTEL! yes, I said hotel, not hostel. (Hostels are the dungeon- like buildings we sleep in when we travel). They aren't that bad, but hotels are quite the treat. Some hostels can have up to 10 people in one room, which means you are with a bunch of strangers. It is weird. I have only stayed in a room with that many people once, but I sure miss hotels. That is like the last thing on my list of things that I miss though.
Pretty Beach
Rosana, Kristen, me, Erin, Vanessa, and Elyse
I am going to fall asleep in about ten minutes so I need to finish this up! There is so much I want to talk about but this blog would be too long to read! I'm trying to put in pictures throughout it so you stay interested, haha. Working? I went to Barcelona this weekend, FINALLY!! It was great! We took an over night bus from 1am-9am on Thursday, got there and checked into the hostel (which was SO NICE!), we rode bikes through the city, went to the beach, to a beautiful park (Parc Guell), saw the magic fountain at night, went to a nightclub, went to Las Ramblas (a cool shopping area with a really cool outdoor market), and other things that aren't coming to mind right now. The weather was mostly great and I think Barcelona would be a cool place to study if I hadn't picked Madrid. Madrid definitely wins, but it was so cool over there! It was extremely touristy and I didn't even hear that much Spanish and everyone spoke to me in english which kind of annoyed me. I also realized how much Americans annoy me sometimes too (oh boy), haha. I'll put in the pictures now because I think my descriptions can't even begin to give it justice.
Barcelona's Arc de Triumf BIKES!
The huge hill we had to climb to get to Par Guell- that was only halfway
Really nice view
View from the cross
Okay, well I need to sleep because sleeping on a bus isn't that much fun, and I am still tired. I love and miss everyone a lot. Home soon! xoxo
