And so it's been yet another week. ANOTHER WEEK! It's crazy when I look back and I've already been here for almost a whole month!! Only a month, and I've already been having the time of my life, and the greatest experiences..
It was my last week of the intensive language course that I've been taking. I am so happy I am finally done with it, because even though I learned SO MUCH about the language, grammar and culture; the class was so tedious and I was getting sick of having to go EVERYDAY for 4 hours... at night. HA! I had my final on Friday, and it was actually kinda tough, but I'm 99.9% sure I passed. There was a written part and an oral part. The written part contained like 6 different exercises that we did in class throughout the three weeks. The oral part was with my other professor and he just asked us different questions and we had to answer him, all in Spanish of course.
Also this past week, I did an "intercambio" which is an exchange between students from our program, and Spanish students from the university. I met a lot of cool people and now I have even more Spanish friends! It's a great way to meet people from here, and practice your Spanish. Along with practicing your Spanish, they have a chance to practice their English! It was a lot of fun. We all went to a bar, got a couple of drinks and tapas, and then afterwards a bunch of us went out for some shawarma.
This weekend was more of a relaxing, staying in and watching movies kinda weekend. Besides the fact that I went out Friday... Friday was enough for me. PLUS, considering that I'm leaving for Italia in a couple days, I can't be spending moneys! Yes, leaving for Italia Tuesday... I can't wait! I get to meet up with Lisa and Lindsay in Rome too, so that'll be an adventure! YAYYY I CANNOT WAIT. I will take a lot of pictures, and make sure to write all about it when I get back.
On the itinerary for the future:
-Italy
-Beginning of ACTUAL classes (should be interesting)
-Alhambra visit
-going to MOROCCO for a weekend
-Ronda visit
-a weekend trip to Sevilla and Cordoba
-A LOT MORE TO COME.
<3 you.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
My Apartment; 11:42AM
So I was looking back on the week, and I realized that I had forgotten to mention a couple things...
1. Monday night after classes my three roommates and I met for some ice cream. We went to this little gelato ice cream place, and I got a scoop of the Ferrero Roche chocolate ice cream. It was FENOMENAL.
2. Tuesday morning my senora took me and my roommate Marion to breakfast. I got two cafes con leche, and I also got something that was typical for a Spanish breakfast. Two pieces of bread, with mashed up tomato spread with olive oil. It was SO GOOD. It's like when you dip bread in tomato juice with olive oil, just all at once. Ugh, thinking about it makes me want more. Then that night, our Senora took us our for tapas at a bar near our place of living. I can't think of what the place is called on the top of my head, but the food was delicious. She ordered seafood for me; calamari and octopus. Oh my, I was in heaven. She also ordered some other tapas for the other girls that eat meat. We got a couple rounds of each. You know what that means.. we drank quite a bit. The way tapas works, is that you buy a drink, you get to choose a tapas with it. My roommates and I were a little buzzed with our senora, our senora on the other hand was a bit drunk, and started dancing in the kitchen when we got back home. Priceless.
3. Thursday night, we went to a restaurant a ways down the street we live on. After classes, around 8:30 we all met at a restaurant for dinner. When I say we, I mean everyone from our study abroad group. It was fun. I ordered a bocadillo de salmon, it was the greatest bocadillo I've had here yet, let me tell you. It had tomatoes and asparagus. I had another sandwich similar to that Wednesday afternoon with my roomies, but it was called a Bocadillo Norwego (Norweigan) same thing, smoked salmon, asparagus, tomatoes AND caviar. SOOOOO GOOOD. YUM.
Lastly, the Bears' game was a total disappointment! Not to mention I got drunk due to the fact that they were playing so miserably. We all (meaning every single American in the Granada area) hit up this Irish pub called, Hannigan's and Sons. It's a nice pub, where they speak a lot of English, all the "guiris" (Spanish for foreigner) go there and they also played a lot of music I knew (Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age) Besides some minor downsides to the night, I enjoyed myself and my time with my friends. Michael, Joe and I went to a little shawarma restaurant on the way home, and I got a Falafel sandwich. I MISS FALAFEL (I eat it all the time at Pita Inn back home). Definitely going back there soon.
I have about 4 more days 'til the intensive language course is OVER. I have my final exam on Friday, from which I heard shouldn't be too bad. I've learned a lot from the course, don't get me wrong.. I just don't look forward to it anymore... shame. It's all good, I can't wait til I start my actual courses! I am taking a couple Hispanic Civilization and Culture courses, Didactica (teaching) de Espanol como Lengua Extranjera, an Oral and Written Production course, etc... should be interesting.
Plans for Italy are in progress. More on that later. :)
1. Monday night after classes my three roommates and I met for some ice cream. We went to this little gelato ice cream place, and I got a scoop of the Ferrero Roche chocolate ice cream. It was FENOMENAL.
2. Tuesday morning my senora took me and my roommate Marion to breakfast. I got two cafes con leche, and I also got something that was typical for a Spanish breakfast. Two pieces of bread, with mashed up tomato spread with olive oil. It was SO GOOD. It's like when you dip bread in tomato juice with olive oil, just all at once. Ugh, thinking about it makes me want more. Then that night, our Senora took us our for tapas at a bar near our place of living. I can't think of what the place is called on the top of my head, but the food was delicious. She ordered seafood for me; calamari and octopus. Oh my, I was in heaven. She also ordered some other tapas for the other girls that eat meat. We got a couple rounds of each. You know what that means.. we drank quite a bit. The way tapas works, is that you buy a drink, you get to choose a tapas with it. My roommates and I were a little buzzed with our senora, our senora on the other hand was a bit drunk, and started dancing in the kitchen when we got back home. Priceless.
3. Thursday night, we went to a restaurant a ways down the street we live on. After classes, around 8:30 we all met at a restaurant for dinner. When I say we, I mean everyone from our study abroad group. It was fun. I ordered a bocadillo de salmon, it was the greatest bocadillo I've had here yet, let me tell you. It had tomatoes and asparagus. I had another sandwich similar to that Wednesday afternoon with my roomies, but it was called a Bocadillo Norwego (Norweigan) same thing, smoked salmon, asparagus, tomatoes AND caviar. SOOOOO GOOOD. YUM.
Lastly, the Bears' game was a total disappointment! Not to mention I got drunk due to the fact that they were playing so miserably. We all (meaning every single American in the Granada area) hit up this Irish pub called, Hannigan's and Sons. It's a nice pub, where they speak a lot of English, all the "guiris" (Spanish for foreigner) go there and they also played a lot of music I knew (Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age) Besides some minor downsides to the night, I enjoyed myself and my time with my friends. Michael, Joe and I went to a little shawarma restaurant on the way home, and I got a Falafel sandwich. I MISS FALAFEL (I eat it all the time at Pita Inn back home). Definitely going back there soon.
I have about 4 more days 'til the intensive language course is OVER. I have my final exam on Friday, from which I heard shouldn't be too bad. I've learned a lot from the course, don't get me wrong.. I just don't look forward to it anymore... shame. It's all good, I can't wait til I start my actual courses! I am taking a couple Hispanic Civilization and Culture courses, Didactica (teaching) de Espanol como Lengua Extranjera, an Oral and Written Production course, etc... should be interesting.
Plans for Italy are in progress. More on that later. :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
My Apartment; 4:52PM
Well hey there again. Once again, it's been about another week since my last blog post. During the week the same stuff happens that there's nothing really all that exciting to note about. Haha! Well as usual, the week consisted of going to class from 4-8 (totally don't like it by the way..) Friday morning I actual went on a tour with a couple other people from our study abroad program of the Albayzín. It's a town that is up in the mountains of Granada. It is such a gorgeous place. The walk was rigorous because it was all up hill, but the views and the things we got to see were just great. You can find all the pictures that I took when walking up and down here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1146720008&aid=2086464. The houses are so different, and when I was walking around up there, I felt a little bit like I was on an island in Greece. From the Albayzín there was a beautiful view of the Alhambra.
Friday night we went to the botellon again, and the night wasn't very exciting at first, but then Lisa and I got picked up by our friends Uhmer and Mario on their mopeds. We went to Uhmer's restaurant, London Fast Food, and hung out with Kuki, Mario, Uhmer, Juanmiya, Andrea and all of them. They're so fun haha! After hanging out with them there for a little bit, Kuki and Mario took me and Lisa up in the mountains and we saw the whole city of Granada up high, at night. It was absolutely gorgeous. I wish I had my camera, but I forgot it and had to soak it all in. After that, we went up to the Alhambra. At night! It was so pretty... and the view of the city from the Alhambra was also so pretty. After that, they took us to this garden close near by the Alhambra, and there was green everywhere. BEAUTIFUL! There was a fountain, and a little waterfall. I can't even describe it correctly, but I am so glad I got to experience that, at night on mopeds! Haha, talk about soaking it all in. I'd say it was by far the best night here so far.
Last night we met up with Stefan, a boy from my class. We went to a bar called Babylon first, then headed a street over to a hookah bar. It was so nice inside. So chill, and the ambiance of the place was just what I was looking far. We sat for a couple hours, chatted it up, smoked some hookah and had a coffee. After that, Stefan went home, and Lisa, Lindsay and I met up with our buddied at London fast Food again. There was all of them, and all THEIR friends. Also, there was this one girl that ended coming with a couple of her friends, and she was SO drunk, SO gone, she couldn't walk by herself, she was falling all over the place, and just causing a scene. After awhile of hanging out there, we headed over to Kapital. The night club looked completely different than from what I can remember... It was a lot of fun. I didn't think I was in the mood to go dancing, but as soon as the music hit me, I was non stop dancing for like 4 hours. We all danced together, got some free drinks and I really enjoyed myself. Those guys are seriously so much fun, and Lisa and I were just talking about the fact that we're so glad we found a group of nice friends from here.
Tonight... tonight is the Bears game. Everyone from our study abroad program, and others will be meeting at a pub called Hannigan's and Sons for the game, some drinks and some food. It should be a good time. It's gonna get rowdy!! I'll get into detail about that sometime this coming week.
OH DID I MENTION IT SNOWED HERE. Yes, it snowed in Espana. It wasn't a lot, and it didn't accumulate... but it was snowing and the Spaniards use umbrellas. I wonder what they would do if they were in Chicago. Haha!!
Well ttfn, hasta pronto!
Friday night we went to the botellon again, and the night wasn't very exciting at first, but then Lisa and I got picked up by our friends Uhmer and Mario on their mopeds. We went to Uhmer's restaurant, London Fast Food, and hung out with Kuki, Mario, Uhmer, Juanmiya, Andrea and all of them. They're so fun haha! After hanging out with them there for a little bit, Kuki and Mario took me and Lisa up in the mountains and we saw the whole city of Granada up high, at night. It was absolutely gorgeous. I wish I had my camera, but I forgot it and had to soak it all in. After that, we went up to the Alhambra. At night! It was so pretty... and the view of the city from the Alhambra was also so pretty. After that, they took us to this garden close near by the Alhambra, and there was green everywhere. BEAUTIFUL! There was a fountain, and a little waterfall. I can't even describe it correctly, but I am so glad I got to experience that, at night on mopeds! Haha, talk about soaking it all in. I'd say it was by far the best night here so far.
Last night we met up with Stefan, a boy from my class. We went to a bar called Babylon first, then headed a street over to a hookah bar. It was so nice inside. So chill, and the ambiance of the place was just what I was looking far. We sat for a couple hours, chatted it up, smoked some hookah and had a coffee. After that, Stefan went home, and Lisa, Lindsay and I met up with our buddied at London fast Food again. There was all of them, and all THEIR friends. Also, there was this one girl that ended coming with a couple of her friends, and she was SO drunk, SO gone, she couldn't walk by herself, she was falling all over the place, and just causing a scene. After awhile of hanging out there, we headed over to Kapital. The night club looked completely different than from what I can remember... It was a lot of fun. I didn't think I was in the mood to go dancing, but as soon as the music hit me, I was non stop dancing for like 4 hours. We all danced together, got some free drinks and I really enjoyed myself. Those guys are seriously so much fun, and Lisa and I were just talking about the fact that we're so glad we found a group of nice friends from here.
Tonight... tonight is the Bears game. Everyone from our study abroad program, and others will be meeting at a pub called Hannigan's and Sons for the game, some drinks and some food. It should be a good time. It's gonna get rowdy!! I'll get into detail about that sometime this coming week.
OH DID I MENTION IT SNOWED HERE. Yes, it snowed in Espana. It wasn't a lot, and it didn't accumulate... but it was snowing and the Spaniards use umbrellas. I wonder what they would do if they were in Chicago. Haha!!
Well ttfn, hasta pronto!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Location: My apartment, 8:18PM
I figured it was about time I updated this sucker again.
So it has officially been a full week of the intensive language course we have to take. I really love my teachers, they're cool as hell and the way they teach is great. The downside is that I have class from 4pm to 8pm and it's right after lunch... so really all I want to do after I eat a huge lunch and chill and not do anything, but instead I have to go to class and sit there for four house fighting to really pay attention. On top of it, the course isn't all that hard for me. Either way, I still love it, and going to school gives me something to do. I live about 20 minutes walking from the school. I have made new friends in class. Majority of us are from the United States (about 4 in total from ILSTU), there is a girl from Canada, a boy from Norway, a boy from Macedonia (but studies in Pennsylvania) and an older guy from Italy. In our class we do a lot of discussion and learning about phrases, etc. I learn new words in class every day. The discussion is nice because I get to really practice my Espanol and my teacher corrects us when there's a grammar error or any other error.
Besides class, I will occasionally go out for a walk, or for tapas or something. There are so many places around here that you can go to, that it's kind of overwhelming haha. At night, I will stay in unless it's Wednesday and we're going to Granada 10 (a night club around here) because it's ladies night, and there's free bar (only beer and wine) 11pm-12:30. I went there Wednesday and had a good time for sure. Soon, the weekend rolls around. Friday we decided to go to the "botellon" which means bottle in spanish. It's basically a huge lot in the city where everyone just congregates and drinks. I'm telling you, EVERY BODY just stands around and drinks. No bathrooms either so you have to go find somewhere and take a squat. After the botellon we went to a club, and I met a cutie pie named Mario. Haha.. I was really drunk... TOO. MUCH. BEER. We were at the botellon for a while with these gay guys we met, and then our friends Angel (Kuki), Uhmer, Mario, and other people. Kuki is our favorite though. He's SO funny and also in love with Lisa. HAHA. KUKIIIIIIII. We met them the first night here on the street. He's from this part of Granada that is called Zadien, but when they say it, it sounds like sardine so I was calling him "cookie de sardine" but that was before I realized it's spelled "Kuki" and it's a nickname for like "a little crazy" haha.
Yesterday I just kind of hung around the house... then me, Lindsay and Lisa all went out for a drink and some tapas (kind of like appetizers.) The service was really slow, they're just really slow here. Haha, it's funny comparing our lifestyle to that of Spain's. Everyone's so much more laid back, and takes the time to enjoy themselves and life. After that, we all kind of decided that we weren't going to be going out because it was a rough night the night before. But before we know it, our neighbors (4 college guys from here.... 2 VERY cute might my add) invited us over to their place to drink, hang out, talk, etc. So after Lisa got back from her date (a boy from our group is in love with her) we headed over. They're really, REALLY cool guys. At first me and Lisa were kind of shy, but knowing us, we broke out of the shell within 10 minutes. The guys' names are Ignacio (Iggy), Ramon (Polo), Ricardo (Ricky Martin) and Alejandro (Alex, Lisco). The names in parenthesis are their nicknames. Iggy and Ricky were given to them by Lisa. HAHA. Anyway, we talked about so many different things. From futbol to sex. Haha. We listen to a bunch of different music, mostly Reggaeton and U.S. Pop. I loved listening to them speak in English, and sing in english might I add. As the night went on, they spoke more and more English, and Lisa and I spoke more and more Spanish. It was great. We kind of paired off.. Ricardo&Lisa and Me&Ramon. Ramon is SO cute, and I loved talking and getting to know him. Along with listening to music, talking, laughing and having a GREAT time, we played a drinking game that the boys invented. It was fun! No name or anything. It was like a board game that said different things to do for whatever box you landed on. We didn't end up finishing the game.. Let's just say the rest is for us to know, and you to never find out. By the way, I love hearing Spanish guys speak English. (:
Today, I didn't do shit but my homework-- which I still some left to do. There was a tour of the really big, pretty cathedral here, but we missed the sign up. So now when we go on our own, it's going to be more expensive. We'll see. And one more note: The time from Jan. 29th to Feb. 5 I will be in ITALIA! Yummy!
Love you.
So it has officially been a full week of the intensive language course we have to take. I really love my teachers, they're cool as hell and the way they teach is great. The downside is that I have class from 4pm to 8pm and it's right after lunch... so really all I want to do after I eat a huge lunch and chill and not do anything, but instead I have to go to class and sit there for four house fighting to really pay attention. On top of it, the course isn't all that hard for me. Either way, I still love it, and going to school gives me something to do. I live about 20 minutes walking from the school. I have made new friends in class. Majority of us are from the United States (about 4 in total from ILSTU), there is a girl from Canada, a boy from Norway, a boy from Macedonia (but studies in Pennsylvania) and an older guy from Italy. In our class we do a lot of discussion and learning about phrases, etc. I learn new words in class every day. The discussion is nice because I get to really practice my Espanol and my teacher corrects us when there's a grammar error or any other error.
Besides class, I will occasionally go out for a walk, or for tapas or something. There are so many places around here that you can go to, that it's kind of overwhelming haha. At night, I will stay in unless it's Wednesday and we're going to Granada 10 (a night club around here) because it's ladies night, and there's free bar (only beer and wine) 11pm-12:30. I went there Wednesday and had a good time for sure. Soon, the weekend rolls around. Friday we decided to go to the "botellon" which means bottle in spanish. It's basically a huge lot in the city where everyone just congregates and drinks. I'm telling you, EVERY BODY just stands around and drinks. No bathrooms either so you have to go find somewhere and take a squat. After the botellon we went to a club, and I met a cutie pie named Mario. Haha.. I was really drunk... TOO. MUCH. BEER. We were at the botellon for a while with these gay guys we met, and then our friends Angel (Kuki), Uhmer, Mario, and other people. Kuki is our favorite though. He's SO funny and also in love with Lisa. HAHA. KUKIIIIIIII. We met them the first night here on the street. He's from this part of Granada that is called Zadien, but when they say it, it sounds like sardine so I was calling him "cookie de sardine" but that was before I realized it's spelled "Kuki" and it's a nickname for like "a little crazy" haha.
Yesterday I just kind of hung around the house... then me, Lindsay and Lisa all went out for a drink and some tapas (kind of like appetizers.) The service was really slow, they're just really slow here. Haha, it's funny comparing our lifestyle to that of Spain's. Everyone's so much more laid back, and takes the time to enjoy themselves and life. After that, we all kind of decided that we weren't going to be going out because it was a rough night the night before. But before we know it, our neighbors (4 college guys from here.... 2 VERY cute might my add) invited us over to their place to drink, hang out, talk, etc. So after Lisa got back from her date (a boy from our group is in love with her) we headed over. They're really, REALLY cool guys. At first me and Lisa were kind of shy, but knowing us, we broke out of the shell within 10 minutes. The guys' names are Ignacio (Iggy), Ramon (Polo), Ricardo (Ricky Martin) and Alejandro (Alex, Lisco). The names in parenthesis are their nicknames. Iggy and Ricky were given to them by Lisa. HAHA. Anyway, we talked about so many different things. From futbol to sex. Haha. We listen to a bunch of different music, mostly Reggaeton and U.S. Pop. I loved listening to them speak in English, and sing in english might I add. As the night went on, they spoke more and more English, and Lisa and I spoke more and more Spanish. It was great. We kind of paired off.. Ricardo&Lisa and Me&Ramon. Ramon is SO cute, and I loved talking and getting to know him. Along with listening to music, talking, laughing and having a GREAT time, we played a drinking game that the boys invented. It was fun! No name or anything. It was like a board game that said different things to do for whatever box you landed on. We didn't end up finishing the game.. Let's just say the rest is for us to know, and you to never find out. By the way, I love hearing Spanish guys speak English. (:
Today, I didn't do shit but my homework-- which I still some left to do. There was a tour of the really big, pretty cathedral here, but we missed the sign up. So now when we go on our own, it's going to be more expensive. We'll see. And one more note: The time from Jan. 29th to Feb. 5 I will be in ITALIA! Yummy!
Love you.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Location: My apartment, 6:00PM
I am EXHAUSTED today. After a long weekend of fighting jetlag and by some miracle going out and staying out all night, I am officially dead today. I got up early at 7:15.. which I wouldn't really say I woke up at 7:15 considering I just laid in bed and toss and turned all night until 7:15. This jetlag stuff needs to pass, and I need to be more in sync with the schedules here. I'm so tired during the day and at night I'm awake and can't sleep! On top of that, the hours of [not] eating are bizarre and I'm not used to them at all.
Took my placement exam for my classes for the semester! For the preliminary course we need to take, I placed in level 7 of 9 and by the end of it I will go up to level 8 for the regular classes that start the second week of February. After the test.. which finally ended around 12ish. We took a city sight seeing bus tour. It was great. Granada is SUCH a beautiful city. I can't believe I'm here. I've posted a lot of pictures that I took onto my facebook! Check them out :) After the tour, we all went to a restaurant and had this pumpkin soup.. it was surprisingly really good. I can picture you guys reading this going, "wtf?" After the pumpkin soup we had this roasted chicken with some fries, and then after the fries we had a plate of fruit! Tomorrow is the first day of the intensive language course, so we'll see how my sleep goes tonight... hopefully well, haha! Classes are for 4 hours from Monday to Friday. But when the regular classes start we only have a couple each day and only Monday to Thursday.
I've been able to use my spanish a lot though, the practice is great. I love speaking the language, so living here is really working out for me, haha! Oh, did I mention I'm going to come back speaking like Spaniard? Yeah.. :)
Although I'm having a GREAT time in Spain, I miss everyone back home. <3 you! Hasta mañana!
Took my placement exam for my classes for the semester! For the preliminary course we need to take, I placed in level 7 of 9 and by the end of it I will go up to level 8 for the regular classes that start the second week of February. After the test.. which finally ended around 12ish. We took a city sight seeing bus tour. It was great. Granada is SUCH a beautiful city. I can't believe I'm here. I've posted a lot of pictures that I took onto my facebook! Check them out :) After the tour, we all went to a restaurant and had this pumpkin soup.. it was surprisingly really good. I can picture you guys reading this going, "wtf?" After the pumpkin soup we had this roasted chicken with some fries, and then after the fries we had a plate of fruit! Tomorrow is the first day of the intensive language course, so we'll see how my sleep goes tonight... hopefully well, haha! Classes are for 4 hours from Monday to Friday. But when the regular classes start we only have a couple each day and only Monday to Thursday.
I've been able to use my spanish a lot though, the practice is great. I love speaking the language, so living here is really working out for me, haha! Oh, did I mention I'm going to come back speaking like Spaniard? Yeah.. :)
Although I'm having a GREAT time in Spain, I miss everyone back home. <3 you! Hasta mañana!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Location: Hotel Rallye - 6:12PM
It's my birthday today! I am 20 years old. Officially ONE MORE YEAR until I can legally drink. But here in Spain I already can so it's okay! Last night me and the whole group went out for my birthday to a big club, it's actually in a mall, haha! I got free drinks all night! Everyone was so awesome, I love the group of people I've found myself surrounded in! I got in at around 6am and went to sleep 6:30am! I danced ALL night long, that today my feet are KILLING me. I was dancing all night, in HEELS. I don't know how the Spanish women do it all the time. I give them mad props. Anyway, not much really going on tonight, a quiet night in and going to bed at a decent time because I have a placement exam tomorrow at 8:30am. My sleep schedule's even more off in the states, and factor in that jet lag.... GREAT!!!
love you ALL. <3
love you ALL. <3
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Location: Bar de playa, 5:49PM
SO. officially been here in Spain for 2 days, and I have nothing but good stuff to say about it! I love it here! The city is beautiful, and there's so much to do here. It kind of reminds me of a Spanish version of Chicago. Everything is smaller, and more compact... the streets are TINY and cars basically run you over. I really wish though, that the city's streets were in a grid system cause there are seriously random streets going in random directions, and I've gotten lost trying to find my way around twice! Haha, I am finally getting the hang of it though, so it should be okay.. OH, the SHOPPING IS GREAT. There are seriously stores EVERYWHERE with everything I want to buy. I could literally spend thousands of dollars here solely by shopping. I bought myself a sexy new leather jacket. :D Night life? Let's just say nobody goes out and nothing opens 'til AT LEAST 1am. I got home from going out last night at about 5am.. oh yes. It is 10 euros to get into a club though, but it's totally worth it! You get two free "copas" which are just drinks... let's see what else. The university is beautiful, and I am actually excited to start school, and meet MORE people! I have a placement exam Monday, and I start my intensive language course on Tuesday. My actual classes don't start until the 2nd week in February. OH, OH, OH, they sell beer at the local BURGER KING. Around 11:30 we met up with other students, and we literally pregamed at the Burger King. The beer was "GIGANTE" and costs 2,55 euros.
The weather is GREAT. I mean, the locals think it's cold, but seriously... compared to Chicago, it's summer.. haha! It's about in the 50s but at night gets cold to about 20s I'd say, but still NOTHING compared to winter in Chitownnn.
My senora, by the way is the coolest lady ever. Haha, she only speaks Spanish but knows a FEW words in English, and that's it. She's so funny, and has the greatest stories about past students and life. I live with three other girls.
The food, is PHENOMENAL. I do have to find a gym to work at though, or go running around the city! HAHA. It's delicious, and I love having three homemade meals a day. We eat breakfast which is generally just a "cafe" (coffee) and toast, or a cookie or two to eat with the coffee. Then everything in the city basically shuts down, closes, and everyone goes home around 2PM for the biggest meal of the day; lunch. It's also the most important because it's generally the one time everyone, and all families get together to eat. Around 4 or 5 everything opens up again and the city is back to life. Dinner is usually around 10pm, which is definitely what I am not used to. But also, it's much lighter than lunch.
There's so much to say, and thinking of it all is crazy... but let me tell you, I will soon start talking with a Spanish accent and I will forget how to speak English. I just might stay here forever..
The weather is GREAT. I mean, the locals think it's cold, but seriously... compared to Chicago, it's summer.. haha! It's about in the 50s but at night gets cold to about 20s I'd say, but still NOTHING compared to winter in Chitownnn.
My senora, by the way is the coolest lady ever. Haha, she only speaks Spanish but knows a FEW words in English, and that's it. She's so funny, and has the greatest stories about past students and life. I live with three other girls.
The food, is PHENOMENAL. I do have to find a gym to work at though, or go running around the city! HAHA. It's delicious, and I love having three homemade meals a day. We eat breakfast which is generally just a "cafe" (coffee) and toast, or a cookie or two to eat with the coffee. Then everything in the city basically shuts down, closes, and everyone goes home around 2PM for the biggest meal of the day; lunch. It's also the most important because it's generally the one time everyone, and all families get together to eat. Around 4 or 5 everything opens up again and the city is back to life. Dinner is usually around 10pm, which is definitely what I am not used to. But also, it's much lighter than lunch.
There's so much to say, and thinking of it all is crazy... but let me tell you, I will soon start talking with a Spanish accent and I will forget how to speak English. I just might stay here forever..
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- Dinah Marie
- Hey guys! I'm Dinah, and I just made this so I have somewhere to be able to put down and talk about my experiences, ideas, thoughts, and the works. :)