two weeks.

 Two weeks I will not be in Spain. Two weeks I will be home. Two weeks I will become Americanized again. Two weeks I will start a new routine. Two weeks from now I will start a new chapter of my life.


Time here in Europe is going so fast.

Happy Fourth of July.

I really hate that I'm in a foreign country on the fourth. But my day has been pretty good.

I started my new classes - that wasn't so fun.
I hate my schedule but it will keep me occupied. M-F Spanish Lit. 9-10, gym 10:30-12:30, Spanish Civ & Culture 1:30-2:30, lunch 3-4, Spanish Intensive Language 6-8.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I'm going to start going to a salsa class!
On Wednesdays I'm going to a session of "intercambios", which is when people from Spain and people that speak English meet at a restaurant to speak in Spanish and English. We practice our desired language!

For dinner I ate a at Japanese restaurant, in a Spanish country, on the day of Independence for the United States. What's wrong with this picture?
Eh, oh well, it was good sushi.
Then Nicole and I went and got frozen yogurt. However, it didn't seem so healthy with all the chocolate, peanuts, trouffle drizzle, and chocolate pieces in it.
There goes my so-called diet!

This month has so much for me to look forward to. Next weekend I'm going to Portugal! Then in 3 weeks I'm going to Germany. Then in a month I will be home!

The most common phrases you will use in Spain.

• What is that smell?
• No entiendo.
• Why are they staring?
• I'm hungry.
• It's hot. 
• I'm dying from the heat.
• Do they believe in AC?
• Cuantas cuestas?
• How much farther do we have to walk!?
• Is this real life?

homesick.

I just realized almost all of the group is leaving next week. I still have another month. It's bittersweet. I also realized I'm not going to be in the States for 4th of July. :(

However, in July I am going to........ITALY! For 4 days in Florence! I can't wait. It's surprisingly cheap to go. I can't wait to visit all the museums.

I need to bring my camera to school one day so I can take photos of Granada. It's such a neat city.

I ate a snail.

Yes, that's right. I ate snails last night. Figured I might as well try it! It wasn't horrible (except the fact I KNEW it was a slimey snail).


So much red and white last night. Granada's Futbol (soccer) team won the playoffs last night and the streets were crazy. People everywhere: shouting, singing, playing drums, painting themselves, and drinking. It was an amazing celebration and I am so happy I was there to experience it and be a part of it.

I went to a waterpark today. So much fun! I got some sun....well too much sun. But I had fun, and I met another German guy. Ugh, go figure.


I started reading "The Time Traveler's Wife". I don't usually go for the sappy little love stories, but this book is so much more. It's amazing.

being all spontaneous in Spain.

I decided to get my nose pierced yesterday. I got a little hoop. It's adorable. The piercer (who spoke some English thank God) said I would be the new Lenny Kravis. HAHA!

I also decided to meet Nicole at 11 pm in the middle of the "centro" (downtown area) to eat gellato.

I bought some fake aviator style Ray-Bans today. They are pretty legit though. I like 'em.

Pubquiz and a Mani & Pedi

This week has been eventful and it's only Wednesday.

Monday night a bunch of us went out to this Irish pub called Hanaggins and Sons. They have a "pubquiz" every Monday night. You get a bunch of friends together and you get on teams to compete with other teams in the bar. It's like trivia of current events, sports, music, popular culture, etc. My team and I won like 7th place or something, but we still got free shots :) After the trivia was done a bunch of us stuck around and had a few (well....more than a few) beers and danced to American music. It was heaven.

Soo...skipped class today. Nicole came over and spent the night. We all went out last night again to Mae West. Nicole and I woke up this morning to loud construction type noises outside the window.  Got up and ate breakfast, then went straight back to bed. We still slept until 1pm.

My madre told us about a waterpark here in Granada. Nicole and I decided to go. We got there and it doesn't open until June 19th.... -_-
So we decided to lay out on top of the terrace that's at apartment building I live in. We could only take 2 hours before we were practically dying. It's so hot here. So hot.
So then we had the bright idea of going to get a manicure and pedicure. Our feet were busted from walking around everywhere in Spain. I walk by this peluqueria (hair salon) every time I come home so we went there. I got a manicure, pedicure, and my hair cut for under 40 euros.

There is a BIG futbol game tonight right down the street from where I live! The stadium where the team for Granada plays is literally 1 block away. It's supposed to be a big deal if they win this game so they can advance to the next round. It's gonna be crazy in the streets.

I swear I'm going to class tomorrow. I'm not going out tonight. I'm not going out tonight. I'm not going out tonight......