Oh and by the way everyone, these blogs are keeping me and Tricia up til all hours of the night haha we are so addicted but they take forevs! oh well, it will be WELL worth it in the end :) and i keep you all informed. ...because i know you care so much ;) haha
Adios! ttys <3
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gratis, Gratis, Gratis :)
Gratis = Free by the way haha :)
Hola!
Im going to start off by telling you about the end of my day yesterday. After we ate the weird dinner, we met a lot of our group to go out and check out Espana a la noche! We all took the Metro (im basically a pro now ;) haha) and met at a popular stop. Then we all started wandering for pubs and bars to hang out at. turns out it isnt to hard to find them ALL because of these looooovely people called promoters. they are basically annoying Spanish people who beg and plead you to go into their bar or club. they offer free shots which is a huge bonus and the main reason we would go in to certain ones haha mainly because drinks are sooo expensive here! There are millions of little bars all around..not at all like home! which reminds me, everything is SMALL no bigger then it has to be elevators, bathrooms, stores, washers, etc! Last night i also had my first experience with the no toilet paper in public thing. I had heard about this and thank to my aunt Janie was prepared because she gave me a small kleenex thing. however, i forgot it just completely not thinking! sooo there i was in the bathroom stall sans toilet paper and not to mention the lights shut off too so it was awesome haha just sitting there drip drying in the dark hahaha the metro closes at 1:30 am :/ so we all took a taxi home. ours was 8 euro so not bad.
Then today we had our first real day of classes. We had one class in the morning at 11:30 and it was the art class. it was alright. then we had another at 5 that was the food class! it was awesome!! today we just walked around Madrid and our teacher was basically our tour guide and showed us some awesome awesome stuff! SO BEAUTIFUL :) ill add a few pics and a sneak peek. but yeah, that was class for today haha We also went to a market called San Miguel. IT.WAS.AWESOME! so much yummy food to choose from and lots of sweets and fruits :) love it want to go back sooooon! Our profesora bought us a sample platter of all the different kinds of desserts, it was muy bien :)
In between classes we came home to eat and check our emails and such. we came in our house, expecting Puri, and here comes some rando lady yelling in spanish to us hahahaha me and tricia were like "AH Si Si?" "Si" "Bien" "Si" "Si" Turns out she is the maid named Loli. she was a mess. Everyone here speaks very fast obvi but she was on a whole different level! haha it was crazy. and she was very bossy telling us what to do and where to move. We had two other girls move out of our house so we got to change rooms if we wanted but she basically made all the decisions for us hahaha and she talked and talked and talked and we caught only little parts and were like "si si si" haha it was pretty funny. we did not expect that at all. we told ourselves make a note not to be at the house when she is here because she is too much to handle lol
(this is the shorten version of it and it is also way funnier in person so dont worry ill tell you all later!)
After class, us and some friends walked around and explored! it was so beautiful everywhere its the most amazing city ever!
I have a few funny stories of us being stupid foreigners but those will have to wait until im home :))
How cool, right!? :)
Hola!
Im going to start off by telling you about the end of my day yesterday. After we ate the weird dinner, we met a lot of our group to go out and check out Espana a la noche! We all took the Metro (im basically a pro now ;) haha) and met at a popular stop. Then we all started wandering for pubs and bars to hang out at. turns out it isnt to hard to find them ALL because of these looooovely people called promoters. they are basically annoying Spanish people who beg and plead you to go into their bar or club. they offer free shots which is a huge bonus and the main reason we would go in to certain ones haha mainly because drinks are sooo expensive here! There are millions of little bars all around..not at all like home! which reminds me, everything is SMALL no bigger then it has to be elevators, bathrooms, stores, washers, etc! Last night i also had my first experience with the no toilet paper in public thing. I had heard about this and thank to my aunt Janie was prepared because she gave me a small kleenex thing. however, i forgot it just completely not thinking! sooo there i was in the bathroom stall sans toilet paper and not to mention the lights shut off too so it was awesome haha just sitting there drip drying in the dark hahaha the metro closes at 1:30 am :/ so we all took a taxi home. ours was 8 euro so not bad.
Then today we had our first real day of classes. We had one class in the morning at 11:30 and it was the art class. it was alright. then we had another at 5 that was the food class! it was awesome!! today we just walked around Madrid and our teacher was basically our tour guide and showed us some awesome awesome stuff! SO BEAUTIFUL :) ill add a few pics and a sneak peek. but yeah, that was class for today haha We also went to a market called San Miguel. IT.WAS.AWESOME! so much yummy food to choose from and lots of sweets and fruits :) love it want to go back sooooon! Our profesora bought us a sample platter of all the different kinds of desserts, it was muy bien :) In between classes we came home to eat and check our emails and such. we came in our house, expecting Puri, and here comes some rando lady yelling in spanish to us hahahaha me and tricia were like "AH Si Si?" "Si" "Bien" "Si" "Si" Turns out she is the maid named Loli. she was a mess. Everyone here speaks very fast obvi but she was on a whole different level! haha it was crazy. and she was very bossy telling us what to do and where to move. We had two other girls move out of our house so we got to change rooms if we wanted but she basically made all the decisions for us hahaha and she talked and talked and talked and we caught only little parts and were like "si si si" haha it was pretty funny. we did not expect that at all. we told ourselves make a note not to be at the house when she is here because she is too much to handle lol
(this is the shorten version of it and it is also way funnier in person so dont worry ill tell you all later!)
After class, us and some friends walked around and explored! it was so beautiful everywhere its the most amazing city ever!
I have a few funny stories of us being stupid foreigners but those will have to wait until im home :))
How cool, right!? :)Monday, May 30, 2011
Maps, Maps, Maps
Hola,
Today was my second day (first full day) in madrid. We started off by taking the Metro to our university for orientation. Since the metro is very confusing and the school is kind of far, we needed a lot of help haha luckily a girl staying with Puri from all semester is still here for one more day and offered to show us around! she explained the Metro and our university to us and helped us a toooooon! so awesome.
So at orientation, our entire group was there and it was nice to meet all them again and exchange stories. We learned all about the program and everything we would be doing and seeing. its gonna be awesome :) then the head guy gave us a speech (this part was in english which is huge haha) about how amazing our time could be if we make it that way and lots of other stuff. it was so inspirational!! during his talk i was like wow, this is so awesome and im so excited! :) he said "the harder the thing is for you, the better the experience it will be" which is soooo true. if its easy, its not different and we arent learning. So just because things are hard is not bad. It made the whole first half of my trip seem way better haha just because it was hard doesnt mean its bad, its actually good and im learning and growing :) after getting our class information, we had a break where we saw the cafeteria in the school and we talked more with everyone. we then planned to meet up tonight after dinner, so like 11 here because they eat dinner laaaate, to check out el Sol, "downtown" and the areas around it. Should be good! :) we then got a tour of the university, very small compared to Purdue haha one building with everything it. but the building is very pretty! After the tour, we went back to the cafeteria to eat lunch. They served us more sangria :) lol and lots of differents sorts of tapas. some were good, others were okay, and a lot were very iffy lol good thing they had a big loaf of bread for each of us too! haha
Me and tricia left there and went exploring! we learned more about the Metro and walked like 4 miles to this really cool park that is huuuuuge! we also did a lot of shopping in these little shops along the streets everywhere, very cool :) and we made it all the way home by ourselves lol we were proud!
More to come! gotta go eat haha :)
Today was my second day (first full day) in madrid. We started off by taking the Metro to our university for orientation. Since the metro is very confusing and the school is kind of far, we needed a lot of help haha luckily a girl staying with Puri from all semester is still here for one more day and offered to show us around! she explained the Metro and our university to us and helped us a toooooon! so awesome.
So at orientation, our entire group was there and it was nice to meet all them again and exchange stories. We learned all about the program and everything we would be doing and seeing. its gonna be awesome :) then the head guy gave us a speech (this part was in english which is huge haha) about how amazing our time could be if we make it that way and lots of other stuff. it was so inspirational!! during his talk i was like wow, this is so awesome and im so excited! :) he said "the harder the thing is for you, the better the experience it will be" which is soooo true. if its easy, its not different and we arent learning. So just because things are hard is not bad. It made the whole first half of my trip seem way better haha just because it was hard doesnt mean its bad, its actually good and im learning and growing :) after getting our class information, we had a break where we saw the cafeteria in the school and we talked more with everyone. we then planned to meet up tonight after dinner, so like 11 here because they eat dinner laaaate, to check out el Sol, "downtown" and the areas around it. Should be good! :) we then got a tour of the university, very small compared to Purdue haha one building with everything it. but the building is very pretty! After the tour, we went back to the cafeteria to eat lunch. They served us more sangria :) lol and lots of differents sorts of tapas. some were good, others were okay, and a lot were very iffy lol good thing they had a big loaf of bread for each of us too! haha
Me and tricia left there and went exploring! we learned more about the Metro and walked like 4 miles to this really cool park that is huuuuuge! we also did a lot of shopping in these little shops along the streets everywhere, very cool :) and we made it all the way home by ourselves lol we were proud!
More to come! gotta go eat haha :)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sangria Sunday, the first day in Espana
Hola a todos!
I finallllly made it to Madrid, Spain safely this morning around 9 (3am your time). It is now 4:30 spain time and we are still up but hitting a wall lol we just ate dinner altho we got in trouble for calling it dinner since we ate it around 3:30 so that we could go to bed earrrrly haha dinner was pretty good tho! surprisingly for me because i was not expecting the best haha we had this kind of chicken (pollo) with potatoes (papas) and baconnnn!!! (beicon) my personal fav haha i love me some bacon lol but it was all together with some onions for flavoring..not bad :) oh and yummy bread, how could i forget that haha
I was worried about the food after we started exploring around madrid today becausssssse we went to a few tapas and other restaurants just looking around near our house. and all the food they were serving...well, we had no idea what it was. haha weird colors and consistencies and we were like uuhhhh thank you lol thank god they were free tho..well not free but when you order a drink over here (we got sangria :) lol) you get free tapas or weird like appetizers. pretty different! we also met a friend already, named Pablo, go figs haha, who was a waiter for us and wanted to baile (dance) it was like 1 pm. um no thanks?
When we met Puri (my madrid mom) for the first time today it was kinda rough haha she and her daughter and her daughters husband picked us up from the airport (since the husband is the only one with a car..everyooooone walks here or takes the metro its crazy haha they def arent lazy americans lol) But puri speaks no english and her spanish has a weird accent not to mention she is super fast...so me and tricia (my roommate) were strugs for a while nodding and saying si and smiling..it was awkward. but weve since been working on the spanish and working with puri to explain more and describe things better so we actually had a pretty decent convo at dinner. Yayyy!
When we first got to our apartment it was pretty scaring. I was completely overwhelmed between the new environment and this lady that only spoke really fast Spanish to me constantly. I wanted to just turn around and come back home haha not to mention once i saw my room..pretty small and very dirty :/ plus the plethora of clothes and toiletries i have no where for. i was like omg. it was so different! but im already getting used to it and Tricia is helping a toooooonnnn!! makes me feel way more comfortable going thru this with her so I am not the only retarded one haha
Anyway i am just rambling i dont know what all to include in this one since it is like my very first one from over here. all day i was like oh i need to remember that for my blog lmao and i forgot a lot of it :/ im sure ill think of it another time and update you all! but as for now, adios! Ill attach some pics of the day.
Wish me luck for tomorrow. gotta figure out the Metro to get us to school for orientation :/ probs gonna get lost a lot haha
LOVE YOU ALL!
I finallllly made it to Madrid, Spain safely this morning around 9 (3am your time). It is now 4:30 spain time and we are still up but hitting a wall lol we just ate dinner altho we got in trouble for calling it dinner since we ate it around 3:30 so that we could go to bed earrrrly haha dinner was pretty good tho! surprisingly for me because i was not expecting the best haha we had this kind of chicken (pollo) with potatoes (papas) and baconnnn!!! (beicon) my personal fav haha i love me some bacon lol but it was all together with some onions for flavoring..not bad :) oh and yummy bread, how could i forget that haha
I was worried about the food after we started exploring around madrid today becausssssse we went to a few tapas and other restaurants just looking around near our house. and all the food they were serving...well, we had no idea what it was. haha weird colors and consistencies and we were like uuhhhh thank you lol thank god they were free tho..well not free but when you order a drink over here (we got sangria :) lol) you get free tapas or weird like appetizers. pretty different! we also met a friend already, named Pablo, go figs haha, who was a waiter for us and wanted to baile (dance) it was like 1 pm. um no thanks?
When we met Puri (my madrid mom) for the first time today it was kinda rough haha she and her daughter and her daughters husband picked us up from the airport (since the husband is the only one with a car..everyooooone walks here or takes the metro its crazy haha they def arent lazy americans lol) But puri speaks no english and her spanish has a weird accent not to mention she is super fast...so me and tricia (my roommate) were strugs for a while nodding and saying si and smiling..it was awkward. but weve since been working on the spanish and working with puri to explain more and describe things better so we actually had a pretty decent convo at dinner. Yayyy!
When we first got to our apartment it was pretty scaring. I was completely overwhelmed between the new environment and this lady that only spoke really fast Spanish to me constantly. I wanted to just turn around and come back home haha not to mention once i saw my room..pretty small and very dirty :/ plus the plethora of clothes and toiletries i have no where for. i was like omg. it was so different! but im already getting used to it and Tricia is helping a toooooonnnn!! makes me feel way more comfortable going thru this with her so I am not the only retarded one haha
Anyway i am just rambling i dont know what all to include in this one since it is like my very first one from over here. all day i was like oh i need to remember that for my blog lmao and i forgot a lot of it :/ im sure ill think of it another time and update you all! but as for now, adios! Ill attach some pics of the day.
Wish me luck for tomorrow. gotta figure out the Metro to get us to school for orientation :/ probs gonna get lost a lot haha
LOVE YOU ALL!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
In Charlotte Airport
Hello all,
I am here in Charlotte waiting for my connecting flight to MADRID! just got news it may be delayed tho :/ that will suck! Here with a big group of students from Purdue that are in my study abroad program. tried to take pictures and everyone already made fun :/ haha then proceeded to take nasty airbourne medicine and everyone stared again haha thanks mom. Im getting really excited tho, and a little nervous. Still tearing up when thinking of my family and friends! they are seriously the best!! LOVE THEM <3 Ill keep you updated. tatafornow.
I am here in Charlotte waiting for my connecting flight to MADRID! just got news it may be delayed tho :/ that will suck! Here with a big group of students from Purdue that are in my study abroad program. tried to take pictures and everyone already made fun :/ haha then proceeded to take nasty airbourne medicine and everyone stared again haha thanks mom. Im getting really excited tho, and a little nervous. Still tearing up when thinking of my family and friends! they are seriously the best!! LOVE THEM <3 Ill keep you updated. tatafornow.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Goodbye DInner @ Olive Garden with the family
<3 Went to Olive Garden, the best place evsss, on Wednesday night with everyone before i left for Spain. It was yummy and great to see everyone! SO nice of them all to come :) love them all to pieces!! i loved the going away presents as well, got some euros from the Gedigs! and a very thoughtful bag full of useful goodies from the Shaws! Ill attach some pictures that my mom took while there..
Love you all so much! and cant wait to see you when i return and share stories! :) <3
Friday, May 20, 2011
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