Hola!
So this is going to be short becauuuuuse we have an exam tomorrow and i need to study mucho! I had an oral exam today and me and tricia gave it together talking about our food experiences so far! it went pretty well actually :) but we had typed up an outline that we brough with for help. we met for our exam and this old cafe that was really pretty and had DELICIOUS pastries!! we had a sampler platter and they were all sooo good! :) then a few of us went to study some..its gonna be a long night! we have so much to memorize lol and the exam is open questions so yaaa im freaking out! but after the exam tomorrow i have a busy day. we are going to barcelona this weekend!! :))) and leave tomorrow night because here thursday is some holiday so we dont have school..pretty sweet! im so excited, plus like a lot of the group is all going so it should be fun! and there is a beach :) yay! but i have to pack and do a lot of other errands tomorrow after the exam before our bus that leaves at 11:30 or so. busy busy busy. i will prob pass out the bus haha which is fine because it is 8 hours. anyway off to study and then eat dinner followed by more studying! talk to you all later, hope all is good there tho :) much love <3
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Lo siento mi familia
aka im sorry family haha it has been awhile since i blogged :( ive been busy! im sure youve missed me tho haha ;) anyway lets think....what did i do since ive last talked to you haha
Thursday. Arte del Prado. We actually ended up getting out of class early! Which was perfect because I was going to have to leave early to catch my flight anyway. my flight was at 6 so i had to be at the airport around 4 which means leave my apt at like 3 to take the metro all the way up to the airport. plus if you know me, i get nervous and want to be ridiculously early haha so yeah i was. which was good because i had to ask for directions in spanish a lot haha their airport is confusing and gives you little information. not okay. anyway, made it to IRELAND!!!! i was literally freaking out the entire plane ride i was so excited to see ireland and surprise olivia for the weekend! Dermot picked me up from Dublin luckily so that was super nice of him! and we drove to belfast talking away and planning our surprise for Oli. right when we had it all planned out he calls her and fail. shes is not at home like we had expected she is out getting drunk with a few friends haha :) so we edited the original plan and now i am going to be standing on the street corner and dermot is going to bring her out to the car. she is just walking and talking away and isnt noticing me. i was like um hello? haha but finally she looks kind of my way and does like a triple take and then flips out!! we run to each other and are screaming hugging and crying! haha it was so perf tho <3 <3 <3 loved it!!!! (theres a video you all can see later :) haha)
so after the surprise of the century lol we went back to the restaurant she was at and i meet her friends and have some delicious pork thing for dinner and a few drinks. we then leave there and go to the grocery to pick out food so i can finally eat! haha yay! then we went back to their house and i finally got to see it! let me just tell you, fucking awesome. it was decorated soooo cute like and its super nice!!! i had my own room with a nice big comfy bed :) that first night we called home and me and oli talked to my family which was nice and i was like oh olivia is about to open her present nahya (now) haha and my dad goes did you get your present and i was like what?? no? i dont have one what are you talking about. thinking it was a typical dad being confused moment haha ;) then i turn a little and dermot goes yea ya do and he is holding a big box for me!! :) it was sooo nice! got some american food and tv, a card from danny, a purse and some wine coozies. we then went to bed and i was awoken with french toast..yummy!! :) i was so happy! it was delish. i met three of her sisters that day and they were all so nice and so pretty! :) her nieces and nephews were sooooo adorable too!! we went home after a little shopping and got ready for dinner. we went out to this reallllly nice steak restaurant, got the best seat in the place and some free food to sample! i then ordered a yummy steak that came with onion rings and the most delicious sauce ever, garlic butter. i loved it!
i also had my first real guinness here, yay me! lol and some wine. we then planned to move to the bar for one more drink and to hang out before heading home since we had a long day on saturday with olis bday..howevvverrr..we ran into bryan, the owner of the night club for the next night, called sense, and he insisted that we stayed with him all night and he would show us around...he knew i was from america haha he bought round after round of drinks there..all very good! i had a shot of coffee patron omg soooo good! and then he informed us he was leaving and we were coming with lol we went to a few clubs and bars and they were awesome!! we got right in and straight to VIP where bottles of grey goose were flown around haha it was crazy! by the end of the night we were so tired and wanted to go home but he kept giving us more drinks and begging us to stay. he was crazy btw, such a party-er for a old married guy lol! we finally made it home tho and just crashed and planned to sleep in tomorrow before our next night out for olivias actual birthday! woke up again with french toast :) then we planned to go to her house that she grew up in and meet her mum and daddy. it was soooo cool! to finally see her entire family after 14 years of pictures and stories :) :) :) and to see where she grew up! loved it :) everyone was so so so nice to me too! it was awesome.
we then did some more shopping and some irish souvenir shopping as well :) i went crazy and spent like 100 pound haha and olivia and dermot bought me a claddagh ring :) i wanted one anyway and this one is sooo pretty! and i need to mention, they would not let me pay for anything over there! which was soooo annoying haha i now see how she always feels coming to America lol but it was sooo freaking nice of them!! they did NOT have to do that..especially with their wedding coming up to and all. they will def be getting something cool in return lol and oli shared all her american food with me too that she had ordered! miller lite :)) lol after shopping on saturday we went back home and had to pack and leave. the club we were going to and where dermot was dj-ing was in a city called cookstown (i think haha) and was about an hour or so away. there was a hotel connected that we were staying in that night too! i had to pack up completely and say goodbye to Coco (their adorable doggy) because we would leave the next morning and go straight to the airport. some more of her friends met us at their house and we all drove to the
hotel/club. it was so pretty and very neat! we ate..i had more steak and garlic butter! hahah :) then went back to the room to get ready for the club. that is when i facetimed some of my family when they were all at tricia and christophers wedding. it was super cool!! and loved seeing and talking to all them and seeing the wedding reception and such! :))) dermot was on to dj at like 1130 so we headed down to the club. It.was.so.awesome. best night ever ever!! so much fun. sat in vip, got drinks constantly brought to me, hung out with oli on her bday, partied with her friends too who were a blast, and dermot even gave us some shout-outs and songs haha :)
i had such a great time and never wanted it to end! :( lol but it eventually did and we went on to bed dreading the next day. i had my own room at the hotel but since it was my last night i stayed in oli and d's room with them! haha we woke up the next day and rushed to breakfast before it closed then said goodbye to all her friends and we headed towards dublin to the airport :( it was so sad. i know now just how oli feels every time haha i said my goodbyes and walked off crying and continued to cry on and off the rest of my travels home! i never wanted to leave ireland or leave them lol plus being there and with oli made me homesick. i was exhausted tho, and slept on the plane which is rare for me. finally got back to my apt in madrid and was excited to see my roomie!! we exchanged stories from the weekend! i had so much to do that night and wanted to sleep a lot as well. i started this blog but couldnt finish it haha it seriously takes me forever to blog and i dont even re-read or proof them! ahhh lol but today we had art class ..which we have a test in wednesday and im freaking! lol and now im about to go to my food class to make it up because i missed it last friday since i was in ireland!
Hope all is well there!! :) love and miss you all loads! xoxoxo
We had art class, which turned out to be way more interesting than usual because we didn't really talk about art haha We did more of a history lecture, so I was actually interested! After class though we wanted some Sangria and tried to go to Sienna, our fav Sangria place, but it was closed. We were almost going to call Jeka (our friend who works there) and beg him to open up, but we manned up and went to another place. Terrible idea, the sangria wasn't very good, but you live and you learn I guess! haha And Sangria is a very important lesson in life hah :) After our lunch we acted like locals and got some ice cream, because all the Spaniards love ice cream!! There's an ice cream shop every two feet. Once we had some delish ice cream we went to our second class where we kind of got to walk around the Botanical Gardens, and then to some other places.
Then was my birthday J J We went to around Retiro to Sienna (the restaurant we tried to go to yesterday) and got some delicious Sangria and bruschetta :) Our favorite waiter was there, and he gave us a little discount which is always good! We were going to go to this museum visit, but the Sangria got the best of us, whoopsieessss! It was fun anyways Then we went out to celebrate my birthday at O'Neills…an Irish bar with Euro shots!!
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| oli and dermots house! |
Thursday. Arte del Prado. We actually ended up getting out of class early! Which was perfect because I was going to have to leave early to catch my flight anyway. my flight was at 6 so i had to be at the airport around 4 which means leave my apt at like 3 to take the metro all the way up to the airport. plus if you know me, i get nervous and want to be ridiculously early haha so yeah i was. which was good because i had to ask for directions in spanish a lot haha their airport is confusing and gives you little information. not okay. anyway, made it to IRELAND!!!! i was literally freaking out the entire plane ride i was so excited to see ireland and surprise olivia for the weekend! Dermot picked me up from Dublin luckily so that was super nice of him! and we drove to belfast talking away and planning our surprise for Oli. right when we had it all planned out he calls her and fail. shes is not at home like we had expected she is out getting drunk with a few friends haha :) so we edited the original plan and now i am going to be standing on the street corner and dermot is going to bring her out to the car. she is just walking and talking away and isnt noticing me. i was like um hello? haha but finally she looks kind of my way and does like a triple take and then flips out!! we run to each other and are screaming hugging and crying! haha it was so perf tho <3 <3 <3 loved it!!!! (theres a video you all can see later :) haha)
i also had my first real guinness here, yay me! lol and some wine. we then planned to move to the bar for one more drink and to hang out before heading home since we had a long day on saturday with olis bday..howevvverrr..we ran into bryan, the owner of the night club for the next night, called sense, and he insisted that we stayed with him all night and he would show us around...he knew i was from america haha he bought round after round of drinks there..all very good! i had a shot of coffee patron omg soooo good! and then he informed us he was leaving and we were coming with lol we went to a few clubs and bars and they were awesome!! we got right in and straight to VIP where bottles of grey goose were flown around haha it was crazy! by the end of the night we were so tired and wanted to go home but he kept giving us more drinks and begging us to stay. he was crazy btw, such a party-er for a old married guy lol! we finally made it home tho and just crashed and planned to sleep in tomorrow before our next night out for olivias actual birthday! woke up again with french toast :) then we planned to go to her house that she grew up in and meet her mum and daddy. it was soooo cool! to finally see her entire family after 14 years of pictures and stories :) :) :) and to see where she grew up! loved it :) everyone was so so so nice to me too! it was awesome.
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| Me with baby dillian (michelles) |
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| Here is coco :) |
hotel/club. it was so pretty and very neat! we ate..i had more steak and garlic butter! hahah :) then went back to the room to get ready for the club. that is when i facetimed some of my family when they were all at tricia and christophers wedding. it was super cool!! and loved seeing and talking to all them and seeing the wedding reception and such! :))) dermot was on to dj at like 1130 so we headed down to the club. It.was.so.awesome. best night ever ever!! so much fun. sat in vip, got drinks constantly brought to me, hung out with oli on her bday, partied with her friends too who were a blast, and dermot even gave us some shout-outs and songs haha :)
i had such a great time and never wanted it to end! :( lol but it eventually did and we went on to bed dreading the next day. i had my own room at the hotel but since it was my last night i stayed in oli and d's room with them! haha we woke up the next day and rushed to breakfast before it closed then said goodbye to all her friends and we headed towards dublin to the airport :( it was so sad. i know now just how oli feels every time haha i said my goodbyes and walked off crying and continued to cry on and off the rest of my travels home! i never wanted to leave ireland or leave them lol plus being there and with oli made me homesick. i was exhausted tho, and slept on the plane which is rare for me. finally got back to my apt in madrid and was excited to see my roomie!! we exchanged stories from the weekend! i had so much to do that night and wanted to sleep a lot as well. i started this blog but couldnt finish it haha it seriously takes me forever to blog and i dont even re-read or proof them! ahhh lol but today we had art class ..which we have a test in wednesday and im freaking! lol and now im about to go to my food class to make it up because i missed it last friday since i was in ireland!
Hope all is well there!! :) love and miss you all loads! xoxoxo
Monday, June 13, 2011
sorrrrry..here are the pics!
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| Me on the first day with some rain |
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| After we went to the top of the mountain :) |
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| on the beaaccch! |
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| Crazy toe lady..you can kinda of see it if you look close enough haha |
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| The man we paid..yeah told ya it was sketch |
The sixth toe......and a lot of other weird happenings
OMGOSH helloooooo!!!
Lets just start this off by saying I am glad to be alive and I love America!! Its the best place ever. haha youre probably wondering why i say this and well ill tell you!
(just a for warning this is going to be a looooooong blog)
So this weekend as you all know me and six of my friends went to San Sebastian, Spain. We arrived around 6:30 am Friday morning. we needed to waste some time until check in at our first hostel so we wandered around trying to find open cafes and hopefully some wifi. we found a few little places but with our luggage and all it was getting to be a pain. we just decided we would go to the first hostel and see if we could leave our bags there and go exploring until our room was ready. This is where we met Skip. he was around 45 years old and from australia originallyso he spoke english haha the best part about him was he was wearing a pair of denim jeans that i so conveniently noticed we darnished with a large poop stain on them. it was lovely. hahaha the next funny thing about skip was that he was a liiiiiiittle off on the information he spouted out to us that morning. he told us everything was 30 minutes away, if we dressed cute we could get into clubs for free, the bus closes at 11:30, yada yada. we found all these to be completely false! we walked for a good hour and were nowhere near the beach, dressed real cute and got denied at the club, and saw someone taking the bus home at like 3 am. haha ohhhh skip! the best was when we asked him his name finally after talking to him for a long time. he goes "well......(long pause) ...around here....they call me skip" hahaha okay, skip it is! so funny. skip with the skid mark. his hostel was SOOOOO nice tho! like better than a hotel room! it was amazing and we were so happy and shocked! (especially once hostel 2 came along) we all unpacked and got everything ready, took a small nap since we had been traveling thru the night, then woke up and went to explore ..at this point thinking we could walk everywhere in 30 minutes, oh AND it was raining hahaha we found out real fast we could not walk all the way there after stopping for a map and umbrellas. we finally wandered to the aquarium which was the plan for the day because of the drizzling rain. it was sooo pretty and very cool! we did some souvenir shopping and then decided we wanted to order pizza and get ready for the night. the delivery service there was interesting haha but finally we got served pizza! yay! altho it was uncut? at that point we didnt care and dove in like voulchers haha went out that night to a few bars and had fun :) no complaints really. BUUUUUT here is where it gets interesting..
We woke up the next morning and four of us had to move to a different hostel since skip did not have availability saturday night. the second hostel was closer to the beach so we were excited. we take the bus to the area and get off. we have the address, phone number, and directions to this place.
(oh sidenote, in san sebastian they have there own language and do not speak a lot of spanish soooo that was fun haha)
anyway we go to the address listed quite easily and were like sweet, perfect! however there is no sign for the hostel and no answer. so we are like shit what do we do. we ask around for a while and people either dont know, are mean, or cant understand us. we find a tourist info center and go there to ask for directions and they too were mean. so we are like hmm what to do? we just wanna get to the beach asap! haha we decided to go to mcds to use internet and check to make sure the info we have down is correct. a few of us go and a few wait with all the luggage. then some super weird lady comes up asking if we need a hostel and talks to us forever. long story short she has a hostel we can stay at and a number for the hostel that we have booked already so we follow her to call the original hostel owner. things about her tho.. she smells like hell, is wearing a wig, AND has this pinky toe the size of my head that is completely hanging out of her shoe and walking on the ground in unison with her feet. i didnt listen to half of what she said for this exact reason. anyway, somehow we go meet the hostel owner and he tells us our hostel is getting painted or under construction or something? and that we are walking across the street ... TO THE CRAZY TOE LADY HOSTEL! super super sketch. we all about died and are like hellllll noooo! they show us the room and then they begin to fight over our money. we all looked at each other and were just like omg. plus why would the crazy lady (we named her ursella) have this dudes phone number but not know where the hostel was? and why did she give us a number and send us off to meet some guy only to return back to her hostel? like it doesnt make any sense what so ever! Ursella gave us this whole tour of the hostel and let me just tell you this was no normal place. very gross, dirty and eery! tons and tons of old creepy dudes with tats staring like we are pieces of meat and making obscene gestures. she shows us the kitchen where we can "cook" and there are dudes in there smoking weed. um no thanks? ill eat out haha idk what else..just a weird ass fucking place. we try to ignore it and go to the beach all day! it was super close to the hostel and a beautiful day and such a pretty place!! we laid out and relaxed for a while. me and my friend ran into the ocean, altho it was freeeeezing! i was proud tho haha and then we packed up and set off to mount Igueldo..a big mountaint there that over looks the city! we rode this weird train car up there and when we got off, i got goosebumps. this view was magnifiscent! breathtaking like wow. we took a ton of pictures, got a snack and then went to go back down. the day was so much fun! :))) then we come back to and realize we have to go back to this sketch place and shower. um not happening. we make do and get ready to go out. we all eat dinner at this seafood place (i got steak) and then are exhausted from the long day at the beach and mountain. yet none of us want to go to bed because that would mean in the hostel of death. at that time all the panic that has been hiding in all of us comes out and we freak and are like we arent going back there! no way!! never! so we sneak into the first hostel with the other two girls and sleep 6 in the room. i can say i have never loved a person more at this time than skip. i was so thankful for him, his hostel, and his poop stain lol we were quiet all night and snuck out in the morning. perfect :) Sunday we went to the beach again for a while and then a few shops but had to catch the bus back to Madrid around 5. It was a great weekend!!! minus the crazy toe lady and her sketch hostel lol
sidenotes: This story is way better and person! it is almost impossible to type. i left a lot out and its confusing i bet haha so sorry. but dont worry you WILL hear it when i return. with all the details and all the pictures hahah
also: dont freak out, dont worry i am smart and safe! we were probably overly safe by freaking out so much.. but oh well better safe than sorry
and: dont let the crazy hostel experience fool you, i still had a GREAT time in San Sebastian!! it is honestly so beautiful and i loved it :)
Lets just start this off by saying I am glad to be alive and I love America!! Its the best place ever. haha youre probably wondering why i say this and well ill tell you!
(just a for warning this is going to be a looooooong blog)
So this weekend as you all know me and six of my friends went to San Sebastian, Spain. We arrived around 6:30 am Friday morning. we needed to waste some time until check in at our first hostel so we wandered around trying to find open cafes and hopefully some wifi. we found a few little places but with our luggage and all it was getting to be a pain. we just decided we would go to the first hostel and see if we could leave our bags there and go exploring until our room was ready. This is where we met Skip. he was around 45 years old and from australia originallyso he spoke english haha the best part about him was he was wearing a pair of denim jeans that i so conveniently noticed we darnished with a large poop stain on them. it was lovely. hahaha the next funny thing about skip was that he was a liiiiiiittle off on the information he spouted out to us that morning. he told us everything was 30 minutes away, if we dressed cute we could get into clubs for free, the bus closes at 11:30, yada yada. we found all these to be completely false! we walked for a good hour and were nowhere near the beach, dressed real cute and got denied at the club, and saw someone taking the bus home at like 3 am. haha ohhhh skip! the best was when we asked him his name finally after talking to him for a long time. he goes "well......(long pause) ...around here....they call me skip" hahaha okay, skip it is! so funny. skip with the skid mark. his hostel was SOOOOO nice tho! like better than a hotel room! it was amazing and we were so happy and shocked! (especially once hostel 2 came along) we all unpacked and got everything ready, took a small nap since we had been traveling thru the night, then woke up and went to explore ..at this point thinking we could walk everywhere in 30 minutes, oh AND it was raining hahaha we found out real fast we could not walk all the way there after stopping for a map and umbrellas. we finally wandered to the aquarium which was the plan for the day because of the drizzling rain. it was sooo pretty and very cool! we did some souvenir shopping and then decided we wanted to order pizza and get ready for the night. the delivery service there was interesting haha but finally we got served pizza! yay! altho it was uncut? at that point we didnt care and dove in like voulchers haha went out that night to a few bars and had fun :) no complaints really. BUUUUUT here is where it gets interesting..
We woke up the next morning and four of us had to move to a different hostel since skip did not have availability saturday night. the second hostel was closer to the beach so we were excited. we take the bus to the area and get off. we have the address, phone number, and directions to this place.
(oh sidenote, in san sebastian they have there own language and do not speak a lot of spanish soooo that was fun haha)
anyway we go to the address listed quite easily and were like sweet, perfect! however there is no sign for the hostel and no answer. so we are like shit what do we do. we ask around for a while and people either dont know, are mean, or cant understand us. we find a tourist info center and go there to ask for directions and they too were mean. so we are like hmm what to do? we just wanna get to the beach asap! haha we decided to go to mcds to use internet and check to make sure the info we have down is correct. a few of us go and a few wait with all the luggage. then some super weird lady comes up asking if we need a hostel and talks to us forever. long story short she has a hostel we can stay at and a number for the hostel that we have booked already so we follow her to call the original hostel owner. things about her tho.. she smells like hell, is wearing a wig, AND has this pinky toe the size of my head that is completely hanging out of her shoe and walking on the ground in unison with her feet. i didnt listen to half of what she said for this exact reason. anyway, somehow we go meet the hostel owner and he tells us our hostel is getting painted or under construction or something? and that we are walking across the street ... TO THE CRAZY TOE LADY HOSTEL! super super sketch. we all about died and are like hellllll noooo! they show us the room and then they begin to fight over our money. we all looked at each other and were just like omg. plus why would the crazy lady (we named her ursella) have this dudes phone number but not know where the hostel was? and why did she give us a number and send us off to meet some guy only to return back to her hostel? like it doesnt make any sense what so ever! Ursella gave us this whole tour of the hostel and let me just tell you this was no normal place. very gross, dirty and eery! tons and tons of old creepy dudes with tats staring like we are pieces of meat and making obscene gestures. she shows us the kitchen where we can "cook" and there are dudes in there smoking weed. um no thanks? ill eat out haha idk what else..just a weird ass fucking place. we try to ignore it and go to the beach all day! it was super close to the hostel and a beautiful day and such a pretty place!! we laid out and relaxed for a while. me and my friend ran into the ocean, altho it was freeeeezing! i was proud tho haha and then we packed up and set off to mount Igueldo..a big mountaint there that over looks the city! we rode this weird train car up there and when we got off, i got goosebumps. this view was magnifiscent! breathtaking like wow. we took a ton of pictures, got a snack and then went to go back down. the day was so much fun! :))) then we come back to and realize we have to go back to this sketch place and shower. um not happening. we make do and get ready to go out. we all eat dinner at this seafood place (i got steak) and then are exhausted from the long day at the beach and mountain. yet none of us want to go to bed because that would mean in the hostel of death. at that time all the panic that has been hiding in all of us comes out and we freak and are like we arent going back there! no way!! never! so we sneak into the first hostel with the other two girls and sleep 6 in the room. i can say i have never loved a person more at this time than skip. i was so thankful for him, his hostel, and his poop stain lol we were quiet all night and snuck out in the morning. perfect :) Sunday we went to the beach again for a while and then a few shops but had to catch the bus back to Madrid around 5. It was a great weekend!!! minus the crazy toe lady and her sketch hostel lol
sidenotes: This story is way better and person! it is almost impossible to type. i left a lot out and its confusing i bet haha so sorry. but dont worry you WILL hear it when i return. with all the details and all the pictures hahah
also: dont freak out, dont worry i am smart and safe! we were probably overly safe by freaking out so much.. but oh well better safe than sorry
and: dont let the crazy hostel experience fool you, i still had a GREAT time in San Sebastian!! it is honestly so beautiful and i loved it :)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
SAN SEBASTIAN
Hola!
Not much to write about but ill go ahead and write before i leave bc i probably wont again until sunday when we return. i dont know how much internet access ill have this weekend :/ but we are leaving tonight at 12:30 at night on the bus and arriving at San Sebastian around 7 am. Im so excited :) we are staying in two different hostels bc they do not have availibility both nights. hopefully they will both be nice tho!! we will be there all day Friday, Saturday, and most of Sunday :) the pictures look gorgeous so hopefully the weather is nice (there is a chance of rain friday) and we can do it all.
Other than not nothing new here really. went out last night to a place with 1 euro shots which was awesome. it was a lot of fun! then two classes today that were the same as always lol weve only been here like 10 days but it feels like forever! haha its so weird!!
thats about all i have tho. hope all is well with you all! love you and miss you! ttyl xoxo :)
Not much to write about but ill go ahead and write before i leave bc i probably wont again until sunday when we return. i dont know how much internet access ill have this weekend :/ but we are leaving tonight at 12:30 at night on the bus and arriving at San Sebastian around 7 am. Im so excited :) we are staying in two different hostels bc they do not have availibility both nights. hopefully they will both be nice tho!! we will be there all day Friday, Saturday, and most of Sunday :) the pictures look gorgeous so hopefully the weather is nice (there is a chance of rain friday) and we can do it all.
Other than not nothing new here really. went out last night to a place with 1 euro shots which was awesome. it was a lot of fun! then two classes today that were the same as always lol weve only been here like 10 days but it feels like forever! haha its so weird!!
thats about all i have tho. hope all is well with you all! love you and miss you! ttyl xoxo :)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Shopping es muy divertida :)
Hiya :)
So yesterday it was rainy :( so we made it to and from class and then took a much needed nap! perfect bc it was rainy out anyway :) then we did a lot of research on our future trips and such and fun things to do here! that was about it for yesterday, but still an overall good and productive day. Today we woke up and went to class, kinda boring lol and then came home for lunch. we even had time for a nap yayyy! we had our second class even though it was kind of rainy. we walked around this beautiful area and then stopped for some food and desserts, yummy! after class a lot of us went shopping and walking around. it was so fun! they have H&M's everywhere here!! all the spaniards are obsessed its hilarious haha all you ever see are H&M bags. but we finally went to one today, it was pretty cool. very cheap compared to everywhere else here so that is good! THEN i knew we had to be in the area close to our apartment when we come back in December so i went exploring to find it. Tricia went with me and we found it!! yay us haha it is in a GREAT area!! very very pretty and close to lots of stuff. its awesome! :) we went inside it was beaut. :) under construction tho so hopefully that will be done. Then we came home and ate dinner, had some burrito type thing that was fried with cheese and sausage inside of it, but not american sausage this weird sausage from here that tastes like chicken lol and then an omelet with eggs and ham, then of course bread! it was pretty good :) now about to go to bed and get ready for tomorrow! we are going to class in the morning and then back to Retiro park to hang out, lay out, and hopefully rent boats on the lake type thing! yay! :) oh and we still havent had churros with chocolate yet! its like famous here so we need to get on that!! cant wait
Adios for now! love <3
So yesterday it was rainy :( so we made it to and from class and then took a much needed nap! perfect bc it was rainy out anyway :) then we did a lot of research on our future trips and such and fun things to do here! that was about it for yesterday, but still an overall good and productive day. Today we woke up and went to class, kinda boring lol and then came home for lunch. we even had time for a nap yayyy! we had our second class even though it was kind of rainy. we walked around this beautiful area and then stopped for some food and desserts, yummy! after class a lot of us went shopping and walking around. it was so fun! they have H&M's everywhere here!! all the spaniards are obsessed its hilarious haha all you ever see are H&M bags. but we finally went to one today, it was pretty cool. very cheap compared to everywhere else here so that is good! THEN i knew we had to be in the area close to our apartment when we come back in December so i went exploring to find it. Tricia went with me and we found it!! yay us haha it is in a GREAT area!! very very pretty and close to lots of stuff. its awesome! :) we went inside it was beaut. :) under construction tho so hopefully that will be done. Then we came home and ate dinner, had some burrito type thing that was fried with cheese and sausage inside of it, but not american sausage this weird sausage from here that tastes like chicken lol and then an omelet with eggs and ham, then of course bread! it was pretty good :) now about to go to bed and get ready for tomorrow! we are going to class in the morning and then back to Retiro park to hang out, lay out, and hopefully rent boats on the lake type thing! yay! :) oh and we still havent had churros with chocolate yet! its like famous here so we need to get on that!! cant wait
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| area around our hotel in december |
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| Lobby of our Hotel for december |
Monday, June 6, 2011
Una semana - one week
Hellooooo all!
Sunday we woke up early (altho we were very tired) to go to this thing called Rastro. It is a huge market with tons of stuff for you to buy! obvi i was allllll in haha we got there around 11 am and it was PACKED! we thought we'd have trouble finding it and had directions ready, but ha no! it is allll thru the streeets and there are tons of people. it was chaotic but awesome at the same time! i had my hand on my purse the entire time tho. we walked around trying to shop but were so overwhelmed haha i did lots of shopping for you all, so youre welcome! haha i spent around 100 euros in total which is kinda of a lot, but i also got a lot of good deals and some really cool stuff! i wanna go back but not sure if ill be here another sunday to go (since it is only open sunday mornings).
After that we came home to change and get ready for the Real Madrid soccer game. We met up with our friends and all went to joshs apartment (graduate student here to help) to hang out before the game. He lives pretty close to the stadium. The stadium was reallly cool! afterwards we were all starving and went to TGIFs hahaha we somehow happened upon it and were like why not lol the thing i normally get at home for like 7 was 11 euros! its a freaking appetizer too! it was very very delicious tho!! :) it was a fun day overall :))
Today we just had class and it was raining some so we came home for a much needed nap! it felt great haha we may go shopping here in a little again for more souvenirs. we also have been working on our trip this weekend and it is officially booked! we are taking a bus which takes about 6 hours to get to san sebastian, spain. its a beautiful city with a beach! we leave at 12:30 thursday night and arrive around 7 in the morning Friday. hopefully the bus is comfortable enough to sleep on haha so we will have all day Friday, Saturday, and part of the day Sunday. we leave there around 5 and get here around 11 at night. we are super excited!! :) its me and tricia and then hope, ariel, kara, and taylor (some friends from the group) we also booked a hostel for the two nights well be there. the bus is around 30 euro there and back and then hostel is around 30 a night. the total will be around 140 which is awesome!! some places are much more expensive unfortunately. just a random fact about Spain.....THANK GOD for hand motions. i feel i am more studying sign language than spanish hahaha they are all about the hand motions to help you understand things which is great because otherwise I'd be so lost haha we have started using them now too to get our point acrossed. its quite funny lol
Anyway im off. love you all xoxo
Sunday we woke up early (altho we were very tired) to go to this thing called Rastro. It is a huge market with tons of stuff for you to buy! obvi i was allllll in haha we got there around 11 am and it was PACKED! we thought we'd have trouble finding it and had directions ready, but ha no! it is allll thru the streeets and there are tons of people. it was chaotic but awesome at the same time! i had my hand on my purse the entire time tho. we walked around trying to shop but were so overwhelmed haha i did lots of shopping for you all, so youre welcome! haha i spent around 100 euros in total which is kinda of a lot, but i also got a lot of good deals and some really cool stuff! i wanna go back but not sure if ill be here another sunday to go (since it is only open sunday mornings).
After that we came home to change and get ready for the Real Madrid soccer game. We met up with our friends and all went to joshs apartment (graduate student here to help) to hang out before the game. He lives pretty close to the stadium. The stadium was reallly cool! afterwards we were all starving and went to TGIFs hahaha we somehow happened upon it and were like why not lol the thing i normally get at home for like 7 was 11 euros! its a freaking appetizer too! it was very very delicious tho!! :) it was a fun day overall :))
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