Hey all~
Buona Sera, from Italia! I’m not sure if I ever mentioned that I had traveling plans after my semester ended… I’ve been here in Rome with my uncle this weekend, and tomorrow I’m leaving for Germany for 10 days! I feel EXTREMELY lucky to have this opportunity and I’m looking forward to it! I’m [...]

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Before I tell you about this weekend, I have to tell you what I have been waiting for since last year!! This is totally nerdy but I don’t even care, I was so excited - I can’t believe I forgot to mention it in my last entry. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE [...]

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Happy Friday 13th, for the second time this year! You know what’s funny, is that Friday the 13th doesn’t mean anything here! For Spaniards, their day of bad luck is Tuesday the 13th. I also learned last month in intensive month that another superstition/luck thing in Spain is that if you step in dog poop [...]

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Well, our Japanese roommate Moti is leaving this weekend. I can’t believe it’s been a month since she’s arrived! Her Spanish has improved SO much, I am so proud of her. And I’m glad she’s just moving to another apartment in Granada, so I’ll still be able to see her every once and awhile. I [...]

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I was going to write a few weeks ago, so happy late Valentine’s Day! If anyone is wondering, it actually is celebrated here too. As if the Spaniards needed another excuse for PDA! There were tons of couples being all lovey-dovey today, and all the shops have been selling flowers and cards and all that [...]

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Sorry for the delay in updates! I am back from my excursion and I must say that I had a wonderful time! It feels good to be back “home” though, and I’m getting a little nervous/excited to start classes, tomorrow!! I got my schedule today and was a little surprised to see the level that [...]

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I have to tell you about my host mom, Mamache. She cracks all 3 of us girls up every night. She never thinks we eat enough and always teases us or pretends to be really worried when we tell her we’ve had enough food. Even tonight (we had pasta, yummm), she knows she always gives [...]

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I haven’t talked about the food here in awhile and thought I might. First of all, I am in absolute heaven because we have a bread at EVERY SINGLE MEAL. Between Samantha, Jennifer and I, we go through at least one or two baguettes every day. Those who know me well know that I would [...]

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I HAVE INTERNET. hallelujah. I was on for about 15 minutes in the morning yesterday, and then it didn’t work again until this morning. Samantha, Jennifer and I pretty much attacked Mamache after dinner, haha - we were all discussing how frustrated we were that it wasn’t working right. So she shuffled us into a [...]

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If there is one word you need to know to get a Spaniard excited, it is this: REBAJAS!! It pretty much means discounts/price reductions. When the girls and I were out shopping today there were signs that said “rebajas” in almost every shop, and a ridiculous throng of people to go along with them!! The [...]

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