BARCELONA WAS SOOOOO AMAZING!!!
That's to put it simply! Where to begin--
We left Oviedo at like six and it was pouuuurrring rain! Luckily, there was a cab right by the Gorda (a meeting point statue) and it was five euros to the bus station, the ride was well worth it, especially since my paraguas did me no good! The bus station was uneventful, as was sthe airport. The airport in Asturias is super small, but it was way cool to watch the planes take off. The flight was short and sweet :)
When we got to Barcelona, I was blown away by the size of the airport (huge.) and the amount of English speaking, and the weird Spanish (different dialect, and I was like huh??? Sounded more French than Spanish). Yada, yada, yada, then we got to our hostel. It was not as bad as I was expecting. It was just like a dorm I stayed in at Weber State for a leadership conference, but better. The WSU dorm was baaad. Anyway, the first place we went was the La Sagrada Familia. It's this amazing church that was started sometime near 1926, and Gaudi took over designs of it. It's not expected to be completed until 2040!! We get up to the front of it and my camera DIED!! {It's a good thing I am not putting pictures up til I get home, so I can get the Barcelona ones from friends} I paid for the audio tour because that was the top of my list to see in Barcelona. It was way cool! Kind of hard to explain, it was one of those things that you need to see for yourself to get the meaning and significance, etc.
After that we walked all the freaking way across to this big office building that appeared to be a giant blue penis. ha, it was funny, believe me. It was a disappointment--nothing to see. Then we missed our bus like three times {The public transportation system in Barcelona was difficult!}
Night came and we hit Las Ramblas (huge shopping, touristy streets) for some dinner and meandering. I didn't love Las Ramblas, it was kinda lame, but that's ok. We went home and crashed!
The next day was quite an adventure! One of the girls in our group was an art history buff and found out about this Dali museum in Figures. It's this teeny town 30 minutes from the French border. We knew the train ride would take awhile (two hrs each way), but we had it all planned out and got an early start, so we thought we were good to go. Not so much...
We headed to the train station and waited in line got our tickets, and asked where to go (nothing is listed on the tickets--i.e. gate, number, etc.) Keep in mind that the Spanish is different and this person that we were talking to knew no English. He told us to get on at 14, so we did and it left. Two stops later, they were announcing that this was the end of the line. We get off there and go to ask someone, and he tells us to go back to where we came from and ask them. We head back there and ask someone who appears to know what he is doing and he says, "Oh you just missed it, take the train at 12:46--two hours from the current time!) We weren't too happy about that, chillin in the train station for two hours, but we tried to make the best of it, got some lunch (I had a sandwich with no traces of pork anywhere! Yay for chicken!) and sat there. We asked some other guys, just for clarification, and they were like, "Oh, you could have taken the 11:40 one. Apparently, the first guy we talked to earlier didn't know about that train. So we waited some more and finally, it was time to go get on the train. The ride was long; we probably should have kept going the 30 minutes to France, ahaha, but none of us had out passports :( sad day.
I loved the little town that this Dali museum was in, so cute and quaint. I didn't love Dali's stuff, he was a sex-obsessed weirdo, and it showed in his artwork. After that, we did some shopping and had the best ice cream ever.
We were hoping to make it back to Barcelona in time to watch the futbol game, but no such luck with the trains. More waiting, and time on the train, we got back to Barcelona and went back to the hostal, it was late.
The third and final day I had in Barcelona was the best one. We started out with the Picasso museum, AND the public transportation system was good to us! Yay!! The picasso museum was really cool {and cheap.} There were way cool shops near there too! Then we went to Gaudi's Park Guell, this park that Gaudi designed, it was soooo interesting! We got some great pics that I will have to put on when I get back to the states. We also hit the cathedral too, that was pretty ordinary, considering I've been to quite a few cathedrals here in Spain, but they did have an elevator to the roof, the view was ammmaaaazzziiinnnngg! Best thing ever.Seriously. So sad I did not have my camera :(
The next thing we did was my fave! There was this huge fountain in front of a palace that had a water show that night!! It was soooo awesome, and the view of the entire city was incredible! We also caught a free concert, so awesome for music junkie me, even though I couldn't understand what they were saying. It was still good. Then we just sat on the steps of the palace listening to street musicians and watching the artists. At around midnight we headed to the subway, it was CLOSED. I mean really, it's Barcelona! I expected it to maybe close at two or so, but midnight?? No way! We did find one gate that was open and luckily there were still trains going to the stop that we needed.
The next day, we checked out of the hostal really early and caught our flight back to Oviedo. We got back and were already late to school, so I went home and Rosa was like, "Do you have school right now? I thought you were in your bed!" So note to all you people--if I go missing in Spain, make sure they check my bed first, because she didn't even make sure! hahaha kidding.
What a great {adventurous} weekend.
peace out, girl scouts
xoxox ash
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
¡Vida!
I just took a test and think I did rather well on it :) and I also have an hour to do some random stuff, so here´s a post! Spain has been wonderful the past week and a half! I really do love it here and as time goes by, I can´t help but think I want to spend more time here. Who knows, maybe I will do a full semester here! More on that type of stuff later.
Last weekend, we went on an excursion to Santillana del Mar and Llanes. Santillana del mar was pretty fun, it was an little town with authentic shops and such and there was also a tourture museum that we went to! It was pretty gross, but interesting. There was a lot of gender seperation aspects with the tourture instruments--women had it a lot worse! I know that that was to be expected in those days, but that would never fly today, and I am so glad for that!
There were things that I had never even heard of, let alone seen! There was a real live chokey!¨{for those of you that have seen Matilda, you will know what I am talking about!} That was crazy haha.
Llanes was definitely my favorite place! Ahh I love it! I can´t forget the little adventure me and my friend Katie had in getting there, though. So the whole group drove about two hours from Oviedo to Santillana de Mar, then we got back on the bus to go about an hour to Llanes. Well the bus started having problems and we stopped and they discovered that one if the front tires was flat and off we went. We got to a bus station for our current bus to get its tire changed and for us to get on a new bus. Me and Katie get off the bus to go to the bathroom, and I was washing my hands and Katie comes back and is like, "How do you feel about walking?!" The bus had already left! Maybe we should have been worried? But we both just laughed. Luckily we were together and we both had Fernando´s number. So we call him and he´s like, "You guys aren´t on the bus? We started to count off (usually they count us all the time, multiple times) but then we stopped." He told us to stay there and that the bus with the flat tire would be done in about 15 minutes, so we waited and took pictures, that was fun. Riding a huge bus with no one on it was fun too! Good times.
Finally we got to Llanes. It is this little village right on the coast. There were lots of fishing boats and fishermen. It was really tranquill, not a ton of people, the weather was kinda rainy, etc. We got to see these huge cement blocks that were apparently put there to hold the barrier up long ago. Then some artist came along and painted sections of the blocks. It was a tribute to something, but I don´t remember what. It was cool. Then we climbed a bunch of stairs to this grassy view area, that was waaaayyyy awesome! You could see forever over the ocean. I loved it. We didn´t have very much time, but on the way back to the bus, we were starving, so we stopped at this pizza place and were asking about just slices (in Spanish) because it looked like they just had whole pizzas, and the guy responds in English and is like, "This isn´t America, there aren´t pizza restaurants on every corner. I know you guys have Pizza Hut and...." That was quite comical! We also stopped in a few little shops to look around. I found this quaint little hotel that I want to stay in someday! It was just cute how it was all tucked in on the beach. :) Little things like that make me happy.
The weather in Oviedo has been rainy the past few days, which I love! One night this week, we walked around just as the sun was setting and it was perfecto!! I´ve gotten a lot of use (and complements on) of my cute green raincoat :) Love it!! My umbrella is broken in one place, but that´s ok. I really want a paraguas (umbrella) from here--they´re totally legit!!! I just don´t know how I would get it home.
Yesterday, Rosa took me to Las Caldas and San Claudio, that was sooo fun!! I saw this cool castle, and some cool building and bridges. Rosa took me to her parents´house and showed me around. She also said I could come back and visit anytime I want! That was pretty sweet! ¡Estupendo!
Tomorrow, I head off to Barcelona for three days! yay! I´m loving life for sure!
xoxox Ash
Last weekend, we went on an excursion to Santillana del Mar and Llanes. Santillana del mar was pretty fun, it was an little town with authentic shops and such and there was also a tourture museum that we went to! It was pretty gross, but interesting. There was a lot of gender seperation aspects with the tourture instruments--women had it a lot worse! I know that that was to be expected in those days, but that would never fly today, and I am so glad for that!
There were things that I had never even heard of, let alone seen! There was a real live chokey!¨{for those of you that have seen Matilda, you will know what I am talking about!} That was crazy haha.
Llanes was definitely my favorite place! Ahh I love it! I can´t forget the little adventure me and my friend Katie had in getting there, though. So the whole group drove about two hours from Oviedo to Santillana de Mar, then we got back on the bus to go about an hour to Llanes. Well the bus started having problems and we stopped and they discovered that one if the front tires was flat and off we went. We got to a bus station for our current bus to get its tire changed and for us to get on a new bus. Me and Katie get off the bus to go to the bathroom, and I was washing my hands and Katie comes back and is like, "How do you feel about walking?!" The bus had already left! Maybe we should have been worried? But we both just laughed. Luckily we were together and we both had Fernando´s number. So we call him and he´s like, "You guys aren´t on the bus? We started to count off (usually they count us all the time, multiple times) but then we stopped." He told us to stay there and that the bus with the flat tire would be done in about 15 minutes, so we waited and took pictures, that was fun. Riding a huge bus with no one on it was fun too! Good times.
Finally we got to Llanes. It is this little village right on the coast. There were lots of fishing boats and fishermen. It was really tranquill, not a ton of people, the weather was kinda rainy, etc. We got to see these huge cement blocks that were apparently put there to hold the barrier up long ago. Then some artist came along and painted sections of the blocks. It was a tribute to something, but I don´t remember what. It was cool. Then we climbed a bunch of stairs to this grassy view area, that was waaaayyyy awesome! You could see forever over the ocean. I loved it. We didn´t have very much time, but on the way back to the bus, we were starving, so we stopped at this pizza place and were asking about just slices (in Spanish) because it looked like they just had whole pizzas, and the guy responds in English and is like, "This isn´t America, there aren´t pizza restaurants on every corner. I know you guys have Pizza Hut and...." That was quite comical! We also stopped in a few little shops to look around. I found this quaint little hotel that I want to stay in someday! It was just cute how it was all tucked in on the beach. :) Little things like that make me happy.
The weather in Oviedo has been rainy the past few days, which I love! One night this week, we walked around just as the sun was setting and it was perfecto!! I´ve gotten a lot of use (and complements on) of my cute green raincoat :) Love it!! My umbrella is broken in one place, but that´s ok. I really want a paraguas (umbrella) from here--they´re totally legit!!! I just don´t know how I would get it home.
Yesterday, Rosa took me to Las Caldas and San Claudio, that was sooo fun!! I saw this cool castle, and some cool building and bridges. Rosa took me to her parents´house and showed me around. She also said I could come back and visit anytime I want! That was pretty sweet! ¡Estupendo!
Tomorrow, I head off to Barcelona for three days! yay! I´m loving life for sure!
xoxox Ash
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Spain--first week!! :)
Monday 24 May 2010:
Today was the first day of classes and such. We met at the school at nine and had a little orientation meeting. That was a little crazy because it was all in Spanish. The teachers from the U explained in English after, but my brain was fried. Then we took a placement test. It was sooo hard. I remembered nothing and was sure they were going to put me in the equivalent of 1010. It was time for a little break, and after that, we went back for another meeting. I did better than I thought I did and was placed in the Intermediate class. We started off with basic grammar info and vocab words, and in conversation class, the teacher asked us about Utah and what there is to do for fun, etc., etc. Before we all knew it, it was time to go home for the day. I went home and ate some food--which consisted of some type of bean (they were good) and various cuts of sausage/pork. I must say, I don't care for many of the types of sausages they have here. The bacon is disgusting, just so you know. It's terrible!
The lady that I am staying with (Rosa) also had a student from Philadelphia that was here from January til May (she left this week) and so it was fun to hang out with her. That night, her and her boyfriend showed me around the city and we went to a cafe that had Wi-Fi so I could email and such. After that, we walked around some more and went to another cafe and had drinks and talked. (It's funny how much revolves around food and talking here! It seems to me that that's what they do for fun. They also don't hang out at someone's house--they go out and meet somewhere.) The cokes are so cute here! They give them to you in a little bottle with a tall glass with one ice cube and a lemon slice in it. They are expensive though--beer's cheaper. It was a pretty chill day.
Tuesday 24 May 2010:
No classes today! Instead, there was a giant fiesta in the park! It was like a holiday for the city and no one had to work. I slept in, got up and ready, and got to go to the panderia (bread store) with Rosa. That was interesting, because there was a long line and people were annoyed. I couldn't really understand what they were saying, but I imagined a bunch of agitated English speaking people waiting in line and got the gist of it! ha. The pastries looked way yummy! After the bread store, we went to the park (it's beautiful!) and there were fireworks (fuegos) and booths that you could buy stuff at. I was tempted to shop, but I figured the majority of the stuff there was made in China and I am saving my money to buy authentic, made in Spain stuff. I ran into some friends, Gage and Amy, which made me so happy because we hadn't really had a way of communicating with each other, so we made plans for later. Rosa then showed me the shopping district. There's not much to do in Oviedo besides wander around, and shop. We went to the cathedral that's famous there and into a few churches.
After siesta, Rosa, Christina (the girl from Philly), Matt (her boyfriend) and I went to this port area outside of Oviedo. We drove--the drivers here are crazy! The speeds are high and people tailgate like none other on the highways. In the city, there are billions of one-way streets. I would be dead for sure! It was really pretty, even though we were only there a short time. The weather changes at the drop of a hat. I love the rain though! Gives me an excuse to wear my cute greet rain jacket!
When we got back to Oviedo, I made plans with friends and did some window shopping and saw their version of Wal-Mart. We wandered around and tried to find the LDS church because a few friends had googled it before coming to Spain. We thought we were close, but no luck yet. We rounded a corner, and there were the missionaries! It was crazy timing--very cool. I wondered if we would run into some. They gave us the address of the church and talked to us for a bit.
By that point we were done wandering the city for the night. I went home, ate dinner, and went to bed.
Wednesday 25 May 2010:
Back to school! Oviedo is fun, but if we didn't have school or (if I had one) a job, I'd be a little bored. It's been way fun to meander and find my way around and see what there is to do though. Anyway, they split our class today because it was huge before, and I definitely like the teachers better! That's a plus, because for Spanish, I have to have a good teacher. It's a necessity. We started with review today in more depth than we did with the other teacher. That's about it.
Thursday 26 May 2010:
Today was a way fun day! Classes as usual, I loved getting back into Spanish and also still getting to the routine of how things go here. I still haven't really adjusted to the siesta/eating schedule, but that's alright. After class, the faculty of the U and UO took us to the government building in the middle of the city, and they gave us a little pin with the Oviedo crest on it, as well as maps and other information. To be honest, I have no idea what was said during the presentation. I don't think any of us really knew. We kind of laughed when the people who spoke Spanish did. Maybe the speaker said a joke? No idea. Then we went on a tour--started with the Cathedral. It was soooo cool and old. It will be cool to go to a mass there sometime when I am here. The tour guide showed us other churches and important statues and buildings. She also talked about the architecture, which is amazing! Oviedo is modeled after Paris--awesome. I need to go back to Paris soon :) It's been awhile.
Friday 27 May 2010:
School was more relaxed today. We did normal grammar, history, etc. in the morning from 9:30-11:30, break from 11:30-12, and instead of going back to classes at 12, we had the weekly review with Fernando. He explained what was up for the weekend. Super fun! Then we learned a couple of songs that the people of Asturias (the region) sing all the time.
That night, they took us to a restaurant/bar outside of Oviedo for tapas y bebidas (snacks and drinks). There was lots of music, dance, food, and sidera (the cider that Asturias is famous for--I didn't taste it, but it smells pretty gross). The night ended with us standing around in a circle with a guitar player and singing (American) songs in English. It's so funny how all of the music (and stop signs, for that matter) are in English.
Saturday 28 May 2010
FUNNEST day of the week! We were off the playa (beach) in Gijon! The weather was good, not too hot, and not too cold. First, we had some photo ops of lighthouses and sailboats and such, and then we went to a museum about the Roman baths that used to be in Gijon. That was interesting, but the tour as well as all of the information was in Spanish. That didn't help too much. We ate our lunches and hopped back on the bus to go to the beach! {Funny story about my lunch--so Friday, I let Rosa know that I would need a lunch, un bocadillo (sandwich) for our excursion on Saturday. She let me taste some sausage, but I didn't like it, so she took me to the store and I was just going to find some peanut butter, (Which, by the way is soooo hard to find here, and once you find it, it's super expensive. I paid $5.13 (yes, USD) Crazy, huh?) for PB&J, but she took me back to the deli section. Everything at first glance was ham--not a huge fan. Then I spotted some turkey! Yesss! I do not think that I've ever been so happy to see turkey. There was also Swiss cheese, but of course I couldn't think of the word for Swiss, so I'm pointing and she's like, "Oh, queso de Francia." and I'm thinking, "No, it's Swiss, not French cheese!!" Anyway, I was a happy camper to get that sandwich the next day. No weirdie sausage for me!} We headed to the beach and it was oh so fun. Played in the water for a bit, but mostly just relaxed, talked and listened to music. It was nice.
Around 11:30 that night (they go out a lot later here) some of us met up to vamos a bailar en la discoteca!!! (Go dancing in the club)! Crazy, insane night. Before the disctotecas opened, we bar-hopped, (that sounds so weird to say because I don't drink. ha) and met some Spanish people. They were all like, "Americanos, Americanos!" We were probably quite the sight actually. They are crazy! There's definitely not the same definition of personal space here as at home. They get right up next to you. The discotecas started opening and we went, and as the music got boring, we would go to the next one. Interesting things we came across--definite creepers, annoying high school kids, a kid from our group puking in the middle of the street (that was just lovely, I tell you. ewww.), one of the teachers from the U finding us and having shots (that was definitely strange) and a bunch of other things. Some of us got really tired around four and we went around the city dropping everyone off. I got home around five and crashed.
Sunday 29 May 2010:
Rolled out of bed around 9:30 to get ready for church really fast. Me and two other friends tried to find it because we were all late from when a big group went with the missionaries to the church. It took us forever and it was really hot. Church was a little overwhelming with it being all in Spanish, but it was a good experience.
After church we chilled in the big park that I really like. We went home, and later went to a mall with Wi-Fi so we could email and do blogging homework and stuff.
Overall, this week was super fun! I loved it and I can't wait to see what comes next for me here in Oviedo! :)
Peace,
Ash
Today was the first day of classes and such. We met at the school at nine and had a little orientation meeting. That was a little crazy because it was all in Spanish. The teachers from the U explained in English after, but my brain was fried. Then we took a placement test. It was sooo hard. I remembered nothing and was sure they were going to put me in the equivalent of 1010. It was time for a little break, and after that, we went back for another meeting. I did better than I thought I did and was placed in the Intermediate class. We started off with basic grammar info and vocab words, and in conversation class, the teacher asked us about Utah and what there is to do for fun, etc., etc. Before we all knew it, it was time to go home for the day. I went home and ate some food--which consisted of some type of bean (they were good) and various cuts of sausage/pork. I must say, I don't care for many of the types of sausages they have here. The bacon is disgusting, just so you know. It's terrible!
The lady that I am staying with (Rosa) also had a student from Philadelphia that was here from January til May (she left this week) and so it was fun to hang out with her. That night, her and her boyfriend showed me around the city and we went to a cafe that had Wi-Fi so I could email and such. After that, we walked around some more and went to another cafe and had drinks and talked. (It's funny how much revolves around food and talking here! It seems to me that that's what they do for fun. They also don't hang out at someone's house--they go out and meet somewhere.) The cokes are so cute here! They give them to you in a little bottle with a tall glass with one ice cube and a lemon slice in it. They are expensive though--beer's cheaper. It was a pretty chill day.
Tuesday 24 May 2010:
No classes today! Instead, there was a giant fiesta in the park! It was like a holiday for the city and no one had to work. I slept in, got up and ready, and got to go to the panderia (bread store) with Rosa. That was interesting, because there was a long line and people were annoyed. I couldn't really understand what they were saying, but I imagined a bunch of agitated English speaking people waiting in line and got the gist of it! ha. The pastries looked way yummy! After the bread store, we went to the park (it's beautiful!) and there were fireworks (fuegos) and booths that you could buy stuff at. I was tempted to shop, but I figured the majority of the stuff there was made in China and I am saving my money to buy authentic, made in Spain stuff. I ran into some friends, Gage and Amy, which made me so happy because we hadn't really had a way of communicating with each other, so we made plans for later. Rosa then showed me the shopping district. There's not much to do in Oviedo besides wander around, and shop. We went to the cathedral that's famous there and into a few churches.
After siesta, Rosa, Christina (the girl from Philly), Matt (her boyfriend) and I went to this port area outside of Oviedo. We drove--the drivers here are crazy! The speeds are high and people tailgate like none other on the highways. In the city, there are billions of one-way streets. I would be dead for sure! It was really pretty, even though we were only there a short time. The weather changes at the drop of a hat. I love the rain though! Gives me an excuse to wear my cute greet rain jacket!
When we got back to Oviedo, I made plans with friends and did some window shopping and saw their version of Wal-Mart. We wandered around and tried to find the LDS church because a few friends had googled it before coming to Spain. We thought we were close, but no luck yet. We rounded a corner, and there were the missionaries! It was crazy timing--very cool. I wondered if we would run into some. They gave us the address of the church and talked to us for a bit.
By that point we were done wandering the city for the night. I went home, ate dinner, and went to bed.
Wednesday 25 May 2010:
Back to school! Oviedo is fun, but if we didn't have school or (if I had one) a job, I'd be a little bored. It's been way fun to meander and find my way around and see what there is to do though. Anyway, they split our class today because it was huge before, and I definitely like the teachers better! That's a plus, because for Spanish, I have to have a good teacher. It's a necessity. We started with review today in more depth than we did with the other teacher. That's about it.
Thursday 26 May 2010:
Today was a way fun day! Classes as usual, I loved getting back into Spanish and also still getting to the routine of how things go here. I still haven't really adjusted to the siesta/eating schedule, but that's alright. After class, the faculty of the U and UO took us to the government building in the middle of the city, and they gave us a little pin with the Oviedo crest on it, as well as maps and other information. To be honest, I have no idea what was said during the presentation. I don't think any of us really knew. We kind of laughed when the people who spoke Spanish did. Maybe the speaker said a joke? No idea. Then we went on a tour--started with the Cathedral. It was soooo cool and old. It will be cool to go to a mass there sometime when I am here. The tour guide showed us other churches and important statues and buildings. She also talked about the architecture, which is amazing! Oviedo is modeled after Paris--awesome. I need to go back to Paris soon :) It's been awhile.
Friday 27 May 2010:
School was more relaxed today. We did normal grammar, history, etc. in the morning from 9:30-11:30, break from 11:30-12, and instead of going back to classes at 12, we had the weekly review with Fernando. He explained what was up for the weekend. Super fun! Then we learned a couple of songs that the people of Asturias (the region) sing all the time.
That night, they took us to a restaurant/bar outside of Oviedo for tapas y bebidas (snacks and drinks). There was lots of music, dance, food, and sidera (the cider that Asturias is famous for--I didn't taste it, but it smells pretty gross). The night ended with us standing around in a circle with a guitar player and singing (American) songs in English. It's so funny how all of the music (and stop signs, for that matter) are in English.
Saturday 28 May 2010
FUNNEST day of the week! We were off the playa (beach) in Gijon! The weather was good, not too hot, and not too cold. First, we had some photo ops of lighthouses and sailboats and such, and then we went to a museum about the Roman baths that used to be in Gijon. That was interesting, but the tour as well as all of the information was in Spanish. That didn't help too much. We ate our lunches and hopped back on the bus to go to the beach! {Funny story about my lunch--so Friday, I let Rosa know that I would need a lunch, un bocadillo (sandwich) for our excursion on Saturday. She let me taste some sausage, but I didn't like it, so she took me to the store and I was just going to find some peanut butter, (Which, by the way is soooo hard to find here, and once you find it, it's super expensive. I paid $5.13 (yes, USD) Crazy, huh?) for PB&J, but she took me back to the deli section. Everything at first glance was ham--not a huge fan. Then I spotted some turkey! Yesss! I do not think that I've ever been so happy to see turkey. There was also Swiss cheese, but of course I couldn't think of the word for Swiss, so I'm pointing and she's like, "Oh, queso de Francia." and I'm thinking, "No, it's Swiss, not French cheese!!" Anyway, I was a happy camper to get that sandwich the next day. No weirdie sausage for me!} We headed to the beach and it was oh so fun. Played in the water for a bit, but mostly just relaxed, talked and listened to music. It was nice.
Around 11:30 that night (they go out a lot later here) some of us met up to vamos a bailar en la discoteca!!! (Go dancing in the club)! Crazy, insane night. Before the disctotecas opened, we bar-hopped, (that sounds so weird to say because I don't drink. ha) and met some Spanish people. They were all like, "Americanos, Americanos!" We were probably quite the sight actually. They are crazy! There's definitely not the same definition of personal space here as at home. They get right up next to you. The discotecas started opening and we went, and as the music got boring, we would go to the next one. Interesting things we came across--definite creepers, annoying high school kids, a kid from our group puking in the middle of the street (that was just lovely, I tell you. ewww.), one of the teachers from the U finding us and having shots (that was definitely strange) and a bunch of other things. Some of us got really tired around four and we went around the city dropping everyone off. I got home around five and crashed.
Sunday 29 May 2010:
Rolled out of bed around 9:30 to get ready for church really fast. Me and two other friends tried to find it because we were all late from when a big group went with the missionaries to the church. It took us forever and it was really hot. Church was a little overwhelming with it being all in Spanish, but it was a good experience.
After church we chilled in the big park that I really like. We went home, and later went to a mall with Wi-Fi so we could email and do blogging homework and stuff.
Overall, this week was super fun! I loved it and I can't wait to see what comes next for me here in Oviedo! :)
Peace,
Ash
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