June 2012
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ok trip
you know the one i took like last week[[MORE]]So last week I took this trip around a bit of southern Spain, Seville, Córdoba, and Granada to be exact. It was really great and a good experience and I was so happy to get out of Don Benito for a bit and see some of Spain. So yeah I figured I’d tell you guys about it, but of course here it is Wednesday and I’m leaving TOMORROW for Madrid...
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I know I should write something about my trip, and I will, I’m just super busy with classes right now trying to make up for the week I missed, but maybe on Tuesday I’ll have time to put something together. But yeah I promise I’ll write something soon…I know you all are on the edge of your seats waiting for blurry photos of cool places you haven’t been so just hold on...
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I’ve had a really good day in Seville, although I did so much walking I wore myself out by like 6 and had to come back and take a siesta…but the rest has been wonderful, I got to go to the Alcazar (look it up very rad) and walk through all the little streets, and the festival for Corpus Christi was today so there were lots of processions and music and crowds and I’m staying in...
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I’m going on a trip tomorrow
BY MYSELF
FOR A WEEK
To Seville, Córdoba, and Granada.
I’m freaking out mostly cause I’m excited, a little because I’m scared
BUT I’M FINALLY DOING SOMETHING
(I’m staying in hostels and stuff and going to tour and around and I get to go to the Alhambra I’m very excited).
And...
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I know I complain a lot about Spain but I will say it’s nice to be in a country that really appreciates Pocoyo.
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Madrid v. 3
I went to Madrid this past week from Tuesday to Friday, making it my longest trip there yet! It was a pretty good visit, the purpose of it was to go look at colleges and dorms for Ana, which was unbelievably boring (they have to interview to get into dorms here so it was just like sitting in waiting rooms until the interview was over) but luckily I only had to go to two, and the other...
May 2012
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are people interested in my life[[MORE]]I guess we’ll find out. Today was kind of sad because it’s the last day that Brianna and I could hang out. She’s going back to the US on Thursday and I’m going to Madrid for a few days tomorrow so we won’t see eachother again. It’s funny, because back at the beginning of the trip when I met her I didn’t even think...
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Cáceres
On Tuesday Brianna (another American exchange student) and I went up to a city called Cáceres for the day. It’s about 2 hours away by bus, and fairly big for Extremaduran standards. The town itself isn’t that exciting, pretty typical really, but the big attraction is the Old Part of town. (Well, they call it “Monumental City” but Brianna and I just ended up calling it...
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My House
[[MORE]]I haven’t updated in a while, mostly because there’s been barely anything worth talking about. I go to school, I go on walks, I meet up with the other American girl here (birds of a feather or whatever), I go out for coffee. Boring stuff. But, in an attempt to actually put some kind of content on here, I figured I’d show you guys around my house because my house is rad.
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April 2012
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Being most likely your expert on “day-to-day life as a teenager in Spain”, I bring you the first in a series of subjects that I find most relevant to adolescent life here. This subject: Cheating![[MORE]] Cheating is definitely the most normal way to pass your classes here in Spain. I think the word “rampant” would best describe it. Kids here take it very seriously,...
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Cool Thing:
I recently found out that Extremadura (the region I’m in if you didn’t know) is home to a ridiculous amount of conquistadors. Seriously, ridiculous. Balboa, Cortes, Cabeza de Vaca (my favorite), Hernando de Soto, and Pizarro are all from here, as well as a host of other lesser known ones. In fact, Cortes is from Medellín, a little pueblo less than 15 minutes away from Don...
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ahhh i’ve been neglecting this thing[[MORE]]
but I don’t have much to write. The last week or two have been kind of bad, I’ve been sort of sick of everything here and haven’t done much. But this weekend things have gotten much better. I went out with Ana’s friends some, and they are really really sweet and hopefully I’ll get to see more of them this week....
hey guys i fixed the photos sorry about that for once i can blame myself and not tumblr, and it actually feels really good.
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Sevilla
[[MORE]]So on Monday, on the way home from the beach, we stayed in Sevilla for a few hours and it was so awesome I had to make a separate post about it.
I’ll just say now that even though we were there for maybe 5 hours, it’s definitely my favorite place I’ve been to in Spain, and probably one of the greatest cities I’ve ever been to.
We stopped there because Alicia had...
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semana santa pt. 2 (the good part)
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Ok so I’m back from our little jaunt to the beach. Well actually I got back on Monday but I was too lazy to write anything about it, but Ana and I skipped school today to study but I don’t do any studying, so here I am. I had a pretty great time at the beach, even though a lot of it wasn’t what I expected, but I’m trying not to have any expectations anymore since...
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bullfight
[[MORE]]Yeah so Sunday was the bullfight…it was really cool and I didn’t cry so that was great. I went with my host brother who’s visiting from Madrid, because Ana cries at all of them. And we had great ring-side seats. And just to let you know, I’m sure I’ll use incorrect terminology this entire post because I couldn’t really understand what anyone was saying....
March 2012
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semana santa
So today there’s some giant strike protesting things like “the government” and “jobs” (strikes me as a little Occupy-ish) BUT the great thing is that apparently all the teachers at our school are participating! Which means Semana Santa (spring break) officially starts today!!! We don’t have much planned for this week, but next Wednesday we’re going to the...
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Mérida
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So today the long-awaited Mérida trip happened and it was RAD and AWESOME. Mérida’s this ancient Roman city about 30 minutes away and I mean I have no way to compare it to other ancient Roman cities but as far as I can tell it was really well-preserved and it’s all integrated into the city so it’s hilarious for me to see these people walking past ancient buildings...
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Things I Have Been Doing[[MORE]]
Um here’s some stuff I’ve been up to:
Last weekend Ana and I went skateboarding with some friends of hers, and I didn’t know how to skateboard but I learned (to some extent) pretty fast and it was a lot of fun! And apparently I didn’t look like a total idiot which is a pretty big deal. And we went out into the country and man it is just so...
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I think the best way to describe how I’ve been feeling since I’ve been here is like the second mouse who fell in a bucket of cream, totally overwhelmed and struggling to stave off being drowned in dairy, and just now I’m finally beginning to feel the beginnings of the butter underneath my feet and it’s very slippery but very reassuring at the same time.
this lack of coffeeshops with wifi is going to kill me in the end.
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Castillo de Magacela →
Here’s some random person’s blog, but it has lots of good pictures of the castle I went to today so just pretend that I took them cause that’s exactly what it looked like today.
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this weekend
what i’ve been up to and stuff
Sooo I guess I have to update this dumb thing sometime, even though not a whole lot of stuff has been going on. Um but this week was Ana’s birthday, which was nice except we had school, and she had a surprise party and stuff and all her friends are pretty cool. And then the day after that her mom opened another clothes store in Villanueva, which was...
February 2012
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Really not joking here, one of the hardest parts of being here is having no way of finishing Downton Abbey
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Madrid Part 2
So yesterday Ana and I took a bus all by ourselves to Madrid! Her mom was here already though so it wasn’t really that cool but still we got here last night and we’re staying with her cousin who goes to school here and generally having a grand ould tyme. We walked for I’d say about 6 hours today and we also went to a contemporary art exhibit called ARCO, which I actually enjoyed,...
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Good Things
best coffee I’ve ever had (well technically lattes, they don’t have “coffee” here)
naps encouraged
cheaper clothes
cuter clothes
motorbikes everywhere
tv shows are wayyyy cooler/weirder here (my current favorite—“Quien Quiere Casarse con mi Hijo”, a dating show where the moms tell their sons who they get to date it’s really great)
there are...
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In an attempt to verbalize and organize my culture shock, I’ve made lists of things I like and dislike about Spain and the culture. And since I never really have too much to blog about, I figured I’d post some of them so it’d be updated more often. So be prepared for that. Oh but first I have to tell you something that’s not really good or bad. At that concert that I wrote...
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guys this is so long i didn’t want to break your dashboards but it’s just what’s been happening nothing exciting
Sorry I haven’t contacted anyone in a while but it’s mostly because nothing’s really been going on. Mostly just school. On Friday another American exchange student that I was with in Madrid came to Don Benito for the night and Ana and her and I...
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school and stuff
So yesterday was my first day of school, and everything was ok and it won’t be unbearable, but it’s like typical highschool except I have no friends and I can’t understand what anyone’s saying, and it is so so incredibly cold all the time. Actually, it’s more like middle school because pretty much everyone there is surprisingly immature, even the girls, so I feel...
