Hola Hola Coca Cola!

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry it has been a few days! I know you guys have all been DYING to know what I am doing ;) right..? Everything is going pretty well here! I had classes, which were awesome. One is a language class, which consists of us walkin through town. One day we went to a market and had to talk to locals (who probably laughed at my terrible accent when I walked away) and then Thursday, our professor talked about the history of the city. It’s so strange being somewhere that is SO old. There are churches and buildings that were built in the 12th century and I cant even wrap my head around that! A little awkward, we were asked to identify the different races that sell items at the market. It was one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve done, because I don’t spend my days back home looking at someone’s race, diversity is just normal back home. I guess I never realized how diverse the U.S. really is until this assignment.

But any who, my other classes are a film/literature class (which we watch movies and read stories) and then a food/culture class, which consists of learning about why the food is traditional in Spain… and then eating the traditional food… my favorite part). Every Monday, our professor also offers a cooking class where she teaches us how to cook traditional meals. So party at my parent’s house when I get back and I’ll cook you all a mean, lean, Spanish traditional cuisine! ☺

Besides the boring school stuff, I have been running a lot lately, which is probably good based on the amount of wine I drink. My friends and I have a preferred cafe where we go quite frequently. A glass of wine is only 1 Euro ( about $1.4)… So I dont think I need to say anything more ☺ But back to running, my host mom took me to this park on the other side of town where apparently all the runners go. This is really great to know because my friend Sondra and I were doing Burpees at a different park next to the river and got laughed at by two boys. Whether they were laughing at us working out at the “relaxing park” or if it was because we looked EXTREMELY out of shape.. I’m not too sure..

In other news, there is this really creepy clown that walks around town with balloons… Pretty terrifying. He thinks its hilarious to get in your face and hit you with his balloon sword. Pretty stinkin’ funny….

ALSO- Apparently this time of year, the weather is AMAZING… Well it’s rained 3 days in the past week. I blame all of us Seattle people for bringing the rain with us. The best part is when it rains, everyone is completely freaked out and stay inside like its going to melt them. Fairly comical, but I must admit I am ready for some nice hot days.

Besides school, running, drinking wine, eating, and drinking more wine. I spend a fair amount of time each day watching Spanish sitcoms. My host mom puts on the subtitles and she swears up and down it’ll help my Spanish. So far, I have learned a lot of slang and curse words, which I’m not complaining. But I am really excited for the day I get to watch tv and not have to read the subtitles at the same time. One day… one day..

Sorry I keep jumping around from idea to idea, but my host family here eats REALLY healthy. We eat a strict 3 meals a day. My host mom makes awesome soups, which we usually eat before the main meal as an appitizer. There is rarely anything unhealthy/fattening/salty, which is awesome, but I have seriously had the worst food cravings. If you know me, you know I already have the worst food cravings… so its pretty bad. The current food cravings, Snickers and Lays potato chips. THANKFULLY two of my friends bought me and bag and surprised me with it. I got it about 3 hours ago… its almost gone ☺ I dont know if they were just extremely tired about hearing me talk about potato chips or what… but I seriously owe them ☺

I think thats about it for now. It’s 10 pm so I should be eating dinner soon (Yes, Dinner isn’t till 10 ish!). If anyone wants to text me, download Viber if you dont have an iphone (Shout out to Julie Ward for thinking I was ignorning her because I didnt respond to her text!) . Also, Skype me! I love seeing/hearing from everyone! ☺ I miss you all!! Once again, sorry if there are typos ☺

Mom, if you are reading this, I swear I’ll send you my address soon!! I love you! ☺