tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90939682340418458902011-11-27T15:15:07.448-08:00Keep up with me and my time in Seville, España!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17076130780053143521noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093968234041845890.post-51992766147596326772008-12-18T16:41:00.000-08:002008-12-18T17:02:37.973-08:00

So I'm done, and my plane has landed. I'm in Chicago waiting now to travel the final leg to Nebraska. It doesn't seem like anything. I don't know how to say it feels because just 24 hours ago I was in Spain. A place that, though it seems cold, is only 45 degrees F. at the coldest, generally. And now, I'm in Chicago where it's like 10 degrees and my fingers could freeze off at any second. I

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I've finished all my finals, I've started packing my bag. Phone is turned in and now I'm just waiting. All we can do now is wait for about 35 hours until the plane leaves. I envy the people who get to leave now. Well, we have a goodbye party to get to. Give me a call when I get home ok?!

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9 Days left.I'm coming down to the final part of the semester. I wanted to do something special within the last few weeks, but there's not time. I have tests and papers and things to do. I don't have time for special things. The fact that we're now under the 10 day mark is impressive. it came quickly and I know that in no time at all I'll be at home with family in the cold snow and ice of the

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This week has been an interesting week. Full of highs and lows; good times, good food, and good friends. Thanksgiving has been a treat here, not necessarily because the food was authentic American Thanksgiving food (though it did come very close, the pumpkin pie was a bit sketchy though, no crust and closer to flan than pumpkin pie), but because it meant a 3 day week and more time to go out and

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well time sure does fly. already we're in our last month of classes and yesterday was actually a month from Christmas so it's more like 3 weeks till I'm home, 22 days. (I swear, I'm not really keeping track).I have found myself becoming angry at. . . myself, the culture around me, homework, etc. Mostly just today though. I understand most things just fine, but for those of you who know my

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There's not a whole lot to talk about concerning my life at the moment (funny, I say there's nothing going on but pretty much am writing a book here). It is just like any other student (even though I'm in Spain) I'm studying almost non-stop because I have tests this week. 3, two on Tuesday and I think one of Wednesday but I wouldn't put it past them to have all three on Tuesday. We've had a long

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So I've spent the last few days in and out of a fever. Well I've been out of it today, but yesterday I was pretty sick. My throat started hurting on Thursday morning, then by literature class at 11:45 I was already feeling under the weather, by the time I got home for dinner I had a fever and though I tried to sleep I couldn't but I had to go to class so I did. and when I came back Thursday

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This morning I returned from my week abroad in Italy; it was definitely interesting and I learned a lot about myself and the Italian transportation system. First thing: I get grumpy and snappy when I don't get food often enough. I'm not saying that I need to eat all the time, but a meal at least once a day is a good idea. By meal I don't mean a hunk of bread and some yoghurt. I need something

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Thursday 30 October 2008Siena is over with O! how I wish we were back there, rain and crazy bus rides and all. now we're in Rome or more accurately Tiber. The hostel is calle "Tiber village" and it reminds me of summer camps but worse because it's in Italy. The effort it took to get here was astounding. We took a train from Seina to Empoli, changed trains, and went to Firenze, changed trains

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Monday 27 October 2008Today held another adventure of transportation. We made our way out of Pisa to Siena first via train and then we transfered trains at Empoli ad made it to Siena around 12:30. We then trecked a good 30 minutes up hill and on a street with no sidewalks to our Hostel: a room with 2 beds, a tv, an armour, and a bedside table. It's definitely "quaint" I took a shower (we have

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Sunday 26 October 2008Today we're in Pisa. It wasn't much of a hassle to get here, like I said, we didn't have to pay for the train, but it was definitely an adventure when we got off the train. The only directions we had were an address and the supposition that the hostel was a kere kilometer from the train station. so we checked the map and counldn't find it so we walked around a bit. On our

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Saturday 25 October 2008 Ceci, I bought a pomegranate today and as I was eating it in my hostel room I thought of you and that time we at pomegranates.Today we have pretty much seen everything in Florence, well the stuff that's free. We wandered into the right places, it seems, all the piazzas and the bridge. The gardens de Boboli were 10 euro so we didn't do those. For lunch we bought fruit,

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Friday, 24 October 2008The first day of Vacation and I've already taken a bus, a plane, and a train. Now I'm in Florecne, in a decent hostel getting ready to go to bed. Traveling when you're not sure what language to speak can be difficult, I could ask questions in Spanish or English and all depending on the answer I want. We mostly spoke in English, throwing in Spanish words here and there,

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I ate a rabbit. I think. it definitely was not chicken . . . Little bunny Foo Foo hoppin' through the forrest . . . . . . got scooped up by Salud's daughter and served to me for dinner. . . :-(My roommate just told me that our Señora's daughter, Lola, went into the country yesterday to get rabbits, and she came by today to give some to Salud, who doesn't like rabbit. Tonight we had a very

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11 - Octubre - 2008This is another weekend spent inside. I would like to think I'm recuperating from my cold, I'm resting, I'm getting better so that I can be fully charged in 2 weeks for Italy. But I'm pretty bored now too. It's cold today, and rainy. Yesterday, Dani and I spent most of our day wandering around el Centro going into shoe stores, H&M, Pimkie, (another pretty awesome stores where

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We took a trip to Toledo this weekend; mostly to see the cathedral and some paintings by El Greco. It was Gorgeous! partly because it was a good 20 degrees cooler there than in Sevilla. It was a 6+ hour bus ride north and we had to be at the school by 6:20 on Friday morning. That was tough. I tried to sleep on the trip out, but my sinuses had decided they wanted to destroy me, so I was having

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There should be more of a forewarning concerning the food of Spain. It's really not bad, in fact, I like it a lot. But I would have appreciated a bit of preparation. A night to try the food and to actually experience it instead of just hearing about it. It's easy to think " well yes, so they cook with olive oil, so do I. but it's definitely not how we cook with olive oil. They seriously cook

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The beginning of Fall, the 21st of September. I'm curious as to whether people here really understand fall. They know that it gets cooler; the trees lose their leave, well all but the pine trees and the palms. They don't get that dreary day thing, not like we do in the midwest. They don't have the crisp mornings or the thunderstorms that last all afternoon. At least not normally. what I want

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I have 20 minutes right now before my literature class starts. I don't have a whole lot to talk about aside form my trip last week to Córdoba (view pictures). We've been studying the Mosque (century VIII-X) in art class so it was amazing to see it all in person and to understand what everything was and what it meant. Like the Conch shells in the Cúpulas signify eternal life because the conch

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This week in words:My first, real week in Spain has flown by. I haven't even done all that much. I believe I've already written about my Spanish beach experience last Saturday, if not, well, here's a review.We got to the beach, spent a couple hours in the sand, then spend a couple hours waiting for the bus. I didn't get burned while on the beach, I got burned on the sidewalk. It was fun

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Sunday - August 31, 2008 My first real journal entry since I've been in Spain will consist of several things: The heat; the pain in my feet; and the heat. I'm kidding, there's more to these last few days than that. I'll really begin by telling you about my Sra. Se llama Salud Clamente Diaz. Her name is decently ironic. Salud means health and she smokes. Fortunately it doesn't stick to any of

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One day, One Day, One Day, One Day, One Day. . . . That's all I can think. I know what to expect, but I don't. I don't know what kind of changes this semester will bring about in my life, and Honestly, I'm kinda scared. I almost wish that I could stop time; Not because my current situation is all that amazing, but because I remember last school year and how little time there was. Between

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I am currently in Chicago. You may wonder why. Well, it's because my plane leaves from Chicago, and my little sister had to move into college this week, and it was less expensive than getting an extra plane ticket up. . . I think those are enough reasons. I spent the last few days with my parents and my sisters. But my parents left this morning, and my sister is on her way back as well. So

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I looked up my host family's street address today on google map search. I know where I'll be living and it's probably a good half-hour walk from school. I think I'm going to get a bus pass. I also read through all of my info for a second/third/fourth time. I'm more excited now than anxious!

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I'm going to begin my blog before I'm actually in Spain. I know, kinda silly. But I might as well blog about the whole experience not just the time there. So the time before begins about now seeing as I'm beginning to get anxious about the preparation surrounding the whole trip. Honestly, I haven't really thought about what I need to do. I feel like I have to get past these last few weeks at

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So I'm headed to the beautiful country of Spain for a Semester, beginning in August. And while I will miss you all desperately I will not hesitate to enjoy my time and keep an active blog concerning everything I do. Add me to your RSS if you would like. I won't really be writing anything until I've left the country.

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