Was today a good or a bad day? Why? It was a good day, but mostly because it wasn’t a bad day. I feel like all I have done is study and work on homework because our first finals are tomorrow, but I still went to our cafe down the road and enjoyed a chai latte…
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What it’s like to be a student in Spain (my observations so far): School supplies: Today we made it back to the school supply store because it was closed when we finally found it the other day. All I really wanted was a notebook, some pens, a pencil, and a few folders to organize. Surprisingly…
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I’m trying to take better care of myself and my health, so today I rested a lot and am going to do more of that this week too. I’m starting to understand my host mom more and more, which is such a good feeling. She’s been going through some tough things lately, but I think…
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My roommate and I have needed to go school supply shopping for a week, and we keep putting it off. We finally decided today would be the day, and we asked our friend for directions to the supply store and went on our way. However, we ended up taking a wrong turn, and with streets…
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Sometimes traveling can be especially taxing for the introverted parts of ourselves. That’s how this day started out, as I walked to a coffee shop by myself for breakfast and felt uncomfortable walking among all of the people I don’t know in a country I’m not from. But I went anyways and figured out how…
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Was today a good or a bad day? Why? It was overall a really good day, but I spent a lot of it not feeling very well and resting. What was something new I tried? I tried two different tapas that I didn’t have the other night. One was salmon and shrimp on toast and…
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I mentioned in my last post that it already feels like it’s been a lifetime since I left the United States even though it hasn’t even been a week yet. I took my first siesta yesterday, and my stomach has finally settled down a little after the random sleep, new food, and constant travel. I’m…
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I’ve already managed to get behind on blogging so I’m going to combine two days to keep up and keep things fresh! Day Five Exciting news: On Monday we took our placement test in the morning for the two weeks of intensive Spanish courses. I placed in intermediate, which is exactly what I was hoping…
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The morning started at 2:30AM; goodbye redeemed sleep schedule! We had an hour bus ride to the London airport, a two hour flight to Madrid, and then another two hour bus ride to Salamanca. To be honest, I felt terrible from lack of sleep after days of nonstop movement and adventure, but I was still…
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18,324 steps and 22 flights of stairs counted on my phone’s health app; it was tourist day. We got up for an 8AM official bus tour of London that took us to Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and told us about everything in between. I loved learning about everything, but I was also…
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