Last week I was in Granada. Yesterday I was in Paris. Today: Madrid. Tomorrow: Somewhere in Italy.
Photos and details to come.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
staying up late to listen to kels's game
Check out this poem Marta posted. Loving it. Took me back to senior year of high school, trying to do Stat homework with Leah while drinking a peppermint patty mocha. All I remember is falling in love with Billy Collins and impromptu poems written on paper napkins.
Don't let this post fool you into thinking I'm homesick. I'm an Erasmus student for life now.
Don't let this post fool you into thinking I'm homesick. I'm an Erasmus student for life now.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Ich bin freue!
Yesterday was lovely! It became lovely when I met Miguel. Miguel is in my Women's History class (the orange from the previous post). He does an excellent non-flattering imitation of our professor.
But the highlight was The Cure! I've never seen more middle-aged women dressed in all black. It was freaking awesome. Did you know that in Europe, bands usually do two encores? When he finished singing the first time, I was disappointed because I thought he'd only come back up for a few more songs. But he ended up coming back up 3 times in total! Crazy. Why not just have an intermission or something? It was great though. I've had this song in my head all day, along w/ Boys Don't Cry. Thanks to Flo's mom for giving sweet birthday presents to her son.
Then this morning we said goodbye to Jenny. Lame.
Tonight? Pizza made by Roberto, clearly.
But the highlight was The Cure! I've never seen more middle-aged women dressed in all black. It was freaking awesome. Did you know that in Europe, bands usually do two encores? When he finished singing the first time, I was disappointed because I thought he'd only come back up for a few more songs. But he ended up coming back up 3 times in total! Crazy. Why not just have an intermission or something? It was great though. I've had this song in my head all day, along w/ Boys Don't Cry. Thanks to Flo's mom for giving sweet birthday presents to her son.
Then this morning we said goodbye to Jenny. Lame.
Tonight? Pizza made by Roberto, clearly.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Bought some sweet new pants
I'm bummed because I just realized a lot of my friends stopped posting on their blogs. I'm missing out on some good stalking. That said, I haven't been super faithful to this blog in the last couple weeks, so I can't really complain.
The last couple weeks have been mostly about choosing classes, freaking out about all my travel plans coming up and Florian. I'm trying to diversify my interests. Today I bought new pants at H&M and walked around Malasaña, a great bar district I've really only ever seen at night. Tomorrow I'm going to see The Cure!! And then I'm going out to say goodbye to Flo's friend Jenny who is returning to Germany at the end of the week. She laughs at least as often as I do, if not more. She's freaking awesome.
Madrid is treating me pretty well. I've had a few bad moments lately, but I'm trying to remember that sometimes cultural differences just seem like evil people. My professor reprimanded me in class yesterday for eating an orange. Of course, I had no idea what she wanted from me, so we ended up taking about five minutes out of class to discuss my orange and whether or not I could eat it. After class, she explained to me that "in Spain, we finish our food before we come to class." She is actually really atypical of most of the professors I've met. She, for example, actually shows up on time to class. Most of my professors are at least 15 minutes late. Which I love!
Still happy in Spain,
Cass
The last couple weeks have been mostly about choosing classes, freaking out about all my travel plans coming up and Florian. I'm trying to diversify my interests. Today I bought new pants at H&M and walked around Malasaña, a great bar district I've really only ever seen at night. Tomorrow I'm going to see The Cure!! And then I'm going out to say goodbye to Flo's friend Jenny who is returning to Germany at the end of the week. She laughs at least as often as I do, if not more. She's freaking awesome.
Madrid is treating me pretty well. I've had a few bad moments lately, but I'm trying to remember that sometimes cultural differences just seem like evil people. My professor reprimanded me in class yesterday for eating an orange. Of course, I had no idea what she wanted from me, so we ended up taking about five minutes out of class to discuss my orange and whether or not I could eat it. After class, she explained to me that "in Spain, we finish our food before we come to class." She is actually really atypical of most of the professors I've met. She, for example, actually shows up on time to class. Most of my professors are at least 15 minutes late. Which I love!
Still happy in Spain,
Cass
Saturday, March 1, 2008
My family is coming in 2 weeks!!
Lately I've been saying goodbyes. Sometimes that means throwing a huge party in La Latina and playing games with Vincent all night even though I'm about to fall asleep. This weekend it meant going to a sweet bar in Malasaña where they played Queen & Twisted Sister. Incredible. Also, lame that people are leaving.
Today sat in Plaza Mayor in the sunshine eating bread and cheese and drinking apple juice. Before that I learned all about maté from Florian's new argentinian roommate. Sweet! Also sat in a 18th century garden. My life is way too "tranquila." Pero, me encanta.
Today sat in Plaza Mayor in the sunshine eating bread and cheese and drinking apple juice. Before that I learned all about maté from Florian's new argentinian roommate. Sweet! Also sat in a 18th century garden. My life is way too "tranquila." Pero, me encanta.
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