Actually, I'm looking forward to going back to class and having the routine. I'm sure I'll feel differently after five hours of class. The last couple of days off from doing anything has been nice, but its hard to stay busy all day! I slept in Monday morning and today. I feel like maybe I'm finally caught up on sleep/the Spanish schedule and feeling a bit better. Again that might change come 7:00 wake up tomorrow. (Okay lets be honest, I'll push the snooze till 7:30...)
Spent yesterday morning on the beach by myself just listening to some tunes and reading a book. It was quite enjoyable as it was really my first alone time since I got here and I was on the beach :). After Amber got home from class we had lunch and went to el centro for a conversation class at the ISA office. They do it once a week and its just an extra hour for us ISA students to go and talk to each other and get some practice in. They also have books there so I might have to check one out the next time we go there. (There's a good reason that free kindle books are free, and I read all the ones I bought already...I'm hoping I get to a good free one soon) After the class we went to El Corte Ingles which is the big department store here. It's like being in younkers, dillards, JC penny and maybe Sears all at once, its huge!! 6 floors. So I finally found tennis shoes in Spain (I don't know if I mentioned it before but I was starting to think that no Spanish woman wore shoes and that they only wear heels at all times) and now I can start working out here!
I also had my first food here that I wasn't a big fan of...which is funny because its probably the most Spanish food we've had thus far. It was paella, which is like rice and stuff and most commonly with fishy-ness (they also make chicken paella which I think I would love)... now I don't hate seafood, I'm not a huge fan of sea-shells or shrimp with eyeballs still in my food. But I was a trooper and ate most of it. (It really didn't taste so bad but those damn shrimp eyes kept looking at me....) Other than that, all of our food here has been great! I feel like I repeat myself a lot so sorry if I'm doing it again, but we've had a lot of different soups, from a plain brothy-noodle soup, to a few different bean soups, to onion soup, and they've all been great. I came here planning on losing weight and our Senora just keeps making amazing food!
Anyways....went to the beach again today with Amber and two other girls, Lauren and Ryann (sisters) and had another relaxing afternoon. Got some homework done, ate some more, napped a little (one can get used to la siesta after a big lunch), and Amber and I went for a run after dinner. I am out of shape!! But I plan on trying to run every night, or at least go for a walk, because I need to get into shape if I'm going to be on the beach everyday!
Well I better get to bed, gotta be ready for school tomorrow! I really wish people weren't having trouble commenting because I'd like to talk to y'all (there's lots of southern people in our group...hope I don't pick this up) but love you guys and talk to you soon!
i agree. shrimps with eyes that i'm supposed to eat are creepy. china had that too. can't remember if i actually ate them or not, but i took pictures with them! ...question: what does it smell like in spain? (i know some countries or places have a smell.)
ReplyDeletemmm...Idk...normal??? lol actually it alternates between smelling really good and smelling like trash because they have these huge recycling bins along the side walks.
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