It is my first weekend in Spain! We had a free day today and tomorrow before classes start Monday. Today me and my roommate being girls we went shoping! In January through February Spain is in total sales mode, things are 20-70% off a good relief to the broke college student on a budget for the next four months. Even though I had been looking in the stores throughout the week and also at people walking, I know kinda creepy but how am I supposed to know what is the style of Barcelona. I was still not sure what to buy also if any of it would fit, Europe must be on a standard size because everything ranges from a extra-small to and extra large and they are still really tiny at extra large. Well we went to Plaza Cataluna which is also called Las Ramblas it is kinda a tourist trap since it has alot of stores but they are really expensive. We went to this huge building and it like one huge department store but each floor is dedicated to something. For an example the second floor was all womens, and there were a bunch of stores on that floor that sell womens clothes but there is no organization to it and it was major chaos. Me and my roommate decided not to go back. We then went to Plaza Espanola. It was the Bullfighting Ring before Barcelona decided to stop bullfighting and is now a big huge mall it had the same stores as Las Ramblas so we didn't get anything. We then we went walking and we found this shop that had stuff really cool stuff for super cheap! So I got 2 scarfs which is a nessessity in Barcelona Fashion. We ran into a couple of other girls in our group and they directed us into a store that had really good deals and I bought a pair of boots for 10 euros which is like a steal when most boots cost around 50-100 euros! But they like scarfs are very important.We went back to our apartment and the senora was cooking some food and it smelled so good I was like this is going to be good! Oh and it was it was chicken paella, it was hot and it was good.
So my sister has asked me: Do you feel like you are across the world? Well before today I would have said no, because this all has felt like a really awesome dream. Well lets just say I was sadly awaken. I skyped with my mom and it all kind of hit me and lets just say I quickly logged off before the tears started to overflow. It now feels like yes I am around the world and that comfort of family and if something were to happen mom cant come running/driving to come and help me, or that my sisters are not at least an hour or two hours away from me. But I know that I have been told a million of times of how to be careful in Spain and that there is my senora and the 6 other people that I am living with and the 17 other Illinois Wesleyan Students, and our Professor our here with me and is my family for the next 4 months. Tommorrow is a new adventure until next time.
The whole being NOT at home hit me a week after I got to Ireland. I was in the hotel restaurant in Dublin and this band (made up of Asian dudes) started playing Beatles music. I had ordered a quarter-bottle of wine (equals one glass), well they brought me a WHOLE bottle, so I had to drink it all. I was plastered, by myself in a Dublin restaurant-bar, and hearing sad music. LOL -- that was not a good night. But you will get more used to it!!!! 4 months should do it :)
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