Tuesday, March 22, 2011

This little town called Salamanca

hola, que tal? I am here sitting in international marketing right now and am struggling to stay awake. This class, sorry to say this, but is not my favorite. I give the professor credit, but I think he googles a bunch of international business topics and throws it together before class to have some kind of class lecture prepared about anything that is relevant to international marketing. It's pretty funny. Oh well.. I'm embracing this class and the professor's ridiculously cute accent.
What's been going on lately?
Ever since J left I have been a little homesick here and there but nothing to complain about. The time is flying by SO fast, so I am definitely trying to live up the next 2 months here no matter what.
The weather in Salamanca has been in the 60's lately and it's gorgeous. I go running every other day and after sometimes just lay in the grass on the side of the track to enjoy the sun and awesome temperature. It's starting to smell like spring and I am falling in love with it.
Some new foods I have been introduced to...
DEVILED EGGS.. we had something very very similar to deviled eggs.. they just called them huevos, but they were delicious. We also had another amazing ensalada, but this time there was green olives, tomatoes, and garlic in it. DELICIOUS AS WELL! Had some more homemade pizza the other day that had mushrooms and little hotdogs on it. Paella here and there, fresh fruit of course, and this amazing cheese that I love... It is like chiwawa cheese, which I never liked before, but it's pretty good here.
The dumb cats broke the coffee pot the other day in the middle of the night so Vicky went and got a new one. Two days later she was cooking dinner in the kitchen and all of a sudden I heard a huge thud and someone scream. I waited for a second and after about 10 seconds I heard dead silence and thought Vicky fell and passed out or something. It ended up being the coffee pot somehow fell on her head and she was just huffing and puffing in pain. When I went in the kitchen she had coffee all over her head and I thought it was blood! I was sooo scared! Thank God it wasn't blood, because to be honest I wasn't sure what number to dial because I know 911 wouldn't have done nothing as far as help goes. lol, sad i know. BUT now I am aware it's 112 for future references. I feel so bad that's the 3 coffee pot she has gone through in the past 2 months.
Classes are going good... learning something new every day in Spanish and enhancing my Spanish vocabulary as well. I had a dream in Spanish the other night so that is a plus. :)
This past Sunday I went to Sierra de Francia, which is about an hour away from Salamanca. It's a small little town that is filled with little pueblos. In fact Victoria is from a pueblo in that area. She said one weekend Daryl and I will go there and stay with her family. I am actually looking forward to that because the more traveling and experience the better. Sierra de Francia was gorgeous though! It was so sunny and a good time out in a different town.
I learned that going to a University in China or Norway for college is free from some international students, so if anyone wants to save money and just deal with transferring your credits DO IT! I couldn't believe it!
¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. ¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión, una sombra, una ficción, y el mayor bien es pequeño; que toda la vida es sueño, y los sueños sueños son Stay healthy and live life every day like it's your last with peace and love in your heart <3
besos y abrazos
luego
mandalou

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