España
YES! i am updating! I cant believe i just spent a month in spain. the most fabulous month of my life. it was truely an amazing trip. everything, every moment of every day rocked my socks off, except for the dog poo. God really did amazing things during my stay there. He showed me so many new things, understanding and discovering new aspects of His person. I grew so much...it was incredible. The relationships that were made, and deepend by this trip are so awesome! I am so blessed and grateful. I think we all came home different then when we left. Our (well mine anyway) patriotism has never been so high...until they charged me to change money in New York. grrr. they dont do that in madrid folks. I didnt get to see the statue of liberty. i was hoping to be able to see it flying into JFK. there was too much fog. I got to see our school from the airplane! It was the coolest thing ever! we passed over it on the way to Tampa. i spazzed like a giddy school girl. I could see the pool and panhellenic, and the auditorium... it was neat. however, i got the flu on the day of finals. that was not cool. so i spent the rest of that day and all of friday in bed. it sucked cuz i didnt get to go with ash mike and jessie on friday. ok, more later, i have to bounce for the moment.
Yes! ok back now. I dont think Im going to say everything I have to say about the trip, because it would be so insaneo long. Just know that I was blessed beyond belief. I got the best roomie, and the best mom to stay with. she cooked us the best food, i will forever remember her, and the paella, and "solo musica!" lol. the spainish music channel that ash and i got addicted to watching. I cant wait to write her and send her pics of my family. I also cant wait to hear from her. her daughter was pregnant with twins when we left. so i cant wait to hear how that turns out. i would love to go visit spain again. and visit my spanish mom in Alicante. to keep it short, informative, and interesting, i think ill just list some key differences that I noticed about Spain...and just some neat fyi.
Spain has the most wicked good ice cream, and its made right there in alicante, and shipped all over the rest of spain. its completely home made, and puts marble slab to shame. they have neat flavors that we've never heard of over here. ( so of course i had to try them all ;)
Spain has tons of stray cats that flock along the rooftops like birds...and everyone and their mother's cousin owns a dog or 2 or 3, and they are always out walking them. and they poop whereever they please. i think spain has special "ugly breeding" cuz they were the funkiest dogs ive ever seen.
Spain is metro glam to the max. everyone is going to prom, or to the set of Zoolander everyday of their life. and it only gets worse at night. they take great care in how they look, from how skinny they are to how their shoes match their belt, which match their 10 bracelets and so on. even the guys...yes boys, take a lesson. The style there was either very nice dressed up, or metro glam rock with a hint of 80's cheese.
most things are on average more expensive, especailly chocolate and anything American, however there is no sales tax there.
Most people walk and drive mo-peds, which they feel free to park anywhere. those that drive have very small cars, such as the "smart car" which i have a picture of if you go to my site. A lot of people take the bus, which is made by mercedes, and be careful of them, bus drivers are insane. they will run you over.
everyone smokes...anywhere they like. in the bank, in the mcdonalds, wherever they have the need. this goes for the dogs too. its not unusual to take fluffy shopping, or to pay the bills.
They eat less, they are skinnier, they dance, they drink, they have fun
they dont sleep
they dont care so much about making money as they do enjoying their life
this accounts for the fiesta they have every afternoon. yes the fairytale is true. at 2 pm the stores close, people get off work, because thats the hour of eating, thats when they have lunch, and they take a good 2 or 3 hours to do it, and then they MIGHT open again at 5.
and best of all THERE IS NO RAP IN SPAIN!
heres the link to veiw my digie pics of spain http://photos.yahoo.com/alittleaurora
Yes! ok back now. I dont think Im going to say everything I have to say about the trip, because it would be so insaneo long. Just know that I was blessed beyond belief. I got the best roomie, and the best mom to stay with. she cooked us the best food, i will forever remember her, and the paella, and "solo musica!" lol. the spainish music channel that ash and i got addicted to watching. I cant wait to write her and send her pics of my family. I also cant wait to hear from her. her daughter was pregnant with twins when we left. so i cant wait to hear how that turns out. i would love to go visit spain again. and visit my spanish mom in Alicante. to keep it short, informative, and interesting, i think ill just list some key differences that I noticed about Spain...and just some neat fyi.
Spain has the most wicked good ice cream, and its made right there in alicante, and shipped all over the rest of spain. its completely home made, and puts marble slab to shame. they have neat flavors that we've never heard of over here. ( so of course i had to try them all ;)
Spain has tons of stray cats that flock along the rooftops like birds...and everyone and their mother's cousin owns a dog or 2 or 3, and they are always out walking them. and they poop whereever they please. i think spain has special "ugly breeding" cuz they were the funkiest dogs ive ever seen.
Spain is metro glam to the max. everyone is going to prom, or to the set of Zoolander everyday of their life. and it only gets worse at night. they take great care in how they look, from how skinny they are to how their shoes match their belt, which match their 10 bracelets and so on. even the guys...yes boys, take a lesson. The style there was either very nice dressed up, or metro glam rock with a hint of 80's cheese.
most things are on average more expensive, especailly chocolate and anything American, however there is no sales tax there.
Most people walk and drive mo-peds, which they feel free to park anywhere. those that drive have very small cars, such as the "smart car" which i have a picture of if you go to my site. A lot of people take the bus, which is made by mercedes, and be careful of them, bus drivers are insane. they will run you over.
everyone smokes...anywhere they like. in the bank, in the mcdonalds, wherever they have the need. this goes for the dogs too. its not unusual to take fluffy shopping, or to pay the bills.
They eat less, they are skinnier, they dance, they drink, they have fun
they dont sleep
they dont care so much about making money as they do enjoying their life
this accounts for the fiesta they have every afternoon. yes the fairytale is true. at 2 pm the stores close, people get off work, because thats the hour of eating, thats when they have lunch, and they take a good 2 or 3 hours to do it, and then they MIGHT open again at 5.
and best of all THERE IS NO RAP IN SPAIN!
heres the link to veiw my digie pics of spain http://photos.yahoo.com/alittleaurora