So to give you an update about the other night…the poetry sesh was awesome! The Toledo album is linked on the side and also has pictures from the other night/Toledo.
Toledo is beautiful. Except, I remember it being less commercialized and a little more fantastic the last time I was there.
Toledo is known for its mazapan [...]
Today I learned that if you want to tell someone they did a great job…more like OUT OF THIS WORLD job – you say, “TIENES DUENDE!”
Do you want to know what a duende is?
…A dwarf.
It is a gypsy/Flamenco expression that, I think, came about because after a show – if you did a good job [...]
I watched a really crazy movie today in Lit/Film…Los Amantes del Circulo Polar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers_of_the_Arctic_Circle_(film)
It was very hard to follow (no subtitles) but I got the themes and the plot line. My professor is very uhh deep…so I’m interested to hear what he has to say throughout the course.
I still can’t believe there are only three [...]
Probably the two cutest ladies I’ve ever seen in my life are my art history teacher, Patricia and my program coordinator AND my Madrid politics and culture/Spain civilization and culture teacher, MariCarmen. Srsly they are absolutely wonderful and very bubbly.
Did you know that Catalan is a mixture of French/Spanish, Gallego is a mixture of [...]
My first day of class…and I only have one class on Mondays. Frankly I was feeling a bit hesitant about this class and I was 90% sure I was going to drop it.
Now I am 90% sure I am going to keep it. Because:
1. I can read the books in English
2. If the movies are [...]
Well, I certainly did dance the night away but it was the metro’s fault. It closes at 1am and opens at 6am…so obviously I had to wait for it to reopen (I live so far and taking a taxi would be too much money)
We went to this tapas bar called “el tigre” first. It was [...]
Well Salamanca was not as spectacular as I thought it would be…for these reasons:
1. It was raining and that always makes things way worse
2. Salamancans are really really rude
3. We were too tired and frustrated by the Salamancans to go out and have a night on the town
However, it was a very quaint town and [...]
Did you know Spaniards use “super” in the beginning of words…
And speaking of super, I just realized that Real Madrid is playing against Liverpool on February 25. You know what that means…ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARRYING FERNANDO TORRES.
Another super fact is that I leave for Salamanca tomorrow morning. I’m very very excited to see a [...]
I am so so sick right now. I have the worst cold. I hope it goes away soon because I really don’t want to be this sick when I go to Salamanca this weekend.
On a bright note, I JUST BOOKED A FLIGHT TO BUDAPEST! March 26 at 4:55pm arriving at 10:35pm departing March 30 6:55am [...]
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