Viernes y Sabado

Hola a todos!

So my weekend was very busy. Friday we had school...which was a bummber. But classes went well and then we had a movie at night. It was called Dia de Nostalgia. I stayed around the school until the movie. The ten of us that went to Sevilla, went to this bar, Dick Tracy's, and got drinks. I had two and am pretty sure most of us went to the movie partly drunk. We watched De Boda en Boda (Wedding Crashers) in Spainsh with Spanish subtitles and after we had pizza and pop. It was fun and I enjoyed watching an American movie, even though it was in Spanish. It is a lot easier to understand the Spanish when you can read the words as well. It helps a lot. After the movie, I went home to my house and took a shower. I was just going to stay in and was watching LOST online.

Jana called me and said that Adam's friend was here from London and they wanted us to go out with them. So after about 10 minutes of changing our minds three times, we went out. It was fun but it was really late by the time we decided to go out. We didn't leave our houses until midnight. Just late for us Americans, not the Spanish. Anyway so we met up with the boys by our school and went to a bar. Then we went to Botellon, which is this huge Spanish drinking party in the park. That was fun but it was pretty windy so there weren't as many people as usual. I didn't drink because it was too late to buy wine at the store. But I still had a good time. I talked a lot of Spanish to the people we met. We were going to go to a discoteca, Mya, in the part of the city that is called La ciudad de artes y ciencas (City of arts and sciences). Its a gorgeous part of the city and very new designs. But it was already 430 am and the discoteca cost 15 euros so we didn't want to go in since it was so late. We would rather pay that money to go in at an earlier hour. So then Jana and I were just outside talking to the boys we were with and that was fun. Then we just went home.

Saturday I wokeup around 10am, so I didn't get much sleep. My host mom and I looked over a paper I am writing for one of my classes. Then I went to the beach with Kaitlyn and Jana. It was beautiful and we layed out. The sun was so warm. It was about 75 yesterday. The sea was chilly but not colder than the great lakes. My feet didn't go num as soon as I touched the water. It was nice. After the beach, we went to a bull fight. We had bought tickets earlier in the morning. It was a good experience to experience something that is so normal for Spanish culture. I am not exactly sure that I would want to go to another one. I took a lot of pictures and even some videos. They kill the bull in the stadium and then horses come out and carry it out. They always show 3 in one day. We were leaving after the thrid one and came across where they take the bulls after they leave the ring. We saw them cleaning the blood off and then...cutting off the head and legs. We were like terrified and there was some Spanish men behind us, basically laughing at us for being grossed out. Anyway so that was a good experience and interesting to watch. I am glad that I did it because it is part of their culture. My host mom has never gone to one though. She hates them.

After the bull fight, we went back to our houses. I showered because I had sand all over me and then I had dinner. We had pumpkin soup and these other things we eat a lot. The pumpkin soup was so good, I was really surprised. I didn't think I would like it. I spend the night just working on homework and doing my presentation for conversation.

Today, Sunday, I am just doing homework. I finished my presentation and am now doing my phonetics homework because she gave us a lot to do this weekend. I am having issues with my eyes. I am not sure if I have pink eye or if my eye is just irritated. But my host mom gave me some drops so hopefully that helps and clears it up. Friday I leave for London and am super excited!!! :) I have my phonetics and conversation presentation tomorrow, so hopefully those go well.

Well off to do more homework!