Hola a todos!
I have been super busy enjoying life here in Palma and haven't had time to post blogs recently. I have been taking notes of everything I have been doing so that when I have time, I can blog about everything. I'm not sure when I will get around to posting (since I am still working on my blog about Paris and don't want to post things out of order), but I can assure everything will be posted at some point in the next month!
For now, you can look at pictures on my Flickr for visual updates of my life.
Hasta pronto!
-Lynne
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Videos
Just a little note to let you all know that I am going to begin uploading videos I have taken this semester to my flickr account. I have some from January when I first arrived in Palma and also some from just about every trip I have taken. I am going to organize them all in a set titled "Videos from Spring 2011" so look for it coming soon!
dos besos,
Lynne
dos besos,
Lynne
Friday, April 22 & Saturday, April 23 -- Sevilla, Spain
Friday:
This day can be summed up in two words: it rained... (a lot). Our hotel was about a 45 walk from the city center, which was pretty miserable to make in the pouring rain. My black TOMS shoes were wet from the night before, so I wore flip flops all day. Brilliant. Anyway, since the processions were all canceled, which really was disappointing, we decided to visit the "pasos", the elaborate floats that each church uses for their special procession, which were stored in their respective churches due to the rain. I wasn't really expecting much out of these floats, because I thought they would be like standard American parade floats hastily thrown together by groups of volunteers. I could not have been more wrong. The pasos are beautiful, old structures that can be carried by multiple people in a procession. They are quite amazing. Most of them feature large hand-carved statues of Jesus on the cross and/or Mary with tears on her cheeks. (I just Googled one of the pasos I saw, and it was carved in 1620 if that gives you any idea of how cool it was to see them.) They also had beautiful arrangements of fresh flowers on the floats. I felt like I was looking at something almost magical because of the enormous significance the pasos have in Spanish culture. The people were very sad and I heard many of them praying to God asking Him to stop the rain so that the processions could take place. We went to two different churches to see the pasos before going to find lunch. (Be sure to look at my photos on flickr of the pasos! They are unbelievably elaborate and beautiful.) We grabbed sandwiches at a random restaurant/walk-up bar that were so delicious and continued walking.. in the rain. We also stopped at a bakery for treats. I asked for the most typical Sevillan dessert and was given a honey and white wine soaked piece of toast that was indescribably good. At that point, our group had split into two groups since trying to decide what to do with 7 people can get a bit confusing sometimes. My group went for a walk along the river and found the other group on a boat rowing down the river. It was quite picturesque. We saw the Torre de Oro, which isn't actually gold like the name implies. It was once covered in gold, but for some reason, people stole all the gold off the sides of it. We found a little frozen yogurt shop, and yes, I freaked out and immediately ran inside to order. They only had plain froyo but you could choose a sauce for them to coat the inside of the cup with, a sauce for the top, and a topping. I got the cup coated with Ferrero Rocher sauce, then the plain yogurt went in, then Kinder Bueno sauce, then toasted almonds. It was pure bliss. I loved just walking around Sevilla, despite the awful rain and the tricky puddles all over the streets and sidewalks. The architecture is so beautiful, and I wanted to (and sometimes did) photograph just about everything I saw. The people there have a funny accent that is very difficult to understand since they often leave off the ends of words, but they were all very nice. We searched Google Maps on my phone (I cannot even express how much of a lifesaver my phone has been. Thanks to my family for getting me a global phone!!!) to find a cheap restaurant nearby and decided upon a Chinese buffet. Yes, a Chinese buffet in Sevilla, Spain.. sounds good, right? The food was just okay, but it was definitely a good choice because of the price, especially for traveling college students. After a couple pitchers of sangria and a countless plates of food from the buffet, we walked around the riverfront at night. There was a little market that we looked at for a while which had some cool stuff in it including handmade Sevillana goods and Mayan chocolate. We took some pictures near one of the bridges and a statue near the river (that I slid off of after being forced to climb up it wearing flip flops.. I am not a climber.) before making the 45 minute trek back to our hotel. I tweeted, "I stepped on all of Sevilla today." which is a good summation of this day, but you also must remember I did it in the rain in flip flops.
Saturday:
It wasn't raining when we woke up!!! I was psyched, and my TOMS shoes were dry. I knew it was going to be a better day. We went to a small fruit and veggie market on the long walk from our hotel to the city center, and I got the most delicious Pink Lady apple I have ever had. Andrea, Emma, Amit, and I headed to the Alcazar Palace to spend the day. While waiting in the very long line, Hannah, Lydia, and Chelsea joined us as well. After waiting in line for a long time and defending ourselves against women trying to sell us sprigs of trees, we finally got inside the palace, and it was definitely worth it. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but once you enter, it is beautiful. Inside the buildings there are little rooms filled with art, tapestries, beautiful tile work, and more. We all went picture-taking crazy at the palace since everything was so lovely. My favorite parts were the gardens and the bath room that had beautiful lighting. We spent a long time wandering around and taking photos before leaving to grab lunch. We saw a sign with a picture of a sandwich full of calamari, so we decided to go there. It was amazing. It was just fresh bread with freshly fried calamari with no sauce, but it was so yummy. While we were eating, we heard some distant drumming that seemed to be getting closer, so we ran to see if there was a procession since it wasn't raining at the moment. We ran to the street in front of the main cathedral and were told to move so that the procession could pass. We jumped the small fences behind us (that were there so that people could sit and stand behind them) just in time to see the beginning of a procession. We were so excited at that point because no processions had taken place during the entire week, and we just happened to be in the right place at the right time to get a front row spot. After a band of little kids and some people in the KKK-esque robes passed, we saw one of the pasos featuring Jesus coming closer... and it started pouring down rain. They rushed into the doors of the main cathedral as fast as they could while carrying a heavy, giant paso while the crowd applauded and battled with umbrellas. I had a little taste of a procession, and I wanted more. All the people were so joyous even though it got rained out midway through, and we were so excited that we had had such great timing. We went to Starbucks again to seek refuge from the rain.. again. For some reason, we left Starbucks in the middle of the rain storm and stood in a small park in the rain, waiting for it to let up.. which took a very long time. We tried to go into the cathedral to see the inside of it, and the tomb of Christopher Columbus, but when we got to the entrance, they weren't letting people in, but the members of the brotherhood from the short procession earlier were entering and we were told they were going to try to do the full procession later that night if the rain stopped. We looked for the Arab baths but couldn't seem to find them in the winding streets, but we found something even better... a Tex-Mex restaurant. I think I squealed when I saw it. I miss Mexican food so much. We entered into a restaurant that made me feel like I was in Texas. The table we were shown to had a bunch of t-shirts on the wall next to it, one of those of course including a longhorn. I took a picture and turned it upside-down. I ordered chicken enchiladas and enjoyed every bite. They were not as good as the food at Pueblo, but they helped curb my craving a tiny bit. After our early dinner, we tried to go to the cathedral again. We saw thousands of people lining the streets near the entrance, which could only mean one thing... the processions was about to happen!!! Again, we had perfect timing and were able to grab some pretty good spots near the cathedral to see the exit of the procession into the street. The sun was setting, it wasn't raining, and everyone was so excited. It was almost magical to see the people in the procession come out of the church doors and into the streets and to see people's reactions of joy when it happened. We stayed in that spot and watched the pasos go by, which was so cool. We went to find some other people in the group and ended up walking alongside the procession as it made its way down the street. The candles lit up the statues in such an awesome way. I really can't accurately describe the magical feeling I felt while watching the procession. We stopped at a very uncrowded spot to take more photos, and at one point I was standing in the street with the procession to take photos, which was awesome. The drums and the music perfectly complimented the procession as it winded its way through the streets. We headed back to the hotel pretty early to repack and sleep, because the next morning (at 5am) we had to catch our flight to Paris!
Here's the link to my flickr album from Sevilla!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynne222/sets/72157626514235611/
This day can be summed up in two words: it rained... (a lot). Our hotel was about a 45 walk from the city center, which was pretty miserable to make in the pouring rain. My black TOMS shoes were wet from the night before, so I wore flip flops all day. Brilliant. Anyway, since the processions were all canceled, which really was disappointing, we decided to visit the "pasos", the elaborate floats that each church uses for their special procession, which were stored in their respective churches due to the rain. I wasn't really expecting much out of these floats, because I thought they would be like standard American parade floats hastily thrown together by groups of volunteers. I could not have been more wrong. The pasos are beautiful, old structures that can be carried by multiple people in a procession. They are quite amazing. Most of them feature large hand-carved statues of Jesus on the cross and/or Mary with tears on her cheeks. (I just Googled one of the pasos I saw, and it was carved in 1620 if that gives you any idea of how cool it was to see them.) They also had beautiful arrangements of fresh flowers on the floats. I felt like I was looking at something almost magical because of the enormous significance the pasos have in Spanish culture. The people were very sad and I heard many of them praying to God asking Him to stop the rain so that the processions could take place. We went to two different churches to see the pasos before going to find lunch. (Be sure to look at my photos on flickr of the pasos! They are unbelievably elaborate and beautiful.) We grabbed sandwiches at a random restaurant/walk-up bar that were so delicious and continued walking.. in the rain. We also stopped at a bakery for treats. I asked for the most typical Sevillan dessert and was given a honey and white wine soaked piece of toast that was indescribably good. At that point, our group had split into two groups since trying to decide what to do with 7 people can get a bit confusing sometimes. My group went for a walk along the river and found the other group on a boat rowing down the river. It was quite picturesque. We saw the Torre de Oro, which isn't actually gold like the name implies. It was once covered in gold, but for some reason, people stole all the gold off the sides of it. We found a little frozen yogurt shop, and yes, I freaked out and immediately ran inside to order. They only had plain froyo but you could choose a sauce for them to coat the inside of the cup with, a sauce for the top, and a topping. I got the cup coated with Ferrero Rocher sauce, then the plain yogurt went in, then Kinder Bueno sauce, then toasted almonds. It was pure bliss. I loved just walking around Sevilla, despite the awful rain and the tricky puddles all over the streets and sidewalks. The architecture is so beautiful, and I wanted to (and sometimes did) photograph just about everything I saw. The people there have a funny accent that is very difficult to understand since they often leave off the ends of words, but they were all very nice. We searched Google Maps on my phone (I cannot even express how much of a lifesaver my phone has been. Thanks to my family for getting me a global phone!!!) to find a cheap restaurant nearby and decided upon a Chinese buffet. Yes, a Chinese buffet in Sevilla, Spain.. sounds good, right? The food was just okay, but it was definitely a good choice because of the price, especially for traveling college students. After a couple pitchers of sangria and a countless plates of food from the buffet, we walked around the riverfront at night. There was a little market that we looked at for a while which had some cool stuff in it including handmade Sevillana goods and Mayan chocolate. We took some pictures near one of the bridges and a statue near the river (that I slid off of after being forced to climb up it wearing flip flops.. I am not a climber.) before making the 45 minute trek back to our hotel. I tweeted, "I stepped on all of Sevilla today." which is a good summation of this day, but you also must remember I did it in the rain in flip flops.
Saturday:
It wasn't raining when we woke up!!! I was psyched, and my TOMS shoes were dry. I knew it was going to be a better day. We went to a small fruit and veggie market on the long walk from our hotel to the city center, and I got the most delicious Pink Lady apple I have ever had. Andrea, Emma, Amit, and I headed to the Alcazar Palace to spend the day. While waiting in the very long line, Hannah, Lydia, and Chelsea joined us as well. After waiting in line for a long time and defending ourselves against women trying to sell us sprigs of trees, we finally got inside the palace, and it was definitely worth it. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but once you enter, it is beautiful. Inside the buildings there are little rooms filled with art, tapestries, beautiful tile work, and more. We all went picture-taking crazy at the palace since everything was so lovely. My favorite parts were the gardens and the bath room that had beautiful lighting. We spent a long time wandering around and taking photos before leaving to grab lunch. We saw a sign with a picture of a sandwich full of calamari, so we decided to go there. It was amazing. It was just fresh bread with freshly fried calamari with no sauce, but it was so yummy. While we were eating, we heard some distant drumming that seemed to be getting closer, so we ran to see if there was a procession since it wasn't raining at the moment. We ran to the street in front of the main cathedral and were told to move so that the procession could pass. We jumped the small fences behind us (that were there so that people could sit and stand behind them) just in time to see the beginning of a procession. We were so excited at that point because no processions had taken place during the entire week, and we just happened to be in the right place at the right time to get a front row spot. After a band of little kids and some people in the KKK-esque robes passed, we saw one of the pasos featuring Jesus coming closer... and it started pouring down rain. They rushed into the doors of the main cathedral as fast as they could while carrying a heavy, giant paso while the crowd applauded and battled with umbrellas. I had a little taste of a procession, and I wanted more. All the people were so joyous even though it got rained out midway through, and we were so excited that we had had such great timing. We went to Starbucks again to seek refuge from the rain.. again. For some reason, we left Starbucks in the middle of the rain storm and stood in a small park in the rain, waiting for it to let up.. which took a very long time. We tried to go into the cathedral to see the inside of it, and the tomb of Christopher Columbus, but when we got to the entrance, they weren't letting people in, but the members of the brotherhood from the short procession earlier were entering and we were told they were going to try to do the full procession later that night if the rain stopped. We looked for the Arab baths but couldn't seem to find them in the winding streets, but we found something even better... a Tex-Mex restaurant. I think I squealed when I saw it. I miss Mexican food so much. We entered into a restaurant that made me feel like I was in Texas. The table we were shown to had a bunch of t-shirts on the wall next to it, one of those of course including a longhorn. I took a picture and turned it upside-down. I ordered chicken enchiladas and enjoyed every bite. They were not as good as the food at Pueblo, but they helped curb my craving a tiny bit. After our early dinner, we tried to go to the cathedral again. We saw thousands of people lining the streets near the entrance, which could only mean one thing... the processions was about to happen!!! Again, we had perfect timing and were able to grab some pretty good spots near the cathedral to see the exit of the procession into the street. The sun was setting, it wasn't raining, and everyone was so excited. It was almost magical to see the people in the procession come out of the church doors and into the streets and to see people's reactions of joy when it happened. We stayed in that spot and watched the pasos go by, which was so cool. We went to find some other people in the group and ended up walking alongside the procession as it made its way down the street. The candles lit up the statues in such an awesome way. I really can't accurately describe the magical feeling I felt while watching the procession. We stopped at a very uncrowded spot to take more photos, and at one point I was standing in the street with the procession to take photos, which was awesome. The drums and the music perfectly complimented the procession as it winded its way through the streets. We headed back to the hotel pretty early to repack and sleep, because the next morning (at 5am) we had to catch our flight to Paris!
Here's the link to my flickr album from Sevilla!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynne222/sets/72157626514235611/
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 19 through Thursday, April 21
Tuesday:
I didn't do much on this day except figure out plans for my Semana Santa travels. I did receive an Easter "basket" from my mom in the mail, which contained way too much candy (or just enough, depending how you look at it), a cute blouse, and a few other things. Thanks, mom!
Wednesday:
Again, I didn't do a lot this day either. I worked on my travel plans some more, since I had just decided on going to Italy after Paris. I did go to a little bar to watch the King's Cup football/soccer game, featuring Barca and Madrid. It was insane!!! The game was more interesting than usual because of the tension and hype of the game. After the game, Palma went crazy. On my 10 minute walk home, I saw some very interesting things. First, a man was standing in front of the bus stops in the street in front of Plaza Espanya taking his clothes off and singing. A bus almost ran into him, so he chased it down the street for a little bit before returning to his previous position in the street and taking more clothes off. After passing that man, I saw an ambulance parked on the sidewalk and a man leaning against the fence on the sidewalk with a huge head wound. He could barely hold himself up, and the paramedics were acting weird. They only left about 1 foot of space between the ambulance and the wall, so it was quite annoying to get through that part of the sidewalk. After that, I was waiting at a stop light when the two first cars waiting at the light starting honking songs and taking turns completing them. It was pretty funny. All night, all I heard was screams and horns honking and sirens sounding. Palma went crazy that night.
Thursday:
First line of business, print off all of my boarding passes, hotel information, and everything else. Oh wait.. it's Jueves Santo in Spain; everything is closed. Thanks to a super nice friend who offered to help me out via Facebook chat and file-sending through Skype, that dilemma was resolved fairly quickly. Second dilemma, how to pack 10 days worth of clothing and stuff into a tiny carry-on bag. I laid everything on my bed that I needed and slowly and strategically packed throughout the day. Brittany and I went on a little shopping trip in the afternoon then to my friend's apartment to pick up my printed papers (again, soooo thankful for this!! I don't know what I would have done otherwise) then I headed home to eat and finish packing. We all met at Plaza Espanya to head to the airport to go to Sevilla. We saw a procession going on, so we ran to watch a little bit of it quickly before hopping on the bus and going to the airport. We had a short flight to Sevilla with lots of turbulence and a scary landing, but we made it. We had to take taxis to our hotel, which was super far away from the city center. It was raining all night, so the processions for Semana Santa that we had gone to see were all canceled. We wandered around Sevilla for a while until we had to seek cover in a Starbucks (where I enjoyed my first chocolate chip cookie since January) due to waterfalls falling from every building. It was pretty disappointing, because the sunrise processions are supposed to be incredible but due to the rain, they did not have any. We went back to the rooms, soaking wet, to sleep and hope that the rain would go away for the next day.
I didn't do much on this day except figure out plans for my Semana Santa travels. I did receive an Easter "basket" from my mom in the mail, which contained way too much candy (or just enough, depending how you look at it), a cute blouse, and a few other things. Thanks, mom!
Wednesday:
Again, I didn't do a lot this day either. I worked on my travel plans some more, since I had just decided on going to Italy after Paris. I did go to a little bar to watch the King's Cup football/soccer game, featuring Barca and Madrid. It was insane!!! The game was more interesting than usual because of the tension and hype of the game. After the game, Palma went crazy. On my 10 minute walk home, I saw some very interesting things. First, a man was standing in front of the bus stops in the street in front of Plaza Espanya taking his clothes off and singing. A bus almost ran into him, so he chased it down the street for a little bit before returning to his previous position in the street and taking more clothes off. After passing that man, I saw an ambulance parked on the sidewalk and a man leaning against the fence on the sidewalk with a huge head wound. He could barely hold himself up, and the paramedics were acting weird. They only left about 1 foot of space between the ambulance and the wall, so it was quite annoying to get through that part of the sidewalk. After that, I was waiting at a stop light when the two first cars waiting at the light starting honking songs and taking turns completing them. It was pretty funny. All night, all I heard was screams and horns honking and sirens sounding. Palma went crazy that night.
Thursday:
First line of business, print off all of my boarding passes, hotel information, and everything else. Oh wait.. it's Jueves Santo in Spain; everything is closed. Thanks to a super nice friend who offered to help me out via Facebook chat and file-sending through Skype, that dilemma was resolved fairly quickly. Second dilemma, how to pack 10 days worth of clothing and stuff into a tiny carry-on bag. I laid everything on my bed that I needed and slowly and strategically packed throughout the day. Brittany and I went on a little shopping trip in the afternoon then to my friend's apartment to pick up my printed papers (again, soooo thankful for this!! I don't know what I would have done otherwise) then I headed home to eat and finish packing. We all met at Plaza Espanya to head to the airport to go to Sevilla. We saw a procession going on, so we ran to watch a little bit of it quickly before hopping on the bus and going to the airport. We had a short flight to Sevilla with lots of turbulence and a scary landing, but we made it. We had to take taxis to our hotel, which was super far away from the city center. It was raining all night, so the processions for Semana Santa that we had gone to see were all canceled. We wandered around Sevilla for a while until we had to seek cover in a Starbucks (where I enjoyed my first chocolate chip cookie since January) due to waterfalls falling from every building. It was pretty disappointing, because the sunrise processions are supposed to be incredible but due to the rain, they did not have any. We went back to the rooms, soaking wet, to sleep and hope that the rain would go away for the next day.
Monday, April 11 through Monday, April 18
Monday:
Again, my only real day of classes. The only thing that stood out to me on this day was that Hannah and I went to see "Sin Compromiso" (which is titled "No Strings Attached" in English), which was a pretty cute movie. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are pretty adorable together. I love going to movies in Spanish, except it is weird to hear other people's voices in place of the real actors' voices.
Tuesday:
Tapas Tuesday! I had so much fun this night. I realized how many people I actually know in Palma. At one point, I was in a group of about 20 people and wanted to talk to every single one of them. I love my friends here. Most people went home early, so 6 of us went to Shamrock (of course) and stayed out all night. I ended up at the beach for a little bit very early in the morning, which was fun. I want to see the sun rise on the beach one morning.
Wednesday:
I went to the beach for a bit today to work on my tan. A small group of us went to the Belgian beer bar for a few hours but didn't stay out too late.
Thursday:
I love Thursdays.. ladies' night! Everyone met at Aguabar as usual for free wine and cava. We all went to a club on Paseo after that to dance all night. Fun fun fun.
Friday:
I slept in, of course. (As my social life increases, my blogs get less interesting, because I spend half of my days sleeping.) I went over to a friend's to watch a movie and hang out before going out later. A few of us went out to a new place I had never been before. We had drinks out of a glass container that resembled a neti pot.. lovely. I went home pretty early, because I was kind of bored.
Saturday:
I met pretty much everyone I know at a beach in the German part of Palma. We hung out all day until the sun set and it got chilly. It was pretty cloudy all day, which was no good. At one point, Amit and another girl decided to go swimming in the freezing water. They did handstands in the water, and Amit failed. After that, we played different sports using an empty 1 liter bottle and these seed ball things that were all over the beach. Later that night, some of us went to a friend's apartment to watch a Barca vs. Madrid football/soccer game. Again, I didn't stay out very late, but still had fun with new friends!
Sunday:
Pretty sure I slept most of the day. We went to the bar for Belgian beers, of course. This was probably one of the most fun nights I have had so far. We started as a small group, and Brittany and I were super giggly even before drinking beer. As the group grew, so did the giggles and hilarity. At one point, some people were using a magazine to make origami things. Someone made a paper airplane so of course we threw it at each other for a while until it got destroyed. I don't remember any specifics other than discussing beer pong and some weird stuff in Brittany's beer, but it was such a fun night. Here's one of the quotes I remember by a person who (probably) wishes to remain anonymous, "I just had 3 beers with 11% alcohol each. so my body is 33% alcohol right now!!" Needless to say, I laughed so hard all night long. It was such a wonderful evening with friends.
Monday:
Classes, blah. After class, Amit and I played beer pong with the two Belgians. It was more of a practice run for our future tournament among countries, and it sure was fun (even though we lost.) Amit and I had to teach them how to play, and they ended up beating us anyway. I blame myself, because as you probably know if you know me at all, I am a complete failure at anything remotely athletic, even throwing a ping pong ball into a cup. I was the ongoing joke of the night due to my complete lack of hand-eye coordination. We had fun listening to music and talking and playing all night. It was definitely the most fun Monday night I have had thus far. I didn't get home until 3am, porque no?
-Lynne
Again, my only real day of classes. The only thing that stood out to me on this day was that Hannah and I went to see "Sin Compromiso" (which is titled "No Strings Attached" in English), which was a pretty cute movie. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are pretty adorable together. I love going to movies in Spanish, except it is weird to hear other people's voices in place of the real actors' voices.
Tuesday:
Tapas Tuesday! I had so much fun this night. I realized how many people I actually know in Palma. At one point, I was in a group of about 20 people and wanted to talk to every single one of them. I love my friends here. Most people went home early, so 6 of us went to Shamrock (of course) and stayed out all night. I ended up at the beach for a little bit very early in the morning, which was fun. I want to see the sun rise on the beach one morning.
Wednesday:
I went to the beach for a bit today to work on my tan. A small group of us went to the Belgian beer bar for a few hours but didn't stay out too late.
Thursday:
I love Thursdays.. ladies' night! Everyone met at Aguabar as usual for free wine and cava. We all went to a club on Paseo after that to dance all night. Fun fun fun.
Friday:
I slept in, of course. (As my social life increases, my blogs get less interesting, because I spend half of my days sleeping.) I went over to a friend's to watch a movie and hang out before going out later. A few of us went out to a new place I had never been before. We had drinks out of a glass container that resembled a neti pot.. lovely. I went home pretty early, because I was kind of bored.
Saturday:
I met pretty much everyone I know at a beach in the German part of Palma. We hung out all day until the sun set and it got chilly. It was pretty cloudy all day, which was no good. At one point, Amit and another girl decided to go swimming in the freezing water. They did handstands in the water, and Amit failed. After that, we played different sports using an empty 1 liter bottle and these seed ball things that were all over the beach. Later that night, some of us went to a friend's apartment to watch a Barca vs. Madrid football/soccer game. Again, I didn't stay out very late, but still had fun with new friends!
Sunday:
Pretty sure I slept most of the day. We went to the bar for Belgian beers, of course. This was probably one of the most fun nights I have had so far. We started as a small group, and Brittany and I were super giggly even before drinking beer. As the group grew, so did the giggles and hilarity. At one point, some people were using a magazine to make origami things. Someone made a paper airplane so of course we threw it at each other for a while until it got destroyed. I don't remember any specifics other than discussing beer pong and some weird stuff in Brittany's beer, but it was such a fun night. Here's one of the quotes I remember by a person who (probably) wishes to remain anonymous, "I just had 3 beers with 11% alcohol each. so my body is 33% alcohol right now!!" Needless to say, I laughed so hard all night long. It was such a wonderful evening with friends.
Monday:
Classes, blah. After class, Amit and I played beer pong with the two Belgians. It was more of a practice run for our future tournament among countries, and it sure was fun (even though we lost.) Amit and I had to teach them how to play, and they ended up beating us anyway. I blame myself, because as you probably know if you know me at all, I am a complete failure at anything remotely athletic, even throwing a ping pong ball into a cup. I was the ongoing joke of the night due to my complete lack of hand-eye coordination. We had fun listening to music and talking and playing all night. It was definitely the most fun Monday night I have had thus far. I didn't get home until 3am, porque no?
-Lynne
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