Monday, May 26, 2008
the most epic last night of anyone's study abroad ever
last weekish in madrid
Monday, May 19, 2008
1-20
2. i don't have a computer and
3. i'm forced to use the ones at my school or maggie's or miguel's and
4. i'm having trouble writing my two papers that are due tomorrow but
5. i changed my flight to the 24th so
6. i'm going home on saturday!! which is good because
7. i now live in the living room of my homestay but at least
8. it has a giant tv in it where
9. i watched Amelie with Maggie and Maria Rosa the other night after
10. jess and i ate gloria the night after
11. we saw Elegy and
12. the man working at the movie theater loves his job just like
13. the two guys i met last night who work for Levante who
14. gave Maggie, Judith and I three free tickets to last night's game against Madrid and
15. we got to sit in the fifth row and
16. there's construction outside that woke me up at 830 am but at least
17. i think i finished draft 1 of my paper and so
18. i guess i'll edit it and made draft 2 now and
19. if i don't have two packages waiting for me at instituto....
20. correos better watch their backs.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
the one month countdown has begun
- two final exams
- two econ tests
- four page paper
- fifteen page group paper
- group presentation
- eight hours with Frida
- three Sunday mornings at Rastro
- nine yoga classes
- at least one final trip to the museum trio
- three days in Mallorca
- learn how to make Maggie's sauce
- Topshop (I still haven't been!)
- attempt to waken the Cookie Nuns again
- buy pillowcases from NaturHouse for cuddlegan
- take some film pictures
- cuddle Isabelle, then the dogs, and maybe Lizzie
- hide under my down comforter
- do lots of laundry so I can use a dryer
- Charmanda
- plan a sorgz reunion
- see my Cheetahs
- text Bretty
- make my Mom make me dinner (I'm thinking grilled salmon, asparagus, and mashed potatoes...)
- go to the grocery store and binge on baby goldfish, REAL diet coke, and non-Spanish almonds
- go to Starbucks and reintroduce sugar-free vanilla syrup to my system
- manicure and pedicure
- speak A LOT of English
- see if I remember how to drive
- try to contact Stina on a cowboy farm
- living with Dana!
- getting back into my usual baking habits (aka at least 2 batches of cuppies a week)
- adventures with Charlotte and graham cracker crusted cupcakes
- finding fabric to make pillowcases for my bed and curtains for Hogan 3C4 :)
- pancakes and garage sales with Gram
- trips to Target with Robbie
- lunching with Jess at Conde Nast and reminiscing about Spain
- texting Bretty
- cheetahs every day
- weekends at Naisy's
- trips to the pool with Dad, Carolann, and Scoob
- 1020
- keeping in touch with and seeing my Madrid lovies
- Mexico in August and my 21st birthday
Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Denia, Benidorm, and Guadalest
BFFs for life, obv
On Sunday morning we headed about an hour south to the town of
Robbie releasing some energy and us swimming
We headed towards Denia’s market first thing on Monday morning where we munched on trail mix and dried apricots while browsing the various stands. With freshly purchased souvenirs in hand, we headed towards the central town where we stopped for a quick lunch. After lunch we decided to head inland to the small town of
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Vizzle
On Wednesday morning I left Lizzle to wander around my neighborhood while I went to my art history class. Thankfully the tiny lid didn't get lost and we successfully met up afterwards, ran to the grocery store and my favorite fruit stand and made our way to Retiro to picnic. We rented a rowboat, had a mini workout rowing ourselves to the middle of the pond (?) where we promptly dropped our oars and let the wind push us around while we feasted on whole wheat baguettes, perfect strawberries, and white wine juice boxes. Once our 45 minutes of boat time ended we exited the park on Paseo del Prado and stopped quickly in the botanical gardens before I dropped Lizzle off at the Reina Sofia and headed to my history class. After class I picked up Lizzle where I had dropped her and did a quick tour through the Thyssen museum before walking up to Plaza de Cibeles and then Sol. Tired from such a long day, we refueled with some coffee at Cafe Comercial (sadly no McDreamy in sight) and returned home for dinner. We met up with Jess at Manuela Cafe where we had glasses of wine and chocolate cake and played a couple rounds of Scattergories (don't worry Sorgz, it was nothing near the intensity of Scattasorgz). Highlights included Lizzle's use of "turd" and Jess's and my twin moment with "Billy Rae Cyrus." The perfect weather had by this point turned to rain so after a couple hours we dikdiked home and went to sleep.
I woke up early and left Lizzle to sleep in while I made another trip to the airport to pick up my Dad, Carolann, and Robbie. We all reunited at Cafe Comercial for breakfast (or a calamari sandwich if you're Lizzle) and then headed to Sol, Plaza Mayor, and walked by Palacio Real, where we paused for a few minutes so that the kids could play on the play structure while the adults took a break from walking (hint: there were 3 kids and 2 adults.) With almost perfect timing, we escaped the sudden rain as we ducked into San Gines for churros con chocolate. My family decided to give into their jet lag induced cravings for a nap and headed back to their hotel while Lizzle and I shopped for a bit on Gran Via. Lizzle and I parted ways for dinner (she went with a friend of Jason's and I ate with my familia) but met up later at Tele Pizza where my friends were shadily pregaming. For some reason Cerveceria Seven was closed to we headed down Fuencarral in search of another bar. Lizzle and I bought one euro cans of beer from some random man in the street and we all ended up in a bar near Tribunal. The bar was a bit dead so Lizzle and I walked south to Sol to go to Palacio which was sadly closed. Though the weather was yucky, we persevered and walked to O'Connel's and Dubliners and then to a small Tapas Cafe. After a few more attempts to find a bar we gave up and hailed a taxi home.
Lizzles during breakfast at Cafe Comercial
in Plaza Mayor
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