Right now Tiff (the friend of mine who still calls me yill) & I are just sitting in Cafe Goikoa which has become our favorite place for wifi (pronounced wee fee). It is a cute place close to school painted bright green & yellow complete with a fish tank, enchufes (outlets) and a bartender that makes Tiff's favorite cafe con leche & just loves us. It is hard to believe though that I have been out of the United States for two months now. As of tomorrow I will have been in Spain for two months. I feel like I still have so much to do and see and I'm running out of time. I've made a list (or like 200 lists, of course, I am my mother's daughter) and I have so much to do and see it's going to be time to leave before I know it! This is pretty cliche but it seems like I was just deciding whether or not to study abroad and where to go. Yet I feel like I've been in this place for so long. Tiff and I have been talking alot lately about how comfortable we've gotten here and how used to everything we are. I'm at the point where it's going to be weird going back to the US, but I still think about it every day. Also, I've gotten to the point where it's not really a homesickness because it's been so long since I've experienced several things from the US. So I will give you some idea...
Things I miss the most (this is a common question & the answer can't be people or pets): Mexican food, basketball games, driving around with my friends listening to loud music, my dumb tv shows, watching American movies in English whenever I feel like it, nice/generous/kind people, the Midwest in general, not smelling smoke 24/7, warm weather.
Things I love here: trying to communicate and speaking tons of Spanglish, learning about the culture - including the different types of cafe, different foods, different phrases & motions, etc., eating new & interesting food, no fast food, life is much more relaxed, walking or riding my bike everywhere, I can see the Atlantic Ocean every day, Traveling! (I have been around Spain, in France, and am going to Ireland, Italy & possibly Greece), fresh fruit/fresh fruit markets.
Some of my favorite/overused phrases: Vale (OK), por supuesto (of course), no me importa (i don't care/it doesn't matter to me), no lo se (i don't know), como se dice... (how do you say...) and no tengo ni idea (i have no idea).
So yeah, just a little update as well...this weekend should be pretty relaxed. I'm working on planning spring break stuff right now and hoping to have that done this weekend. Kelly and I are going to plan our Ireland trip. Also, Tiff & I want to see the big movie here - Che, so that's a possibility for tomorrow night. Other than that I hope to do some shopping (I have a list) and want to get a good travel book in English for spring break. I have a little homework and should probably catch up on sleep. The weather has been dreadful but it's supposed to get a little better this weekend. We have had hail multiple times this week after we got spoiled with an amazing weekend. But I've decided once we get good weather again I'm taking advantage of it & doing something on my list of "Cosas Para Hacer en San Sebastian" (things to do here).
Hope everyone has a good weekend. Rock Chalk - Big 12 champs! I'm working on finding a way to watch the NCAA tourney online, of course.
More later.
Love, Jill
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