Mis Viajes.

Yesterday we went on another excursion with the program. We just went around the province of Valladolid, though (basically the county of Valladolid). Honestly, it was a really boring excursion. We saw a museum of an ancient Roman village, then tried wine from the Roman times – oh my gosh, the wine was horrible. It tasted like meat – absolutely disgusting. There were only a handful of people in our huge group of students who actually liked it. Then we took the bus to see a big castle, which was probably the most exciting part of the whole day. We took some stairs way down underground to see a well where they used to keep prisoners. Then we went back up the stairs to go up more stairs to a tower with a nice view, but compared to the view in Segovia and the views we saw in Barcelona, it was really not much. My legs are very sore now, though. Then we drove to another town which was completely empty and we just kind of walked around there for a while. Very boring. They had even told us that this excursion wasn’t going to be fun before we left. But, luckily, that was supposed to be the worst one, so now it’s over. I’m really excited for our last excursion in May to Santander. Santander is on the coast and it’ll be nice and warm in May so that one should be cool.

So it turns out that I’m not able to go to Paris anymore. The train ended up being way too expensive and on top of hostel and food costs, and the concert ticket, the trip would’ve been too expensive to be worth it. I was super bummed when I found out I couldn’t go, but now I am going to go to Portugal this weekend and I’ll probably be able to see Madrid too. So I guess the two new trips make up for it. Enrique will miss us, though. Portugal should be really fun. I’m not quite sure what we’re all doing, but it’ll be a great group of people and Portugal is supposed to be really pretty. I, as always, am really excited for the photos I’ll take. We also booked our tickets for London yesterday! People have been needing to buy my tickets online for me because I no longer have a credit card to use, which is a pain, but hopefully I’ll have my new credit card soon. I’m so excited for London, though. There will only be three of us for this trip, but it’ll still be amazing. I absolutely love being able to travel so much here. For the rest of the semester, I only have three weekends where I’m not traveling. Thinking about that makes the semester seem like it’s going to end so soon! Time has been slipping through my fingers here, but I’m loving every second. I’m not feeling incredibly homesick anymore, thankfully. Of course I still miss everyone a ton, but the homesickness is no longer lingering. Now, I’m just so happy I’m here. I have realized that right now, I’m living the life I’ve always dreamed of – traveling the world and being independent, learning so much not only about Spanish and the culture here, but also about myself and the world. This really is an incredible experience for me and I feel so lucky I was able to do this. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Well, I think that’s about all I have for now. When I’m not traveling here, life is starting to become a bit mundane. Not boring or anything, just repetitive and normal. I’m getting used to living here and everything is now becoming ordinary.

Oh, I forgot this last photo in my Barcelona post. Here’s a photo of some authentic Spanish food. Makes you hungry just looking at it, right? I bet you’re all drooling right now. ;)