The Good life!

Hola!

It has been way too long since I have gotten the chance to write another entry! The days go by so easily here I am on the go constantly! I am the only one on my floor with a computer and sometimes what happens is when I do have the oppourtunity to write my computer will be occupied by friends who want to send notes to their friends and family.

Quite splash of bad news: My camera is broken! Unfourtunitly I will no longer be able to post any pitures of my trip! I brought it to a camera store and had a skilled man take a look at it but after several minutes he told me it was a lost cause. I bought a disposable one but of course I wont be able to get those pictures back until I am in the states.

So whats new:

The weekend was incredible! Friday a large group of us took a 20 minute hike through the city to a pool. It was beautiful! Rich green grass to lay on and a large bright blue pool to swim in. We had a great time as a group catching up on homework, chatting about the past days, listening to music, and absorbing the first real moment of down time. It was a beautiful day and we all got a lot of sun.

Saturday was a shedualed free day and a rainy one at that. I mostly spent the day catching up on homework, watching spanish movies, playing games, and eventually we all went out on the town for the night. It is surprising how many clubs cater to Americans. Their is this one place in particular called the Irish Rover which actually has signs in their place written in English. I don't like going there because they play some pretty strange music (80's and 90's club music) and their also happens to be a younger and very American crowed there. I along with others find this boring and unapealing because it feels like a place that jumped right out of New Haven. By the end of the night we found a better more authentic spanish place to dance in.

Sunday was "El Rastro", a trip to Salamanca's popular sunday flea market. The place reminded me of any typical flea market you would catch in new england only their were tenders shouting prices and gestures at people in spanish. I was able to buy quite a few things for people back home. =)

So now it is week number 3 and everyone is back in classes. Last night my two best friends on the trip Julz, Julie, and along with a young girl from Holland who we have class with (who speaks 4 languages!) went out for pizza after needing a serious break from cafeteria Spain food. We found an italian pizzeria and treated ourselves to yummy mushroom pizza! We struck up a conversation with one of the men who works there who was from pakistan and came to help his brother run his restauraunt. The man spoke very little spanish, english, and german! He was very interesting and told his stories about his travels. In the end he treated us to a free pizza so we would come back!

Their is a roar of excitment in the group because this Friday we leave for our 3-day trip to Portugal! Tonight our college is presenting a fiesta in the Plaza De Mayor (center of town) for their students. Their will be free Salsa lessons, Spanish music, and free Sangria. All of our professors and classmates will be attending and everyone is excited!

<3 Kelly