Tuesdays have for some reason become the hardest day of the week for me. It seems like I finally realize how much I need to do before the end of the week, usually run into some sort of problem, work on homework and other jobs, and go to bed exhausted every Tuesday. We’ll have to find some way to remedy this, won’t we?
Today everyone started talking about next week’s excursion to Toledo, a historic city near Madrid. The trip is on a Thursday and Friday, so many people are just planning on taking a bus from Toledo to Madrid and staying there for the weekend. It sounded like fun to me, so I talked to some friends and started researching the trip. Mostly I looked for transportation and lodging, but I’m always surprised by how long travel plans can take to make. The fun of a trip seems so far away when you’re buried in planning details! Oh well…I know it will be great, and I’m happy to have the plans all nearly done now.
I’ve been eagerly waiting for my package to arrive with my new camera in it, and I checked at the reception desk after every class today. It finally came a little later in the afternoon, and I was really happy to finally have it. Until…I was informed that Spanish customs added an unexplainable $60 tax to the delivery. So instead of tearing into the box and playing with my new camera I headed out to the nearest ATM and paid the crazy tax. When I finally got to open the box I was greeted with the lovely camera (which I love), a new watch (I broke mine on the first day of the semester), and some Reese’s minis (my absolute favorite candy). It was a pretty fun package to get aside from the bill that came with it.
Lunch was fun, and we had a fun chat with Rosa again before heading back to the school to paint abanicos (the fans that Spanish women are infamous for carrying and using ALL the time). I was planning on spending like 30 minutes painting mine, but once I got started I discovered it would take much longer than I thought, and it ended up taking me about two hours in all. During part of that time I did talk with my mom on Skype about fall break, but I couldn’t believe how long I spent there!
After fan painting, I spent the rest of the night organizing and studying my notes, working on plans for Madrid, and trying to call home without any luck. The internet at my apartment always seems to work best when I don’t want to use it. Oh well…I’ll just have to find a better internet source for phone calls or a better time to make the calls. Every day is a learning experience. Some are more fun than others, but the learning and growing are definitely my favorite parts of studying abroad.
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