I've realized that I'm not a procrastinator at all, but when I am, I'm super efficient. I'll do everything EXCEPT what I have to do.. oh well! Wanted to randomly write on this anywho. This week is dead week and it is getting SO sad! I had two of my last classes today... its so weird how fast it all went. I knew it would go fast in the beginning though so I'm glad Ive been living it up- I just have to write 2 papers and study for finals.. but I know what I'm gonna write about.. and I'm gonna [View Full Entry]

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Just got back from Switzerland and it was amaaazzinng! I think the best trip so far. Last week I decided I want to go out every night that i have left in Madrid! We dont have much time left at all.. and I know that once real school starts back up again I'll wish I was here having fun so thats my new goal . and its worked out so far so yay- Monday night: A friend that I went to Toledo with and is studying in Salamanca now came back to Madrid for a few nights before going off to [View Full Entry]

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Random pictures! Some are from Barcelona- my camera broke so couldnt use it to take pics. Some are from random outting with the kids from school... so fun- Annddd some are just from touring Madrid the other day with Dane! yay [View Full Entry]

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THURSDAY, November 20, 2008: Got done with school, booked Sensation White tickets (huuugeeee rave in Europe... first time it came to Madrid... big deal!) and then got stuff done before the group trip to Dublin! Went to this store FNAC to pick up the tickets, got Evan and I the Pablo neruda book we have to read for lit hispanoamericana, camera shopped and found a great new camera! yay on that. then came home, packed bags, got ready, and met everyone at El Tigre for cerveza y tapas and we all left for the airport from there. Flight was good, we [View Full Entry]

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Decided to stay in the night before cause our bus left around 8 AM Friday morning... some people came right from the discos though! Was about a 6 hour bus ride.. slept and talking most of the way there.. we went to Cordoba first- had a tour guide take us around the famous mosque-turned cathedral kinda? Forget the name.. it was interesting, lotsa history there! The hotel room was pretty nice.. we went to a club that night and just had hilarious times... I love our group so much! I'm gonna miss everyone when its all over, but at least most [View Full Entry]

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Just wanted to make sure I keep this updated! Today was great... slept in til 800 cause I thought I was getting strep throat/fever again... but I took some of the meds that I shad left over from last time so now its just a lil pain but not much so yay. Did some exercises, got ready and went to school! I can never manage to make it to Espanol Coloquial on time (classes even start 10 minutes late on average too! how crazy.. loving the spanish way on that though)...Its a pass/no pass class anywho so yay. That was good, [View Full Entry]

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SEVILLA with Andrew!! A million years later, the update! So we took a midnight (or rather, 1 AM) but to Sevilla... was about... 6 hours maybe? I almost missed the bus, came RIGHT on time eek but thank goodness it all worked out and it ended up being such a bomb weekend. So yeah slept and hung out on the bus, arrived in Sevilla around... 6/7 and watched the sunrise!! It was supposed to be soo warm (like, 72 which is SO warm compared to here right now!) So I only brought dresses and warm clothes (90% of what I packed [View Full Entry]

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AMSTERDAM!!!! We stayed in a christian hotel called Jordan's Shelter.. overall pretty good. Free food with bible discussion so that was nice! It was SOO cold there.. we did a lot of walking around.. the city is SO pretty I love holland!! Went to the Van Gogh museum and Risjksmuseum.... lotsa souvenir shopping.. all around good time! and we celebrated Halloween a lil bit :) [View Full Entry]

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Ah! I still need to write about south of spain and morocco. I LOVE wednesdays... no class til 4, I get to sleep in (its the only day I really sleep) and get stuff done! Im off now to go to the US Embassy cause I waited too long to do this voting thing so hopefully they can send it faster from there.. and then Wren and I are meeting up to do the Thyssen museum at 1. Class 4-6... yay! I super duper wanna go to Santiago de Compostella in Spain, but having trouble organizing it... hmm and I almost [View Full Entry]

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THURSDAY: got to leave class a little early (had my friend tell me what I had gotten on my exam cause she was gonna tell us at the end of class.. i got a 68 outta 70! woo!) and met up with michael at atoche renfe train station. got lucky and made it just in time. Spent about... 6 hours? reading, sleeping, and watching some random american movie dubbed over in spanish. We got to the hotel in algeciras which was close to the train station.. Our Rick Steves travel guide book says that Algeciras is only worth leaving and i [View Full Entry]

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