Blogs from Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - page 84

Hello Reader. I went to the hostel and read my new book, Brave New World, until Monica came... except she walked right by me an sat down and started peeling an orange and talking to one of the girls that works there, waiting for me to arrive. The girl then pointed at me and Monica, suprised she didn't even recognize me, came over and gave me a hug. She is such a cool girl! We prepared pasta together in the open kitchen while drinking cheap white wine and chatting in Spanish. The pasta was mediocre, but the encounter will not be fogoten. We planned to meet the next day and go to the market, then she left around nine to babysit. We met the next morning at eleven and went to the mercado central (central market). ... read more

So, here we are in Benidorm Spain, after finding out last minute about our honeymoon being cancelled to Mexico. What a tragedy, for us it could have been much worse had we already been down there. Hopefully Mexico can recover quickly and there is not too much devastation. Flew to London from Ottawa, after attending my brother´s wedding, in hopes of finding somewhere else to go --Paris, Spain, Canary Islands. We miscalculated a little since it is school break in the UK and everything was booked. We told the travel agent that we wanted something ¨quiet and peaceful¨so she sent us to Benidorm, Spain on the Costa Blanca. Well, it is interesting, but not quiet - skyscrapers everywhere (although likely all of Europe sun destinations like this). We are staying in Gran Hotel Bali - the ... read more

Today we started our new classes. This comes as good news because this means that we don´t have to sit through our intensive Spanish class for three hours every day. I was a little sad because my teacher for the first few weeks, Mar, is no longer my instructer. Instead, I have this lady Rosa who is a little crazy, but still a good teacher I think. So, I still have my two Spanish classes with Rosa, and now I have Spanish Cinema and The Spanish Civil War. It is really cool to have classes about subjects other than grammer and other hard stuff. At about 10:30 we were all lead outside because there was going to be an amazing full solar eclipse. We were even given special glasses to watch it through. With much anticipation, ... read more

Yes, I finally got some of my pictures uploaded. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them (some of them are from El Barrio). Tuesday nights here in Alicante are Guacamole Nights. This bar that a lot of us hang out at, Austins, has amazing guac every Tuesday. The reason this rocks so much is because the guac is a little spicy. You may think that is not a big deal, but seriously, it is probably the spiciest thing in all of Alicante. I don´t know if it is a regional thing or a country thing, but I have had the hardest time finding spicy food here. It is like Spaniards don´t know what it is. Maybe they do but they don´t appreciate it. But anyways, this Tuesday night was great. ... read more

So, setting up this whole blog thing has been a pain. I set up this blog and then tried to access it in spain and was not able to. I then set up another blog and wrote in it for an hour only to have it erased. Now I am hoping that this blog will work and will continue to work. Alright, so Spain has been nothing short of amazing. I arrived 2 weeks ago today and I already feel like I have been here forever. Right when I walked into the orientation hotel I met some of the coolest people. I was nervous about making friends, but the people I have met here are so great. We all thought it would be a great idea, being our first night and everything, to hit the Spanish ... read more