As you can see we went Salsa Dancing last night and it was sooo much fun. Nick and I were definitely the coolest guys there....that is until they started playing techno and Miles danced like a maniac. It was incredible. I have never seen anybody dance like Miles. It could have very well been the best dancing I've ever seen. Anyhow, in the picture is (from left to right) Jordan, Michael, Nick, Shalyn. They're all pretty fun and we like them.
So Spain is ridiculously sweet but there are obviously some problems. Here's the biggest one. When you wake up the first thing you can think is, "Holy crap it's hot here!" but you deal with it and you go get breakfast where you drink HOT coffee. At this point you have been awake for thiry minutes and you're hot on the outside because of the heat and you're hot on the inside because of the coffee. After breakfast you walk to school and by the time you get there you're in a pool of your own sweat because it's so hot. (Also the school is over a mile from our house and it's all up-hill) Then you get to school and you get a break from walking and you can sit in the shade (which is still hot). So after that little break you go into the classroom where it's 100 degrees and sit there for 4 hours. Class is finally over and you get to walk in the sun for another 20+ minutes to get home. Of course you get home and it's even hotter inside the apartment. After boiling in your own body for a while you get to eat a hot lunch then go out...into the sun. You hang out in the sun and think, "Well it's about 4 o'clock the hottest part of the day has passed." WRONG! Nope, in Spain the hottest part is at about 7. And after the hottest part, guess what! It's still hot! So now it's 10 o' clock and it's still hot so you go inside and rest for a little then eat a nice and hot dinner. When dinner is over you're pretty tired so you want to take a shower and go to bed. (the shower can also be in the morning and this point is still valid) So you get in the shower which is cold and relaxing then you get out and it's hot again. At this point you feel like you have accomplished nothing because the second you get out of the shower you're sweating again. So finally you try to go to sleep but you can't because it's too hot to think straight. When you finally fall asleep you get to wake up the next day and do it again. Other than that Spain is amazing.
Tourists suck. We don't classify ourselves as tourists. We're students. Tourists will buy anything as long as they're being told to buy it in spanish. As silly as this sounds it's true. Next to the Cathedral, about 20 feet away, there are these spanish women selling a stringy green plant for one euro a piece and saying something about their powers in spanish. At first you would think they're just vendors but no. They're malicious plant selling soldiers. They will make sure that you have these plants. Here's the catch all along the floor next to the big Cathedral there are these long green plants. The worst part about it is that people buy it all the time.
Well it's siesta time for me, I'll be sure to update some more soon.
2 comments:
Do you have to walk up hill both ways?
Sounds like a COOL time - ha ha!
P.S. We're at your house right now using your computer - Aaron said it's ok ;-)
Justin!
Perhaps Glen Frey can shed some light on your condition:
The heat is on, on the street
Inside your head, on every beat
And the beat's so loud, deep inside
The pressure's high, just to stay alive
'Cause the heat is on
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
(Tell me can you feel it)
(Tell me can you feel it)
(Tell me can you feel it)
The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on
If Glen Frey doesn't help cool you off, try drinking a tall glass of icewater.
I'm enjoying your blog -- keep it up!
Willie
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