Jan 25-27 - Excursion-ed OUT!

The Friday night before the 25th we went out. I have officially decided that is not a good idea. The 25 at 9am we drove three hours to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain (the place I gave my presentation on!). It was soo pretty. We checked into a hostel, which is a little (very) different from a hotel. But more on that later. The architecture was beautiful and the cathedral was gorgeous. On that first day we just toured the city. Then we split up for dinner. After wandering around a couple of places we stopped at small restaurant. I was very cute. We got our own room in the back it was good times. Unfortunately, our meal wasn't that great. Photo Break.

After dinner we went out for FROYO! Yummm. Then we went out to explore the city. A small group of us had a great time relaxing and chilling at a bar, listening to some great throw back music. But we weren't ready for the night in the hostel it was FREEZING. They gave you one blanket at it was not going to cut - it didn't cut it. It was so cold you couldn't sleep. Needless to say I was grumpy in the morning. But that didn't last long because that morning we got to go on the rooftop of the cathedral super awesome! Had a very yummy traditional Galician lunch. And then later that day we went to Lugo to see a roman wall. Photo Break!

Sunday night we drove all the way back to Oviedo and the next morning got up at 9am again to go to Leon. There we saw the Leon Cathedral which was B-E-A-utiful! I'll just put up a few photos the rest will go on Facebook. Then we had some free time to explore the city we stopped at a bar to get coffee...pretty sure the bar tender hated us. It was kind of funny though. Then we stopped at a restaurant called Kebab and got really delicious Gyros. And then drove back Monday afternoon.

 Three full days is a lot. I came home and slept for three hours. But so happy I went.

Que Será Será.

Jan 21 & 24 - School!

TEST!! PROJECT?! This week I had a my first test in 308. Fill in the blank, picture identification, literature identification and an essay. We studied all weekend for this even though we had a excursion to Gijon. I'm not gonna lie even though we have only been here a week that was a lot to know. We spent countless hours in cafes pouring over material. And when I got to the test there was still somethings I didn't know. Now I have to start working on strategy plans for how to be more ready for the next test. But the next day (Wednesday) I get an email...I have a presentation that I have to sign up for. Some how I missed the previous email saying sign up and there are only three spots left, on of them being Friday. Well, might as well make a week out of it. I kicked it into high gear and Me and Ian prepared a twenty minute presentation on Galicia, the corner province of Spain. We did pretty good given that we had a test that week and did it in two days. Except for the 20 minutes of technical difficulties (long story) it went smoothly. Long week.

Que Será Será.

Jan 18 - Gijon, Spain

Gijon is a city in Spain that is very beautiful and very green. We went to visit the ruins of the Roman spas. Fun Fact: Spa. S-P-A. Is spelled that way because it means "Salud Por Aqua" or health by water. It means the same thing originally in latin, but I couldn't remember that one. But cool right?! We also tried food that is typical of Asturias and saw how Sidra is made, which is essentially fermented cider. This post I'm going to make all photos, because it was pretty brief trip. Enjoy!

Que Será Será.