Friday 19/04
Today we had our last official class of Cine because our next (and last) class will be the test and then we are done! We finished up our movie and then got out of class a bit early. Tara, Katelin and I stayed until lunch to get a head start on our studying, but shockingly not that much actually got done. I came home for lunch only to have to go back to school again to give a presentation on Barcelona. All of the groups did a great job and the presentations were a fun way to look back on all of our excursions. After that we had a group meeting for yet another presentation. Katelin had her host sister read over our paper and she said that my part was really good with few mistakes which was great to hear! Then, since it is Friday, we went to go get some tasty churros which was a lot of fun. I came home and had planned on studying more but ended up getting to talk to Luke instead which was a way better use of my time :) The rest of my night was relaxing. We had a nice long dinner and good chatting which is always very nice and then it was off to bed.
Saturday 20/04
Our official last excursion in Spain! Wow how crazy that our last weekend and our last excursion are already here. We met up at the bus station and took a bus to a town called Valsain. We hiked up the mountain (it was a pretty solid hike, very nice work out) and then once we got to the top we saw the trenches of where the nationalists and the republicans fought in the Spanish civil war. Also where Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls. There were inscriptions on the trenches that had names and such. Once said "Viva Espana, 1937". So much history all around us not to mention beautiful mountains and sights. We ate our lunch on the top of the trenches and then took a brief nap in the sun which felt wonderful. A few of us went off exploring and found a beautiful river to sit by until it was time to climb back down the mountain. It was such a wonderful day because it was very low key. We had no specific plans and we were in beautiful nature. I think it was what everyone needed because we have been doing a lot of homework and stressing about the Cine test on Monday. To be completely secluded in nature for a day was great. The weather was perfect too because you could wear a sweatshirt and not be hot or cold. So it wasn't too hot nor too cold. If it had been hotter I don't think we would have relaxed in the sun for so long. Everyone got sunburned because we were at such a high altitude. My face has a nice pink tint to it now, but according to Puri it is cute so I think it is ok. I didn't get very burned and no where else on me got burned (had my hands covered, so no rash!). After that we all came back to Segovia and got FroYo with Gladys and just hung out for a while longer. Sweet treats taste better after having been in the wilderness all day! I then came home just in time to change and then head over to Jill's house for dinner with Gladys. We had A LOT of food, and scary food. My stomach hurt so badly after dinner. We ate this fish that Puri has had sitting in a bowl of water on the counter for four days. It was the idea of it that was gross at first, then I tasted it and was like "yep, gross" but she put so much on my plate and I had to eat it. But it was so bad. So so bad. So bad. Luckily Jill and I ran away at 11:30 (yes, dinner was still happening) because we were going out as a whole group (most of the group) because it is our last saturday in Segovia. We started out at a very fun shots bar where I got a fire shot (light the shot on fire then serve it to you) and two sex on the beach shots. Mostly it was a fun atmosphere and having so much of the group together was great. We then went to our favorite bar, Gua Gua and hung out there before I decided to come home for the night. It was just such a good day with the group and very relaxing. Just what we all needed!
Sunday 21/04
KRISTIN'S BIRTHDAY!!!! Happy birthday to her (even though she never reads my blog ;)...)
Today I accidentally slept in because of being out late so I didn't get to do as much studying as I wanted before heading out to a girls lunch with Puri. We went to a little beautiful pueblo about 25 min outside of Segovia. We got there a bit early so Puri and I walked a few houses down to visit the woman I have been speaking to in english. We said a quick hello and then headed back to the lunch. The vivienda that the woman lives in was built in 1930 and is in the style of a farm house. It is beautiful! She has a garden where we ate lunch which was nice. I got a seat with my back to the sun and she gave me a big hat to wear so that I was protected from the sun. It was again perfect temperature to be outside in a sweater (protected from sun) and not be too hot nor too cold. We had lunch with the woman who lives at the house Jose-Fa (sp???), the two sisters who usually come over here, Maite, Puri, and I. For lunch we had a huge bowl of spaghetti covered in squids ink with squid and shrimp (I thought the bowl was for the whole table, but it was just for me!). I was a bit freaked out by it because the squids ink makes the pasta black black black but it was actually pretty tasty. After that we had some tasty salad and then bread with goats cheese and caramelized onions on top. Finally we had some shrimps, the full kind with the eyes and legs that you have to disassemble yourself. As if that wasn't enough food already, we had some delicious flan, tea, and cookies from cloistered nuns (the same ones mom, dad, and I bough). What a wonderful lunch! I have found that ladies lunches here are so different from the states. In the states ladies lunches consist of hardly any food! You have a little salad and eat a petit portion and such but here you eat your fill of a three course meal. Very different, very fun. We then just sat in the sun chatting and enjoying the spring weather. I was very peaceful and relaxed which was a wonderful feeling. After a while I started getting antsy about time because I have a test to study for! Eventually they were like oh I think it is time to go and I was like YES PLEASE. It was a ton of fun but I was there with these ladies out in the sun chatting for 7 hours. I was ready to take a break from spanish and to get a start on studying which was starting to stress me out a bit. I finally got home and settled by around 8:30pm and then it was time to crank out the homework. I got a chance to talk to Kristin (and mom and dad) and watch her open her birthday cards and presents. It was very fun! For dinner we had fresh eggs and potatoes gifted to me from Jose-Fa from the farm. Then back to studying of course!!
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