Hello everyone!!!
I just noticed that I haven't fully updated since March 20th!!! Boy how time flies!!! I do apologize that I haven´t let anyone know what has been going on!!! I have been busy traveling and attempting to do some homework :)
Let´s see.....I will try to make this as short and sweet as possible!!! I can´t remember anything exciting happening with school in the past 2 weeks. I have finals next week and just finished my last official class!!! It feels really nice to be DONE! I can´t believe how easy my classes were this semester. That is probably a good thing considering how difficult my next whole year is going to be with school at SNC. I will still be graduating in May of next year and will graduate with a double major in Psychology and Spanish (unless something goes drastically wrong next year!).
Two weekends ago I was in Madrid with my friend from Green Bay, Ali. She was on the Ashwaubenon Dance Team with me when I was a sophomore and a junior...Her mom was also my dance coach!!!! Ali was working in Amsterdam and decided to come to Madrid for the weekend before she went back to work. We just spent the weekend walking about Retiro Park, doing some shopping, and having tapas! It sure was nice to talk to/see someone from home!
My internship is going well. My last day is April 12th. I have been spending the past few weeks with psychologists. I really did like working with patients who have addictions. It was nice to see their progress over the 10 weeks that I have been there with them. Although, I still would rather work with children than people with addictions. I have been starting to look for internships in Green Bay for this summer. It will be nice to get my foot in the door for the future when I graduate. It is just a little bit difficult looking and applying to places when I am 4000 miles away from everyone and everything!!! I have also started looking for graduate schools in school psychology (to be a school guidance counselor).
The past few weeks I have been spending a lot of time with my intercambio and her family. She works for the police so Brittany and I got a tour of the police station here in Toledo. Yesterday she showed us the holding cells where they keep some of the inmates while they are being booked....I felt like my dad when I walked in and knew one of the inmates from the clinic!!! What are the odds of that?!?! Looks like he won't be able to make his next appointment!!! My intercambio's son, Aarón, fell and broke his arm two days ago!! The poor thing is going to be in a cast for the next 6 weeks!
I just want to give a mini shout-out to Morgan, my roommate, who broke her leg this past weekend!! She was in a head on collision with a.......BIKE!! Not a motorcycle....a bicycle!!! I hope you get better soon and I probably receive the worst roommate of the year award for laughing so hard, but let's me real.....who gets hit by a bicylce and break a leg!!!! HA HA HA!!!!
This past weekend was my favorite trip since I have been here!!! Brittany, Jake, Katie, and I flew to Barcelona on Thursday night. Our hostel was super nice and really clean. It was on one of the main shopping streets in Barcelona and pretty much in the middle of everything!!! The first day there we walked Las Ramblas. It is a long street with stores on both sides and mini kiosks down the center selling all sorts of different things. There was also a HUGE market on Las Ramblas. I'm sure many of you saw the pictures from the market!!! I have got quite a few comments about them!!! HA HA HA I am glad you all finally understand the struggles I am having here! I stopped asking what I am eating for fear of it being something I took a picture of!!! I just hope my family doesn't send me an email when I get home and tell me all of the disgusting things they have been feeding me this whole time!!! On Friday, I also had Starbucks for the first time since I have been in Spain and let me tell you...IT WAS AMAZING!!!! That could be one of the main reasons why I loved the trip so much!
One of the more exciting things in Barcelona was bartering with the sales associates to get lower prices on their merchandise. If you walk in and see a shirt that is priced for 45 and say that you will offer 20 for it.....9 time out of 10, you will get it for that price!!! It was great!!!
I would also like everyone to know that I purchased my first soccer jersey while in Barcelona. Who would have thought I WOULD EVER BUY SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH SOCCER!!! Sure enough, I did!!! The FC Barcelona soccer team is officially my favorite team (due to the fact that they won the World Cup, have the best player in the world, and their players are GORGEOUS!!). My favorite player is Gerard Piqué. Too bad he is dating Shakira though :(
We spent a lot of time at the beach in Barcelona as well!! I was nice to get away from all of the people and just relax a bit...I also got a really nice tan!!
On Saturday we went to the Sagrada Familia (a really big church). It is still being constructed and won´t be finished until 2026. Maybe I will have to return to see the final project!!! We also went to see the Olympic facilities. There were a bunch of parks that were really nice to just sit and watch the watch falls and fellow people walking around!
I have a busy few weeks coming up in the near future!!! Of course, my brithday is this Monday!!! I wish I could be at home celebrating with everyone in Green Bay, but the festivities will continue when I return! Then I leave for my two weeks of traveling on Friday the 15th. I will be spending a fews days in each of the following cities: Cordoba, Sevilla, Cadiz, Granada, and Malaga before returning back to Toledo on Tuesday the 26th. Did I mention that I will be living out of my backpack for those two weeks that I will be traveling?!?!?! WISH ME LUCK!!!! We shall see how that ends up!!! Tuesday the 26th is the final day of the program. We receive our diplomas (if we pass!). I will be in Toledo from Tuesday the 26th to Friday the 30th. That's when I leave for my final trip to Lisbon, Portugal.
I land in Madrid on the 4th of May and Jake, Taylor, Brittany, and I will be spending one more night in Madrid before we make our way back to America! I can't believe how time has flown by over here!!!
The weather has been AMAZING!! Today and the rest of the week will be in the low to mid 80s!!! Hopefully it will be that warm when I come back home :) Ok I know that is a little unrealistic, but I at least hope their won't be any snow!!!!
I hope everyone has a great rest of the week and a wonderful weekend!!! I will update frequently next week and let everyone know how my finals are going!! I will not have my laptop with my while I travel so I apologize for the lack of communication while I am traveling! I still get internet on my iPod so I will reply to emails as soon as I can!!!
I miss eveyone lots and I will be home VERY soon!!!!
Besos y Abrazos,
B
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