hello everyone!! i miss you all greatly and have really come to appreciate the comforts of home since living in Valencia. I will run through a typical day...
I wake up at around 8 if i have class at 9 or later if I have class at 11. For breakfast, Spaniards eat (or at least thatīs what they give exchange students) wonder bread with some sort of spread, and some sort of pastry with milk. I walk the 30 or 35 minutes to school if itīs not raining. I walk along los Jardins de Turin which is the old river bed they made into a long park after it flooded and they had to divert the river. I walk to the Universitat de Valencia (Valenciana is a mix of spanish and french). We have two rooms assigned to our study abroad group and somehow I ended up in the advanced classes so iīm usually in the same room every time. Before class if I have enough time, I will usually sit with people in the cafeteria and have a cafe con leche. After class, we usually head over the ISA office which is our home away from home so we can use the internet, talk to our directors, or talk to each other. Mind you, the main room is for Spanish speaking only. There is a room designated for English speaking. However, we tend to cheat and speak english. After ISA office, I may go back home for ĻcomidaĻ which is like our dinner but they eat it at lunch time. Itīs usually pretty good. However, yesterday before cena (their dinner, but at about 9pm) I was really hungry because comida had been at around 2 so I bought some yogurt and ate two of them. I threw them in the trash and my seņora saw them when she came home and told me I wasnīt assimilating because I wasnīt adhering to Spanish eating times............uh. okay.
no comment.
Then after comida, I will probably have class again. The weekends consist of the beach (which is beautiful, calm, and clean), discotechs, tapas, sangria, spending time with the kids in my program, going to el centro for shopping and looking at what old valencia has to offer, and horchata. I canīt remember if Iīve described horchata but itīs a Latin American and Spanish drink. Valencianos make it out of nuts local to Valencia while Latino Americans make it out of rice if iīm not mistaken. Anyway, with your horchata, you eat a pastry called a farton which is like filo dough with powdered sugar. Dangerous, I know. You dip that right in the horchata and itīs pretty awesome. Another thing i have yet to try are their churros dipped in melted chocolate. When my mom comes to visit me, weīre going to do all these things!!
If I go running, I will usually run through the gardens. I just joined a gym yesterday however beacuse my pants are getting a bit tight considering my seņora feeds me french bread and fried food all day...
Signing off for now. Hope all is well..
Ąbesos!
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