Sunday, October 23, 2011

My Current Life in a Nutshell


One weekend whisked away to Nantes, France.  The next weekend engulfed by some Barcelona love.  Another weekend a visit from a great friend.  Then maybe a little trip to San Sebastian.  Oh!  And don’t forget to fit a little studying in the middle of all that. 

Basically, everything has been unbelievable here.  Joanne and I went to France last weekend to visit our friends Scotty and Nico.  We went to Nantes, so a fairly small town with a river running through it similar to Porto, Portugal, but the entire time we were there Joanne said it reminded her of Seattle.  So, maybe it is Seattle-esque?  It was definitely cold enough to be Seattle.  I did not go prepared for such cold weather at all.  I didn’t even bring anything but sandals.  Oops! 



While we were there our friend Nico had a Gala, which I guess I would describe as a glorified prom with 10 different themed rooms with different types of music and food and French people everywhere and fun and happiness.  But I think the best part was getting to dress up and spend some time with a few of Scotty’s friends from his time in Nantes.  Great people! 




Our weekend in France was a blast with little sleep and lots of love!  And Joanne and I get the honor of hosting Scotty in Barcelona this Thursday!  Woot!  Maybe we’ll finally get to do some tourist stuff around the city that we haven’t got to do yet either. 

Other than France, what else has been going on?  School?  Nah!  Well actually a little.  We had midterms last week, which went well.  I only had 2, so that was nice, but I’m definitely going to make up for those tests in final semester papers.  I think I have to write about 30 pages 1.5 spaced by the end of my time here.  Yikes!

But other than that, everything has been great.  I keep meeting new people every day and going on random adventures getting lost in the Barcelona jungle.  AND!  Yesterday I played lacrosse for the first time with my friend Aaron’s team here!  So neat!  I had no idea what I was getting myself into when he invited me, but I worked out with his team and improved 1000% from the beginning of the practice til the end.  For my first time picking up a lacrosse stick, I’d say I did pretty well.  They even invited me to play with them in their tournament next weekend against Madrid, Sevilla, and Andalucía!  It was a blast!  And I’m so glad I decided to go for it and try something new!  Who knows…maybe lacrosse is in my future haha. 

Ta ta for now!  


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