13 February: Florence + the Machine

Hola! Sometimes, when I'm feeling down, all I need is a little bit of my own music to cheer me right up and so right now I'm listening to Florence + the Machine belt it out and let me tell you, she is working her magic. :)

If you want to listen to her too, click here! 


So wanna hear about yesterday? It was the perfect Sunday. I rose when I felt like it, had coffee and bizcocho (coffee cake) for breakfast, had a lazy morning until my roommate and I joined Teresa for mass at her church which was impossible to understand but whatevaaa.

For lunch we had delicious chicken with some yummy garlic sauce. I ate waaaaaay too much because it was so yummy yummy yummy! So it balanced out the nasty worms from the night before.

Afterwards, we met some of our friends at the park where we read our books in the sun until it got too chilly and we went to the library. After dinner- tortilla de espárragos (asparagus omelette) and the tomatoes with garlic- I went over to my friend's house (it's HUGE compared to ours!) with a couple of people where we watched Piratas del Caribe- Pirates of the Caribbean in Spanish! It was super fun, but we got done late and I was sleepy today :)

Anyways, yesterday was perfect.

Today for lunch we had the classic Spanish dish of paella: rice and spices, peas, chicken, mussels, shrimp, and some vegetable we couldn't translate and then we squeezed lemon over it. I kind of have to shut my eyes and shove the mussels down with lots of bread but I LOVE her shrimp! Paella was delicious and I felt verrry Española :)

This afternoon, I'm meeting up with a few people to start planning my spring break-- it looks like I'm heading to Germany! A bunch of the girls are going to Italy, but the guys' trip to Germany seems easier (and possibly cheaper, and less stressful) to jump into in the middle since I'll be spending the first few days of break with my real family visiting me here in Spain!

Before coming here, I had a list of places that I wanted to see, but now I just enjoy traveling with other people and I feel lucky to be able to go everywhere that I get to go! Everywhere will be cool in its own way- I learned that through my random trip to Lisbon, which was amazing.

Praises to God for:
-beautiful (if chilly) weather...and it should be getting better soon!
-good friends
-music
-chocolate
-skype
-the ability to travel
-always being there
-paella
-Cacacacácereesssssssss

<3 Hablamos pronto!