Wednesday January 30, 2008
On the way to class this morning Allison and I realized that we had forgotten to do our homework for our Service Learning class. Our homework was to ask anyone, “Who is an influential woman in Spain and why?” Allison and I planned that we would just ask our host mom and sister, but apparently it slipped our minds. Normally on the way to school we walk past a small group of construction workers near our house. This morning they were the targets of our homework. We figured that they always talk to us, yes catcalls count, so why not talk back. We walked up to them and just before they had started their daily routine of calling us “guapa” (pretty) we interrupted with, “Who is an influential woman in Spain and why?” Their reactions were priceless; they didn’t know how to respond. After looking dumbfounded for a few minutes they finally answered. Their answer was La Duquesa de Alba, a woman who is Paris Hilton-esk except 85 years old. Amazing. I don’t think that they could have given us a better answer, but we had to run with it. Apparently it slipped their minds that the Vice President of Spain is indeed a woman. But lets be serious, she doesn’t have any influence…right? After completing our “homework” we headed to school. Needless to say, after five hours of Spanish class my brain hurt and I couldn’t wait to get home for lunch. After consuming spinach pasta with tomato sauce and chicken we decided that it was time to read for class. Have I told you how much I love homework here? After a while Allison, Sam and I set out on an adventure for a study break. We bought stamps, and then headed to Lidl, the cheap grocery store near our apartment. I must have been craving anything with salt or sugar because I decided to invest in fruit snacks, chocolate and chips. How American! Also, I finally found some hairspray and mousse that my hair greatly needed. We walked around Feria, a busy street near our apartment, to browse and explore for a while. After returning home we read for class some more and shortly after, we needed another break. Today we started a novel for Literature class entitled, “La Barraca,” which has been an adventure getting into. We put down our Spanish novels and headed to Republica to search for our tickets to Paris. Allison and I decided earlier that day that we were going and that was the bottom line. After searching for flights we finally found one that was in our price range and within the dates that we wanted to travel. “Ok, click ‘book your ticket now’ on three? OK? One…two….three…” The deed had been done. We are officially going to Paris February 22-24! There are two other girls from our group that are going with us. Now we just have to figure all of the smaller details out, oh ya…and book a place to say! It was almost a relief finally booking the tickets after debating about it for so long. The question that kept running through my head was, “When am I ever going to get this opportunity for this cheap ever again?” I think I had my mind made up from the beginning. It only took time to convince my hands to log on and finally book the tickets. We returned home excited and antsy but we finally settled down enough to read the rest of the chapter in La Barraca for class and head to bed before midnight.
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