4/29/10

I had such a wonderful day today! The streak of beautiful weather continued at least until this evening but I don't mind (I had that great of a day). The rain makes me want to go to sleep though.

I had geografia this morning. The class was ok. I won't lie, I spaced out a few times. She named countless international organizations so it gets a little monotonous. I really like my teacher in that class though. She is my adviser at Navarra and just helps me out if I have any questions. Looking back from this point I think geografia is my favorite class I have taken here mainly because of the people. The students are all really nice and there is quite a mix of international and Spanish students. Oh and we were talking about national symbols today and the pledge of allegiance was brought up. A few other American students were trying to explain and all the Spanish students and the professor were intrigued by the concept. It had never occurred to me that the pledge of allegiance would be such a foreign concept. It was kind of interesting. One kid came up to me during the break and asked me more about it.

After class I went to the library to study until 2. At 2 I met with my friend Maite who studied at WJ last semester. We haven't gotten a chance to meet all semester and I wish I would've taken more initiative in setting something up. It was so great seeing her though. We ordered bocadillos (sandwiches) at the university's cafeteria and then sat outside and talked for about 2 hours. We talked about a lot obviously! One thing that I thought was interesting was when Maite pointed out the difference between the students in the facultades, which is like saying the business school and humanities school in the US. She pointed out how the business and law students are preppy kids, the communication kids are a little more artsy as well as architecture and the humanities is a mix of diverse people. As she was saying this I started noticing how the students were different amongst my classes, seeing as I take classes from humanities, business and communication. We both promised that we would meet again before I leave.

On my way back to the apartment I ran into my friend from Geografia, Maria Jose. She had missed class this morning because she was finishing an assignment for another class. I was telling her what we did and then we chatted for a little while longer. I like her she is very sweet. I got back home and checked my email real quick, surfed the web and went for a run. I came back just in time for it to start pouring!! I really do want to just go to bed and definitely not study. Maybe I will get motivation to do something productive..maybe.

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