Hello everybody, I want to apologize for not posting in so long, I have been extremely busy getting my life together, classes, adjusting, nightlife, and so much more. I am having a blast in Spain. I am meeting a lot of Erasmus students which are Europeans students studying abroad in other European countries. Granada has one of the largest amounts of Erasmus students because the tapas are free and the University of Granada is a great school! I am meeting locals especially through sites such as couchsurfing.com and walking through the University of Granada's campus.
When I first sent out my blog, I have gotten some remarks and questions about what if someone important sees this or is this a professional blog? My answer is NO, this is NOT a professional blog. If this was a professional blog I will not be able to express how I really feel or what I want to say. This is a blog not just for my family and friends but for me so I can capture and remember everything that happens while I am abroad in Spain. I am through with being reserved, this is me being honest. This is my life, this is my experience abroad in another country, and I want to make the most of it and remember most of it. I do not want to hold out on things because of what people might think.
As for adjustments... I guess you can say I am going through “culture shock”. Everything is different from what I am used to. My host family likes to watch the TV during lunch and eat A LOT of pork. Back in the states, I can hardly finish the bacon strips my mom gives me for breakfast without thinking of the poor, disgusting pigs. But apparently in Spain, pork is good meat and so I eat it. I already told my family that I eat pretty much everything and I feel bad if I reneged and said I don't eat pork. I am pretty sure after my experience in Spain I will be making strives to becoming a vegetarian. Having a roommate is never easy especially if your two different type of people with different sleeping styles. :/. Sometimes I hate being alone and feel lonely when I am in a single but I guess at the end of the day, it is what is best for me. I sleep differently and sleep ain't nothing to play with! I talked to the director of my program and apparently my roommate was feeling the same way and talked to her too. So the director called our host mother and she rearranged the rooms so that we can have an our individual rooms. Hopefully this will be better for us and our relationship with one another.
I am having a difficulties saving money. If something is like 10 euros, its about 17 US dollars. I should have known better that my dollar would not go that far here but no pasa nada (no worries). In my program, our host families only feed us twice a day. So we do not get dinner and if we are hungry we have to go out at night and get food or tapas. I think its kinda rude to see the host family eating dinner knowing we can't eat with them. When I go out to eat, I always go hungry and end up buying more food then I can eat. I know they say never go grocery shopping or to a restaurant on an empty stomach but I have no choice. So I lose a lot of my money to food. I also lose a lot of money partying at night. :/. I feel like everybody in my program must have a million bucks because they go out often, buy drinks, and such. I am trying not to be easily influenced into partying every weekend so I can save a dime but its hard when your the only one that stays in. Plus, its not like I can host a movie night at my host family's house.
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