Everything is Spain is going great, but now that I have been here for almost an entire month I am missing everyone a lot more! Most of the time I am very busy with school, traveling, and getting things done around town that I don't have time to dwell on how long it has been since I have seen everyone. Skype has been a godsend and I have no idea how people could travel and keep up with their loved ones without it! I feel like thats the main part of the communication aspect that is keeping all of us sane, and ok with being away from our families and homes while studying here. Seeing everyone is so great and Skype makes it free or very cheap to keep in contact, a must for anyone thats traveling abroad for sure.
Ever since the first week we have been here all of us have been noticing that they do not refrigerate many things that we in the Unites States would never not think to refrigerate. For example: meat, lunch meat, cream based things, sometimes fish, all things that are very perishable. A couple of the guys in the group had gotten food poisoning the first couple of weeks from eating sandwiches with lunch meat that had been left out, and I thought I was just immune to it since I was feeling fine and eating the same things. WELL...this week my luck caught up to me! I had a ham and cheese sandwich at school, and a couple of hours later was very sick with a fever etc. Its been a couple of days nows and I am feeling so much better, but it is times like these that you miss your own bed, your mommy taking care of you, and your own space. This week while all of this was happening, it was the first time that I actually thought "Oh I really wish I could be home today". Through Skype I was able to talk to my mom and dad all day, which made me feel so much better!
Sickness passes of course, and my family here being so awesome helped too. They would make me special dinners like white rice, and soup, and would buy me things like natural yogurt, and lots of water bottles for me to take to class with me to make sure I was getting hydrated. Everyone asking me all day how I was feeling, and every time they would see me after a couple of hours would make sure to ask again, they are the best. I can honestly say I am getting very spoiled here, and feel like I am part of the family which made my first "sick" experience as good of an experience as having food poisoning could be!!!
After getting through this little bump in the road, I am looking forward to our next trip! We went to San Sebastian as you could see in the beautiful pictures, and this coming up saturday we are going to be traveling to Salamanca. Salamanca is where the very first university in Spain was built and to this day classes are being held there. It is one of the largest university towns in the country with the most students and lots of history! I am very excited to see what the city is all about and enjoy all of the amazing architecture.
