The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Well, as the time ticks on and I learn more about Spain and it's people, I realize there is(like in everything) both good and bad. No matter where you go I think it will be that way. No matter how much you love the country, there are definitely certain things that just won't make sense to you. It might even make you a little frusturated, but that's all part of it. The purpose isn't to love everything. The purpose is to learn what you love. I've certainly, in Spain, discovered many new things I love(ex.seafood). But even more importantly you learn how much you really do love your family back home and how important they are you to. So here I go with a potpurri of random observations, facts, and comparisons. They're very random, and in no specific order of significance.

-We listen to more american music than spanish, and a lot of what is on TV are american shows dubbed in Spanish.

-Not as many girls have hair extension here

-I honestly believe that in every other country besides the U.S people use body wash instead of a nice bar of soap.

-I drink a lot more milk here than in the U.S

-Meat is eaten in EVERY thing. I do not exaggerate.

-They think things are expensive, that we in the U.S would consider cheap. For example, you can have a blackberry here and the plan will cost you 24 dollars a month. In the states it would cost 60 dollars for the least.

-People here are really big on seat belt wearing. I've had other teenagers tell me to put my seatbelt on in the car.

-I swear there's always someone with a camera. On facebook normally people have around 100-500 pictures, some 1000. On tuenti(spanish version of facebook) everyone has over 1000 pictures. A lot have 4000.

-The bus is SO much easier to take here and a lot of people use it.

-If not the bus, we walk places. That's a perk of living in a small city. Everythings close.

-I miss random, unimportant things. Like CVS, sports authority, MY BED!, The thing in the refrigerator where you push it and water or ice comes out....but honestly i think i miss CVS more than anything.

-We don't go shopping as much here

Where are you Christmas...do you remember?

I know there has been a lack of blog posts this last month. I've been busy and when I'm not the internet dosen't work.

I'm going to remind back to Christmas. If I hadn't looked at a calander I wouldn't have known it was Christmas. I went with my host family to Caceres, a town in southern Spain to visit my host mom's family there. Christmas Eve and Christmas were spent in my host Aunt's house where we just had a really nice, relaed time. The family was nice and the food was amazing. There wasn't any present giving, in Spain a lot of people do that on the Three King's day instead. Of course since it is Spain, after dinner I went out dancing with one of the younger family members and his friends. One thing I noticed was in the bars there they played more Spanish music then in my town.

The next week of break was spent waking up late, going for a walk and studying a little bit. Then family lunch like usual and go hang out with friends at our favorite place in town el Fox. Get home around 10 pm and dinner with the family, then bed early since the internet wasn't working and TV here isn't that great.

New Year's Eve was obviously a lot of fun in Spain. It mostly follows the same outline as Christmas. Go to host dad's family's town. Eat a delicous meal with the host family and later go out dancing all night and all morning.

And now here we are in the New Year. I've been in Spain for 4 months and it has gone way to quickly. I absolutely love it here and am going to try to keep learning as much as I can and savouring every minute here.

xoxo
abrazos &besos