Ok, it seems official. I have hit the Crisis phase according to the Study Abroad Handbook. Can I go home now ( Read more... )

My latest adventure this week is having my foot swell up. It swelled some on Tuesday night and more on Thursday night. Friday I went to the doctor, and he decided it was an allergic reaction to the Benadryl cream I had been using to keep it from itching. I’m still not sure what would’ve caused the itching in the first place then. He gave me ( Read more... )

This weekend, we went to Madrid. Great hotel, horrible map, and a lot of walking. We were given a map of Madrid that was smaller than the map we received for Caceres. Many streets were missing from the map, including the one the hotel was on. We managed to get lost a few times and find ourselves again a few blocks later. Friday we went on a ( Read more... )

So far, I have had at least one session of every class, except for the university class which is a little more complicated. In grammar, there is grammar 1 and grammar 2. I am in grammar 2 which so far seems like an easier version of Spanish 203. We write 10 papers over the course of the semester (8 before Christmas break). They are hand written ( Read more... )

I am starting to get fed up with this culture and am beginning to feel bored out of my mind. Hopefully by monday, things will start looking up with the start of the new classes. Hopefully I can meet Spaniards in my Linguistics class and start to have a larger social circle ( Read more... )

Things are going well so far, though I am beginning to feel homesick. Some tensions are rising among some of the K members, there are those who go out to bars often, there are those who have the latest swear word or slang, and there are those who are sick of hearing about it all. At the same time, people are getting irritated that their first ( Read more... )

So we have managed to get around to several bars in 1 week. First, to ease Steve´s nerves, I have only had 1 alcoholic drink this entire week ( Read more... )

Things are improving here in Caceres. I feel much more comfortable here but still have not gotten into a rutine yet. Partially this is because when we need to meet with the directors is different every day this week. 9am yesterday, 11am today, 10am tomorrow ( Read more... )

I am in Caceres. it is the second day and it´s been up near 28C (83). We have found the cyber cafe which we received money for, and can buy more minutes on our own when we run out. The heat is dry heat. I can compare Caceres to a mix of Arizona and Albania ( Read more... )

This is where I will be posting my adventures in Spain starting September 15th and ending in February (with 2 weeks in December/January for Christmas)