October 1 and 2

Thursday
Yesterday I made myself chicken parpikash for lunch, kind of. I attempted to make the gravy but lo and behold they don't use sour cream over here. It's very difficult to make the sauce without sour cream, so I just ate chicken and dumplings with butter and it was well worth it.

Later that night we had to finish planning four our fall break trip and it was not going well. One of the girls coming with us (maybe) didn't show up and ended up not booking half of our hostel or bus reservations before she left for the weekend. Nobody seemed to care that we didn't have transportation to half the places we needed to go, like our flight is out of Munich, but there was no way to Munich...but they weren't worried. Halfway through planning Brittany had us come to jazz bar with her, to watch someone she met perform. I didn't want to be there to begin with, I wasn't dressed to go out, I stood for an hour, and I had to buy a 2,50 Euro bottle of water because we had to buy something. I got a 1/3 liter of water for that price, and at the Chino store I could get 15 liters for that. I was not happy. Also, she wasn't very good and the pianist was alright, but I personally think it's not very good jazz unless you've got some trumpets, saxes, and trombones on stage. I was not having a pleasant night. We finally got back and done planning and my budget on food while we're traveling is super limited, but I'll survive. It's only a week.

Friday
We went to a winery today and it smelled of rotting fruit then entire time. It was super strong and nauseating and the people that went hungover were having problems. We got to taste 3 different wines and had the chance to buy them...I bought wine but not the kind we tasted. It was buy 2 cases get 1 free so half the students looked like they were alcoholics getting on and off the bus.

We spent the afternoon in a town that was on our way back. We ordered hamburgers and fries and got a patty on a plate surrounded by fries...it was terrible. So we went to Consum and bought a 6 pack of ice cream cones and split it between 3 people. I spent 55 cents on two ice cream cones it was a great decision.

Now, Dara and I are planning a trip to London and possibly Rome. I've decided those will be my last trips for the semester, because, money. London before our FSU Madrid trip and Rome right after. I'm excited and if we start planning now, which no one else is really good with, flights are super cheap. It'll be set in stone by tonight, I'm sure of it.