Nothing too exciting has been going on lately. This week was "recovery" week, after Fallas, and next week we'll be in Barcelona (YES!). Classes are starting to slow down, as we only have 4 weeks left (eek) until the semester ends. It's starting to feel real. Jacqueline and I will head towards London and Lia and Brittany will be on their way to Florence. What are we going to do?! They're actually planning on visiting us in London, so, it won't be too bad, but it will definitely be super strange.
Lia and I actually had a really nice heart to heart on Tuesday night until 4am the next morning. It was just another night I was super grateful for the friendships I have made here and how excited I am to be with them for the next 3 years.
The attack on Brussels put FSU on high alert, but they have yet to discourage us from traveling, just advising major caution in Germany, Paris, London, Italy, especially the touristy locations. One of my friend's mom said, "You should go [to Brussels], if you don't go, you let them win." I am all about caution, but, like my mom has always said, "you can't live life in fear."
On the note of the upcoming election, my math professor had an interesting conversation with us. She thought the amount of guns Americans can get their hands on is appalling. She's completely against it, "Unless Trump becomes president, then everyone will need a gun...for suicide," she obviously has high hopes if he were to make it all the way. It is really interesting the point of view foreigners have on our election. Americans, I feel, have no care who the British Prime Minister or the President of France are, but here, the USA election is a BIG deal.
Today I registered for summer classes today and got pizza from San Tommaso (our second trip in a week) for dinner, and fro-yo for dessert. I did run, or at least I tried to, and did an insanity video today, so I totally earned it.
The plans for the weekend consist of the beach (and possibly shopping). Holy week is a huge deal in Spain so many stores were closed for Holy Thursday, more will be closed for Good Friday, opened on Saturday, and closed again on Sunday for Easter, and possibly even for "Easter Monday." I honestly don't feel like the Catholic customs are practiced much here (because it took forever to get a fish sandwich at McDonald's one Friday during Lent, at home, ours are stocked up...at least it appears that way).
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