Coruña waves

02-10-07

*Above- today's waves
Today, I went out with Waleska (another girl from SDSU who just arrived yesterday). We met up with a girl from NY who the university put us in contact with and her friend from Scotland. We went to have lunch and then did a little bit of shopping. I bought a much needed new coat from Zara (a Spanish clothing company). Then we went to have a smoothie on the beach @ a place called Playa Club. We could see the beach through the glass walls. Today the waves were huge! I took a few pictures but it doesn't really depict exactly how amazing it was to see.

Just last night my roommate to be, a girl from Austria named Anna, came to stay with me until our apartment is ready. So, for now....we are actually sharing a room. February 15th my room in the new apartment will be ready and her room in our new place will be ready on my birthday, March 1 :).

A handful of people here speak average to good English which has it's pros and cons. Often times when I try to communicate with my friends from other places who don't speak any or only speak a little English I feel somewhat "lost in translation." My Spanish is up to par for regular conversation but, it gets difficult to hold an intelligent one. It's hard because it limits how well you can really get to know someone. At the same time, it changes the perception people have of me.

I think that it might be good for me to try to prolong my stay here for another semester. It may be feasible if I can get a paid internship in Austria or Germany for the summer, this year instead of next, and then return here to complete the following semester. Who knows...for now it's just a thought.

Thursday night, I went out with David and his friend (both from Galicia, Spain). We went to have Tea at a really cool Tea house that I will definitely go back to. After, we went to 5 different bars. His two female roommates met us at the second or third bar. One bar was really cool because there was a Galician live band playing Galician music which is very much like Irish/ Scottish music with bag pipes and tambourines :). Ultimately we ended up at Playa Club which is actually on the beach. David was too drunk for his own good so he decided to go home. I ended up staying out because there were a lot of students from my Spanish class who I wanted to hang out with. I didn't end up getting back until around 630 or 7am. (considered normal-late time to get in) :-). I ended up sleeping most of the day away after that.

Thursday I finally went out to get something to eat around 1:45am. On the way home, I ran into the Polish girls I met when I first got to Coruna. They convinced me to go with them dancing....so we went to a few different places even though it was 2:45 by that time. I ended up getting in around 5am. See the trend? ;) This will all change when school starts on Feb 21....I will actually rest some!


*Above: (left to right) Anna, Ivan, Me, Matej, Martina
A couple days ago, after I signed my contract for the new apartment....I believe it was Wednesday night 02-07-07....I went out with Ivan(Spain), Anna(Austria), Matej(Slovakia), Niccolo (Italy) and Martina (Austria). We went to a few little bars to have drinks and then Ivan left and the rest of us went to the Erasmus party. There is an Erasmus party every Wednesday in a different club. That was a lot of fun, but we didn't leave until around 4:30am....which is actually not considered very late here.