Amadeus Valladolid

... be more eager to shove ailing parents into nursing homes or other forms of care. There is more attention to the familiar connection in Spain than in the US. It’s a matter of duty here, rather than convenience.

I think all of these elements really work together to form a culture that protects families. It’s interesting, because in the US the political right has created a movement that they call “family values”. This ...

... consumption stages of organic agriculture. The BAH Co-op prepares weekly vegetable boxes for 32 consumers of which some are more active than others. There are three levels of participation based on the amount of work you choose to do. Some who do lots of work get payed for it, others help out and get discount and others pay and help only a few days a month. The Co-op is based on self-government ...

... weeks. Basically...time to start wrapping things up around here. It's insane, I have 4 days of classes left and then 3 days of finals. It seems like I just got here! What the heck?

Annnnyways, looks like I've got things figured out for Germany. I'm staying with Rabea (old classmate that studied abroad in the US my senior year of high school) at her boyfriend's apartment. Sounds like I'm going to get my own room ...

We reached our campsite in Valladolid after driving through some of the freakiest weather ever. I mean I live in Montreal so I'm used to weather changed pretty quickly but this was weird. In our 5 hour drive we went through pouring rain and cold weather into sunshine. Then magically we were in 30 minutes of a winter wonderland. In the middle of Spain there was a forest covered in 3 inches of ...

... hilarious for me. It was as if I was looking at Jessica and I on our first day in Valladolid. Neither of us spoke very good Spanish. Both of us were terrified to try out the bit of Spanish that we did know. We were afraid to move...afraid to do anything wrong. The first few days consisted of us awkwardly trying to fit into cultural changes that we were unaware existed.

This is exactly what they were like. I asked them how much ...

School started back up today. I have 2 papers due Wednesday, along with an exam that same day.

The good news is that there is a film festival in town right now.

And I booked a trip to Berlin from Dec. 4-7. And a day trip to Madrid for Nov 7.
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This is an entry from my INS-251 journalism class. It may or may not be of some interest. It is in response to a prompt about overcoming difficulty and annoyance with new ...

... tipo de atenciones, sonrisas y mimos por parte de la tripulación exclusiva de nuestra sección de cabina.

Tras 9 horas de vuelo plácido y sosegado, sobrevolar europa central, cruzar los urales, sobrevolar Kazajstan, Siberia y Mongolia... un par de paseos a lo largo del inmenso 777-400, y unos cuantos temtempies, cena y rones con coca cola, una de nuestras azafatas se acercaba levantando uno por uno los visores de las ventanas del avión.

China nos daba la bienvenida ...

... myself and natives is apparent but not obvious. It was something I'd never even considered before coming over...the fact that I will be racially different. It wasn't until people started actually treating me as if I were 'different' that I noticed it. A group of us finally asked a guy who works for the university if we really do look different than Spaniards and his reply was that we do, and our inability to speak fluently and our clothing ...

... central plazas.

My room itself is pretty small. We each have a double bed on opposite sides of the room, and are sharing a closet and desk.

We've spent the last hour walking around the city, checking things out. I'm at an internet cafe right now (though it appears I'll be able to "borrow" internet from a few unsecured neighbors at home).

Might be another early night tonight. Everyone is still majorly jet lagged.

... and only want to tell. Being the only guy is very difficult and again probably aided in the undo stress part. Thank God Lissa is not high maintenance or snippy. Unfortunately, I have no more room on travelpods website for photos. So, this will be my last entry with photos. You can all wait until I get back to see the all of the photos I've taken...just so you know, I've taken between 300 and 400 photos since I've been gone. Well, it is time I go, so Arivaderchi and Hasta luego!