Tryp Sofia Valladolid

Christmas is here in Valladolid! I have one more day of class, and then 3 days of finals. Then I'm done! I can't believe it's gone so fast!!! Ahhhh
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This was for my journaling class. The question was about Spanish values vs. American values:

One of the most prevalent values in Spanish culture, from my perspective at least, appears to be the importance of family within society. It seems as if the family unit holds a lot ...

... and camp in abandoned buildings until we reach Portugal... We will see, it is a challenge which I don't want to reject.

At the moment we are staying in a warm community house full of sweet people. The house is squatted for about 8 years and although they lost a court case and were threatened by eviction they are still going strong. The ground and construction belongs to a construction company ...

... 4-Sunday December 6
I will be milling around Berlin with no definite plans :D

Monday, December 7
8:20am: LEAVE Berlin
11:35am: ARRIVE in Madrid
Then find some train or Bus headed back to Valladolid. I should be back around 2, so that will be nice. I'll have half of monday and all of Tuesday to get stuff done still, before I have to go back to school and cram hardcore.

Bon voyage :)

... After getting out of the winter wonderland we drove in rain for a little while longer before stopping for a bite to eat. We got some delicious omelets and egg salad at a little bar. You wonder why I’m talking about food in the middle of my description of the weather don’t you. Well it’s because right when we finished it started hailing. I’m not talking little hard snow ...

... 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 ...

... airport
10pm: Flight leaves for Dublin, Ireland (RyanAir)
Midnightish: Arrive in Dublin, take the bus to the hostel, etc

Monday 10/19 (HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD) - Thursday, 10/22
ENJOY IRELAND
-We're thinking of maybe taking a daytrip to the countryside for a day. We'll see

Thursday, Oct 22
6pm: Leave Dublin headed to Madrid (RyanAir)
8ish pm: Arrive in Madrid
....figure out how

^^Much easier :)

What else? Oh ...

... comenzar. Los agentes especiales, Jason Bourne y James Bond acababan de entrar en las lineas enemigas.

"Ni hao" y con un leve gesto una de las agentes del control de aduanas extendio su mano para entregarme mi pasaporte y el visado sellado que tantos quebraderos de cabeza me habia costado conseguir.

Estabamos en China!! la misión imposible de búsqueda de piso y apertura de oficina no seria más que el primer paso en esta odisea que acababa de empezar...

Two days of festivities and celebrations down. The end of class on thursday brought on the start of the weekend celebrations. Though we've been learning about all the stuff that would happen in class..you kind of had to see it for yourself in order to understand it. In a sense, the festivals here are very similar to the US. Its primary supporters and participants are the youth...and the main theme is the tradition and history of the town.
Valladolid, Castile-León, Spain and Canary Islands emizner

... One by one, the students are called from the bus (I would bet that the walk to the front seemed like 3 miles)...but then there were these wonderful families at the end of it, craning their necks, smiling, standing on their toes to see just what each kid looked like. Then each family kissed their new family members and tried to tell them all of the things they will be doing. I would be ...

... I, but we are supposed to have our own keys. So, I brought it up with Dr. Gragera and apparently he called them, because when I returned home last night they immediately brought us another key. I´m afraid I took one of their sons keys. Oh well. Well, I must go. I have to walk to class and I was supposed to meet two people here, but I don´t see them yet so hopefully they are downstairs in the main cafe. Adios, Tyson