Eva-- My madre/mom/host-mom/etc. She is awesome. I absolutely love her, partly because she is an AMAZING cook. I have loved almost everything she has made for us! Even the foods that we have had in restaurants (like tortilla espanola) don't even compare to Eva's tortilla espanola. She prepares all her plates beautifully and you can tell that meals together are really important to her. She even packs sandwiches, juice, and fruit for school for Emily and I everyday. And lately, she's been making us chocolate milk before bedtime; she even froths the milk and brings it to wherever we are. She makes me feel like some sort of dainty princess because she does our laundry, the dishes, everything. It's so sweet of her and it's really nice to have time for other things, but I am not used to someone doing so much of that for me. It's good that it's just a month... I don't want to get too used to that haha. I can't believe we leave her in two days :( I'm really sad about the idea of not knowing when/if I'll see her again. But moving on for now.
Lucía--My host sister. Unfortunately, she's only been here a few days here and there because it's summer break and she's spending a lot of time with her dad and his family, on vacation, etc. (Eva and him are divorced). However, I have loved talking with her when she's here! She's 16 years old but very mature for her age and she's so sweet to let Emily and I live in her house, and her bedroom! Also, she speaks english so that's helpful when I'm not sure of what she's trying to say to me. I wish I had gotten to spend more time with her, but I'm so glad to have met Lucia.
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| I just wanted everyone to see my lovely starbucks drink while in Madrid :P |
The past few days I have been doing the usual school, comida, siesta, homework, beach, and gone to the barrio once or twice. I can't believe I leave this city in 2 days. I'm definitely going to miss how beautiful it is and how there are always people out in the streets hanging out, especially at night. I went for a run today along the port (is that the word in english?)/ harbor and it was just really relaxing. Everything was so beautiful--the ocean, the castle, the buildings. Running in Cincinnati isn't nearly as pretty, but nevertheless I'm really looking forward to being home. A lot of people are traveling around Europe after classes end, and for awhile I was regretting not choosing to do so. But now I think that 4 weeks here was plenty of time for me, especially for my first time traveling, and I'm really starting to appreciate home now. I gave a presentation in one of my classes today about my hometown and it made me realize there are a lot of things about Cincinnati that I can really value because I've been so removed. But more on that later. For now I've got 2 days to finish up schoolwork, buying souvenirs, and enjoying every minute of my time in Alicante.
