Just a quick update of what has been going on.
Last week I went out clubbing with my housemate and her friend which was a lot of fun... We didn't get home until 6am (standard here)!
Casually sat with our mojitos :D
The bad boy mojitos - which were soooo scrummy!
Comapañis <3
I also had my first ever hot dog that night, it was average!
I must say that after reading some of my friend's blogs also on their year abroad that there seems to be a lot going on for them! For example in Mexico!
Not that much happens here as university seems to take over :/
However, I also went out for a yummy Chinese with a friend from uni. It is such good value, so cheap and so tasty! We went for a few drinks after before coming home full and satisfied.
After being here over 2 months I am realising that I am missing some food from home. For example, soup. Standard tinned soup. It doesn't exist here. You can either buy powdered soup which you add water to and it is really thin and horrible. Or salmorejo or gazpacho, both I really like but they are made to be eaten cold. To try and get over this I have tried heating the gazpacho to make tomato soup, still not quite the same!
I also really miss curry! There are no Indian restaurants out here, the whole place is run by Chinese. I am definitely having a cheeky Indian when I go home! There also seems to be a severe lack of spicy food in general. The other day I bought 'pimiento picante' - spicy pepper which is meant to be like chilli powder. However I was disappointed as it was not hot at all! The other day I made a tomato sauce to go on rice and added half the jar of the so called 'chilli' to try and make it hot, and I could just about taste the chilli with half the jar.. ahaha.
Apart from the fun at the end of the week - going out and having a Chinese, last week was a bad one for me. The lovely Sophia had gone home to England for a while so I was left without my study buddy and general companion. I wished I was at home too!
I am running out of tea bags as well ahhhhhh!!!!
The work situation is really stressing me out, I always get given so much to do. So much for 'Spain is so relaxed, you won't get any work, erasmus students have it easy' and all that crap. My teachers take a register and give weekly homework which they ask for and make a note if you don't hand it in. Brilliant. The problem is some of the subjects I have chosen are really difficult and even my housemates found some of the articles I had to read hard to understand and it is written in their language!
I was really close to having a breakdown last week and emailed lecturers, advisers etc to try and get help. I managed to see two of my lecturers this week and I am going for the arse lick approach as marking is not anonymous here, so figured if they think I am interested and trying (I am) then they may be more lenient towards me.
So I feel a little better this week but still don't know how I am going to combine my research project with all the work and projects here. No fun :(.
One good thing (I think) I am starting to give English conversation classes to two Spanish boys. The first class is today so wish me luck!
Luckily it is only 20days until I go home for Christmas and I am so excited! This is the longest I have ever been away from home and I really miss it (I am a home bird if you hadn't guessed). I am already getting pretty booked up over the 3 weeks I am back because I need to squeeze in seeing family, friends, partying for my birthday, seeing my boyfriend's family etc. It is going to be crazy but probably the best Christmas ever :). These last 20days couldn't go quicker!
Love from Spain xx
