DAYS 34-40 Day 34: Monday, February 3rd 2014 Awful day. Today is the first day that I can say I just hated itand wanted to be home. Just for today! If home was only a car ride away. I've been sick all day and refrained from eating. I skipped my Spanish class and instead slept all day. I can't explain to the parents how I'm feeling so I'm on my own. The sun will come out tomorrow. Day 35: Tuesday, February 4th 2014 Well, the sun didn't come out today, but it...

DAYS 27-33 Day 27: Monday, January 27th 2014 Today in my Spanish class, 2 members in my group had to leave 30 mins early. So it was just me and Spanish speaker! It was awesome! I got one-on-one practice! I spent all day after school with Martín. Marian had a meeting at her school and Nico goes to arithmetic classes. so there was nothing exciting about today. When Chechu came home, he told me that him and Marian are impressed with my Spanish and how quickly Im ...

DAYS 21-26 Day 21: Tuesday, January 21st Hola, tengo mucho sueño. No lo sé por qué. Solo está 21.40 y quiero dormir ahora. I'm sleepy! Today I met Meghan, an au pair who lives up the street from me. She is 20 years old and has been here for 2 months. I really like her! We went to a cafe and both had a cup of hot chocolate. (When you ask for hot chocolate here in Spain, it is LITERALLY a cup of HOT CHOCOLATE-Nothing else) You buy that with churros and dip t...

DAYS 11-15 DAY 11 Today has been very good :) I went to the institute class in Alcala de Henares. It was an hour and a half. Since it was in Spanish, I understood NOTHING. There was a girl from England there, her name is Claire. She translated a little bit for me. Afterwards we talked, and decided to plan a temple trip to Madrid together. All 3 of us: me, Claire and Melisa. Also, to spend the day exploring the city. Yay! After the institute, Cecila dropped me ...

Day 6 REYES MAGOS This morning, everybody woke up later than usual, probably because of how late we all went to bed. We went upstairs to see wrapped gifts from the 3 kings!! This was a new and exciting thing for me to see. You leave your shoes out the night before, and your gifts from the kings are by your shoes. I unwrapped Hello Kitty slippers, which was excellent because I love Hello Kitty! But seriously, I mean that. They also got me a sim card for my phone,...