Long time since I have been back. Most recent crisis: My hard drive is busted on my laptop. I took it to MAC (they only have three in Spain and luckily two are in Sevilla) and they told me it is definitely the hard drive. This was the first time the language barrier has completely gotten in the way. I had no idea how to say hard drive, and disc drive, etc. But we got through it and I should have a new hard drive in about ten days. The most upsetting part is I h...

Woohoo, I am done!! I just got back from my final. I am done with the intensive session, and onto regular classes on Monday. Not too much to catch up on, I have been in class all week, turned in my final paper, and had our final (which was unfortunately on a Saturday morning at 9 AM). Tonight I am going with Jen to Javi's house. He is making us Spanish dinner, and we are hanging out with his friends, and then we will go out and meet up with some other kids we ...

So, there is definitely someone watching out for me. I was walking over la Puente de Triana (The Triana Bridge) thinking how badly I have wanted to drive a moped. Jen went with Javi and had a blast. While having this thought, soaking in the gorgeous day, I heard a loud bang and turned around. Sure enough a guy on a moped had been hit by a truck, and was laying flat on the ground. I had to continue walking, but my desire to ride a moped ended right then and ther...

Here we are playing catch up once again.This week has mainly been consumed by my class, which we can say is a lot harder than I imagined. As I previously said, Ángel is great but speaks really fast. The hour and a half of lecture seems like 4 hours of non-stop note taking. It's hard to pick up from him what the major details are, versus the minor side-note. Following the hour and a half lecture, we usually have a ten-minute break. I have mastered a breakfast r...

Here we are playing catch up once again.This week has mainly been consumed by my class, which we can say is a lot harder than I imagined. As I previously said, Ángel is great but speaks really fast. The hour and a half of lecture seems like 4 hours of non-stop note taking. It's hard to pick up from him what the major details are, versus the minor side-note. Following the hour and a half lecture, we usually have a ten-minute break. I have mastered a breakfast r...