Thanksgiving itself wasn't so bad, the mashed potatoes were delicious, I had been missing them. And it was all-in-all a good holiday, afterwards a few of us went to a bar to watch the football game and have a few brews, which really only made me sad that I have managed to miss the entire season :/ But it was definately on my list of favorite Thanksgivings!
Just looking back on my posts, I remember how homesick I was when I got here, and now it's just normal to take the subway to class every day, and be able to order drinks, and be away from family and close friends, although I must say, I met some real keepers :) I have seen SO many amazing places, I don't know how I managed to be such a lucky girl. Tomorrow is the last day of November, and I'll be in the home stretch. So much to do, so little time.
All I want is a taco salad, my dog, and my boyfriend. In that order.
my new home, Sevilla
29 November, 2010
25 November, 2010
feliz dia de accion de gracias
well, it's that time of the year again, the holidays.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Maybe I shouldn't be so emotionally attached to food, but I am really going to miss all the food of Thanksgiving, even though I don't eat the staple, turkey. I guess I just miss being home, regardless of the holiday. It doesn't really help that I haven't heard from my boyfriend since he landed in America, so I'm just going to worry myself sick until I hear from him, great... :(
Nevertheless, API is having a Thanksgiving dinner for us, which, minus the food, could potentially be better than spending Thanksgiving at home because it wouldn't be as much fun. :)
And in just ONE month from today, I will be on my way back to America. I remember when there was just one more month until I embarked on this crazy adventure, and the time sure flew by, so I'm assuming the same will happen from here..its all just a little too bittersweet for my taste.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Maybe I shouldn't be so emotionally attached to food, but I am really going to miss all the food of Thanksgiving, even though I don't eat the staple, turkey. I guess I just miss being home, regardless of the holiday. It doesn't really help that I haven't heard from my boyfriend since he landed in America, so I'm just going to worry myself sick until I hear from him, great... :(
Nevertheless, API is having a Thanksgiving dinner for us, which, minus the food, could potentially be better than spending Thanksgiving at home because it wouldn't be as much fun. :)
And in just ONE month from today, I will be on my way back to America. I remember when there was just one more month until I embarked on this crazy adventure, and the time sure flew by, so I'm assuming the same will happen from here..its all just a little too bittersweet for my taste.
24 November, 2010
Birra alla spina
Venice is basically all that I ever imagined that it would be, romantic, quaint, old, beautiful. My boyfriend met me in Venezia and we stayed in this little B&B, so adorable. They literally brought breakfast (which included a plate of cookies, yes please) to our room each morning.
While Venice is certainly not known to have the best cuisine in Italy, it is still yummy. I had some of the best pizza I will probably ever have, we went to this little place near our B&B and just ate pizzas and drank beer, IN VENICE. And it was so good, and so nice.
For dinner we went to the Hard Rock, YES I KNOW it's so touristy but I knew he would not mind and I just really needed some American food I have been missing in Spain (mac&cheese!)
St Marks Basilica is beautiful, but really the whole city is beautiful.
The winding alleys that seemed like they were a dead end, but never were...those Italians with their hands talking for them, and the gondolas, and the ever-present sound of lapping water in the canals, wandering through the city holding hands with the love of my life...This is the life for me.
While Venice is certainly not known to have the best cuisine in Italy, it is still yummy. I had some of the best pizza I will probably ever have, we went to this little place near our B&B and just ate pizzas and drank beer, IN VENICE. And it was so good, and so nice.
For dinner we went to the Hard Rock, YES I KNOW it's so touristy but I knew he would not mind and I just really needed some American food I have been missing in Spain (mac&cheese!)
St Marks Basilica is beautiful, but really the whole city is beautiful.
The winding alleys that seemed like they were a dead end, but never were...those Italians with their hands talking for them, and the gondolas, and the ever-present sound of lapping water in the canals, wandering through the city holding hands with the love of my life...This is the life for me.
12 November, 2010
bonjour
I was never the girl who dreamed of going to Paris one day, I never saw it as somewhere I wanted to get engaged, or go on a honeymoon to, none of the romance, for me, that place, it was always Venice..
But Paris crept right in, and I fell in love.. I think it was the food that really won me over, I've never eaten such delicious food before. From the Champs-Elysees to the Eiffel Tower, even Versailles, everything is so beautiful. Notre Dame was my favorite though, gorgeous. And I stepped on the little star outside, which means I'll make it back to Paris one day, I look forward to it.
But Paris crept right in, and I fell in love.. I think it was the food that really won me over, I've never eaten such delicious food before. From the Champs-Elysees to the Eiffel Tower, even Versailles, everything is so beautiful. Notre Dame was my favorite though, gorgeous. And I stepped on the little star outside, which means I'll make it back to Paris one day, I look forward to it.
05 November, 2010
longest post ever? yep.
The best word to describe my life these days : whirlwind.
Since I last updated I've been to Barcelona, Amsterdam, and right now I happen to be in Paris. nbd.
Barcelona:
The hostel was surprisingly nice, I did a good job. We napped. A lot. The men there, and really just the people in general, seem to be on a whole different level of crazy spanish. La Fira is this club that is decorated from old carnival equipment (right up my alley of course), and I ate it up, it was so fun. We went to the beach one day, and ohhh, I miss the beach. Naked men everywhere. A very nautical city, which was perfecto para mi. The Picasso Museum was great, I loveeee his work, he was quite the master.. I was just wandering through the museum awestruck. Las Ramblas were INSANE, but so interesting..tons of street performers, tons of history.. the whole time I was in Barcelona I just kept thinking about Shadow of the Wind, but then, I do that with every city it seems like..
midterms. boo.
Amsterdam:
Highly, highly considering studying abroad my junior or senior year in the Netherlands. Absolutely gorgeous. My whole life I have had this weird fantasy/dream of Venice, and it is always because of the canals, and Amsterdam has the same situation going on, it's so beautiful. The weather is like home, the leaves were yellow and orange and falling everywhere. The air was crisp and cold and left your face feeling fresh. First impressions of the red light district- a little stomach turning, as a woman, it's hard to see. But the more I walked around and the more nights I spent there, it just seems to be such a part of their culture, but I think live porn shows and a million prostitutes in windows is always a little shocking. But oh, the swans in the canals, and the Homomonument. Just literally everything about Amsterdam is perfect to me, I really really fell in love with the place. It's that perfect mix of huge city but small town feeling.. We went to the Anne Frank house, so sad but really encouraging, the Heineken brewery which was soo fun! I didn't want to leave, I of course, love beer, but learning about it and seeing different aspects of the industry was really neat for me. We also went to Madame Tousad's but I really missed my mom being there since we went to the one in DC and had such a fun time..and we went to this haunted Amsterdam Dungeon thing because it was HALLOWEEN. Best holiday ever. I dressed up as the devil and we went on this pub crawl with a bunch of australians and one mexican girl, and everyone loved that I dressed up, because it's a very North American holiday. And oh, the Van Gogh Museum, talk about awestruck, his brushstrokes have always astounded me but to see them like that..I was enthralled and beyond impressed.
Paris:
So far, so good. I was a little apprehensive and terrified actually, with everything that has been going on with Americans/Paris/Middle East.. But Paris has pretty much lived up to its hype. The food, ohhh the food, why doesn't everyone get to eat like this? I just had a 3 formage (3 cheese) crepe, mm mmm good. And for lunch I had this salad, with the BEST dressing I have ever tasted, and slices of goat cheese, oh yes. We walked from our hotel to the Louvre, and on the way I saw the Eiffel Tower, and could kick myself for not going today because it's supposed to rain all weekend, and Notre Dame, and the Seine, and a bunch of other cool buildings. But oh, when I got to the Louvre, I said "oh my god i feel like im in the da vinci code right now! " It was the besttttt, I am obsessed with Dan Brown, so I probably took 600 photos of that right there, and we saw the Mona Lisa, and you probably have a vision of the painting being this impressively large painting, but in reality it's the smallest painting in the room, but still quite impressive, how many people can say that they have seen the original Mona Lisa? Now I am laying in this huge queen size bed in this luxury hotel, I just could not possibly trade my life in for anyone eleses, except maybe a millionaire..
I am taking a weekend off from travelling next weekend, I think, and then Nov 17th I am meeting my amazing amazing boyfriend in Venice Italy, yes please.
Since I last updated I've been to Barcelona, Amsterdam, and right now I happen to be in Paris. nbd.
Barcelona:
The hostel was surprisingly nice, I did a good job. We napped. A lot. The men there, and really just the people in general, seem to be on a whole different level of crazy spanish. La Fira is this club that is decorated from old carnival equipment (right up my alley of course), and I ate it up, it was so fun. We went to the beach one day, and ohhh, I miss the beach. Naked men everywhere. A very nautical city, which was perfecto para mi. The Picasso Museum was great, I loveeee his work, he was quite the master.. I was just wandering through the museum awestruck. Las Ramblas were INSANE, but so interesting..tons of street performers, tons of history.. the whole time I was in Barcelona I just kept thinking about Shadow of the Wind, but then, I do that with every city it seems like..
midterms. boo.
Amsterdam:
Highly, highly considering studying abroad my junior or senior year in the Netherlands. Absolutely gorgeous. My whole life I have had this weird fantasy/dream of Venice, and it is always because of the canals, and Amsterdam has the same situation going on, it's so beautiful. The weather is like home, the leaves were yellow and orange and falling everywhere. The air was crisp and cold and left your face feeling fresh. First impressions of the red light district- a little stomach turning, as a woman, it's hard to see. But the more I walked around and the more nights I spent there, it just seems to be such a part of their culture, but I think live porn shows and a million prostitutes in windows is always a little shocking. But oh, the swans in the canals, and the Homomonument. Just literally everything about Amsterdam is perfect to me, I really really fell in love with the place. It's that perfect mix of huge city but small town feeling.. We went to the Anne Frank house, so sad but really encouraging, the Heineken brewery which was soo fun! I didn't want to leave, I of course, love beer, but learning about it and seeing different aspects of the industry was really neat for me. We also went to Madame Tousad's but I really missed my mom being there since we went to the one in DC and had such a fun time..and we went to this haunted Amsterdam Dungeon thing because it was HALLOWEEN. Best holiday ever. I dressed up as the devil and we went on this pub crawl with a bunch of australians and one mexican girl, and everyone loved that I dressed up, because it's a very North American holiday. And oh, the Van Gogh Museum, talk about awestruck, his brushstrokes have always astounded me but to see them like that..I was enthralled and beyond impressed.
Paris:
So far, so good. I was a little apprehensive and terrified actually, with everything that has been going on with Americans/Paris/Middle East.. But Paris has pretty much lived up to its hype. The food, ohhh the food, why doesn't everyone get to eat like this? I just had a 3 formage (3 cheese) crepe, mm mmm good. And for lunch I had this salad, with the BEST dressing I have ever tasted, and slices of goat cheese, oh yes. We walked from our hotel to the Louvre, and on the way I saw the Eiffel Tower, and could kick myself for not going today because it's supposed to rain all weekend, and Notre Dame, and the Seine, and a bunch of other cool buildings. But oh, when I got to the Louvre, I said "oh my god i feel like im in the da vinci code right now! " It was the besttttt, I am obsessed with Dan Brown, so I probably took 600 photos of that right there, and we saw the Mona Lisa, and you probably have a vision of the painting being this impressively large painting, but in reality it's the smallest painting in the room, but still quite impressive, how many people can say that they have seen the original Mona Lisa? Now I am laying in this huge queen size bed in this luxury hotel, I just could not possibly trade my life in for anyone eleses, except maybe a millionaire..
I am taking a weekend off from travelling next weekend, I think, and then Nov 17th I am meeting my amazing amazing boyfriend in Venice Italy, yes please.
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