Hi Friends,
Two exams and two papers down, two exams and one paper to go.
Until I complete those things, I've filled my current life with lots of activity. I'm headed to Fes, Morocco this Saturday for four days, after which I will immediately (almost) take a train down to Lisbon, Portugal. I'll try to fit the studying and paper-writing into there somehow.
Just a quick update for those who are interested... Alberto from CIEE, are you reading this? How did you find out I have a blog?
over&out
LAURA
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Computing...
I think I'm going to need a new computer soon. I had two presentations this past week and it took me probably three times the amount of time to finish each powerpoint due to my computer's speed. It's doing fine right now, but once I have more than... two or three programs open at the same time, it goes a bit (or a lot) sluggish.
It's crazy to think that the semester is almost over. Many of my classes end on Tuesday, three days from now. I think this is my last weekend in Barcelona. I might go to Marseille next weekend (if Jade ever gets back to me... Jade, I hope you're reading this although you probably aren't), then to Morocco the next weekend... and then to Portugal directly post that. After that, I'll be back in Barcelona for three-ish days to take my last exams and to go to the Daydream Festival (Radiohead!). And then... I start my train-taking around this continent. News: Jamie is coming to Europe for a month and will be joining me for part of the journey (Pamplona, southern France, Italy, and maybe Hungary or Croatia). Excitinggggggg!
So here are my temporary travel plans:
May 23-26: Marseille
May 27-30: Barcelona
May 31-June 3: Fes, Morocco
June 4-9: Portugal
June 10-13: Barcelona
June 14-July 5: France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France
July 5-8: Pamplona, Spain
July 9-24: Southern France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece
July 25-August 2: Mediterannean Cruise
August 3-5: Venice
So, to my lovely European friends who live in those countries... will you be around for me to visit you? I don't know who reads this, so I'll send you individual messages too. But do let me know! And of course, if anyone wants to/is available for traveling, I would love for you to join me!
over&out
LAURA
It's crazy to think that the semester is almost over. Many of my classes end on Tuesday, three days from now. I think this is my last weekend in Barcelona. I might go to Marseille next weekend (if Jade ever gets back to me... Jade, I hope you're reading this although you probably aren't), then to Morocco the next weekend... and then to Portugal directly post that. After that, I'll be back in Barcelona for three-ish days to take my last exams and to go to the Daydream Festival (Radiohead!). And then... I start my train-taking around this continent. News: Jamie is coming to Europe for a month and will be joining me for part of the journey (Pamplona, southern France, Italy, and maybe Hungary or Croatia). Excitinggggggg!
So here are my temporary travel plans:
May 23-26: Marseille
May 27-30: Barcelona
May 31-June 3: Fes, Morocco
June 4-9: Portugal
June 10-13: Barcelona
June 14-July 5: France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France
July 5-8: Pamplona, Spain
July 9-24: Southern France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece
July 25-August 2: Mediterannean Cruise
August 3-5: Venice
So, to my lovely European friends who live in those countries... will you be around for me to visit you? I don't know who reads this, so I'll send you individual messages too. But do let me know! And of course, if anyone wants to/is available for traveling, I would love for you to join me!
over&out
LAURA
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
May is here.
Alright, so once again, it's been awhile. I don't know how many people actually read this, but here's a little update of my life.
Since going to Madrid, a lot of things/not really anything has happened. I had a good amount of visitors, who kept me fairly busy. The first was Peter, who was here for a few days from London. We saw the sights, went to the beach, had gelato... you know, the usual. He got a crazy sunburn on his hands from reading outside or something equally silly. Next came Rachel and her friends from Brookline. Our big plan was to see Peaches perform at Razzmatazz, a huge club in Barcelona. So after some bevs at the Ovella Negra, we headed to Razz. But what?! She never came on. Yeah. Lame. Total disappointment, but luckily Razzmatazz is always fun, or at least it has been so far. Katherine was here the same weekend as Rachel, but unfortunately I didn't get to see her for more than a day. She and some friends from UNH were here so I let them do their touristy things, although we did meet for a yummy dinner in El Born. Jessie came to visit this past weekend. Maoz, Unicornius, Park Guell, Bar Marsella... and the beginnings of making the M.O.M. Want to know more? Ask away! Soooo, it was really nice to see everyone, especially since I won't see them again until August, at the earliest.
I also had some more CouchSurfing thingies. I met a guy named Massimiliano (Massi for short) from Italy. He was traveling in Barcelona for a few days and sent me a CS message to meet. He, being the master juggler he is, inspired me to buy my own juggling balls. I'm currently in the process of learning. I've always had juggling balls in the US and had tried learning when I was younger, but didn't put that much effort into it. Hopefully I'll finally get it this time.
Last Thursday I went to a CS meeting and met a ton of CouchSurfers from all over the world. I must say... I do love it. If you haven't heard of it, check it out at www.couchsurfing.org and let me know what you think. I'll be doing it pretty much all summer while I'm not staying with my UVM International friends. So anyway, after the meeting, I went to Feria d'Abril with some of them. It's a carnival or something with rides, food, and dance tents. I only took advantage of the latter since I literally only had one Euro on my person, but it was all in good fun and we went to Club Fellini afterwards. The meeting was an intercambio/language exchange that happens every Thursday. I'm looking forward to going tomorrow.
Summer is coming up soon... most of my friends at UVM are done with finals. My dad's doing his last week of classes and finals start on Saturday. I still have a few more weeks, but my last final is on June 11th and then... well, we'll see what happens. I haven't done any real planning yet, but I hope to visit people (you know who you are)!
I've gone swimming three times now.
Since going to Madrid, a lot of things/not really anything has happened. I had a good amount of visitors, who kept me fairly busy. The first was Peter, who was here for a few days from London. We saw the sights, went to the beach, had gelato... you know, the usual. He got a crazy sunburn on his hands from reading outside or something equally silly. Next came Rachel and her friends from Brookline. Our big plan was to see Peaches perform at Razzmatazz, a huge club in Barcelona. So after some bevs at the Ovella Negra, we headed to Razz. But what?! She never came on. Yeah. Lame. Total disappointment, but luckily Razzmatazz is always fun, or at least it has been so far. Katherine was here the same weekend as Rachel, but unfortunately I didn't get to see her for more than a day. She and some friends from UNH were here so I let them do their touristy things, although we did meet for a yummy dinner in El Born. Jessie came to visit this past weekend. Maoz, Unicornius, Park Guell, Bar Marsella... and the beginnings of making the M.O.M. Want to know more? Ask away! Soooo, it was really nice to see everyone, especially since I won't see them again until August, at the earliest.
I also had some more CouchSurfing thingies. I met a guy named Massimiliano (Massi for short) from Italy. He was traveling in Barcelona for a few days and sent me a CS message to meet. He, being the master juggler he is, inspired me to buy my own juggling balls. I'm currently in the process of learning. I've always had juggling balls in the US and had tried learning when I was younger, but didn't put that much effort into it. Hopefully I'll finally get it this time.
Last Thursday I went to a CS meeting and met a ton of CouchSurfers from all over the world. I must say... I do love it. If you haven't heard of it, check it out at www.couchsurfing.org and let me know what you think. I'll be doing it pretty much all summer while I'm not staying with my UVM International friends. So anyway, after the meeting, I went to Feria d'Abril with some of them. It's a carnival or something with rides, food, and dance tents. I only took advantage of the latter since I literally only had one Euro on my person, but it was all in good fun and we went to Club Fellini afterwards. The meeting was an intercambio/language exchange that happens every Thursday. I'm looking forward to going tomorrow.
Summer is coming up soon... most of my friends at UVM are done with finals. My dad's doing his last week of classes and finals start on Saturday. I still have a few more weeks, but my last final is on June 11th and then... well, we'll see what happens. I haven't done any real planning yet, but I hope to visit people (you know who you are)!
I've gone swimming three times now.
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