Friday, August 31, 2007

Oops.

I just realized that I bought sparkling mineral water instead of regular water. Dang Spanish words! I think I will just let it get flat...=)

So I've gone to the supermarket two days in a row and both times, while walking back, I've sweated buckets! Someone told me that I got skinnier. Blame it on the hot weather. On the bright side, I bought materials for quesadillas! YAY MEXICAN FOOD! =)

I'm currently looking up what classes to take this year. We have to decide all the class for the whole year before the year even starts! It looks like mostly Spanish Literature, economics, and history classes for me...but perhaps I can squeeze in an art class..?

I also bought my first newspaper today (it was a homework assignment). First thing I did wrong was I was looking for the newspaper stands that they have in America. The nifty ones where you just put in your coins and voila! Open the door and you can grab one, two, whatever amount of newspapers to fill your heart's content. As it would happen, everything that I went up to turned out to be a mailbox (they're green here...). Then I figured they don't have mechanical newspaper stands here..they've got the old school stands where there's a guy standing in the middle of a huge box with a bunch of different magazines and newspapers surrounding him, along with a couple of different types of candy. So I had to walk a couple of blocks to figure this out, but it was a good learning experience, nonetheless. So I go up to the stand and I pick up what I want, and I ask the guy, "Cuantos cuesta?" [translation: how much does it cost] and he tells me 1 euro, which I was quite proud because not only was I able to communicate with the Spaniard, but I was also able to understand him =) Yay me!

The end.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Julia! I just found your blog and it sounds like it's been amazing so far. I'm glad you made it over there and that you got the newspaper and that punk is not dead. The graffiti is awesome.

ps how does it know that I'm posting as Kaitlyn? I never registered here. I don't even know what here is.

Stephanie said...

Yay Julia! :)

i did the same thing in paris... i bought sparkling water. ugh. i drank it immediately though because i was thirsty. :P

Unknown said...

So i find myself checking 3 things now. facebook (o course) gmail now your blog... :P

omgosh! ZAC EFRON IS SOOOO HOT! Sorry just like to share. :P

Tracy said...

I love newspapers. And I love your blog. Get on Mary to start hers soon.

thehairyit said...

geez. como estas hermana? que estas haciendo? yo hablo espanol. haha. chris y yo hacen bien, pero chris es apestado! hahaha. hasta luego chica.