Thursday, April 28, 2011

100th Day

Today is an extra special day - my 100th day in Sevilla (and also my 22nd birthday)!  So, being a corn ball who loves making lists, I have compiled a few lists for your viewing pleasure:


22 Things that will be missed when leaving Sevilla:

  1. 1 euro bottles of wine and 1 euro shots
  2. Tortilla Espanola and Lentaja
  3. Speaking Spanish
  4. Not having any household responsibilities (cleaning, cooking, laundry, etc)
  5. No work or homework
  6. Spanish friends
  7. Calle Betis, Calle Alfalfa and discotecas
  8. My senora - even though there's been ups and downs, I haven't had anything serious to complain about and have it much better than some
  9. The aesthetic beauty of this city - I've truly taken it for granted.
  10. Having 'Pues', 'Vale', 'Venga', etc. being accepted in conversation
  11. The incredibly late bar time
  12. Being able to travel to incredibly amazing places
  13. Being surrounded by such historical monuments/buildings
  14. Casuality of drinking - free beers and tintos at class activities!
  15. Botellon by the Torre / Rio time
  16. The relaxed style of living here - rhythm of life is much slower
  17. Always having some sort of trip / event to look forward to
  18. Being able to speak English when you don't want someone to hear/understand something
  19. The beautiful weather and the strong Sevilla sun
  20. The fairytale feeling I get when something is so amazing I am forced to ask myself, "Is this real life?"
  21. My new friends here - we all went through this amazing experience together and now we're all going back to separate parts of the country :(
  22. The life I've created for myself here - it's a second home :)
Things I am excited to come home to in Wisco:
  1. FAMILY, FRIENDS, DOGS (claro)
  2. Having a cell phone and not worrying about how much saldo is on it
  3. Driving / not having to walk everywhere
  4. Candy, sweets....and more candy and sweets
  5. Not worrying about international bank fees
  6. Graduation
  7. Country USA
  8. Drinking MILK again
  9. Watching TV (on an actual television, not a laptop) - I need the E! Network, Tosh.0 and Ellen back in my life
  10. Mix drinks (that cost less than 7 euro)
  11. Having more to say than 'si'
  12. Having more than a small armoir of clothes to choose from!
  13. Having an income again
  14. Pre-gaming and having music to play while doing so
  15. BIG breakfasts
  16. Mexican food
  17. The luxury of having toilet paper, toilet seats and soap in ALL public bathrooms
  18. Being able to wear sweats in public
  19. Iced coffee
  20. Not having the feeling of being a guest in someone's house
  21. Dealing with Fahrenheit, miles, pounds, dollars instead of Celcius, kilometers, kilograms and euros.
  22. Scrapbooking my entire 4 months here :)
Life is good.  Celebrating it.  Madrid tomorrow, Rome on Tuesday and Feria de Sevilla on Friday.  2 weeks.


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