{"id":18721,"date":"2019-10-02T16:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:45:02","slug":"con-permiso-y-con-altura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2019\/10\/02\/con-permiso-y-con-altura\/","title":{"rendered":"Con Permiso y Con Altura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once again, I\u2019m sitting in an\nairport. This time, me and Gaby are about to take the first trip of the\nsemester to las Islas Canarias, specifically Tenerife. This time as I\u2019m sitting\nhere awaiting my planes arrival, I\u2019m able to reflect on the past two and a half\nweeks in Oviedo. Honestly, it\u2019s the most relaxed I\u2019ve been in a while, while\nstill keeping busy. When I arrived on September 9<sup>th<\/sup> I was a little\noverwhelmed, a new city and completely new people for the next three and a half\nmonths. I had already been away from my family and close friends for a week and\nit seemed like after visiting Madrid for that long I was ready to go back home\nand see everyone again. But after a few days in Oviedo, once the weather warmed\nup, and after I was settled in to my room and grew comfortable with my host\nmom, everything fell into place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first\nweek that we were here in Oviedo, we had absolutely nothing to do, no classes,\nno obligations, zero stress. In that week I was able to visit los Picos de\nEuropa with Gaby and her family, which involved lots of climbing that my\nasthmatic lungs could barely handle, but in the end it was worth it because the\nsights from the top of the mountains took away what little breath I had left. Besides\ngoing to sight seeing that first week and walking around the city, the fiestas\nalso started! That first Friday, las fiestas de San Mateo began. These fiestas\nbegan the 13<sup>th<\/sup> and lasted until the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, and included\nvarious events, concerts, and lots and lots of food. The first night everyone\ngathered around the cathedral to celebrate the start of the week of fiestas,\nthen every night included a different concert at the train station and\ndifferent events happening all around the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with live music in the park,\na carousel by the cathedral, and fireworks in another park, there was food in\nevery single street. Chiringuitos lined the main streets by the park and sold\nevery single type of food and drink, including bocadillos, bollo pre\u00f1ao,\nchurros, and gofres. With something happening every night and people constantly\nbeing in the streets, that week was the definition of \u201csiempre en la calle\u201d.\nClasses started that following Monday, but still most days consisted of going\nto class, going back home to take a siesta, and then waking up and heading out\nbecause la rumba siempre sigue. I definitely spent way too much money on food\nand drinks during that week but it was 100% worth it because the fiestas are a\nbig part of the culture here in Oviedo and they only happen once a year. Those\nnights not only did we go to the fiestas, but we were also able to explore the\nnight life of the city. From those night time experiences we\u2019ve learned that\nSpanish culture is a little more different from Latino culture than we had\noriginally thought. But we also learned that Oviedo is not only full of\nSpaniards, but also with people of Latino backgrounds like us, including\nDominicans, Colombians, and Ecuadorians. These Latin American countries were\nrepresented in a parade that was held on the Thursday of the week of fiestas. I\nhad an amazing time exploring the city and experiencing the fiestas of San\nMateo. I also look forward to my return back from Tenerife and am excited to\nstart classes at the university this upcoming Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, I\u2019m sitting in an airport. This time, me and Gaby are about to take the first trip of the semester to las Islas Canarias, specifically Tenerife. This time as I\u2019m sitting here awaiting my planes arrival, I\u2019m able to reflect on the past two and a half weeks in Oviedo. 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