Wow\u2026. how are we already halfway\nthrough the semester? I feel like I\u2019ve just gotten comfortable here in Espa\u00f1a\nand all of a sudden I only have a month and a half yet, where has the time\ngone. As the end of October is nearing I realize I still have so much to do in\nthese next 7 weeks. I\u2019ve been attending classes for about 5 weeks and can now\nsay I love all of my classes. The university doesn\u2019t give much homework but I\nstill feel like I\u2019m Me and my friends have planned trips to Rome, Seville,\nBarcelona, and Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with these planned trips, we also have excursions that are a required part of the program that are going to be held all of the weekends we aren\u2019t traveling. In addition to the traveling and all of the excursions I\u2019ve also recently been offered a position to assist in helping young children learn English. This position requires only working 6 hours a week, but with classes every day, upcoming exams, excursions, and trips, it seems like my schedule is going to be extremely packed this next half of the semester. Besides the dread of feeling like I have a busy month and a half coming up, looking back at the first half of the semester I am grateful and happy with all of the experiences I have. In my last blog I had written about my experiences at the start of the the semester up until the beginning of classes. Since then I have traveled to Las Islas Canarias (Tenerife), and gone on multiple excursions with my program director. I\u2019ve really appreciate all of the excursions and recent time I\u2019ve had to explore and get acquainted with Oviedo and the rest of Asturias. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As mentioned, I also have two other\ntrips planned to explore to rest of Spain, one to Seville, and one to\nBarcelona. The trip to Seville is quickly approaching while the trip to\nBarcelona is planned for the end of November. Unfortunately, there is currently\na lot of chaos in the city of Barcelona with protests and young adults\nadvocating for the separation of the region of Catalu\u00f1a, an autonomous community\nin the East of Spain. I don\u2019t know much about the political situation in Spain,\nor even too much about the riots, but I do know that the people who are\nprotesting and violently acting out in Catalu\u00f1a are unhappy with the current\npolitical and social situation in Spain. I\u2019ve seen images of buildings being\ndestroyed and cars being set on fire in the middle of the street by large\ngroups of people. Besides the fact that we might not be able to go to Barcelona\n(we\u2019ll see) I find it extremely interesting to see how political matters and\nprotests are handled in other countries. I\u2019m able to watch the news every night\nwith my host mom and see updates on what\u2019s going on in the streets and if the\nsituation is improving. Even if that situation doesn\u2019t clear up before late\nNovember, we still have many other trips planned and I also look forward to\ngetting to explore the rest of Europe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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