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Well, I'm home home. In south Florida. And damn, does it suck. okay, it's really nice to see my parents and home again, but it sucks because you can't really compare being in the Colosseum one day and then sitting at home in front of your laptop a few days later.

Or being rewarded with amazing macarrones after running your ass home in 100 F weather and then having to run back on a ridiculously full stomach 30 minutes later. I miss Sevilla more than anything else, especially the fun we had as a group, Mama y Papa, Andre (soft), and the city itself.

My biggest regret is that we didn't go hard enough, enough times. I can count on one hand how many times we did it big, and that's not enough for me. At least Andre and I tried to explore the city a few times, but I feel like we didn't do it justice. Seeing the Betis game would have been nice, too, but my sleep got in the way of that. We were also at a disadvantage as 6 weeks, no 5 weeks is just not enough time to live in that city. I envy the people who got to study abroad for 3-4 months. That's real living. And that's real money, too.

A weird thing was how rich I felt in Sevilla(well not rich, but I didnt worry about money as much) as compared to now back at home. It's like every dollar counts, but for some reason the Euro doesn't.

Not that I'm upset about that. If I had been my normal, frugal self in Europe, I would have had a horrible time.

Another major regret is the lack of souvenirs I bought. For some reason I forgot like everyone. I am actually really sorry about that, guys. The fans would have been a great investment, as Andre said, but I just kept putting it off. Stupid.

Oh well, next time I go, I promise I will get shit for everyone I missed this time. Cuz I'm definitely going back. Fo sho.

And then I'll revive this blog...so don't sleep on me, guys. Actually, you can. It may be a while.

Hasta luego, tios.

Short one (thats what she said)

Awesome. Cinque terre was awesome.

What a great experience. It will probably be the highlight of the trip.

If i didnt have to rush to catch a bus to a train station and then take a train to La Spezia to catch a train to Roma I would upload a few pictures, but theyll come in time, dont worry.

This hostel, Ostello Tramonti, has been pretty sweet. I met bunches of people, like the Aussies (fiona and georgia), Lozza (lauren) and of course miles, my hiking buddy yesterday/tom cruise.

Seriously, he looks just like him without the dark hair. Good kid. We even hit up the nude beach, with all guys. Just how I like it.

The trip was very exhausting but definitely worth it. Seriously at times the sweat was like my next layer of skin.

A great day, topped off with dinner with Vito and Marie Laurence, whom we met on the trail to Guvano. He was really cool and seemed to like me a lot. He even rolled me an italian cigarette which was incredibly easy to smoke (not like americans).

So now Im about try and get on this bus with my insanely huge luggage and work my way to Roma.

Ill try and update soon again.

Hope everyone is doing well. Miss my Sevilla peeps, esp u andre ;) and MJ and Mario and Mom and Dad and Madi and Tai and all u hoes in gville and Abel and Yebi and Yesni.

And my friends from Sofla, i realized i might have missed someone, so that should cover it.

Ti amo,

Nikhil


Ciao bitches!

Leaving...

On a jet plane. No, not really, actually. Sevilla is over which is sad, because I feel like I hardly knew her, but I guess thats what 5 weeks feels like. 1 to get used to it, 3 to keep doing the routine thing and then 1 to try and cram all the shit in u didnt do the first 4 weeks.

It sorta sucks, but I am definitely excited about getting out to Paris and seeing Roma, which should sweet.

Let´s see, its been a while since I´ve updated....since Barça I´ve been doing my best to stay busy and go hard every day cuz we only got like 4 left. Saturday we go to Córdoba and then on Sunday morning Papá invited us to the Mormon church with him, so that should be interesting. So far, I´ve gotten back from Barcelona, and saw a corrida de toros, which was very interesting and bloody.

6 bulls are killed by 3 sorta novicetype matadors, which takes about 20 minutes each. Amazingly enough, the nosebleed tix we bought werent actually nosebleeds so we had a great view of all it.

This week andre and I made a conscious decision to walk back each day for lunch since we havent this entire trip aside from like 3-5 times. Its been a great revelation even though we ended up deciding to finally do it at the exact time global warming starts fucking up Sevilla and the temp is like 99 degrees all the time.

literally, leaving the house provides a natural wetness that only underwears are privy to. its absurd how wet i am after a nice 30 minute walk somewhere. but somehow, its all worth it and i just wish we had done it more often.

well u live and u learn. so now, its forward and onward and to infinity and beyond, meaning paris avignon with the AAA and then roma afterwards. Should be a good time and im looking forward to it.

I wish I had taken more advantage of being in España and met more people. I am definitely going to go out the rest of this week and play my hand at the discos.

If tiphanie can, so can I.

Hasta luego, tias y tios.

Post written yesterday but had no internet....

Today we went to the beach. Yeah, the playa…it wasn’t too bad. I got to work on my tan, which I definitely needed with all the sun in Sevilla, for sure…and we walked a good amount, saw some topless women, at last count, I think it was 5, and visited juan ramon jimenez’ house, which was fucking awesome…..or actually, not really. Mario told me some dirty jokes(hes one of our ISA directors; good guy) and the hr long ride was pretty sweet. What else have we missed out on commenting on so far….there was a smoking club…let me tell you, pretty crazy experience. It was like a mix of a faux clockwork orange+Moulin rouge type shit. Actually, it wasn’t that crazy, but it was definitely weird since we sorta signed our lives away, endured watered down cruzcampo(like the sam adams(sorta?) of espana) and horrible hord oeuvres(I don’t know how to spell that) and a cheesy magic show. Basically, it’s a smoking club that offers young people an easy way to get exposed to madd propaganda from cig companies. It was called L Screw and I highly recommend you don’t go. There was free wi-fi, some video games and other shit, but not exactly that great. The playa today was pretty sweet, we just sorta walked towards these rocks we wanted to climb, but ended up not reaching cuz it was so damn far. We also saw something before that but ive seriously forgotten what it was…tonight we’re finna have our first real Saturday night in sevilla, so it ought to be good…hopefully. We got that don simon(cheap boxed wine or sangria) and other goodies. Also, tonight is a huge game for Sevilla FC (Futbol Club) and a whole bunch of people are already going out for the game to bars and shit. I typed this in my room at like 8:45, and I can hear them cheering outside.. Hopefully we can catch some of it on tv at home. I’m really pulling for La Coruna, the opposite team because I’m a “betis fan”, the rival team. I only think I’m a betis fan cuz theyre like madd horrible and I usually go for the underdogs, even though they’ve got no chance in doing well this season. In fact, they may bajar and fall to the second level(like a death blow)

Anyway, that’s what I got for now, Papa is finna make us lasagna(SWEET) and Leandro’s here, I’ll go play with him.

Ciao, bitches.

Ps Leandro makes Andre and I tios---for real.



Just to add on to this post, last night was pretty cool--we ended up going to this disco called la catedral thru some american girls we met at plaza salvador(which I like a lot better than Nueva) and we drank and sang with this pigeon friend(which was pretty fucking scary, actually) and then to this club, but not before we met a fake marilyn monroe who was getting married and having her bachelorette party...andre and i just attract 'em, I guess.. Anyway, I just woke up from a ridiculous 5 or 6 hr nap and I'm trying to figure out what I should do(read, obviously). So ciao for real.

Que Guay

Well chicos, I know it´s been a while, mostly because I haven´t gotten a chance to get a good shot at consistent internet. However, now I do...I can try to remember the whirlwind of the past few days, si es posible.

Last I wrote, I was in Madrid...since then, we´ve visited El Escorial and Toledo and even stopped in Castilla-La Mancha to take a few pictures with windmills....hasta ahora fue un buen viaje.

And finally, yesterday we got to Sevilla, which is where we are now. First, the family: Maria Angeles, nuestra nueva mama, is very funny and sweet. Our papa, Jose Luis is also very nice. He made us a great ´`sopa de esperago´´. If u can´t understand me, thats okay, because i still cant figure out the keyboards in Spain. So many differnet accent signs and all, and estoy confundido muchas veces. Also, my other family members are a new hermana, Ana Carolina...but she goes by just Ana. She is a world class athlete, sorta...she does track and field and shot put, or something like that.

Ok im at UIMP right now, nuestra escuela en sevilla and im doing as much as i can since i havent had internet in a long ass time.

so the gist is we have now been acquainted with where the escuela is...we took the bus to san sebastian in sevilla and then walked over to plaza nueva where we met the group.

for dinner last night, we had sopa de asperago which i already told u about, tortilla de patata, salad of lettuce, pan, etc etc. and for dessert, it was an orange and yogurt. my parents would be pissed with me right now because at home, i would never eat orange and yogurt if they gave it to me at dinner. so they would def be pissed....oh well, i guess.

this morning, it was cereal and other things, but i stuck with spanish corn flakes.

and then the bus and walk to plaza nueva to meet eveyrone.

at 1 today which is 7 for all u american slackers, were gonna check out the catedral and later tonight is the dinner for everyone in the program.

well the computers set to turn off in 30 mins exactamente, and i dont know how long ive been on, so im gonna publish this post directamente so as to not lose anything.

ciao, amigos, and hope ur enjoying what little i put up.

pictures will come, te lo prometo, calmate.

¡joder, tios!