Let's Pretend

Hola Chicas! So I spent my whole weekend around my little flat. I was too tired to really do anything.  I finally have time to do a massive photo post!

I wandered around Valencia trying to see as many Fallas, as I possible could. But my small group had to stop because we had an kid with an injured ankle. Need to be careful around broken glass, kids! The decorations are so extravagant, but some were a little perverted.

 

The hoards of people in small areas made it damn near impossible for me to take decent photos.  During the night, I had to get on top of tables and chairs in order to take photos without some random stranger's head  being in half the picture. Oh, so many challenges I have to face for only being five feet tall.
But there are some advantages, such as having cute guys carry us around.

These kids are my new best friends. I can't believe I came thousands of miles to studied here in Spain and somehow along the way I met a group of Australian students.  I'm strangely attracted to Anglophiles. My group, typically consists of Americans, Aussies and Brits.

Besos a todos! More photos to come in the following days. I feel like a shopping haul post.

Anna

Let It Burn

I´m currently dying to show you all, the pictures a friend of my mine took this weekend. A huge group of students from my university went on a small bus trip to Valencia for Las Fallas.

Las Fallas is a week long celebreation where they build paper-mache floats and on the last night set them on fire! It´s so fucking loud because the whole city is out on the streets; playing music, drinking, eating and setting off fireworks. 

It was kind of chaotic. Most of my friends were completely wasted. I was one of the few exceptions because I wanted to see the city and fires instead of getting drunk in a club. My group also had a huge party in a public park, that involve all of the above.

But instead all I have is a broken computer and my friend with the awesome camera hasn´t given me the photos. So sad!

I´m going to try to post more about the festival this weekend, if I can get my computer working!

Besos!!!

Prayer For Japan

If you had any idea of the current devastation in Japan, you would completely understand why I'm posting this. I'm too heart-broken to go on and on about my frivolous adventures in Europe. When I first heard about the earthquake and tsunami, I was with a fellow exchange students from Australia. We both nearly broke down crying.  One of them has a brother living in Japan, super close to all the areas with my most damage from the tsunami.  Luckily, he was able to contact him that day to discovered his brother was okay and that he will  probably have to return to Australia or the UK.
Another student, had spent several weeks in Japan. Many of her friends, are currently living in tents or without basic essentials, such as, water or electricity.
If you just look at these images taken by satellite of the before and after of Japan. If you didn't tear up a little bit, you might need to consider finding a soul. Remember people live in those areas, thousands are missing and every day, the authorities are finding more bodies.
I'm hoping after reading about the personal experiences from Chic-Steals and Rumi, both gave me chills. Also both ahve plenty of reccomendation to donate money to help those affected.




I love Japan!

Things I LOVE about Spain

1. The streets. I´m just becoming more and more interested. Last night, a friend and I wander around for over an hour looking for a museum. Granted when we arrived if had just closed it doors and people were making their way out. It was still nice to walk in Madrid. I just adore theose romantic nights. I promise next time, I will take a photo.  But for now I´m letting the memories float around my little head.

2. Boys, boys, boys. Although I found some rude or just plain sleazy , it's easy to find some cute guy to accompany to a bar.

3. Eating tapas late at night. I'm loving the late night food runs. I much rather go from bar to bar eating my way through the plates full of cheese and meats. I personally love calamare sandwich and shrimp. Seriously, I found two areas in Madrid that have loads of bars and are super cheap.

4.cheap travel. I 'm planning a few trips around Europe during our Easter break. I'm so excited because we are going to Prague and Italy! It's going to be hard for me to update ever week but I'm trying to get the Internet at home.

Best wishes to everyone.