This past week/weekend

This past week I had final exams and was more busy than usual with studying, so that's why I 
haven't posted for awhile. Sorry! Last Monday and Tuesday we had classes until 2 pm and then afterwards we had lunch and time for studying. On Wednesday DUN DUN DUN... the exams began. On that day I had English and Math. On Thursday Spanish Language and Art History, and on Friday Spanish Film History and Spanish Literature. All of them were two hours long, and none felt too hard. I did so much writing! For all of them except for Math, I wrote paragraph after paragraph after paragraph. Surprisingly my hand didn't hurt afterwards. 

For lunch on Friday, I went with four friends to an Indian called El Sabor de la India (The Taste  of India), and it was delicious! We shared all the food we ordered. I don't know the names unfortunately, but we ordered nan, which is like pita bread, and appetizers and three dishes that were pretty small. One dish had eggplant, another one I didn't try, and the third was pink and sweet and had coconut and chicken in it. That one was by far the best! Especially with the nan. Hmmmm.... I definitely want to go again. 

This past weekend I did a lot of things, more than usual. Friday night I went to see the movie "The Hobbit" with some friends. It was so good. I remember reading the book, but I don't really remember what happened. I think the movie is considerably different from the book though. 

On Saturday night I went out with two other friends to Paseo Independencia. We walked around and looked in different stores. There were a lot of people. 

On Sunday, about half an before noon, my host sister asked me if I wanted to go with her to 
watch her boyfriend's soccer game. I said yes, and we left the apartment soon after and rode  on a public bus to the game. We arrived late, and the other team was winning by one point. The score was 1-0. My host sister's boyfriend is named Williams and he's from Ghana. He's been living in Spain for several years now. I think he's here for the soccer. My host sister has told me that Williams is one of the best players on his team, and from what I've seen so far, I would say he is, too. He and his older brother, who also plays soccer, make all the goals. In the second half of the game Williams passed the ball to his brother, Manu (Emmanuel), and Manu scored a goal. The game ended with a tie. I guess they don't do overtime here. I don't know. After the game my host sister and I met up with Williams and Manu and two other friends, Brama and Ismael. Brama is on the same soccer team, and Ismael lives with Manu in an apartment in Zaragoza. Brama is also from Ghana and Ismael is from Morocco. I found out that Manu can speak five languages! FIVE languages! English, Spanish, and three African languages. And he's learning French! So many! Once I know three I'll be happy. 

We rode together on the bus back to our homes, and we decided that we would meet at Parque Grande (Big Park) later at 5 pm. When my host sister and I returned to the apartment, it was a little past 2:30 pm and everyone had already eaten lunch. There were a lot of people: my host parents, their two other daughters, and their boyfriends. We could all barely fit at the table. Guess what I ate for lunch? Paella! Although this one wasn't made with rice but rather with little noodles. It was delicious all the same. 

It started to rain, so we couldn't go to Parque Grande. We decided to go Puerto Venecia  instead. My host sister and I met our friends at the bus stop, and another girl from my host  sister's class came also. Her name is Ivelina. When we arrived there it had stopped raining and it was pretty warm. First we went into Primark and then I went to Claire's and bought some  earrings. Manu bought new sneakers. He told me he has about 30 pairs! We left a little after 8  pm. 

This week I have classes and then Friday I go to the pueblo with my host family to celebrate 
Christmas! I'm planning with two friends from school a trip to the island of Menorca to the east of Spain! We'll be going for about a week and one friend has found good flight and hostel deals online. I'm very excited. We might even be able to go swimming there. 


I hope everyone back home is well. Very cold? Lots of snow? I know Zaragoza doesn't get  snow and for the past couple of days it's been in the 60's! So strange in December. I'll post  again soon.