Day 123: Málaga and leaving

Hi, I guess this is the last time that I'll write in this blog while I'm still in Spain. I'm in a hotel room right now, and my flight leaves tomorrow morning, 6 AM. I've had a nice holiday in Málaga for the last few days, so I'll just share some pictures and stuff. :)

What I realized here is that I shouldn't go on a holiday alone anymore. Even though it's been fun, it would've been much nicer with some company. Going out to eat isn't even nice when you go alone... But hotel breakfasts are nice. Omnom.

My hotel room is very small, but cute. I like it. The bathroom is big and very nice. And the view from the window. Wow.

I could come to this hotel again, if I ever come to Málaga again. But I think Canarian Islands are more to my liking.

I've visited a couple of cultural sights, and went shopping, and of course to the beach.

And I did try the hotel's swimming pond. :D
Anyway. I'm ready to go home. I'll continue my holiday in Finland! :D

But all this makes me feel a little sad. I've had this life for so long, and now it's about to end. All the Spanish will disappear from around me, and I'll go back to living like I used to before I came here.
It feels like a chapter in my life is about to end. Cliche, but true.

However, I will really treasure this experience. I've had so much fun, met new people, and experienced so much. I've gained so much through this, and I'll always remember it.
I still can't understand that I'm actually leaving.
Funny.
4 months ago I couldn't understand that I was going to come here, and now I can't understand that I'm going back. But that's life. Coming and going. And now it's time for me to go back to Finland, back to my family and friends. I have missed them a lot.

Now it's time to say: Goodbye Spain, I'll see you again some day. And when that happens, I'll smile while thinking about this experience.

Day 119: last day in Sevilla

Even though on my last day in this city I should be walking around and just making the best of it. But I needed to do the laundry, and I should clean up a little, pack and everything... Now I'm just sitting in Suvi's room and spending quality time with her :D
Oh well, we did go to eat some ice cream and walked around. It's actually a cool and cloudy day! Only something like 27°C. I loved it.
Anyway. I'm feeling very strange. I've been living here for four months now, and now it's over. Now that I'm on a holiday, I don't really want to go to Málaga just yet. :) I want to spend more time with the girls here.
But tomorrow I'll leave.

On Friday me and Suvi got some takeaway food from the nearby restaurant.

We ate and spend the whole evening in the living room. We just talked, drank tinto de verano, ate muffins,

nuts and stuff... It was fun :D
Oh, I got another roommate, too. This time it's Tiia, who was living in Utrera before.. She's a bit quiet.

On Saturday we went to buy some souveniers. And ate Ben&Jerry's again. :D It was such a hot day. At some point Google said it was 41°C. Toooo hot.
In the evening me, Suvi, Marianna and Hanna went to eat in a restaurant, to celebrate our last weekend together.

I ate some kind of duck, which was very, very good. For dessert banoffee. Omnom.

I had so much fun that night, too. Thanks, girls. <3
It's really strange how we lived under the same roof for so long, and now it's over. Hm. I wonder how I'll learn to live alone again, once I go back to my apartment. :P

So, now it's Sunday. I'll be lazy and just.. enjoy my last day here.
And say goodbye to this place.

Day 117: 0

My internship is finally over!
It's been a long time since I came here and started my work. But still, somehow I feel like this summer went really fast. Even though sometimes it felt like forever...
A lot has happened during my time here, good and bad things.

The last weeks have gone nicely at work. I've been working a lot, and I've felt that I've actually done something useful. It's a nice feeling. Now I'm finally on holiday. It's been a while since the last time! :D
I've been too excited about my holiday that I've had a bit of a trouble falling asleep. But it doesn't really matter :)

My last day at work. :D See how excited I am? I've been eating a fruit every day at work during one break. This is the last one... Tasted sooo good!

I would like to write something about the things I've grown to like, and what I will miss once I go home...
First, I'll miss tapas. Cheap food and not too much of it! What else can you hope for? In Finland the dishes are huge, and it feels such a waste not to eat all of it, even when you're full. Here you can buy small tapas and tadah!
100 Montaditos has been a great place.. It's easy, I know it's good.. and it's cheap. That'll probably be one of the things I miss the most :D

I'll miss seeing pretty horses. There are so many horses in Sevilla. I've also found my favourite ones :) Also the sound they make when they walk..

One thing I really like here is that never have I wondered what to wear, if it's going to rain and everything. I know it'll be hot anyways, so don't need any jumpers or anything with me (at work I needed one though, the AC was too cold..). When I go back to Finland, I'll have to check the temperature, the weather and everything before I decide what to wear.

Sevilla is such a pretty city. The architecture in the center is old and beautiful. The small cervecerías next to each other, the people drinking beer after work on Friday... The Cathedral against the blue sky in the morning sun...

I'll miss it.
I'm not sure if I'll ever come back again. Probably not. But that doesn't mean this place doesn't have a special place in my heart.

The people here will always stay in my memories. I hope all of them will have a nice life. Hopefully I'll keep in touch with the girls from the residence, at least once in a while. :)
It's been nice to meet you, everyone!

Even though I'm writing things that sound like a last entry, I'll still write a few times. I'll spend a nice weekend and after that I'll go to Málaga. Beach, be ready!
Until next time :)

Day 112: lazy sunday

Less than two weeks left, and only 4 days at work.
I'm so glad.

Even though I've been pretty happy and felt good about being here lately, I still miss home so bad. But I've been starting to feel weird about going. The life here is so different, so will I get used to my old life soon?
Oh well, I still hope these last weeks would go fast. I've been waiting for this for so long! :D

I've been busy at work for a couple of weeks now. My boss has been giving me new jobs after another, so I haven't had much time to do anything else, which is good. At some time I didn't have anything to do. :P
But why didn't they ask me to do these before? Did they just realize that I'm leaving next week and want to squeeze everything out of me before I go?
Bleh. I hope they won't give me anything else to do for the last week, since I'm already busy with one thing.

What else should I write about.. The week was ok. I went to 100 Montaditos again on Wednesday. :P And.. well, nothing much.
I still have a new roommate, and apparently she's leaving today. She's been out almost every night :D Which is good, really. If you like going out, that is. It's kinda funny how she talks in her sleep... I usually wake up several times to hear her talk. Too bad I don't speak Dutch. :)
I really, really hope I won't get another roommate for that one week I'm staying here.

This weekend is a long one, because on Monday it's Assumption of Mary I think. There are lots of people in Sevilla right now. Yesterday there was a huge crowd with flags of different countries. Maybe something interesting will happen on Monday.
Anyway, I've got a free day, so I'm happy. :D Today is like a second Saturday because of that.

On friday me and Suvi went to an Italian restaurant to eat pizza :D The restaurant is a cute one, I fell in love with it.

The waiters were nice and spoke some English, too.
I couldn't decide what to order, so I took a risk and ordered something even though I wasn't sure about the English words.

It was good, and made me very full :D Even though we were full and all, we walked a bit and ended up to McDonald's to buy milkshakes. But they didn't have it! So we had to take McFlurries... xD I was too full after that. Ugh.

Yesterday we went shopping. But in the end we only went to one shop and then headed to eat, since we were hungry. We planned to continue shopping after that, but the shops were closing once we came back, so we had to go back.
Oh, we did buy ice cream, and look, I got this cup from Ben&Jerry's! (jäätelö = ice cream in Finnish)

I spent the evening in my room, role playing on Skype. It was weird to speak to all those people :D In the end I was so tired so I just listened to everyone else... And went to bed at 22:20. I also slept until 8:30 :D I guess I was really tired...

Today I've been just watching series. Pokémon, Pasila, The Walking Dead... So it's been a very lazy Sunday.

Day 105: Itálica

Yet another Sunday is here and I'm getting closer to going home. I can't wait! :D It's so close and still so far.. :P Only 2 weeks at work. The thought is so nice.

One guy at work has his holiday now, and he comes back after I leave. So I probably won't see him ever again. It's a funny thought. Kinda like with everyone else I've met here. I'll keep in touch with a few, but the rest I'll only have in my memories.

Look, they are advertising these movies. For some reason me and Suvi find the Ape one very hilarious. I don't really know why. The name just sounds funny :'D

Anyway, I said I would go somewhere cool this weekend. And I did!
Me and Suvi went to Itálica, Roman ruins. To get there we had to walk to the bus station.. and then take a bus from there. The information said there would be one bus leaving at 11AM, but when we went there, the bus on the platform wasn't heading that way. We were a bit surprised and wondered if the man had told us wrong. Good thing there were two other tourists and they seemed to be wondering about the same thing. Later we saw them at this info point and they said there should be another bus in 30 minutes. And there was.
Only cost 1,35€ to get there. I love cheap buses. :'D

It was extremely hot there. It was almost like being on a desert. The sun was harsh and there was hardly any trees or any shadows there.
The place was very impressive, but being on the sun made us very weak. I should've taken two bottles of water with me instead of one. :D

I don't know what to tell about the place, but have some pictures.

Look, they might have had a sauna! Maybe I should go there.. :'D

These are from the Amphitheatre...

And here's a replica of a statue (we saw the real one in the museum). Me and my new boyfriend :D We have the same pose!

Ok. Looots of pictures.
Hm. After this there won't be too many days left here. I guess that means I won't have much to write about. Next weekend is going to be a long one, because August 15 is a holiday here. I'm so happy about that. Though after that I only have 4 days at work, so it doesn't really matter much.. :P

Oh yeah, I got a new roommate. She's only going to stay for a week before she goes to Utrera. I might even have another roommate after her :'D Hope not.
My new roommate is from the Netherlands, she seems nice. But now I'm in a funny situation, because she locked me out. :'D
I left the room, took my laptop with me and went to Suvi's room to watch Pokémon (so we wouldn't disturb her) and when I was going back, the door was locked. Apparenly she thought I had gone somewhere and locked the door when she left...
Good thing I have my laptop with me. :'D But this does feel a bit.. annoying. Not being able to go in my room is troublesome.
Oh well, it happens. Next time I'll take my keys with me :'D

Day 100: not much left

No, I don't have much to tell right now. I just had to make a blog entry, because today it's been 100 days since I came here. I can't believe it.
Although sometimes it felt like time didn't move at all, but now that I think about it... 100 days already. Not many work days left, and soon I'll be going home and then I'll start school again.
I think I need a vacation. Good thing I decided to have that one week before going home, and one week after...

Seriously, I don't have anything to tell. Just that I've had lots of dreams, some of them have been nice, some of them not. But I like it when I dream at night. It's so exciting.

This is not exciting at all, but here's two pics from my lunch break at work. Me and Suvi are almost the only ones who bring their own lunches...

This is what I usually eat. It's easy, and it tastes really good. Lettuce, onions, apple, pasta, tuna and a little bit of honey to add sweetness.. It's awesome. Though now that I've been eating it at least once every week, it's starting to come out of my ears :'D

On monday on our way home from work Suvi almost stepped on this:

It's a shame you can't really tell how big it is, but I'll tell you that it was at least as long as my index finger..
Suvi was terrified. She didn't like the thought that she almost stepped on it. That would have been.. discusting. Just think about the sound.. :'D

I've been working a lot this week. I feel good about myself now. ^^ This time the tasks I've been working on have been pretty quick, so I haven't had time to get frustrated at them or anything like that. I'm very satisfied about that. Also when my boss checks the work and says 'Very good!' with his bad English.. It makes me feel good :)

Oh well. I guess this is about it for today. Just wanted to write something on my 100th day. :D
I might have to go to 100 Montaditos again tomorrow. I don't have many weeks left, so not so many 1€ days either :D I need to enjoy the cheap food when I can!

I'll write again later this week! We have awesome plans for saturday...

Day 97: museums and happiness

So today we went to check some museums here in Sevilla. They were pretty nice, especially the Archeological museum.

This was amazing. It was a huge mosaic. The whole picture was made from these small rocks.. or whatever they were. There were a couple similar artworks. Just beautiful. I wish I had the patience to do something like that :)

On our way to the museums there was this area where you could pay a little to get something to feed the birds... To be honest, I was afraid of them. :'D So I stayed far... We actually met two guys we had met a couple of weeks ago, and we talked for a little while. They're very sweet, both of them. :) (the other has a British accent, which is awesome!)

The other museum...

These feet were cute. :D

After visiting the museums and walking for a long time we were very tired and hungry. So we stopped by our favourite Cervecería, 100 Montaditos. :D I always order this salad. It tastes so good.

Saw this in some pillar or something and decided that it says just what I want to say about how I feel right now.

Day 96: sunset

I don't have much to tell about these couple of days. I didn't work much, but managed to write my travel report.. And almost finished my internship report as well. I feel happy about myself :D Though I did get a new task today... It made me happy! Because it's a new challenge.
I've only got 3 weeks left at work... Feels a bit strange! I've been here for so long already! 14 weeks...
I checked what I've written in my blog, and realised that I've done a lot of nice things. Good. I don't have to regret anything. :D
But I still have time to do the things I want, so I shouldn't be too worried about not having done everything.

Aanyway, look what we found in the trash...

Today me and Suvi went to the river to watch the sunset. Before getting there we bought some McFlurries again :D Awesome yet again, as you can see:

I felt at peace sitting there. The warm wind felt good on my skin. Usually it's just too hot. It seems the wind at the river is cooler and smells good.

And a couple of other pics from the place... They're a bit crooked, but I hope it doesn't matter. I don't feel like fixing them right now.

Tomorrow we were planning to go to some museums with Suvi. Hopefully they're nice :D

Day 94: almost there

I'll put some random pictures I've taken during my time here, so it's a bit more interesting to look at :'D
The pictures are really random, some little things that make me happy.

I think I've finally accepted that I'm here. I'm not feeling as.. how should I say it... Well, I think you get it. I'm fine with me being here. Work is work, but after that I can rest. Weekends are usually awesome, which makes up for every hour I have to be at work.
I'm still a bit jealous of the other girls, since they might work just 2h/day. No, I wouldn't want that to myself (it would get boring!), but 9 hours is a biiiit too much.
The funny thing is that now I'm finally used to this, and I'll be leaving in a month. :D

I haven't had much work this week. I have pretty much finished my last one, and I haven't gotten a new one. So, I've just read a lot. I've been reading other blogs. They're pretty interesting! I've concentrated on blogs about Japan, because I've been there before. That way it's nicer to read, because I've experienced similar things and reading makes me remember.
Now I wish my blog has been at least a bit entertaining to someone. It would be nice if someone is bored and wants to read a blog, and finds their way here.. :D Even after years. That'd be cool.
So, if you're reading this even after years, please comment! :D

It's funny to see Spanish men wearing their suits and driving a scooter. Or riding a bike! It's somewhat cute. I hope I'll manage to take a picture of one... I still have a month left, hopefully I'll see one with my camera close enough to take a picture.

Talking about taking pictures, I think I should start carrying my camera with me once again. When I got here I took it everywhere for a couple of weeks, but then got annoyed at carrying it around. Now that I only have a month left.. I should take pictures of everything. Well.. not everything, but... Interesting things!

I've started to plan my Málaga trip. I´ve been looking at possible places to visit and everything... I won't say anything at this point, since my plans might change. But it's nice to finally plan a little bit. I've been waiting for this vacation for so long, and now it's so close (and yet so far..)!
It seems I'm going to have to spend a loot of money there... :D

Today I went to 100 Montaditos again. Some people are leaving this week, so I think I saw them for the last time. Though I haven't really talked with them much anyways..
Oh.. and I wrote my travel report today. I haven't had any work to do... So I figured I should do something useful. So I wrote that. Now I've done one of the school things. :D

(Someone had carved this on the wall in Giralda, on the way to the tower.. they're my first letters :D)

Day 92: cloudy day? not.

When I stepped out of our apartment doors, I realised it was kind of a cool morning. Almost chilly. And I couldn't see the sun! There were loots of clouds, and it seemed like it could rain. It was a bit misty and humid.

However, when I went out during lunch break... The sun is shining. But the humidity isn't gone.
So, at 3PM it's 30°C and humid. Niice. Can't wait for my work to end. It'll be even hotter. :/
Oh well, good thing I have ice cream in the freezer :D

OOH, and today it's 3 months since I got here. Only 1 more and I'm home!


Btw. Spanish people like to whistle.
They don't care who hears. They just whistle.

Day 91: Real Alcázar

I've been pretty social in the apartment this weekend! We spend a nice evening with the other 3 Finnish girls that live here. I usually don't spend much time in the living room, but this time I did. It was fun!

I don't have much to tell about my visit to the palace. I went there alone, so I could just wander there without worrying about my company. :'D
The amount of detail is just insane. And the park/garden was huge.

It was a cool day, not too hot. And in the park it was even cooler, because of all the shadows. It was sooo nice for a change.
Anyways, have some pictures.





And look! Clouds! I haven't seen many of them in a looong time...






This room was amazing. The roof was very interesting... and pretty much everything in that room was too.


Yesterday we (me, Suvi and Marianna) spent the evening in the living room again. Hanna was in Utrera (some other interns live there) in a goodbye party. We didn't feel like going, so we had our own fun.
We talked about a lot of things. And watched a movie that was on.. I think it was called 88 Minutes? Not really my type of a movie.
But I had a nice time.

Only 4 weeks at work left. I shall make it! :D