lauantai 30. huhtikuuta 2011

Day 6: first week in Spain

Time really goes fast. I arrived in Spain on Monday. I have so much to tell!
First I could tell you about the flight. The night before departure I received an email telling that there’s another girl coming on the same plane to the same place. We texted each other and met at the airport. The plane was late for an hour or so, but with her the time went pretty nicely. She also became my roommate.
A Spanish man sat next to me, since the plane had 6 seats in a row. He started talking to us, with his funny English accent. He was very nice and polite.
After the flight he showed us how to get on the train that would take us to Seville. No Finnish guy would do that to complete strangers. :D


We saw a rainbow from the train :D

Seville is a very beautiful city. Very different from Finland. Some pics:

Here's a part of Giralda, the world's largest Gothic temple.



We were very tired that night, but we got a tour around the apartment. We have 5 Finnish and 2 Lithuanian girls living here.


Some pics from our room...

That night I was feeling very tired and maybe a bit depressed – I wondered if this was a good idea after all. But I felt a lot better the next day. We got a tour around the city with this another girl, Mia, who also lives in the apartments. We went shopping and stuff.


A cute candy shop we saw :)
Damn my feet hurt that night. I slept like a baby.

On Wednesday I started work. I was terrified, because I heard my work hours would be from 9 AM to 8 PM. Yes, there is a 2 hour siesta in between, but still. It’s very hard. We don’t have time to go home to sleep or do anything else with this other girl, Suvi, who’s also working in the same company for the summer. She works in a different department, but yeah… We’ve tried to arrange it so that we could have only a 30 min break instead of 2 hours. I really hope that could happen, since I’m always so tired by the time we’re supposed to leave. I have energy until 7 PM, but the last hour is just impossible.
On the first day I didn’t have anything to do, so it felt like the longest day ever.

The second day was better, I got a task. I’m doing an “intro” for the company to use. I’m not completely sure what they want, but I guess I’ll find out. :D
I’ve noticed some funny things during this time. They make the day better. Like the soap at work, it smells so good. Like.. tutti frutti or something. The man who I work with looks like he’s jamming all the time, his head goes up and down a lot. Orange (or whatever they are) trees in the middle of the city…

The man at work who has a very, very tight body (and clothes)…

We are kinda counting the names with my roommate, Anne-Mari. How many people have the same names etc. So far I’ve met Juan, Jose, Lucas… We’ll see!
The girls in the apartments are very nice, though one doesn’t speak much… But I have a lot of fun with Suvi on the work days. We have very similar tastes and we think alike. It’s so nice to have someone like that here! Also my roommate is very.. I don’t know, familiar? Kinda like I’ve met someone like her before.. Oh well, she’s calm and nice, so pretty good to live with. Though she’ll be here only for 2 months, so I don’t know who’ll share the room with me after that…

Now it's saturday, we've had some problems with the internet, but it's working now. On Monday we don't have work = YAY! So I have a long weekend, and only 82 days at work xD
Yes, I'm counting.
Today it was raining and we went to this shopping centre. I bought red shorts

and a couple of jumpers (which is kind of weird, because it's going to be a very hot summer). But they were cheap and I really need those for the winter. We're also going to celebrate a little for the May Day today.. or tomorrow? I don't know when the others want to do it.

Hm, I don't know what to tell, because there's so much I could talk about. :D
So maybe I'll leave it like this for now. :)

sunnuntai 24. huhtikuuta 2011

16 hours before departure: waiting

Finally it's time.
Tomorrow I'll be going.

I'm so nervous, but at the same time I'm very surprised how calm I am. Usually I'm so nervous I can't function, but now I'm very... collected.
Hopefully everything's under control. I got a student grant for my internship and I've filled out some papers to get more money. Now I'm just waiting for a decision.

I'm currently at my parent's place. I've been packing and wondering what to take with me. It's kinda hard to know what I'll need there. They said the clothes are cheap there, so I shouldn't take too many summer clothes.. So I didn't.
My luggage weighs 14kg. About the amount that I lost last summer :D
There's a lot of stuff I'll leave there once I come back though. So I've got plenty of room for the stuff I'll buy xD

So yeah. I'm waiting for tomorrow. We're grilling some food soon and then probably watch a movie. A nice way to spend the last night here.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight, but.. I can sleep in the plane :D

Wish me luck!

keskiviikko 13. huhtikuuta 2011

12 days before departure: nervous

It's been a while since the last post. I've been so very busy these days. School is taking a lot of my time and I still have to do some paperwork for the internship.
I'm starting to be very nervous. I can't really sleep either. When I go lie down on my bed, I immediately start thinking about all the things I should do. Oh well, I guess it'll pass once I get everything done.

I got my sunglasses yesterday!



It's funny how I never thought I'd wear something like this, but I think they look pretty good on me :'D
I also got this nice, big container for them for free~



I need to eat all the food from my freezer and fridge before leaving. :D That's going to be hard.
My apartment is also very messy... I hate it, but I can't help it. I don't have time to keep it tidy right now, and I will clean up next week anyway...

Stressing is not nice.