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So just another day at school, nothing amazing to write about, so I thought I'd write up this little list~

Things I love about Spain

• The food
• My exchange student friends!
• The relaxed lifestyle
• The little thing outside my house which sells candy
• The Spanish bus system
• Siestas and fiestas
• The clothes shops
• My host family
• How close my school is
• The thought of sending/receiving letters
• Learning a new language
• The weather
• The buildings/city
• The American English teacher
  
• Malaga at night
• The names Mario and Alejandro
• Hiding from Elaina in gym class with Cami
• Watching anime with my host dad
• My teachers
• Upcoming Portugal trip
• Spanish ham
• The shopping centres and supermarkets
• Listening to Spanish people speak English
• The amount of ugly dogs
• Lack of bogans
• Teaching my host mum English
• The parks
• Spanish water! Soft skin and hair
• My really nice host brother who let me hang out with him and his friends and promised to take me to a disco haha!
• All the stylish ladies
• The views
• Centro
• Living in an apartment/flat

The Things I miss

• understanding what people are saying
• Noah
• Being able to go to the shops and buying something by myself
  
• My shower and having my own bathroom
• Drawing
• My friends and our stupid joking and antics
• My dvd collection (i’ve had such a craving to watch LOTR and the office)
• being able to call sam whenever and asking him to come over and watch movies
• hinely street mcdonalds/mcdonalds in general
• tatachilla
  
• meat pies and just, bakery good in general
• not having gym
• loli
• art class with friends
• rotary meetings
• being able to chat with my friends whenever without having to worry about a stupid time difference
• central heating
• driving
• having a uniform at school
  
• being able to walk around the house in socks or bare feet
• not going to uni with all my friends
• English tv and movies
  
• Going to the pantry whenever
• My room

Even though I miss all of these things, i haven’t felt homesick yet, weird. So far these lists are pretty even, but i’m really hoping the ‘love’ list will continue to grow and the ‘miss’ list get smaller.

Adios Amigos!

The Flight(s)

So, my flight to Malaga took around 37 hours and had me on 4 planes. First I went to Melbourne, then Kuala Lumpur, then Frankfurt and finally arriving in Spain on the 22nd of January at around 3.30 in the afternoon. Although I was flying for a ridiculous long time, I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoyed it. I really love flying, and I also enjoy plane food, a lot. which was fantastic because im pretty sure i ate my own body weight in food over the 37 hour period :D over the flights, I watched the 'inflight entertainment'. I was also lucky enough to basically fly the whole way with Byron and Andreas, who were on their way to Germany, and were really nice and kept me entertained during the flights :D The airports were ok, I can't say I'm a huge 'airport fan', at Kuala Lumpur, we all ate burger king, and it was ridiculously disgusting, NEVER AGAIN! ;D despite the bad food, kuala lumpur is a really pretty airport. Anyway, here are some photos over the course of the trip,

Entrance to Boardwalk Jungle

Waterfall

Byron at the Boardwalk Jungle


kuala lumpur airport

weird fried cheese stick

the most disgusting burger i have ever eaten

It was really hot and humid in Kuala Lumpur (reminded me of Bali actually), so it was weird getting off to freezing temperatures in Germany.

At Frankfurt, I had a 6 hour wait until my flight to Malaga. It was kinda boring, but I got to hang out with some other girls, one also going to spain and the other to Italy. Also, the security is ridiculuously tight and was the only airport I beeped in. so lucky me got a 'fully body pat down' by a scary german woman, it was um, quite intimate and really unpleasant. oh well.

the last flight, to Malaga!



looking and feeling like total crap, but i was really happy!

and that concludes my trip (well, the flying part at least), there are more pictures on my facebook if anyone is interested, i'm far too lazy to upload them all here. Hopefully it was somewhat interesting and I shall write again soon!

adios amigos!