I was nervous to fly and didn’t sleep much. There was a plane crash the week before, so I was freaked out. Luckily, our flight took off and landed safely. The only problems I had were the turbulence and the guys jabbing his elbows into me throughout the flight. We arrived to a rainy, cold Luxembourg. Being typical Erika, I left my umbrella in Spain.
Tip: If you are going to visit Luxembourg, do it when it’s sunny. And don’t go on a Sunday.
We actually got to class on time today! Yay! It was a practical type of class. We learned the different terminology of some instruments in Spanish and we learned how to give shots and draw blood. That didn’t really matter to me because I won’t be doing that kind of thing later, but it was good to know some more about medical Spanish.
After class, we went to another café. I just had water, but I also had this croissant thing with chocolate in the middle, which was really good.
It rained almost all day here. After we ate lunch and went back to our houses to get ready for today’s activity, it was really hot and I regretted not changing into shorts or capris. Today’s activity was a tour of Roman Tarragona, called Tarraco. The Romans built a giant wall around the city, which still exists to some extent today.
One cool part of the tour was when we went into the museum and under the chariot racing rink. The museum had a lot of artifacts. One cool thing was how they built the statues of the emperors; they used one body and just changed the head when they got a new one. Haha! When we were inside the museum, it started to pour, so we missed it. We then went to the place where they did the chariot races. Most of the track doesn’t exist anymore, but it was still cool. We went underground, which was both creepy and cool.
After that, we walked over the Coliseum, but it started to pour rain. We only saw a little bit of it because it started to rain really hard. A lot of us waited in the bathroom for the rain to let up, but it wasn’t stopping. Elizabeth, Katie, and I decided to just walk home because we didn’t want to waste our day in the bathroom. That was kind of a bad idea, though. By the time I got home, everything on me was soaking wet. My host mommy felt bad for me and gave me chocolate pastel, like a mix between chocolate cake and a brownie.
After taking a nice, steamy shower, I felt better. There wasn’t a lot to do today after that. I took a siesta because I’ve been really tired and we ate dinner. They eat fruit for dessert after dinner. We ate strawberries that were sitting in orange juice. Pau also put this heavy cream stuff on it and whipped cream. His dad was like “That’s a lot of calories!” They also found out today that I like Real Madrid. Pau told me to leave! HAHA! Apparently their older brother, Xavi, likes Real Madrid. They told me Cristiano Ronaldo is chulo, or arrogant, and that Sergio Ramos is stupid. 😛
Right now, we’re watching Game of Thrones in Spanish. I know what’s going on because it’s the end of the first book. I think it’s pretty heavily edited, but I’m not sure. Jordi, the dad, and Pau have gone to bed, and Anna looks like she is about to fall asleep, but I’m not very tired because of my siesta! We’ve got a long day tomorrow. We’re going to Reus, a city about 15 minutes away from Tarragona.