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Hello!

Well, it seems like it´s been a really really long time since I last updated, even though it´s only been two days. Since then I´ve been able to do a few fun things to just relax and enjoy my time here.

So I started reading Harry in spanish. SUPER FLY. I know it´s a kid´s book, but I feel so smart when I read it. And I´m learning really useful vocabulary like owl and wand. Look out!

Sunday Christine and I tried to find this evangelical church that´s supposedly in Salamanca. After walking thirty minutes and looking for thirty more, we found it. Apparently, not all churches have services on Sunday morning. This one started at 7:30 at night! Well, since it was 11:00 in the morning, we decided to pass and went to a Catholic mass instead. It was my first Catholic service to go to, and it was totally different that what I´m used to. First off, it was almost all old people. (My culture teacher told me that since Franco died, people don´t even pretend to be true Catholics anymore.) Also, there was a group of hippies playing right outside the church door. So while they were taking communion, everyone could hear them playing the jazz flute. The service was pretty short, and I didn´t understand much of it because the priest was old. There was, however, one thing that he said that kind of shocked me. He said that we all serve the same God, no matter what denomination, so we should all just get along. Deep.

Since I´ve come to Spain, almost every person who knows English speaks it to me. They don´t even try Spanish most of the time. I wondered why for a while, but now I realize: I´m the physical opposite of everyone here. I´m tall, pale, and I wear Chacos. To them, I´m practically an albino dwarf with a flashing neon sign on its head. Oh well. Life goes on.

Today in class we learned how to say All You Need is Love in spanish. BOOM.

So probably the best part of my weekend was going to see a movie. The movie theater here is actually in the train station, but it is SO much better than either in Hot Springs. I know you´re shocked. Anyway, since there are basically NO spainsh movies made (and if they are, they´re terrible), I decided to see The Prince of Persia. It was... so cool. I understood most of the dialogue and seeing Jake Gyllenhaal was like being in the US for a few hours. If only my sister had been there to scream at the screen, all would have been well.

That´s about it! Please keep me in your prayers as I have finals this week. I´m getting close to halfway through my trip and it´s bittersweet for sure.

TTYL! LYLAS!