inquiring minds wanna know . . .

so i have been politely commanded to begin writing not only more frequently, but more content.
this is somewhat difficult because, unlike popular belief, life is not that out-of-the-ordinary over here.
wake up - eat toast - go to school - learn stuff - come home - eat dinner - do homework - sleep.
except, in spain.
so i'll try to summarize recent events to keep [laura] up-to-date on the day-to-day ;]

i came to spain with certain expectations and assumptions and was thrown into a tailspin from the get-go.
beginning with the fight over the pond.

somewhere, a grave error was made and my window seat where i share ONE armrest with an undesirable member of society transformed into a cramped, sharing-two-armrests, no escape for bathroom or leg-stretching middle-aisle-seat.
awesome.
proceeded to get lost in the dusseldorf airport [as previously mentioned] and once i discovered my hidden basement terminal, i set up camp and tried desperately not to fall asleep, lest i miss my flight and have to figure out euros in german.

once i arrived in spanish-land, i was promptly collected by carmen and jose, dazed and confused and in serious need of a bathroom. [you've experienced a so-called "emergency." okay folks, we're going on 13 hours of no facility usage. emergency.]
the first night was a little standard from what i understand. pretty much came home, had pasta with [some derivative of fish] sauce, unpacked my luggage and fell asleep.
later that week, i devised a solo-tour of deusto and snapped my first set of photos.

 spider statue outside the guggenheim.

 the river that cuts right through bilbao apparently rises up to the green line.

kinda crazy high.

 la biblioteca de la universidad de deusto. [university library]

so yeah, more photos from the first adventure.

then lindsay went out for kalimotxo and churros at the carnival in the sky.

the CIDE group toured getxo and plentzia, which was a beautiful afternoon.

 like i said before, fishing village.

door.

since then, i've gone out with some friends for late-night festivities.
beach day last friday, i believe i mentioned it was 110 degrees. yeah . .

yes, i took random photos of children.
look at his face - he was about to destroy his sister.
get it kid!

there are some pretty cool things to see here. love days when i can take my camera out and just walk around. but now that school has started, it seems like they come fewer and further between. my classes should be pretty boss, i have a couple culture classes [europe in the world may be over my head]. but i'm taking a cooking class, which should prove beneficial considering everything i've eaten thus far has been delicious. except the bologna sandwich, that was a fail.

well, guess i should leave some interesting topics for future posts in case nothing note-worthy happens between now and then.

some things i'm looking forward to:

-madrid next weekend.

-france in october

-ireland in november

-laura and kristine in december :]

thanks for reading. hopefully everyone feels in-the-know. if you have anything you'd like me to discuss, leave it on my facebook. i'm more than happy to write about whatever, so just ask.