If you told me five years ago that I would be studying abroad in Valencia,
Spain, I would tell you that you are crazy. Hi, my name is Emily Tiede, and I
will be blogging about our second day in Spain! So, first of all, oh my
goodness, I have never traveled so much, so far, or so long in my life before!
But, let me tell you, it was all worth it! It's only day two and I already feel
like I've experienced so much! Yesterday was very busy and we processed a lot
of information. We met our homestay families for the first time as well and I
already love and appreciate my homestay mother!! Even though she speaks barely
any English; which I must admit, can get very frustrating because I want to get
to know her and tell her about our day but, it doesn't work out so well. Which
is okay because we can only improve from here!
I really am living to the
'try everything once' advice and oh man, there is so much to try! Like last
night, we went to a fancy restaurant for dinner and we ate so many different
things which included a fried fish. A WHOLE FRIED FISH. There were bones in the
fish and we were supposed to EAT THE BONES. Obviously I was not a huge fan of
this experience but I will say that I am so glad that I at least tried it!
Otherwise I would have regretted missing out on the experience. Some
experiences have been more testing than others. For example, my roommate and I
are having phone troubles with connecting to communication apps and adding
contacts. This gets pretty frustrating at times because we are used to
depending on our phones. Another pushing experience has been getting back and
forth from our homestay and class, meetings, etc. Valencia is a giant city and
very difficult to figure out at times, but we have definitely been improving on
our traveling skills. Today was actually pretty testing because my roommate and
I woke up an hour late because our phones were not working correctly. So, I
didn't get to shower and we had to rush to get ready for class! However, our
homestay mother did make us a delicious breakfast which was tea and some type
of pastry bar! Very different from home though. Today was the first day of
class which I feel went well and we also went on a walking tour of Valencia and
it was BEAUTIFUL! I also got to try horchata for the first time and it was
muy bueno! I really feel that once we get comfortable with traveling and get
our phones straightened out that everything will just keep going up! Besides
the few difficulties, Spain has been really amazing and I am forever grateful
for the chance to go through this experience. I am also super duper excited for
future experiences and cannot wait to become more of a global leader!
My reaction to eating the creature
Emily K. and I drinking our Spanish horchatas
Listening to our Spanish tour leader Zaray
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