Physics/Chemistry: 2
Lengua: 4
Philosophy: 5
Biology: 5
Math: 6
Science of the Contemporary World (Earth Science): 7
Computers: 8
P.E.: 9
Religion: 9
English: 10
EIGHT classes passed! Including Philosophy :)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Trimester Two Grades
I've had these for a while and just now remembered,,, but hey, better late then never.
Monday, April 23, 2012
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine
12 Days in Italy = Priceless
Here's a quick summary of what I did:
Monday after school, we left Valladolid. The bus ride involved a lot of shouting, singing, and dancing in the aisle, and we kept it going for a good four hours or so until we stopped for dinner and after that everyone slowly fell asleep and I ended up sleeping on the floor.
The next morning we stopped in Nimes, France to walk around and look around and ate breakfast. Then we continued to Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo was really pretty and it ended up being a cooler then I thought it was going to be. Most of us didn't expect much of it, but once we saw it surprised by its beauty and vowed that once we are rich and famous we're going to get houses there. We also saw all the super nice cars everyone living there had... I don't know much about cars, but the ones there were impressive.
After spending the night in Nice, France we kept on driving until we got to Pisa, Italy.
It was in Pisa when I realized 'holy crap! I'm in Italy, I'm standing in front of the leaning tower of Pisa!!'
From Pisa we went to Rome, where we stayed for three days.
'All roads lead to rome'.. or maybe not? Who knows?
For me Rome was an impressive and gorgeous city. The best part of Rome was that we had a lot of free time so at the end of the three days we knew how to get around parts of Rome without using a map.
After Rome we spent the day in Siena, which went horribly. It was a cold, rainy, windy day, my umbrella broke, and there wasn't anywhere indoors we could go because Siena was a very outdoorsy city. I felt sick almost the whole day, so I didn't eat lunch. We had 3 hours of free time to eat lunch and my friends and I managed to find a phone room off the side of the street to stay at least dry... it was still really cold. We ended up huddled all together on the floor to try and keep warm. Then when it finally was time to go back to the bus I literally needed help to walk, because my legs couldn't support my weight. (this was because I didn't eat lunch) so my friends made me eat a whole packet of sandwich meat... by the time I was back at the bus I was walking normal again, but my stomach cramped up again... not funnn.
That night by the time we were in Florence, thankfully, I felt fine.
Florence, is a city exceptionally pretty, it's architecture is so different from the architecture in Rome. One thing that I lovedd about Florence was the waffles. Yummm, Florence had waffles to die for, picture this: thick warm waffles covered in rich melted Nutella. :)))
Also in Florence we saw the famous statue of David.
We spent one full day in Florence and the next day we left for Lido di Jesolo, a city close to Venice.
Venice. Venice, needless to say, is breathtaking. It once again down poured the whole day, but me and my friends didn't let it stop us from exploring the streets (Venice is probably one the most dysfunctional, confusing city to navigate though that has ever existed).
Apart from being soaking wet the whole time, we had a great time.. we were given a map that had a list of places that we should visit in our free time. One of the places was a staircase... we spent about in hora looking for this stairs... the picture below are the super 'special' stair case
Then that night in Lido de Jesolo, we were allowed to go out to a discoteca until 2:00am which was a lot of fun... some of our teachers went with us and watching them dance... I wish a brought my camera... it was hilarious
The net day we began our trip back to Spain, stopping Milan (the financial center of Italy) for lunch and then again in Nice, France to spend the night. The next day we were on the bus by 8:30am and made to Valladolid between 1:00am and 2:00am.
The trip was indescribable, the best part wasn't getting to see all the places in Italy, but to spend 12 days with my friends, bonding in ways otherwise impossible and meeting new people in my grade that I would have otherwise never known existed. The staying up until 2 -3 in the morning, eating the worst types of food possible, the inside jokes, the drama that in the end brought us closer... these are the things that made the trip unforgettable.
After a weekend of nothing but sleeping (the first morning I slept until 3 in the afternoon... new record) and going to sleep a bit earlier and napping a bit more during the school week I'm more or less caught up on sleep.
This weekend was the 'Feria de Abril' which is a fair Sevilla is famous for, this year Valladolid decided to have it's own version of it. My host mom put together two dresses flamenco dresses for her and my sister, and I tried on a Sevillana Riding outfit which fit and on Saturday we went to a Sevillana parade with horses. My sister and I ended up riding in a buggy in the parade, the parade we really small, but it was still really cool. :D
AFter the parade I got to ride a horse, Spanish style which was really exciting.
And finally today I had Chinese food for the first time since I left... personally Chinese food in America is better, but it wasn't bad ;)
until next time ----
The next morning we stopped in Nimes, France to walk around and look around and ate breakfast. Then we continued to Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo was really pretty and it ended up being a cooler then I thought it was going to be. Most of us didn't expect much of it, but once we saw it surprised by its beauty and vowed that once we are rich and famous we're going to get houses there. We also saw all the super nice cars everyone living there had... I don't know much about cars, but the ones there were impressive.
After spending the night in Nice, France we kept on driving until we got to Pisa, Italy.
It was in Pisa when I realized 'holy crap! I'm in Italy, I'm standing in front of the leaning tower of Pisa!!'
From Pisa we went to Rome, where we stayed for three days.
'All roads lead to rome'.. or maybe not? Who knows?
For me Rome was an impressive and gorgeous city. The best part of Rome was that we had a lot of free time so at the end of the three days we knew how to get around parts of Rome without using a map.
After Rome we spent the day in Siena, which went horribly. It was a cold, rainy, windy day, my umbrella broke, and there wasn't anywhere indoors we could go because Siena was a very outdoorsy city. I felt sick almost the whole day, so I didn't eat lunch. We had 3 hours of free time to eat lunch and my friends and I managed to find a phone room off the side of the street to stay at least dry... it was still really cold. We ended up huddled all together on the floor to try and keep warm. Then when it finally was time to go back to the bus I literally needed help to walk, because my legs couldn't support my weight. (this was because I didn't eat lunch) so my friends made me eat a whole packet of sandwich meat... by the time I was back at the bus I was walking normal again, but my stomach cramped up again... not funnn.
That night by the time we were in Florence, thankfully, I felt fine.
Florence, is a city exceptionally pretty, it's architecture is so different from the architecture in Rome. One thing that I lovedd about Florence was the waffles. Yummm, Florence had waffles to die for, picture this: thick warm waffles covered in rich melted Nutella. :)))
Also in Florence we saw the famous statue of David.
We spent one full day in Florence and the next day we left for Lido di Jesolo, a city close to Venice.
Venice. Venice, needless to say, is breathtaking. It once again down poured the whole day, but me and my friends didn't let it stop us from exploring the streets (Venice is probably one the most dysfunctional, confusing city to navigate though that has ever existed).
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| In Venice |
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| we couldn't even climb the stupid stairs... |
Then that night in Lido de Jesolo, we were allowed to go out to a discoteca until 2:00am which was a lot of fun... some of our teachers went with us and watching them dance... I wish a brought my camera... it was hilarious
The net day we began our trip back to Spain, stopping Milan (the financial center of Italy) for lunch and then again in Nice, France to spend the night. The next day we were on the bus by 8:30am and made to Valladolid between 1:00am and 2:00am.
The trip was indescribable, the best part wasn't getting to see all the places in Italy, but to spend 12 days with my friends, bonding in ways otherwise impossible and meeting new people in my grade that I would have otherwise never known existed. The staying up until 2 -3 in the morning, eating the worst types of food possible, the inside jokes, the drama that in the end brought us closer... these are the things that made the trip unforgettable.
After a weekend of nothing but sleeping (the first morning I slept until 3 in the afternoon... new record) and going to sleep a bit earlier and napping a bit more during the school week I'm more or less caught up on sleep.
This weekend was the 'Feria de Abril' which is a fair Sevilla is famous for, this year Valladolid decided to have it's own version of it. My host mom put together two dresses flamenco dresses for her and my sister, and I tried on a Sevillana Riding outfit which fit and on Saturday we went to a Sevillana parade with horses. My sister and I ended up riding in a buggy in the parade, the parade we really small, but it was still really cool. :D
AFter the parade I got to ride a horse, Spanish style which was really exciting.
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| My host mom made both dresses and my skirt... yeah she got skills :) |
And finally today I had Chinese food for the first time since I left... personally Chinese food in America is better, but it wasn't bad ;)
until next time ----
Sunday, April 1, 2012
“I don’t want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.” -Laird Hamilton
I longer I'm in Spain, the harder it is to write and explain what my life is like, especially now, with so much stuff going on.
Two weekend s ago I went to Sevilla to visit Noelle. I got to skip school on Friday to take a 8 1/2 hour bus ride. Going there wasn't too bad, the bus had wifi, so I kept myself amused.
Sevilla is a gorgeous city!! And hanging out with Noelle was the greatest!! She took me to all the major tourist spots in Sevilla, we went shopping, and we went to the beach!
The Cathedral in Sevilla was probably my favorite tourist place, it's the third biggest church in the world and stunning.
After that I really liked the Plaza de Toros, which is the bull fighting ring.. no, I did not see a bull fight (though I'm planning on going to one before I leave). I did see the police practice jumping with their horses, but not normal jumps. Nope they were jumping tables and fences.
Other then that going to the beach and being able to hang out with Noelle were the major highlights in the trip. When we went to the beach, we met up with another exchange student living close to Sevilla, Solomon (who's from Oregon). It was a great day of dong nothing, walking around the city looking for a place that had burgers (then finding one and realizing no one was hungry), and laughing practically the whole time.
The weekend ended way too soon.
Last weekend, my friend had another sleepover. We got to stay out later then normal, we ate a ton of food, barely slept, and had a great time.
And finally this weekend I went to León with my volleyball team. We got out of school at 12:00 to eat lunch, we had to be in the train station at 2... our coach made it clear that we would not be able to go if we walked in the station at 2:01. My friends and I walked in at 1:58. :)
We had a game at 8:00 that night, we lost :/ We played really good, the other team was better. Full of big hitter, one of the player was being recruited for the national team.
Then that night we were really smart and stayed up until 2:00am talking.... The next we had our second game and lost again. The first two sets, we played badly (might of had something to do with the lack of sleep) but the third one (we woke up) we should have won. The referees were bias and called us on the silliest things (touching the net when no one touched, two touched on the ball when there was only one, the ball was in when it clearly was out). So that kinda sucked.
After the last game, we went on did touristy stuff in León (just for meee!). There's a central street and León has a pretty famous Cathedral that was pretty (but not as pretty as the one in Sevilla). And after we looked at that we went to a mall and went shopping. :D
Tomorrow at 6:30 pm I leave with my grade to ITALY!! So it's going to be at least two until the next post.
Adios!
Two weekend s ago I went to Sevilla to visit Noelle. I got to skip school on Friday to take a 8 1/2 hour bus ride. Going there wasn't too bad, the bus had wifi, so I kept myself amused.
Sevilla is a gorgeous city!! And hanging out with Noelle was the greatest!! She took me to all the major tourist spots in Sevilla, we went shopping, and we went to the beach!
The Cathedral in Sevilla was probably my favorite tourist place, it's the third biggest church in the world and stunning.
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| The Cathedral from a distance. |
Other then that going to the beach and being able to hang out with Noelle were the major highlights in the trip. When we went to the beach, we met up with another exchange student living close to Sevilla, Solomon (who's from Oregon). It was a great day of dong nothing, walking around the city looking for a place that had burgers (then finding one and realizing no one was hungry), and laughing practically the whole time.
The weekend ended way too soon.
Last weekend, my friend had another sleepover. We got to stay out later then normal, we ate a ton of food, barely slept, and had a great time.
We had a game at 8:00 that night, we lost :/ We played really good, the other team was better. Full of big hitter, one of the player was being recruited for the national team.
Then that night we were really smart and stayed up until 2:00am talking.... The next we had our second game and lost again. The first two sets, we played badly (might of had something to do with the lack of sleep) but the third one (we woke up) we should have won. The referees were bias and called us on the silliest things (touching the net when no one touched, two touched on the ball when there was only one, the ball was in when it clearly was out). So that kinda sucked.
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| My team |
After the last game, we went on did touristy stuff in León (just for meee!). There's a central street and León has a pretty famous Cathedral that was pretty (but not as pretty as the one in Sevilla). And after we looked at that we went to a mall and went shopping. :D
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| My team |
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| What my team is really like <3 |
Adios!
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