Hola! SO there's been a bit of excitement in the last week or so! I thought I would update you all before I leave for spring break tomorrow morning!! I'm so excited by the way - 3 countries in 11 days!!
Anyways, last week we got an e-mail from the program saying that if we donated blood we would receive a free ticket to a Valencia fútbol (or soccer in english) game. I have wanted to see a soccer game since I've been here, especially since my brother is such an avid fan - I thought I should go for his sake! He suggested the Valencia vs. Barcelona game because they are some of the best teams in the country, but after some investigation, I discovered tickets to a Barcelona game would be much more expensive - plus this was free! So I went to the Mestalla (or stadium) with another girl, Kerrie, from our program, who is also from SNC. It was a little more intimidating than I initially thought, because I forgot I had to fill out paperwork and answer medical questions in Spanish! The people there were very helpful though, and I got through it easily! The two things that I noticed were a lot different from giving blood in the USA is that they were a lot less intense about checking your iron level - aka they didn't need to fill up a tube of your blood, just one drop sufficed and they also didn't feel the need to almost scrub the skin off my arm sanitizing it before before the needle in... haha. Now these could be good or bad things, depending on your perspective, but that's how it goes in Spain. When I was done I went to a room where they had boxes of bocadillas and coolers of soda. You could eat & drink whatever you needed to recuperate. They are definitely more concerned about that than blood drives at home. So I got my free ticket and that was that!
On Sunday, Kerrie and I used our free tickets and went to the soccer game - Valencia vs. Getafe. Valencia won 4-1. Now, I'm not a big sports fan, but this was pretty cool to see! Just the atmosphere and all the people was incredible. They were all so invested in the team and got excited or mad about all the calls and plays! During half time there was a marching band that came out and walked around, and when the Valencia team would make a goal - the players would all jump on top of each other in this big pile, & just lay there for a minute! It was definitely cool to be a part of and I'm glad I got the chance to go (and that it was free!)
Yesterday, my roommate Amanda told me she was going to get a haircut. This is something that I have been talking about for awhile, but I couldn't make up my mind because I was afraid what they would do to my hair. But after thinking about it, I decided to call and make an appointment - I mean you're only in Spain once, right? So we went yesterday to the salon & I tried to explain to this guy in Spanish that I wanted something different done, but I didn't know what - but I didn't want anything too extreme. He must have thought I was nuts because I would say I didn't know what I wanted, but I didn't want this, that or the other thing... haha. In the end it turned out good! It's not drastically different, but just enough - I'm happy with it & I'm glad I decided to throw caution to the wind and go with it!
So that's all I have to update for now! I'll be back in 11 days & have a lot to report then, but for now - hasta luego!
Kristin
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