One more week down, and most of us can’t believe that we only have 16 more days here in Denia. It really has become our home away from home, and many of us have once again realized this after our last long weekend. We didn’t have class on Friday again, so there were places to visit, of course! A few of us stayed here in Denia, with a couple excursions nearby, but others found themselves out of the country yet again. Dublin, Paris, Morocco, Rome and Vienna were the five places outside of Spain visited, and Valencia and Benidorm were hit by others here in Spain. All in all, we had a great weekend and came back safely, although there are always travel issues. We have learned a lot about transportation during this semester, especially the fact that you really can’t depend on everything going as planned, which brings us back to a characteristic that we all promised from the beginning of the semester: flexibility. Many times we have found ourselves where we didn’t expect to be, or arriving or departing at different times, but we have ended up back in Denia safe and sound each time, thankfully.
So here we are back to our last full week of classes. The schedule from here on out is short and sweet. We have six more days of classes, with three days of exams after. Then, we have a weekend free to hang out with our new-found friends and our host families for the last time. The last Monday we will be thanking all the people who have helped us out this semester here in Denia with a farewell luncheon, and Tuesday we are having a little party for our host families. More on that later, I’m sure! It hasn’t quite hit us that we only have a short amount of time left to soak up the sun, swim in the Mediterranean, practice sports with the Spaniards, or hang out with our Spanish friends. Those goodbyes are fast approaching, unfortunately. And all of a sudden we will all find ourselves back in the United States of America, wondering if we really did just live in Spain for four and a half months…is it really almost done?!
-Written by Kaylee Veenstra
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