officially done

hola chicos y chicas

i have finished all my exams for the semester. my semester in spain is over.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

4 months is no where near long enough to really, thoroughly learn anything. sure my spanish has improved, i have met tons of people from all over the world, and I have had wonderful travel experiences. But I have yet to see Flamenco show (other than the one I saw at the UW Memorial Union Theather). I still have only enjoyed Madrid nightlife once, and limited are the times that I've spent with just Spaniards. I obviously cannot complain about the amazing last semester that I've had, but there are still many things that I have yet to.

I chose this shorter study abroad program because I was planning on going to Sudan for a wedding on May 5 and having and AIESEC traineeship this summer, but in the end that didn't work out. I am really sad that the trip to Sudan didn´t work out ( a tear falls everytime an Arabic song comes on my ipod) but again, I can´t complain because I have a crazy amazing summer coming up.

I am leaving for Athens on friday at 12:55 PM and we´ll arive around 5 pm.
I really have no idea of what to expect in Greece. I know that I'll be staying with Georgia in her family's apartment in Athens. I know they have air conditioning and that Georgia's aunt and uncle live below us. I also know how to say ''I want water, please'' in Greek (Theló neró s'para kaló,) but that is about it. Oh, and I have checked out some NYT travel section slideshows on Athens. I am diving straight in without really knowing anything

I´ll be in Greece with Georgia until May 12th (we are thinking of going to Sparta for a few days) and then on May 12th, I´ll be heading to Cairo until May 23 (just bought my ticket a few days ago!).

At first I was really nervous about returning to Egypt after being there 3 years ago because I realized that when I was there last time, I had everything made for me. The airport pickup, the itnerary, the meals, a place to stay. But then after starting to contact all my American and Egyptian friends, I remembered I have nothing to worry about. I have a place to stay for all 10 days, a friend is picking me up for the airport and my AFS host family told me I can come over whenever. Although the host family then added that added that they´ll be there ''Inshallah.'' So I'm hoping that God is, in fact, willing that day.

WEll I was going to add more, but I have to head to our "graduation" and the "entrega de diplomas."  Hasta pronto!