Old Things and Gloves

Jan, 27th, Wednesday.
So I didn't have to wake up as early today so obviously I didn't. I went to class around 10:45 and we had an orientation on how to fit in and make the most out of our semester. There were some papers that were handed out that we were told we already should have seen, but of course Abby wouldn't have shown them to us so we hadn't. Then we did some fun talking about the differences between society, like the food schedule, the siesta- which apparently is not naptime here, sad day- and we also talked about the besos besos besos (kisses kisses kisses). It was some pretty interesting conversations, basically we were told to get rid of our personal bubble because it doesn't really exist here!
So after that we all split off and went our own separate ways. Allison, Steph, and I went to a coffee shop and started planning out what to do this weekend since we were thinking about doing a longer trip. Then the trip we had been thinking about sounded more like a day trip, to hot springs, so we decided against it. The other group that was planning a trip also had decided on a day trip so we are planning on going to the beach with them now on Friday. Once our plans were not decided on and we had our drinks, we went our separate ways for lunch.
Marisa made fish for lunch today and showed me how to eat it. I kept getting the bones in my mouth even with her nifty way of eating fish so I obviously need to practice that. She said we were going to have fish tomorrow too so I guess I get to try again then as well. Fish is expensive here even though we are right next to the coast. Marisa told me that its expensive because the fishing industry is such a dangerous thing. The fish have to be caught out in the sea and that means people have to go out on boats and catch em. Sometimes the boats don't make it back because they are small and going out in the ocean they can just be thrown upside down. There's also things that are harvested off rocks that are super dangerous to get because the ocean can swallow you up pretty fast. Last year we were told the golden rule of being near the ocean here, never turn your back to it.
After lunch, I chilled out in my room for a bit because I just needed some alone time. I was rather tired and she wouldn't let me help her clean the kitchen up so I was like, I don't know what to do while you clean and I don't want to just watch you clean. Not helping seems so rude to me but she doesn't want help...I ended up reading my wattpad story, Eye of the Storm or something like that, since it was a Wednesday and that means NEW CHAPTER. Since I read that I was almost late to where I needed to be, though we got there on time still. We went to the palacio de fansceco or something. I can't spell his name so yeah <.< He was like a founder of the USC. We were given a tour of the old town's part of campus, so the palacio and some building that had a library in it. The library looked amazing....

Photo Cred: Morgan

As we were walking through the library every single person looked up at us to watch us walk even though we were told to be quiet as possible. It was almost impossible to not notice our group of 9 students, 2 adults, and a tour guide walk through though. So it was super awkward and I felt bad for interrupting their studies, but the tour guide does what the tour guide wants right? Plus I wouldn't want to skip out on seeing the library! In the same building as that library there was a room that was the presidential room or something. It was an important room!

Photo Cred: Morgan

Photo Cred: Morgan

Photo Cred: Morgan

Those are pictures from the important room. Also before we went in the library and this room we went to the roof of the building which was an amazing view! I would've stayed up there longer even though it was really windy and slightly cold.

Photo Cred: Margaret's Selfie Stick

After that we went to the Palacio and were toured around there. We saw some exhibits room and then we went into the American Library, which was probably my favorite library. I really wish we had been allowed to go upstairs for a really cute library photo but sadly the room is super old and the stairs and upper deck probably couldn't have held us. An upstairs photo would have been perf though....

Photo Cred: Morgan

In the library there was a really old book. It was an exact copy of some other book, with bug bite marks and wear and tear. All of the exact copyness things that were necessary. Since it was such an old book, you had to use gloves to touch the book. Plus random people couldn't touch it, only special people with special credentials like our tour guide! So I mean we got to see the inside of the book but I've always wondered why on earth they only use white gloves for these things. Are white gloves that much better than other gloves or is it just for show? Tell me I need to know why white gloves are all that and a bag of sticks....

Photo Cred: Steph's snapchat (so Steph duh)

WHY ARE THE GLOVES WHITE, JUST WHY.

Okay but anyhoo, we had that tour blah blah blah. After the tour Allison and I just walked around Parque de Alameda for 2 hours in the rain, it was more like a mist than a rain and I had just bought an umbrella so it was okay. We also walked around old town and got lost during those 2 hours. There was a guy that had picked like the prime spot to sing/play guitar because the acoustics were so great there.
Once it was close to time to meet up with people, we headed to our meet up location for the school trip for Tapas. Turns out we weren't having Tapas though and we were actually just bar hopping and have drinks, so I felt very lied to. We met a ton of Korean students that didn't actually speak Spanish very well because they were just learning or something, I'm not really sure. Their professor was hanging out with us the whole night, even after Lola left us. It was a pretty fun time though I would've been fine without going as well. I wasn't drinking anything so my 5Euros I had to pay the night was really just wasted on everyone else, but I dislike wine, and alcohol in general, and I can only drink so much....

Keys.... I still can't open my apartment building door. So I tried and I tried and I just cannot open it. I tried to call/text Marisa but my phone didn't work, which I don't think I will be getting it to work this semester as the phone stores I have seen only have smartphones and plans with data so there's almost no point in me even getting a plan because it would have data.... But anyhoo, I waited about 20 minutes for someone to come let me into the building and then went to bed feeling pretty frustrated that I could not open the door and slightly annoyed that Marisa hadn't buzzed me up, though I found out later that she had asked who was there and the buzzer system thingy just hadn't worked (awks).
#mildredout