Teach me how to dougie

How I survived this weekend of traveling, going out, and navigating this city I do not know.. Thank god for a group of the 21 coolest Americans Alicante has seen all year because I would be lost! They are so much fun and all of them are so social and friendly! I love them already and I met them like four days ago. It's cool that they're from all over the US- we're already planning where we can go to visit each other when we get back :)

The first saturday in el barrio led me to a wild discoteca, like a club really, with a smaller group of us at 4 am. And it was early for them! Our Spanish helper, Demi, went with us too. We got some sort of wristband on the street so we were vip and cut the line and got free champagne! It was like new years in the qc all over again, only way cooler with spanish people and music i didnt understand.They play a lot of Rihanna here but I'm starting to like Spanish music! I successfully learned their equivalent dance to the dougie. It's pretty much my new favorite song.

Here's Demi with Karim, our friend from London on the left and Javier, our Spanish friend.



Some pics of guadalest and altea, beautiful towns! We had a lot of fun walking around and found a huge anchor like the one in front of DG at Mizzou :) my other dg from bucknell on the trip, Steph, and I had to throw the sign up of course!

Mountains on the ride there-



Altea, a coastal town north of benidorm-


Steph and I- ITB!!


Guadalest-


And another castle! I thought I was castles out after my dad dragged us to every castle in Scotland it seemed like but this one wins for the weather at least!



I don't know how people studied abroad before Facebook was invented. Without a phone, we all rely on Facebook for everything it makes communicating so much easier! (Until I go home and try to ask my madre anything..Then I'm screwed and resort to using my hands to point.) I feel like i'm in a constant game of charades. And I'm not a huge charades fan so I hope the next two weeks of intensive Spanish kicks in soon!


Could not forget the tangfastics I found at the million haribo candy stands in shops!!!! Only 1 euro too. Great snack at 2 am. Blaire and Dave- I'll be sure to have your share while I'm here too :)

And finally, the amazing city I will be spending the next four months in :) the beach will get busy soon! It is supposed to be 70 this weekend- perfect time to venture up the coast to hike in the mountains!



The food is actually pretty good when you can read a menu and order what you want.. I eat with my madre most of the time but she eats early so I'm on my own schedule. Luckily I'm not a picky eater, but I have to say, the whole fish that was served to me with the skin and eyes in it and everything made my stomach turn.. I didn't know how to eat it, and I was not about to eat the scaly skin.. So my madre saw me kind of want to vomit and peeled out the backbone for me.. Didn't make it any more appetizing but I ate it. If you close your eyes it actually tastes pretty good. Or maybe that was just the buttered potatoes underneath...

Looking forward to cafe con leche in the morning!!

-k