Song going into the weekend...

We're off to Ibiza, please enjoy this perverted video.

Getting closer....

Song of the day!

Not only is home getting closer but so is BASEBALL SEASON! Add casually strolling/driving by Fenway to the list of things I miss from home.

Dear mommy.

I am back to being obsessed with Summer Heights High (flash back to senior year of highschool), and I wanted to share this with my mother because clearly I do shit like this all the time.

Nothing like a little trip to Paris to kick homesickness to the curb

We had an awesome weekend in Paris. I absolutely love the city. After having some problems with booking basically a fake hostel we found a hotel to stay in and Andria, Steph, Lizzy & I took on the town. We hung out and drank wine by the Eiffel Tower, wandered all around got lost more times than we probably should have but overall we had an awesome time. The weather was way better than I expected and the food was DELICIOUS! Nutella & banana crepes, Nutella pancakes, Tortellini & sauce, gelato and lots of wine. We went and saw Moulin Rouge, the big cool arch, Notre Dame (where quazimotto lives, obvi, (((he must have a mean dad))) ).  On saturday we climbed to the top of the Eiffel tower which had a beautiful view. 

We just got back to Madrid, I am very anxious  right now and struggling to concentrate, i can barely even write this. I don't want to do my homework!! AHH! oh well. On the bright side I'm not feeling as homesick as I was before! 

Yet another song that's getting me through tough days

Basically any song that has the words America in it has became one of my favorites. This of course is a song I have always loved! 43 days!

We are heading to Paris for the weekend! I'm really excited cannot wait to see the Eiffel Tower.

Assortment of Songs...

Okay, so after a long and stressful day Tommy and I decided to go out for drinks last night. We wandered around for a while trying to find a bar we wanted to go to, aimlessly walked and ended up in some random area and decided to go to this little random bar. But that's not the point of the story.  As soon as we walk in the door we order a drink and Tommy heads to the bathroom. While I am sitting there alone I start watching the TV they have which is on VH1. (Now back in the states as we all know  VH1 and MTV are just full of dirty songs and raunchy music videos, but in Spain it's a little different. Granted they show boobs on tv and leave very inapropriate songs unedited on the radio, Vh1 in Spain kicked ass last night.)All of a sudden Miami by Will Smith comes on and I nearly die inside because the boys are always joking about how great Will Smith is and singing it. When would you ever hear Miami at a bar in the states? Let alone seriously played on the television... As soon as Tommy walks out of the bathroom his jaw drops and calls Max out of excitement, which I had already texted him. Oh Spain. Anyways... here is another assortment of songs that came on during the course of the night that I thought I'd share.

what if god was one of us. 

you cannot tell me you wouldn't be excited if you heard this at a bar. I nearly died of excitement when it first came on, especially because Stephanie and I always sing this at random point and times back at home. - 

Vh1 Spain- 1 US- 0

Will Smith- Miami. No further explanation needed. Just know that if any more Suffolk Madrid students were at this place it would have been game over. 

Vh1 Spain- 2 US-0

Girls just want to have fun.

I was very confused by this when it first came on seeing as obviously I've heard this song more than a million times but I have never seen the video. Thank you VH1 Spain, you earn none more point.

Vh1 Spain-3 US-0

And those are just some of the  few of the many throwbacks that we caught last night at this little random  bar that if you paid me I probably couldn't tell you where it was or how to get there. 

Just a little something that´s getting me through the day

Booked my flight home finally. Coming home May 6th.
45 days but whose counting?

Also bought my Jason Aldean & Eric Church ticket. Sooo excited for America!

Things I miss Cont.

• feeling normal
• not being addicted to "cafe" aka coffee with crack in it
• english
• my hello kitty blanket
• coming home from school and passing out in my parents bed
• getting yelled at when i come home from school because i "nap too much"
• income 
• getting really dressed up and going out 
• dressing like an american 
• my bright pink room 
• cleaning, dusting, doing dishes
• setting the table 
• going to the mall 
• dollar currency 

A list of things I miss.

1. The gym 
2. Mommy  & Daddy 
3. America
4. A comfortable bed
5. The big red couch in the back porch 
6. live television
7. DVR
8. good internet connection 
9. real people food 
10. Sleepovers in Izzy's giant bed
11. The North End
12. Sawyer 
13. Attractive men 
14. Having a job 
15. Waltham (never thought i'd say that)
16. blasting music in Smidge
17. being productive
18. having a hobby
19. salon de beauty 
20. warm showers
21. healthy food 
22. my blackberry 
23. capecodders
24. appt 443 hanover
25. 220 hanover 
26. the emo dungeon 
27. suffolk sawyer mildred library 
28. tweeting all day 
29. wearing high heels 
30. wearing sweat pants at my leisure 
31. green mountain coffee 
32. my spinny tooth brush 
33. begging my parents to come visit me at school or pick me up from school and them refusing to do so and telling me to take the train 
34. yelling at julianna and anthony
35. dancing on the countertop at nick &  christos' 
36. watching dexter on sunday with Nate 
37. The Place 
38. Waltham invading boston 
39. taking random walks/bike rides with Stephanie
40. Monday night kickboxing class
41. spin class/ the spin bike that you can do your own spin class on 
42. kettlebell 
43. body pump
44. country 102.5
45. real sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey) 
46. getting good grades 
47. My mother's cooking 
48. not getting made fun of for my boston accent 
49. seeing people I know in random places 
50. all my friends & family 
51. BOSTON

home sick

feeling a little homesick this week. Still don't know when to book my flight home for. I am so torn. Do I stay for a few extra days or should I just go home and fly with Andria so I don't fly alone? So confusing.

Only had one day of school this week, not bad. Been watching an obscene amount of Gossip Girl and I have acutally been making an effort to work out. It's been gorgeous out here. The weather is in the high 60's and I'm enjoying it.

Today we walked around Retiro and got Lunch with Matt. Tomorrow we're gunna wake up early go to the park and work out for 3 hours then shop til we drop.

I've lost all desire to drink or go out, which is kind of annoying when that is all people want to do around here. But I don't mind staying in and relaxing. I am still sick. don't know how, but oh well. Nothing I can control.

Little Recap of Spring Break

After our adventures in Rome we made our way to Florence where we stayed with Bria which was awesome. We were so burnt  out from site seeing in Rome that we literally walked around and ate gelato for 3 days straight. While we were in Florence I got to see a bunch of people from Waltham which was sweet. Bria's boyfriend James was there and we also met up with Jen Gulotti and Tori which was wicked fun. It was so nice to see familiar faces from home I wish I got to spend more time with them!

After going out for dinner and drinks with the girls on our last night Andria & I met up with the boys and took a 4:30am train to Venice. We all sprawled out across the train and tried to sleep, I only slept for 20 minutes and I was off the walls...

Venice was absolutely gorgeous. We had an awesome time walking around looking at all the carnivale masks and enjoying the view of the canal. The hostel we stayed in was nice which was a plus because the one we stayed in Rome was absolutely disgusting. On friday night we had a nice little family dinner right out by the River and it was absolutely delish. The boys went out but Andria and I ended up going to bed early.
This whole time on spring break Andria & I didn't really go out we were always tired and I of course was sick and still am.

After Venice we made our way to Milan on the train which took about 3 and a half hours. We stayed with Tommy's friend from school who was very nice and we all just relaxed and hung out. Yesterday we went out for lunch and everyone each ate an entire pizza to themselves... might as well stuff our faces in Italy before we go back to Madrid and have shitty food for the next 2 months.

Last night we all laid around our hostel watching movies. Today is our last day and our flight is at 9:30pm. Don't know what we're going to do til then since it's gross out again. We lucked out on the weather everyday except the last 2 days in Milan which is fine with me.

I can't wait to get back to Baradas.

Ready to go back to Madrid

We've been in Italy for 10 days now Rome, Florence, Venice & Milan.. Can't believe I'm saying this but I can't wait to go back to Baradas. Traveling is kicking my ass. I still have a cold.. Will update about all our adventures when I arrive back in Madrid


just another random picture of me with a statue..

Collection of pictures from Spring break

When in Rome!

After neglectingly leaving my Mother and the Ritz at 630am on friday Andria and I made our way to the airport to head to Rome to meet the boys. The flight was a quick two hours and we landed in Rome realizing that we know absolutely no Italian... Somehow we managed to get our bags and find this random bus that cost 4 euros to get to the center of Rome (or so we hoped) to get where we were staying.

We finally made it in the rainy weather to the hostel all by ourselves, very proud of us. We booked a room , settled in and headed out to start site seeing. We saw a bunch of cool different stuff and roamed for a while near the colleseum but decided to go back around 6 because it was rainy and we were tired and wanted to go to bed to rest up for a long day of walking we had ahead on sunday.

Sunday was a beautiful day and we roamed around seeing literally everything. All the statues, plazas, the colluseum, the trevi fountain and a bunch of other cool things. Later on in the day we finally got internet to get in contact with our friend from school Gina to meet up with her. We were wicked excited and spent time catching up and getting a nice italian dinner.

Today we went to the vatican & sistene chapel. Both were amazing. At the vatican I went to Confession which I think is awesome to say that I got to do in my life. We also climbed all the way to the top and saw an amazing view of all of Rome.

Tonight we're staying with Gina and meeting up with another boy we know from home from Suffolk. We've been having an awesome time and eating lots of gelato which is SOOOOOOOOOOO Good. I can't even describe.

Tomorrow we're off to Florence via Train! and I can't wait to see my friends from home there.

Last night of Royalty

Enjoying our SECOND bottle of complimentary champagne in the luxurious Ritz, where Rose, Andria & I look like street rats compared to the people who can actually afford to stay here.

A nice little picture for you, not my unpolished face & classy Bruins Seguin T-shirt.

Feels just like home, Rose in the background watching Zoolander asking a million questions, gasping and commenting on everything in the movie. 

OFF TO ITALIA TOMORROW BRIGHT AND EARLY! Fake life at it's finest, Miss you DADDY<3

A little dose of Rose is Espana

As most of you know, my mother came to visit me this week. She has been here since last Sunday and it's been quite the adventure. After a long weekend of throwing up and climbing el cotos, I woke up on sunday morning around 6:30 to pick her up at the airport. I was so excited to for her to get here. As soon as she got here we got in a Cab and she immediately started speaking English to the cab driver, if you have been reading my blog you know NO ONE HERE SPEAKS FRIGGIN ENGLISH. the guy just looked at her like she was nuts and kept driving, she has proceeded to speak english to everyone here insisting that "they need to learn someday anyways" so of course she is going to be the one to teach them... dear lord.

This week has been amazing we have been wined and dined in 5 star fancy hotels like The Westin Palace, The Princesa Sofia in Barcelona, and now we are in the Ritz. You wanna talk about Fake Life? This is it. I don't know what I am going to do when she leaves, How do you go from taking baths, sleeping in huge begs, being waited on hand and foot, eating real people food, back to BARADAS aka my Cinderella closet. I might die. Good thing I am going to Italy for 10 days tomorrow.....

ANYWAYS.
I'll do a little play by play of what we did when my mom was here.
Sunday: Get here- Drop bags off at Baradas, go right to El Rastro (biggest flea market in Europe), get lunch, pack up head to the Westin,  DIE at how gorgeous the Westin is workout at their awesome place, have 3 course gourmet meal at the Westin, #fakelife.
Monday: Wake up, go workout, eat a REAL breakfast not 2 small bowls of dry corn flakes and a gross cup of coffee like I usually do, go to school take 2 midterms,  skip my last two classes, go back to the hotel and hang out then get thai food for dinner (hahah we're in Spain right?).
Tuesday: Fly to Barcelona, go to sagrada familia and las ramblas, get a free massage, sick in a jacuzzi, hang out in the steam room and sauna, hang out in the "club lounge", go to bed.
Wednesday: fly back to Madrid, check in to the Ritz, workout, go out drinking in a Cave bar with my mother and my Spain family.
Thursday: Fancy breakfast, again. Shop. Sight See. go back to eat THAI food again, pop a bottle of complimentary Champagne with Andria & Rose.
Friday: Wake up have a nice breakfast, shop again and lounge around.

....how am I suppose to enjoy myself in Spain after my mother leaves? I've been spoiled rotten with good food, an unbelievably beautiful hotel, clothes & shoes, a new camera, HOT WATER to shower in... ughhhh.. anyways I'm so glad my mother came I was starting to go a little nuts and I think this will keep me grounded until May. She leaves tomorrow and I leave for my 10 day tour de Italia which is pretty awesome. I have a 16 day spring break and I never want to go back to school.. I pretty much am traveling for the rest of the time in Spain, Paris, Ibiza, Santander, probably Amsterdam and the Canary Islands at some point too..
ta ta for now!

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