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Bienvenidos a España...
Today I experienced the craziness and sometimes obsurdness of Spain.  More so than the time I went to the same government building five times to try to get a student discount card.  Let me first say that for the past week I had been working on this 2000 word paper in Spanish about the differences between Aznar and Zapatero.  It was quite difficult seeing as it was completely in Spanish and much longer than any of the other things I have had to write in Spanish class.  Anyways so the day started out normal until after I met with intercambio dos.  After I went back to the computer lab to work on my presentation for government (a different assignment than the 2000 word paper).  I went to pull out my USB drive... and yup, you guessed it... not there.  So I calmly went back to the last computer I had used it at (earlier that day).  Nope not there either...  So I went to the lost and found and tried to explain USB flash drive or pendisk in Spanish only to find out that it is the same - pendisk.  Haha.  I think the guy was amused with my pathetic attempt to describe what I had lost.  Anyways it had not been turned in and he told me that it probably wouldn´t because it is an expensive object than many people would love to keep.  I could have completely freaked out and let it ruin my day or week.  But that morning after I had completed my 2000 word paper in Spanish I had printed it off.  Thank the Lord - and that I did.  It was kinda a bummer that all my sources were lost and that the beginnings of my presentation were lost.  But things could be so much worse - for instance I could not have printed off my paper and had to start all over... or more seriously... I could have the swine flu or something :)
So I decided to head back to Alicante and go by another USB and just face the music.  On the way home the bus took an unexpected left... I´m sitting there thinking WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON??? WHERE IS THIS DUDE TAKING ME?!?!  Finally he got back on course... must have just taken a shortcut because of the traffic.  However then he takes another turn back towards the university and I am just sitting there.  So I start to look around and I am the ONLY PERSON on the bus!  So I press the ¨I need to get off the bus¨ button and the driver turns around, sees me, and acts all surprised.  He asks me (in Spanish) ¨why didn´t you get off?¨ and I ask right back ¨Why did you just turn around?¨  He acted like not going the full route was a normal occurrence and I should have just read his mind that he was going to do a 180 on me.  Anyways I got off at the next stop and walked to a store that sells USBs ... I laughed the whole way there...  What an experience.  What a Spanish experience...
Well now I am going to retype my paper and find my sources on the web.  Hopefully I don´t lose this USB!
Un beso,
Sarah