The Half-Way Point

I am going to explain more in detail the title of this post after I go through some details.

So the trip to Ceuta took place on Friday March 8 but there were many things that happened during that week and the week after (unfortunately, which I will explain later in the post).

Monday morning I got back from Lisboa, Portugal and knew that I had a very busy week ahead of me, besides Ceuta, which made me feel even more tired. That night a group from my program headed to a Sevilla Football game. It was American night and tickets were only 5 euros for anyone with an American passport and you also got a free bufunda (scarf)! I went with a few friends and it was a lot of fun! There was an "American" band that played before the game and during the break between the two halves there was a very short American football game, extremely pathetic and hysterical partly because American football isn't my favorite and it was also funny seeing people who looked like they had no idea what they were doing trying to play (let's be honest, they probably didn't).

Yay, free bufundas!

With friends outside the stadium

We won! Yay!!

After a fun night at the football fame it was back to reality and the whole "studying" part of this experience. Midterms were the following week and so preparation for those also started. Saturday, the day after Ceuta, was spent relaxing and doing homework. Then on Sunday I headed to Aracena, which is a town northwest of Sevilla in the mountains. It was a lot of fun, even though it was raining (surprise! majorly getting sick of the rain if that wasn't already obvious). We explored a mind, walked around the city, hiked up to ruins of a castle, and then got to explore caves. It was a great day but I was definitely still exhausted from Ceuta and knew that I had a busy week ahead of me that I was not looking forward too.

View from the abandoned castle 

Mines, during the hour it was not raining

Monday March 11, the first day of the week of midterms, the unfortunately busy week. Monday and Tuesday were review days with midterms on Wednesday and Thursday. I had four exams over those two days and I did not enjoy a single part of it. Most of my classes at school do not have exams or the exams are not worth a lot of my grade. However, I made it through and hopefully did not do as bad as I think I did.

This past week was not too eventful, went to class and got ready for my week-long break :)

Title explanation time, which is extremely self-explanatory: The end of midterms week was bitter sweet, it is more bitter now, when it was first over it was more sweet because I was so happy to be done with exams. With the way that breaks work out and with our class schedule, even with the two week intensive class, midterms mark the half way point in my program. It is hard to believe that I am half way done with this experience, the first 8 weeks have already passed by so quickly and I know that the second 8 weeks will pass by even faster. I have already learned so much but still have so much more that I want to accomplish and I don't feel like there is enough time, but then again I don't think there will ever be enough time. However, I am looking forward to heading back to the US and seeing friends who I have not seen since December (I am so sorry for being so bad at keeping in touch!!) and I am glad that I have something to look forward  to when I return, it will definitely make leaving here a little bit easier. However, I am still here and am going to make the best of every moment that I have in this amazing city, filled with amazing people.