Made it! Here in Spain…finally. Travelling really isn’t too bad though, it’s just the continual system of hurry up and wait. Figure out what the heck the French were thinking when trying to make a logical airport setup(fail) then sit around for more hours. First leg of the flight wasn’t so bad, sat between a French guy wearing a sweater that reminded me strongly of an alpaca and a UW guy also headed to Granada that I talked to for a bit. And somewhere in the night sky over Greenland…I opened my first letter.
Thank you. Thank you so so so so so much to everyone who wrote me a letter! When Alex gave me them yesterday morning I was taken aback by the overwhelming kindness it represented. They found a safe place with me on the plane and have been in my backpack of incredibly important items ever since. I opened three on the first flight, talk about tearfest. Another couple I opened on the bus from Malaga to Granada. It’ll take me awhile to get through them all, but I promise to respond to each and every one of you sometime in the semester with a letter! Thanks so much, you are all amazing and I can’t even begin to describe how much it means to me to carry a piece of you with me while I’m thousands of miles away. <3
Oh, and I have a stalker. Know the song “I Gotta Feelin”? Not only has it played a predominant role in Idaho trip #1, been the motivation from Idaho #2, and hosted several dance parties, sitting on the bus to the airport the guy in front of me was blasting it on his headphones. I thought it was slightly funny, a nice coincidence as I was leaving. Then I got to Spain and guess what is the very first song I hear in the country? Yup, it’s followed me. Along with hearing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” even if it is January. Means all of the Christmas lights are still up though! Driving through Granada for the first time with all the streets lit up was magical, an awesome introduction.
Jet lag sucks.
Thank you. Thank you so so so so so much to everyone who wrote me a letter! When Alex gave me them yesterday morning I was taken aback by the overwhelming kindness it represented. They found a safe place with me on the plane and have been in my backpack of incredibly important items ever since. I opened three on the first flight, talk about tearfest. Another couple I opened on the bus from Malaga to Granada. It’ll take me awhile to get through them all, but I promise to respond to each and every one of you sometime in the semester with a letter! Thanks so much, you are all amazing and I can’t even begin to describe how much it means to me to carry a piece of you with me while I’m thousands of miles away. <3
Oh, and I have a stalker. Know the song “I Gotta Feelin”? Not only has it played a predominant role in Idaho trip #1, been the motivation from Idaho #2, and hosted several dance parties, sitting on the bus to the airport the guy in front of me was blasting it on his headphones. I thought it was slightly funny, a nice coincidence as I was leaving. Then I got to Spain and guess what is the very first song I hear in the country? Yup, it’s followed me. Along with hearing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” even if it is January. Means all of the Christmas lights are still up though! Driving through Granada for the first time with all the streets lit up was magical, an awesome introduction.
Jet lag sucks.
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