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Update on life in Palma

March 3rd, 2010 ajmcgr11

Hey all,

So today my friend Kendra just left after her quick 4 day trip to Palma. She’s a sophomore Spanish major this year, also on HC Swim and Dive, and she’s gonna be studying in Palma next year. She definitely got good weather during her short stay here. First day was a little cloudy but had a perfect temp. We walked around Palma and I showed her the main streets and plazas, all the while gawking at the awesome pastries and candy stands set up here and there (the ones on Las Ramblas are deadly). The next day we took a walk along the beach and on the Paseo Maritimo, perused the “tenderetes” or “small shops” that were set up in La Lonja and Es Baluard (que comida y cositas!) and we made a list of all the restaurants she would have to try next year. It was a pretty long list. The third day was by far the best. We spent literally the whole day laying out on the beach at Illetes in the 65-70 degree weather and enjoyed the crisp, clear, blue sky and I even took a dip in the freezing Mediterranean. So, yeah, I can officially say I was on the beach and swimming in the ocean on March 1st this year….o ya, let’s not forget the sun burn I got. Apparently sun screen is necessary even when it’s not summer… Then, yesterday we had a lazy (can it get much lazier?) day: I had a class around lunch time so we went to the UIB and I showed Kendra around the campus and afterwards we went to El Museo Es Baluard and looked at all of the weird contemporary art. We finished the day with a long walk to the port of Portixol for a paella dinner and we called it a trip. Kendra left Palma feeling ready for her junior year abroad and I left with a rising jealousy that she gets to spend all of next year here and I don’t. Seriously, I only have 3 whole months left of my year abroad?! What?! Actually, no, I’m never leaving Palma…it’s never gonna happen…

Anyway, next weekend a group of us is going to MOROCCO and then the week after that I’m going to BERLIN. March is gonna fly by. Then my family comes the first week of April and I have 2 weeks off for Semana Sants. Expect upcoming blogs peeps.

Hasta muy pronto y que todo vaya bien en los EEUU!

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