Yesterday, I found out while talking to my mom that my dad has had his head completely shaved bald for awhile now...and I didn't even know! He looks like Mr. Clean. Aurora said she thought he was an hombre bastante guapo, which means a pretty handsome guy. Saturday night, Marina, Aurora's granddaughter, came over to spend the night! I played with her for hours, and she is the cutest little thing because she talks in baby Spanish but she talks in phrases as if she were a 40 year old woman, she says things, like "Aye, Señor!" which basically is just an expression like "Dios mio" and "Madre mia" which means like "oh, Gosh". It was so funny because when Aurora says "Aye, señor!", Marina will say, "Aye, señora!" It is GREAT.
But, the downside is that Marina didnt sleep well through the night and she slept in the bed in the room next to me (her mom Ana's old room) and so halfway through the night she started screaming. I was up in her room before Aurora could make it all the way down the long hallway. What they do to get her to sleep usually is play with her hair (tocar el pelo) but Marina cant say it right so she always says, "Cocame el pelo" instead of "Tocame el pelo." :) So then we put her back to bed, then she woke up again. I hadnt fallen asleep yet because I had a feeeling the crying wasnt over. Finally Aurora took her to sleep in her bed, and she said Marina woke up really early in the morning (like 7) when she is used to waking up for preschool. (They go to preschool when they are 2 here and start colegio (elementary) when they are 3), so she starts hitting Aurora in the head going, "Despiertate, Tita!" which means, wake up grandma. Then Aurora said, "Dejame en paz, que tengo mucho sueño" which means leave me alone I'm really tired, then Marina just started hitting her in the head again asking, "¿Dónde está Bryn?" only it sounds like Breeeeeen, in Spanish. Where is Bryn? Where is Bryn? She wanted to play! That morning we realized she was starting to get a little sick, a cold or something and she said her ear hurt. I was with her all morning cuddling her because the poor thing was in pain! Then finally Ana came to pick her up and she had fallen asleep because I was scratching her back and watching cartoons. She was crying when she woke up so Ana just took her home with her in the blanket that she was in, the banket I always fall asleep on the couch with. Ana said all yesterday all she kept saying is, "Esta es la mantita de Breeeeen!" which means "this is Bryn's blanket." Love her!
We went to Campello (where Z, Andrea, Mike and I went when they were here) with Pedro and ate with his daughter and her boyfriend. THey are both really nice, but his daughter is nervous like Pedro and they argue a lot. I just stay quiet.. Anyway, it was fun and i ate paella and stained my fingers and fingernails with yellow from the paella food coloring..
Then I came home and went out for ice cream with Lauren and Jennifer. Someone recommended this place on the Esplanada so we went to it...AMAZING! And cheap too! I had 2 scoops, one cookies, and the other one chocolate coconut.
This morning I went for a run, dont worry! Love you!
I loved Germany! It was so refreshing seeing an old friend from 
school and being able to just chat about everything! 
Plus Germany is so beautiful and so green. But the bus costs 2Euro each time! Sometimes I dodged paying, 
because you just get on then buy a ticket, and Calley already had a ticket! We ate so much good German vegetarian food and breads!! Tubignen has a precious river running through it, the Neckar, and it is soo pretty. Check out the pics. We went to this Spring Festival in Stuttgart, and it was basically a German beer festival! We had fun dancing with all the German natives to their national drinking songs. 
Of course, I had to try a big beer (after all, they only came in one size and I aaam 21!) We had a great time, and don't worry of course we went home on the train. Calley lives in a dorm building with a shared bathroom and kitchen. It was really nice and she is lucky to have her own room. We were a little tight trying to fit both of us in the bed, but we figured out that we could both JUST fit if we laid on our backs. We went one night over to her friend Erins to make dinner and we walked by a farm with all these animals on the way over (something I would NEVER find in Alicante!) The last night, we made ourselves this typical ravioli-type pasta with sauce...yummmm. We went for a long two hour hike through the forest and fields and even to the next town over on Sunday, the day before I left. It was soooo gorgeous, and wonderful to get some exercise and a hike with Cal! I am very glad I went. We were lucky to have great weather. Germany is very different (AKA everything even the bus is on time, to the MINUTE!) but I enjoyed the change. I kind of missed speaking Spanish, however...I didnt understand a single thing of the very complicated German. I saw lots of my friends last names on buildings and stuff and it makes me realize how many Americans are of German origin. And I also saw Molls and Zeit(er)s. It was great! I leave for London WEd. night, I am a busy girl. I started classes back up this week, though. Ahhhh...don't know if I'm ready for that. Enjoy the pics and LOVE!
