In These Shoes

Hola amigos!

Today is the Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, which means very little to me, except that I don’t have class!  Yay for Madrid!  Unfortunately, finals are rapidly approaching, which is much less exciting.

Before I get into all that stuff, I want to explain the title of this post.  I realized when I was traipsing through the Roman Forum that the boots I was wearing (see below) have traveled through 5 different countries with me—the U.S., Spain, France, Ireland, and Italy.  Pretty cool.  I really love these boots, and they have a lot of great memories associated with them now.  Plus they’re in a ton of my pictures!  I think it’s also interesting to ponder of the concept of walking in someone else’s shoes.  I have to say I don’t always do that, but can become easily offended by people who don’t step into mine automatically.  I think that’s something I should work on.  As I’ve traveled around Europe and learned about different people and cultures, I think it has become a little bit easier for me to see new/different perspectives, but there’s always room for improvement, right?!

Anyway, the past few days have been filled mostly with studying… pretty boring.  I also finished the Millennium Trilogy (which starts with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).  It was fantastic—couldn’t put it down!  If you haven’t read it, or started it but never got into it/finished it, I highly recommend that you give it a try.  The books are intense, but definitely worth the time.  Enjoy!

Other than that, things have been pretty quiet for me.  Some of my friends were in Barcelona this weekend, and I didn’t really feel like “going out,” so I mostly stayed at home and hung out with Maria.  I am really going to miss her.  She came in my room the other day and said that she knows how stressful finals can be, and that people get very nervous, so if there is anything I want (tea, coffee so I can study late, apples, oranges, anything) she would get it for me.  How sweet is she?!  I got really lucky with her as my señora.

Well, I think that’s it for now.  Tomorrow is my last day of class, and then I have finals on Wednesday through Friday.  Wish me luck!

Much love,

Elizabeth

P.S.  Good luck to all of my stateside friends who are studying and taking their finals, especially at Creighton!