I have two fencing tournaments coming up:
Saturday, September 2rd I’ll be heading to Valencia which is a large city about 5 hours to the east of Madrid. I’ll be competing in women’s epee, spending one night with another girl who is 21. The competition is on Sunday the 3rd at 8:30 in the morning.
Friday, October 8th I’ll be heading to Barcelona for the first time with 3 other fencers for a foil competition. This competition is very important because it’s the first of 4 ranked national tournaments that must be attended to earn national points. We’ll be spending Friday night in a Hostal, fencing begins Saturday morning at 9:00am on the strip. We plan to spend Saturday night as well since it is about an 8 hour drive and that way we can do a little bit of tourism of the city. There is another American boy who might be coming with us as well as me, a Guy from the Philippines and one from Venezuela.
miércoles, 29 de septiembre de 2010
sábado, 25 de septiembre de 2010
A Blog in English
Up until now I have always written my blog entries in Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc. This time I´m going to write in English for the benefit of my parents and relatives at home so that they might have a sneak peak into my adventures in Madrid. (Some very studious adventures I must add)
My cousin is studying abroad and she writes in English so that everyone can see how she is doing and it seemed to me a good way to keep in touch with people back home, so I´m going to give it a try.
This is just an introduction to what I hope becomes an interesting blog about Spanish culture, etc. I´ve been living in and out of Spain for almost two years now.
It never gets old, I never get tired of living here, and I constantly meet new people and find new ways to avoid doing my homework. For example I´ve managed to get a hold of a cheap pair of roller-blades for a wonderful price. What once cost 150 euros I paid 50 euros for and hopefully they will last me a few years and if I leave I´ll be able to resell them on the Spanish version of Ebay: www.segundamano.com.
Here is a picture of them:
Today in about half an hour I´m going to Retiro park in the center of Madrid to give them a test-run with a buddy of mine from Brazil named Vinicio. He´s one of my many friends who are big into rollerblading.
Tomorrow I have a lot of homework to complete and if I manage to get it done then I have a french language exchange at 8pm. (My french has been getting much better lately!!)
So Hi Mom and Dad, I miss you both!!!!
I hope you liked my entry and I hope you both have a nice Saturday!.
My cousin is studying abroad and she writes in English so that everyone can see how she is doing and it seemed to me a good way to keep in touch with people back home, so I´m going to give it a try.
This is just an introduction to what I hope becomes an interesting blog about Spanish culture, etc. I´ve been living in and out of Spain for almost two years now.
It never gets old, I never get tired of living here, and I constantly meet new people and find new ways to avoid doing my homework. For example I´ve managed to get a hold of a cheap pair of roller-blades for a wonderful price. What once cost 150 euros I paid 50 euros for and hopefully they will last me a few years and if I leave I´ll be able to resell them on the Spanish version of Ebay: www.segundamano.com.
Here is a picture of them:
Today in about half an hour I´m going to Retiro park in the center of Madrid to give them a test-run with a buddy of mine from Brazil named Vinicio. He´s one of my many friends who are big into rollerblading.
Tomorrow I have a lot of homework to complete and if I manage to get it done then I have a french language exchange at 8pm. (My french has been getting much better lately!!)
So Hi Mom and Dad, I miss you both!!!!
I hope you liked my entry and I hope you both have a nice Saturday!.
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