"Semana Santa", Holy Week, and it's a time to party as hard as possible before you enter a state of religious celebration. It's been pretty crazy and I've never seen so much trash in my life. To be honest with you I think people in the states would party a lot harder than the people in Spain. The week is full of singing and shows, the main attraction is the chirigotas competition. Chirigotas are humorous groups that perform satirical pieces about everything from politics to current events. They really do cover a huge range of topics. From younger generations smoking weed, to bad doctors, to royal affairs, to the catholic church. They're pretty funny, if you know they're background. If this happened in the states we'd be singing about Britney Spears, O.J. Simpson, George Bush, social security, the elections, maybe the federal interest rate cuts, topics along those lines.
It's been nice to see and be here for Carnival but I'm excited to see the city at it's normal self. It seems really chill and the people i've met that studied here say it feels like a long vacation when you study here. I've already begun to experience anxiety from how slow people move and live here. I'll definitely be returning to the states a much more patient man. That's if I ever return at all...
I will. Just kidding. Don't get your panties all in a knot. It is super t
empting though. Making friends, which I have and are great and I feel so blessed to have made in only two days and I've already watched a movie in one of their dorm rooms, makes me not want to leave because I want to...I'm not sure what but I don't want to leave them. Of course I love my friends back home, but for some odd reason this is different. We''ll see what clicks on this topic later on.
It's nice to have a week off before classes even start but the city looks pretty crappy right now and I don't want to wander around in streets of garbage. There's already more than enough dog poo for me in the streets of Cádiz, human waste isn't going to make it prettier.
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i have been the Carnival celebration at the 21st street Coop. I don't know if you've been there before, but those hippies be getting naked. I made friends with this one guy there, and he asked me if I'd like for him to design me an outfit. (Outfits for the ladies consisted of little polyester panties and no tops.) Reluctantly, of course, I declined.
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