Sleep
Sleep has finally happened for me! I got a full 8 hours in last night after my average of 2-4 a night for the past week or so.
Hence, it is within 30 minutes of me waking up and I’m actually in a good mood. Crazy, right?!
Discotheque
This is one of the best decisions I’ve made since arriving. A girl in our group knows a couple of people who have been studying here for their entire undergrad, and they took us out. We paid 15 euro to get in, and the bar was open after that. That INCLUDED bottle service. The clubs are open 12-4am, and afterwards we went to an afterparty until 9am. We had orientation starting at 930, so we struggle bussed a little bit.
If you want a good story, ask me about “My fun fact is that I’m faced right now”
This coming Friday, we have a ‘Welcome, Foreigners!“ party where we have a party bus and entrance to a disco provided for us. I’m so excited!
Photography
Even though I have to miss every other class, I can take photography! I just found out this morning, and I am beyond excited to learn something new! Something ARTSY. Guys, look, it’s Sam, trying to do something creative. It’s a big deal for me!
Internet Blockers
I’m not going to sit in my room and watch netflix my entire trip, but it doesn’t hurt to be able to access it! I tried to watch the other day and got a message that said, “We’re sorry, but we haven’t reached your part of the world yet”. What do you mean, ‘my part of the world’!?
My roommate is from the Philippines, so she knows all the tricks, and hooked me up with a system that tricks my computer to thinking I’m stateside.
The biggest advantage so far is that I’ve watched Beyonce’s performance from the Grammy’s on repeat for the last half hour.
Food
Mezze is a traditional meal. I don’t know much about it, but I know that the serves continually brought us tapas- style courses for about 2 hours straight. From mushrooms to couscous to salad, I must’ve eaten my weight in traditional food last night!
From the fresh salad (FINALLY VEGETABLES!) to the pudding for dessert, and coffee after, this meal usually costs about 20 euro and takes over 2 hours to eat. Why would anyone want to rush through such fabulous food?