Last few days

The stress of realizing that we leave so soon has set in a bit. Everyone has been running around seeing things in Seville we haven't had an opportunity to see yet and shopping for friends back home. School here is very different from home. Not only do they have a lot more classes then we do, but they don't really have homework. Instead, they have tests on material they have gone over in class. They have a test almost everyday. It's a very odd system. The grading scale is also different. They grade from 1-10 and anything above a 5 (or passing) is considered to be a "win." Leah and I look at each other weird when one of the exchanges is celebrating a 7.5 or a 75% in our world. So back to the last few days... The one day of the week Cristina did not have an exam, thursday, we went into Sevilla to do some much needed touristy things like buying my family appropriate gifts and taking awkward pictures in front of important monuments. I had a lot of fun thursday walking around with just Cristina and seeing all the sights of spain. Later that night we met up with Leah and Julie and Briannah and Ana for some ice cream. Only in Spain does Haagen-Dazs serve ice cream ball fondue. I'm getting excited about seeing Madrid and having time with all the dawson people i've gotten to know through this experience.

That's all for now folks. See you in a week.

-Annie