Day 1

First of all, typing on this keyboard is weird, so please excuse any typos or weird symbols. Also - I´m writing this exactly how it´s written in my journal.

Day one - June 13, 2011
930am- Ella - ´´I feel like if you can take over a plane with tweezers, you deserve the plane.¨

1009am - ¨Que pasa, chicos?¨ ¨Colegio, ayyyy¨

22 estudiantes
2 professores

110pm - We´re getting in the Minneapolis airport getting food (Ella, Rebecca, and I). We got in line for Sbarro´s Fresh Italian Cooking. A really nice girl (graduated high school a week ago) was on her way to Army Basic Training and had meal waivers she couldn´t use up. She bought all three of us lunch! - made our day. Good thing we made the trek over here.

¨Mantenga el cinturon de seguridad abrochado mientras este sentado¨ ¨Usar el cogin del asiento para flotar¨

249pm - Our plane just took off. We´re on our way to Newerk, NJ! After our free lunch, we stopped for magazines. I purchased Rolling Stones, People en Español (in MN), and an interesting looking sailing magazine...I probably won´t understand any of the articles, but there were some nice sailboat pictures.

I have ¨lost my phone¨ multiple times already today. I panic about my empty pocket only to remember that my phone is safe at home...hopefully, that doesn´t continue for the entire tirp.

I´m really excited to learn Spanish slang.

322pm- Traveling is probably one of my favorite things. Obviously, the destinations are (hopefully) exciting, but I think I enjoy the ¨getting there¨ element just as much. Leaving the people you love is hard (I must admit I cried while hugging my mom goodbye), but the excitement sets in on/in the bus/plane/car/etc.  Maybe this is odd, but I actually enjoy long trips by plane/car/bus/whatever (unless it involves driving through Nebraska, which is luckily not the case today). They give you plenty of time to think, reflect, and (as of right now) ¨organize¨some of your thoughts into a journal. Airplanes also give you free bevereges, so that´s a plus.

348- ¨For some reason Euros feel a lot cleaner than American money.¨-Sarah O

425pmCentral Time...might as well get used to seeing Spain time/date on my watch....1125pm

I´m just leaving the US, but it´s 2am in España... I will be tired tomorrow. During take off I was able to see the statue of Liberty for the first time (there were a couple sailboats sailing around it, which made it especially beautiful). I´m currently listening to the Decemberists´ new album while waiting for the seat belt light to turn off, so I can move next to Ella. In-flight movies/music/TV/games are wonderful. Next, I´m considering Harry Potter...or maybe the Avett Brothers, Beach Boys, Mumford and Sons, and the Beatles, but no sleep...it´s only 1030 back home.

652- I love flying, but I also love sleeping. Unfortunately, it seems as thought I am unable to do both at the same time. They ¨wake us up¨ for breakfast in a half hour, and I haven´t slept at all. This is going to be a loooong day. I hope that España is ready for ¨sleepy Brianne¨...it seems as thought she´s even more ridiculosa en español.
Earlier she told Ella, ¨Soy loco...como un pollo.¨

Los pitufos - The Smurfs (the first ad en Barcelona)

first song heard on Spanish radio - Single Ladies



I just finished day three, but I don´t have time to update the rest of this yet. Hopefully, this will be good enough until I get another chance.  Goodnight. =)