Bs be tripping

I still don’t have internet at home. If everything goes well then hopefully tomorrow. I’ve been traveling and exploring a bit.

Albayzin

It is higher part of the city where you can see the most of the city and also you get an amazing view to Alhambra. 

Malaga

We went there for a day. Started off really early in the morning but also the bus is like 2 hours. I was responsible for the cultural part of the trip. So we went to see the cathedral, Alcazaba, viewing point on the hill and after beach we also went to Museum of Picasso. It was really hot and being there felt like total summer break.

Los Cahorros (Monachil) and Guejar Sierra

It was organized trip to the mountains that we have right here. First place has a hiking track. It went by the river and sometimes we had to crawl under the rocks to get past them. I really liked the little adventure.

After the hike it got annoying because we went back the same way, so we were blocking everybodys way on the trail. We were just tired and wanted home but we also had to go to some lake. The lake itself looked beatuiful, blue-blue water. But everything around it was black and full of mud. So on the way there our shows got wet, covered in mud and after that also dust on it. There wasn’t any usual place for sitting and enjoying the lakeside. And we actually couldn’t even go swimming.

We came away when it started raining and then had to wait another hour to get away because the busdriver was away somewhere.

I just hope to go to the mountains again one day and explore around most of the day. 

Hola Granada! Hola España!

So I have spent here a week. I don’t have internet at home yet so I’ve used a bit internet on my phone and then using internet from the little square downstairs.

I have to be honest, this is the biggest challenge I ever took for myself and my week has been mix of emotions. I love the city, it is super beautiful and everything looks amazing. Just walking around the city feels like vacation. I live in the center and it is 10 minutes to my faculty but I will take classes from different ones.

I live with 2 British girls and 1 Spanish girl. Everyone got their own room and and our apartment is super nice. Little balconies basically in every room and we have almost everything we need.

I have been too lazy here so I haven’t seen most of the city yet. But I have been out in the evening. People here go to clubs like 2-3 am and get home like 7am. Parties are crazy here. I am not the club person but the main club is huge and has 3-4 dance floors. And every time I get there it is confusing. It changes all the time.

Finally I did a bit exploring to some poarts of the city. Not much but at least a beginning.

Also classes will start tomorrow and I am not ready for that at all. They will all be in Spanish and this is.. well, quite bad. But hopefully I will manage as I always do.

To Spain!

So now I finally have got to the present day. What does it mean? I means that I have been in Estonia exactly for a year and moving away in 2 days to Spain, Granada for a year. I am doing my Erasmus there. 

All those last days I've been stressing about my paperwork and packing and doing all the last things I can think of. And also finishing undone things (I mean my blog mostly). I am just super exited about going there at the same time. 

New adventures, new environment, new language (I do not speaks Spanish yet, but all classes are in Spanish!), new people and warmer climate! Goodbye fall in Estonia and welcome end of summer in Spain!

So from now one I have this bigger responsibility to keep my blog active. So just stay tuned for my new adventure ;)

Half a year

Okay, I am super sorry that I waited so long to update my blog but I was living one of my best times of my life and got super busy. 

I was planning to do little summary about every month I have missed here but I decided to just summarize everything since March and then do little posts about bigger stuff. I hope you are fine with it. 

So first of all, there has been too many events to even summarize. First I would also highlight some ESN events:  Karaoke (was one of my fears), Estonian National Evening(being a host first time, another fear), Pool Party, White T-shirt Party, Sea Battle, Jam Session, Bachelors Auction, Bike Trip, Estonian Wedding, Farewell Party. I basically went to every event possible. 

The most important thing about this semester was having friends who were like family. I even end up living in the dormitory for a while with them. All those parties, random drinking nights, breakfasts and everything else we got to do together until all the farewell parties until my own one a week ago. 

Also there was some other cool events I went to in the last semester: SpringCo with AIESEC, Hawaii Party, Spring Party, Öölaulupidu, Möku's closing, Sauna party, trip to Tallinn and Helsinki, mott for ESN, spa trip to Võru with my sister + all the most horrible parties at the club which we always went to. 

The summer was a bit more relax and more about just enjoying free time. In the beginning I was a bit busy with my AIESEC project and also being sick. Also I had big Midsummer's Eve party at my parent's place. We also managed to enjoy some cool festivals like Seto Folk, Õllesummer, Hanseatic Day, Viru Folk(I was actually working there) and Ööjooks(cheering for my sister).

I moved three times (to dorm, back to apartment, to parent's place) and now the 4th time is on the way. End of July we traveled to Vienna and Bratislava(It will have post itself). And now the end of August I have been driving back and forth back to Tartu for tutor responsibilities, ESN PubCrawl and my own farewell party. 

So that's the short summary about my past 6 moths. Check the next posts to get more details about some events ;)

80 días llenos de amor

One reason also why I didn't blog was because something incredible happened. I found a best friend and a boyfriend. And I still can't figure out how all those coincidences got us together.

How we met? I crashed on his birthday party without knowing him or the person who invited me!! Okay, okay. This was the time when we actually acknowledged each other first time. We were supposed to have the tutor lunch  together, and also we talked on some party but none of us remembers those times. For us the first time is his birthday. The most awkward meeting ever. 

But since then we just kept talking until we were hanging out a lot together and we always got those faces and saying and laughs when we said to others that we are just really good friends. Everyone knew before me. But I can't say anything bad because I think it was perfect the way it happened. I wouldn't change it for the world.

So since the middle of May I chose not to be single anymore and join the higher level of happiness with Stephen. And I couldn't be happier!

It is hard now when he is back to his home country, but every second is worth it. 

It is just hard to get used to new lifestyles. We were together 24/7 and then one day he was gone. Now we have been skypeing almost every day and we also have to cut this because of his work and my moving. 

And I really miss you! 3 months to go!

Tallinn-Helsinki/Vienna-Bratislava

Tallinn-Helsinki

We went with few boys, stayed at my sister's place. They kind of said what they wanted to see and then I kind of led the way. Had a lot of fun and even managed to see places I hadn't seen before. The coolest time was in Suomenlinna. We explored everything I think, all those adventures.. 

Vienna-Bratislava

So we went with Stephen, first night we stayed at the Helsinki airport. I finally got to sit next to the window in a plane and I fell in love with the clouds. There is just something magical about them. We walked around a lot and I think we visited all the places that our friend told us to visit. Prices are pretty high and our was budget quite tight. At least we tried Wiener Schnitzel and got super lucky to get it as a daily special. The city itself is beautiful and breathtaking. 

 

After two days of walking we headed to Bratislava by bus. We got the best tour guide - Martin. He took us around the city. I have to admit that if he hadn't lived there then I probably wouldn't have thought about visiting it. But I am glad I did and the city is actually amazing! I really liked the castle, the park with a belltower fallen into it and fell in love with the bookstore there. We also walked to the country border and visited Austria for few minutes again. 

His family was extra nice and his granddad is the coolest. He told all kind of stories and he let us chill in his basement where he had all kind of cool thing - knifes, bullets, grenades etc.