So, it has been a while since the last post so I thought it was about time to write a little. I have been fairly busy the past few weeks...but not really doing anything exceptional. I am now teaching 10 hours a week on top of lectures so am keeping myself busy, which is keeping me happy! Teaching in Austria was just the best so doing that again is cool :) Plus it means I am a bit busier, which you all know is the way I like my life to be. I am also making the conscious effort to spend a lot more time with my housemates to get that all important Spanish practice in!
In March I made a couple of theatre trips with Sarah in Madrid. We went to see Avenue Q one weekend and Les Mis the next. Avenue Q was fabulous and was literally the London show exactly just translated into Spanish. As it had been a while since I saw the show it was nice to go. We thought it was hilarious, but the humour was generally pretty lost on the Spanish. At times we were the only ones laughing!! Ah well I guess some things just don't translate! Les Mis was absolutely stunning and I loved getting to see it again :) I absolutely LOVE the show so was really happy when I found out it was on. I am also helping out with a youth production of it this summer so it was good to have a refresher.
We have had a couple of nights out here too. For Katie's birthday we all dressed up as Katie and had an adult themed kids party. The night was a good laugh and I loved doing fancy dress again :) Dressing up is something I have missed this year and can't wait to get back to it next year! We also went out for St Paddy's day and had a good night. Then it was a meal at Buffalo Grill (an awesome steak house...mmmmmm steak) for Flossie's birthday before a trip home.
I went home for a long weekend to see the HLOS production of Carousel because lots of my friends were in it and Bianca and Sam were leads. The show was really good (I watched it three times I should know :P) but the thing I loved most was being back home with la famille and getting to see all my shows friends from home. It had been far too long since I had seen any of them and I even got to meet a few new friends too :D Whilst at home I also managed to cram in a full wardrobe clear out, a shopping trip, 3 viewings of carousel, an after show party, two after show meals, a four hour long lunch with some of my favourite people and a trip to London to see The Wizard of Oz.
I was a little disappointed by the show in London, maybe purely because it was so similar to the one we did in St Albans 10 years ago. I mean yes they had an awesome set and costumes etc etc but I don't know it just didn't wow me. Sophie Evans was lovely as Dorothy and the Wicked Witch was fabulous but I think the show is lacking in some big showbiz numbers with those big belty notes to get the show lifted?! Who knows... I am planning another trip to see it in the summer to see Danielle Hope (the winner of the Over the Rainbow series on TV who is on every night but Tuesday.)
I had such a lovely time back home that coming back was difficult as adjusting back to la vida en Espana is not easy!! I was wondering yesterday why I have found Spain harder than Austria.. and there are many many reasons. The fact that Austria was first and so therefore I was all fresh and excited about the year, the fact that I loved my job, my colleagues and my friends over there and whilst I am loving teaching again here and have met some nice people it is not the same, and most importantly perhaps; during my first 3/4 months in Austria I only came back once to visit Durham. I have realised it is in fact easier to actually just not go back to allow yourself the time to settle and get into life abroad. Since being in Spain I have made two trips back (in two months) and each time I have to leave it makes it harder again.. ah well!! only three months of being abroad left. Scary scary times as that means I am three months closer to next year...and scarier still three months closer to real life!!!
I shall leave on that note but will write again soon as I have more comical observations to report. Things I am looking forward to:
- the zoo tomorrow :)
- La famille coming out next weekend
- Ibiza with Keri in only 14 days!!!
- Rachel coming to Madrid
- Sam coming out :)
- More days of 29 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!
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