I feel very deprived from a lot of things. A lot of American things. American music, TV, food, people, english...just everything that I take for granted but feel very lost without. I think this trip is teaching me just how much I enjoy the US, Oregon, Corvallis, etc. And when I have a bad day, it's not like I can do the things that usually cheer me up, like go riding, or pet Lilly, or get multiple coffee drinks. Yeah, I have been known to get coffee 2 times a day when I am really stressed. Whatevs.

On a postive note me and a group of OSU kids, and one of our professors played Sardines (reverse hide and go seek) in the streets of Santander. For those of you who don't know, Sardines is where one person hides and the rest look for them. When you find them, you hide with them until everyone is hiding with you. We got the weirdest looks from some Spainards, who probably didn't understand why there were 12 people crammed into a single door frame, giggling like crazy and speaking in English. Oh well. It's not like I am not use to getting weird stares from Spanish people. That happens all the time. At least I feel like we deserve when we are all huddled in a smelly little corner by the mercado, with our jackets over our face so that no one will know it´s us and find us.