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August, 2010

A jarty, slide boats, and potluck dinners

Posted on Aug 03, 2010

The end of the summer has a bittersweet feel to it. While I am excited to get back home to see my family and friends, I cannot believe how fast my time here has flown by. Our group of interns has become very close, through living in such close quarters and going through such an incredible experience together, and I am going to miss everyone so much.

 

Some of the group at the beach, before a night out.

 

Office water cooler talk

Posted on Aug 02, 2010

Now that I am nearing the end of my summer internship, I have found myself to be the busiest I have been all summer, both at work and in life in general. I finished my big project, "La plantilla ideal" a couple of weeks ago, right before my two managers both went out of town on holiday for the rest of the summer. With them gone and my project complete, I thought everything would slow down at the office and I had some fears that I would become bored with nothing to do. Instead, the opposite happened.

"¡Sí, sí, sí, la copa está aquí!"

Posted on Aug 02, 2010

The weekend of the world cup final was definitely one of the craziest of my life so far. On Friday I went to Pamplona for San Fermín, the annual running of the bulls. It was out of control. Everyone dresses in all white with a red scarf, and stays up all night celebrating. Then, at 8 in the morning, the bull run takes place, ending in an arena where thousands of people run around with the bulls. I have no idea how this is possibly legal. It is the most dangerous event I have ever witnessed.

Midterm Review

Posted on Aug 02, 2010

I cannot believe my internship experience is already halfway over. I feel as though I am finally getting the hang of things here. I don't get lost every time I leave my apartment anymore, although the other day Jenna and I did spend a good hour and a half wandering around Plaça Catalunya, literally around the block from our destination. I have even gotten used to the metro system. Last week we figured out a way to avoid the terribly long, underground hallway we have to walk down when we change lines to go to the beach (which we suitably nicknamed Hell Hallway).