Lisbon!!!

Thus far Lisbon has been AMAZING! Although we havent had much luck in certain areas. Just a warning: i dont know how to use the apostraphe sign on this keyboard so dont mind my grammar.

On thursday around 1pm Punya, Rachel, and I left to catch the bus to take us to the airport. We were running around, and definitely rushing because we thought that we were super late. We ended up getting to the airport at 3pm when our flight was at 430. None of us checked our bags because we figured theyd be small enough to take onto easy jet. Riiight. So first I get by the checking place.. then Punya gets stopped for her bag. They tell her its too big and she has to check it. She was clearly not happy about that. Its about 18 pounds to check a bag. Then they tell Rachel that if she shoves her bag into the luggage check, it will be okay and she can bring it on board. We had lunch at this place called Amarillo. It was pretty good. Mexican food! Helped start us off for the trip. I had a burrito. It had some yummy sauce on it that was slightly spicy but kinda not. Does that make sense? Haha. We kinda ran into over-time with lunch so we had to dash over to the terminal. After 5 minutes of running we made it!!! At the gate, the easy jet employees told me and rachel we had to fit our bags into the luggage check to see if it fit. At this point I was thinking holy crap. I tried to put it in earlier and it didnt fit. I put it in one way and the evil lady told me `no no no you have to turn it around`. Ugh. So somehow I ended up fitting my bag in. I dont know how they accepted that because it was in a very weird position. Next, Rachel tried fitting her bag in. Right when she put her bag on top, the lady said `no no, you need to check your bag`. Rachel told her the other people told her that it was acceptable and she can squeeze it in but of course they didnt accept it. They were quite rude actually. So we get all excited and sit on the plane. Of course since this whole thing with Rachel happened, we were the last ones on the plane and as a result couldnt sit next to eachother. After about 20 mins we realize we havent moved. Whats going on? They made an announcement that there was a problem with the plane. Apparently the light wouldnt go on and show that the doors were sealed. Another 20 mins later, they told us to grab our stuff and exit the plane. We rush to the next terminal to find out that the plane wont be there for another hour. At this point it had definitely been about 2 hours. People were getting pissed off and I dont blame them. We ended up waiting for more than 3 hours and 30 mins! In order to reimburse us in a way, (and make us shut the heck up) they gave us a free drink on the plane! whoaaa there easy jet.. whoa there. Dont get too fancy with us. We had to buy food on the plane because we were dying of starvation. It sucked. We are definitely going to end up writing a letter or something to them complaning about the situation.
We arrived in Lisbon around 11pm. We took the public bus to this main square. Of course with our luck it started raining pretty hard. We couldnt find out hostel for a while because it didnt even look like a hostel. We saw window from the street that sort of looked like a club. It was playing loud music and had blue, red, and pink lights. We walk up to it and find out that its our hostel! Pretty nice place. They upgraded our rooms to a triple which made us feel a lot better about our belongings. We have a bunk bed. The bottom is a full bed, and the top is a twin. I like our room.
The first morning we woke up around 830 (ughhh) and decided to walk around. I think it was a bit of a mistake because people dont wake up here until pretty late. We walked to this store called Polloco or something... It had an amazing view of the city! After we went to the castle. It had some pretty nice views as well. We had a nice big lunch, that was made by a little old lady. It was delicious. We came back, took a nap and went out clubbing at night. We went to this place called Bairo Alto. Its just a bunch of streets with bars and clubs. Everyone gets drinks and stands outside in the street. Its a good place to meet new people and talk and hang out. We found this cute little place that had a guy singing and playing the guitar. He was pretty nice.. liked Americans. Afterwards we went to a club. Met a big group of boys who were also pretty nice. They recommended a bunch of places for us to go see. It was a great night.
Today we woke up a bit later... 10am. We bough an all day train ticket and bus pass for Sintra. Sintra is BEAUTIFUL! Just out of a story book or something. We went to 2 palaces and pretty much spent the day there. Cant wait for you guys to see pics!
Tonight we are gonna go out to dinner and possibly to a club. Although tomorrow we have to wake up at 530AM in order to catch a bus to the airport and head to MADRID!
Im sure theres a lot im forgetting but this is just the jist of it. I can add details later.
Miss you all!!

Almost Spring Break!

So the weekend is finally over and in a few days it will be SPRING BREAK!!! How exciting.
Before that though, I need to keep my head in the game. I have 3 midterms on Wednesday, in a row! =/ Not fun. The first one should be alright, second one I honestly have no idea what is going on in class, and the third one will hopefully be alright as well. I guess this means I have to study.
Kristy is coming back tonight! She went to Madrid for the weekend to visit her friend. I'm sure she had a good time. It'll be nice having someone else in the room. You would think you'd want some alone time but it's kinda scary going to sleep by yourself. Haha. Also I tend to sleep in a lot more when she's not around. She helps me get up a bit earlier than usual.
So this is the plan for spring break:
Thursday March 4th-Sunday March 7th- Lisbon, Portugal
Sunday March 7-Tuesday March 9- Madrid, Spain
Tuesday March 9-Friday March 12- Barcelona, Spain
Friday March 12-Monday March 15- Dublin, Ireland
March 15- HOME!

Busy week! It's good though. I need to be more busy. When I come back I want to try to go out more throughout the week too. Jasmine is also coming the week I get back! I gotta figure out how to get to the airport on the tube. Haha. The following week my mom, Hydeh, and my sisters will be here!!! I'm so freaking excited. It'll be nice to have people from home here. Sanaz is coming the week after that. I'm going to be pretty busy.
I can't believe it's already March. Time is flying by here. I'm not sure if I want it to slow down or speed up. I guess it depends on the day.
Rachel and I found this club right next to Whole Foods the other night. I think it's called Amika. Looks pretty nice. There's a line outside of it every night. I think we're gonna check it out after spring break. Apparently if you put your name on the guest list and get there before 11:30pm then you get in for freeee.
Anyway.. I should pay attention in class. Oh yes, I'm in class.
Good day.
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