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What kind of disease are you?Salma:

nightlife

The nightlife in Salamanca Thanks to its University, this city is a perfect place for going out for a good time. People say that the best cities in Spain for night life are Santiago, Salamanca and Granada. And if noisy bars are not for you, Salamanca also has lots of sidewalk cafes where you can enjoy a quiet drink and a chat. * Going out during the school yearUsually students go out just at weekends. You can enjoy yourself going out from Thursday to Saturday.Salamanca is so full of good places to go for a night out that it is not easy to offer specific advice. If you go out on Thursday you can find bars with special offers (parties, second drink free, etc.) and you can finish off the night at a disco.On Friday or Saturday you will find most places full of people, so choosing one spot or another is up to you. In some bars on Friday nights you get your second drink free (in Pino, for example).If you like rock, punk and that sort of thing, you will want to go to La Iguana, Paniagua, Chao, or Rivendel. And to top off the evening, there is of course El Potenkim, and later (after 6:00 a.m.) El Contrastes (not the place for you if you don’t like crowds). There is also a variety of spots for other types of music. * Going out in SummerIn summer there are fewer people, but there are more foreign visitors, who tend to like to go out every night. They frequent places like Camelot, Puerto de Chus, Submarino, Moderno, Cum-Laude and El Sol. The most popular meeting point is "the Litro Bar" (not its real name) on the corner near Morgana.As a foreign student you can take advantage of lots of cheap drinks (not always of particularly good quality), along with parties and special promotional nights at certain places.Discounts are available in summer, at El Helmántico, for example. Another interesting thing in summer in Salamanca (and in Spain in general) is the large number of local festivals. In August there are a lot of local festivals in the towns around Salamanca, while the Salamanca festival starts on the 8th of September and finishes on the 21st.SO... are we going during the school year, or during the summer????

www.aboutsalamanca.com

The city of Salamanca The province of Salamanca situated in the South-west corner of Castile & León on the borders with extremadura and Portugal, covers an area of 12,336 sq. km (4,763 sq. m.). Lying on Spain's Northern Plateau (meseta), it forms part of the Duero river system where Paleozonic soils, poorly suited to cultivation, have resulted in a landscape of pastures, dotted with trees and bushy undergrowth. Winters tend to be relatively long, with minimum temperatures averaging around 6ºC (42,8ºF), while the shortish summers are marked by average highs that never climb above 20ºC - 22ºC (68ºF-71ºF). The city is large enough (180.000 inhabitants) to be able to offer the advantages of a real city, but at the same time it keeps the intimacy of a village. In Salamanca, the inhabitants speak the "purest" Spanish in Spain - Castilian. For this reason Salamanca is enormously popular with people all over the world who want to learn Spanish. Contacts are made easily. You don't have to make rendezvous as you are bound to see everyone in the Plaza Mayor, one of the finest squares in Spain and known as the living room of the Salamantinos. As there is such a varied range of nationalities, it is tempting to keep to fellow don Quijote students. Salamanca is however, a real university city, Spanish students are everywhere and you can go practically everywhere on foot. SO EXCITED!

GET READY!

Kenito!An email came to my FSC address about the trip: get your calendar out! Tuesday, March 15th at 5 pm at Ordway, we have the first meeting about the trip... I think you have class at that time. (or that's when your class starts). But I think you're going to have to tell your professor that you can't go cuz it's mandatory:MANDATORY Orientation Meeting #1Introduction and Welcome - Dr. Garcia Dean Susan Conner Plane Ticket Reservations - John from Far Away Travel Go over Student Check List - Adele Go over Do's and Don'ts - Dr. Garcia and Adele Question and Answer STUDENT CHECK LISTBEFORE You Leave ~ Recent Passport ~ Visa to enter Spain (IF you are NOT a US citizen check website to see if your country applies) ~ Spending Money (CC, Travelers checks, some cash $100-$200) ~ Have any Medicines you use daily and/or frequently ~ Buy Pain Killers, Motion Sickness Medicine, Allergy Medicine IN Your Luggage ~ Transformer (Can be bought at Radio Shack for $20.00) ~ Pocket Dictionary and/or Phase book (We ALL get Spanish-Block sometimes) ~ Alarm Clock (You are required to be at school on time) ~ Portable CD player or Good Book (for those 8 hr plane rides and long bus rides) ~ Jacket (when we get there it WILL be cold) ~ Some Light Winter Clothing (Sweaters, long pants, long sleeve tops) ~ Summer Clothes ~ Beach Clothes and Towel DO's and DON'Ts while in SPAIN DO Take the time to talk with and get to know your host family. DO Buy a 6euro Phone card and let you family in the US know you are safe. DO Use the MANY internet cafes around town DO Come to school everyday. DO Show up ON TIME for all excursions and trips. DO Take advantage of the excursions the school offers. DO Try to speak Spanish at all times. DO Ask questions in class if you don't understand. DO Try to make friends with the Spanish people. DO Be OPEN minded to different things. DO Try different foods during meals at home. DO Go out and have fun DO Be wise and travel in groups DON'T Use the phone in your house DON'T Go out at night with ALL your credit cards and/or passport (Always go out with Cash or ONE credit card!!! Ladies if you can survive without a purse, use those pockets!!) DON'T Insult the Spanish Culture, People and/or Customs!! YEY! ESTOY MUY EXCITIDO!

This is what I am...

<td>You are a Fork.You are special, unique... and shiny.... but you just don't know it. Many admire you for your outward appearance, but you haven't truly expressed all of the great stuff inside of you. You have the potential to do great things and help others, and this will help you in the future. When you hold a grudge at someone, however, this can be dangerous. Despite your calmness that most people perceive about you, you keep a lot of feelings bottled up inside that one day can make you explode and stab something. Instead of resorting to that, you can say, "Go Fork Yourself!"Most compatible with: Knife, and Sock.Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?</td>*rolls the eyes* If this is what I am, then Bruce Willis is my lover. Not that I would want him to be... But just so you all can consider the absurdity of this shite.

This is ridiculous

I now have about five email addresses, three websites, and about four web blogs... (of which ALL are used and constantly updated!) SO... basically... I am now officially an internet junkie.l8r.L8R?????? Good God.

Officially 21.

Happy 2005 ;) I just watched Bruce Almighty.I laughed my un-Godly self off.It's B-E-A-Utiful.

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She's dancing with herself and calling it love...

Grades Are IN

Frankly my dears, I don't give a damn...So I didn't do so well I had hoped. So what am I to do? Ummm. I think I'll sing an Audrey Hepburn song."I could have daaaanced all night, I could have daaaaaanced all night,And still have begged for more.I could have spread my wings,and done a thousand thingsI've never done before!I'll never know,What made it soexciting.Why all at once, my hear took flight!I only know when he,began to dance with meI could have danced, danced daaaaaaaanced-ALLLLL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"There. That should put me in the mood for the holiday spirit. Not to mention the birthday spirit. I'll just do better next semester... Well, being that I only have about three semesters left to do better, I think I kind of have to do better next semester. Kenito, how did you do for Social Problems???? LAtaz.

Dying the hair...

Okay, so I decided to go red.I'm doing it by myself.Beauty school drop-out.No graduation day for you.:)

If he only knew...

If he knew how much control he had over my emotions, he would by no doubt consider himself the most powerful dictator that ever lived...BUT - finals are over. So now I won't be able to feel so guilty about thinking about him so much....