6/03/00

Monday again... I got to school around 11am, and I was planning to check my mail before classes, but I got tired of waiting for a PC to open so I left. I left my stuff infront of the vending machine, and I went to the library to return a book that I took out. I met Reiko there, and she came up stairs with me. I saw Robert and Jon before classes started, and I talked to Culum too! His girlfriend's here. She's Japanese, so we've been saying that Reiko and I have to meet her. Ooh, I feel a little sick. I hope I don't have a cold or anything..



7/03/00

There was a mosquito in my room last night and I couldn't sleep very good.. I hate mosquitos!! Nils was in school today! He's been out since Thursday, because he had a visitor over. We have a test with Mar tomorrow, so Nils, Reiko and I went to a cafeteria after school to study for it. We traded our notes, and talked a little about lots of things, things other than school too. (like about our prospects and stuff..) I asked Nils like, about what would a guy want as a souvenir from Spain. He recommended a book. I thought that was a nice idea.



8/03/00

Afterschool I went to Atocha again. I found a closer route to that station. Now I can go there in like, 15 min. Before, it took me about 30 min. I made plans to meet Culum and his girlfriend tonight, at 21:30 infront of Callao.(The island) We were going to go to a karaoke bar, and we found one (after walking for about 30 min. around Gran Via), but the place was dead.. there was no one there, not a single soul. So, Culum came up with the idea of going to a restaurant that has the best sangria and tortillas in Mardrid. It was riquísimo!! The place was near Plaza Mayor. I am definitely going there again if I ever come back to Madrid. Culum called Jon after we ate, and found out that he was in Bar Gran Via with some other people. We went there, and there was Daniel, Eric, Sofia, and Robert there. and then Nils came later on. ( He was supposedly very drunk when he came, but I didn't notice that at all!) We cancelled our plans on going to the karaoke bar, and stayed there. Mayuko (Culum's gilrfriend) started to feel sick, so Culum and she went home. Around 1:30, we decided to leave the place, and took a cab to Moncloa. ( I was planning to leave, but for some reason, I ended up staying..) Everyone left Moncloa at different times, but I left around 3, I think..



9/03/00

I got home very early in the morning today, and I missed my first class.. oops. I figured Nils wouldn't be there either (he said that he wouldn't be last night!), and I went to Lengua class, which is at second period. Nils said that we had an agreement, and he was there from first period!! Karim kept bothering me, asking what happened last night, because I've been smiling all morning. Afterschool, Reiko, Nils, Karim, Marlon and I went to a cafeteria and had some café con leche. When I went home, I slept right after I had my comida. I was so tired!!



10/03/00

Today was from first period, and Mar wasn't here today. We had another teacher, who talked about education and stuff. After classes, the usual member(Nils,Reiko and me) went to a cafeteria. The subject of what we talk about was the usual too. (prospects, of course) I decided to walk to town with Nils today, since I had time to spare. It was about a 40 min. walk. We got to Plaza de España, and ate icecream. I had to go home for lunch, so we made plans to meet at the same place at 4:30. We went to the zoo! I haven't been to the zoo in the longest time. Maybe since middle school. We saw the dolphin show and lions, panthers, etc. Afterwards, we got off Tribunal, and drank. He told me about Per's birthday party tonight, and I decided to go. We walked to his apartment. (It was pretty hard looking for the apartment since Per didn't give me the building number at first!) We stayed at his place until 12:45, and then some people went to Moncloa, and some people, including me, went to Sol. I had no money left, so I left when we got to the bar and caught the last metro home.



11/03/00

When I woke up in the morning, I knew right away that something was wrong with me.(like, physically, not mentally.) After I ate breakfast, I asked my senora for a termometro, and I had a fever of about 38 celsius. I hadn't had a fever like this since elementary school. I slept through out the whole day.



12/03/00

He dormido todo el dia, porque tuve fiebre todavia. Pero en la noche, estuve mejor. No tuve dolor de la cabeza tampoco.



13/03/00

He ido a la escuela hoy, porque estaba mejor, ¡¡y ésta semana es mi última en España!! ¡Yo tengo que ir! Primero, cuando he ido a fuera del apartamento, me he mareado un poco, pero estaba un poco mejor cuando he llegado a mi clase. Despues de mis clases, he volvido a mi casa, y he tomado una siesta. Siento mejor ahora.. creo que si.



14/03/00

Tengo sola una semana en España... qué triste. ¡No quiero volver todavía! He ido a la biblioteca hoy para buscar información sobre "Antonio Gaudi". Voy a explicar este arquitecto para mi presentación en la clase de Cultura. Despues, he ido al Sol, y entre El Corte Inglés. He comprado chocolates para mis amigas en Japón. Ellas les encantan "Milka" chocolates. (y yo tambien) Ha habido un partido de fútbol hoy. Ha sido Real Madrid vs. Ucrania. Ha sido un empate, pero Roberto Carlos ha jugado estupendo, como siempre;-) (en mi opinion)



15/03/00

Hoy ha sido un día normal.. nada especial. Pero por la noche, ha habido una fiesta pequeñita para mi. Un "farewell fiesta". Ha sido en Bar Gran Via.(¡claro!) Era muy interesante, porque todos que han venido hoy son Suecos. (La mayoria.) Por ejemplo, Robert, Sofia, Jon, Nils, Daniel... Entonces, ha habido muchas veces cuando todo el mundo empezaron hablar en Sueco, ¡¡ y yo no he entendido nada!! Pero esta bien. Me gusta escuchar cuando mis amigos hablan en Sueco. Es muy interesante.



16/03/00

Tengo solamente dos días de clases.. He tomado fotos de mis amigos hoy, pero no pude tomar todos. He ido al piso de Yasmine y Karim hoy. ¡Es un piso muy bonito! Qué bien. He tomado mi exámen de Lengua hoy tambien. Es un poco temprano que otros estudiantes, porque voy a salir en domingo. Cuando he andado al metro, ¡he encontrado con Nils! Hemos caminado al Sol juntos, y hemos comido helado en la Plaza de España otra vez. Después, hemos ido al parque donde puedes ver la casa de campo. Hemos bebido cerca de Plaza mayor, y he volvido a mi casa despues.



17/03/00

!!St.Patrick's day!! y mi último dia en la escuela. He sido un presentación para la clase de Cultura. He tomado muchas fotos. Despues, he ido a la cafetería con Reiko cerca Francos Rodriguez, y he ido al piso de Reiko. Es un piso muy bonito tambien. He ido FNAC después, y he comprado un regalo para mi amigo. Por la noche, he encontrado con Reiko, Yasmine, y Sarah en Hard Rock Cafe. Era muy divertido, y hemos comido mucho. Demasiado. Hemos ido al Sol, bar "O'NEILLS", porque hoy es St.Patrick's day. (O'NEILLS es un bar irlandes.) Pero, ha habido demasiado gente, y no hemos podido encontrar con otros amigos. He llamado a Nils, y hemos esperado para el enfrente de O'NEILLS. ¡Hemos encontrado con Culum, y otros amigos despues! ¡Qué bien! Nils y yo hemos empezado a hablar, y hemos andado la calle. ¡En un minuto, hemos podido otros amigos! ¡Ahh! Entonces, hemos bebido un poco, y ha llamado a Jon. Hemos encontrado con Jon y otros amigos en un otro bar. Estaba un poco emborracharme.(Creo que sí.)



18/03/00

He llegado a mi casa a las doce en la tarde, más o menos. After I got home, I started packing, because I'm leaving Spain tomorrow morning!!! Qué triste.. He ido a Sol para comprar regalos para mis amigos, pero estaba muy muy cansada porque no dormí mucho anoche, evidentemente. Fui a salir por la noche hoy, pero decido a dejar en mi casa esta noche, porque esta es mi última noche con mi familia tambien. Mi senora ha cocinado tortilla para mi. ¡Era riquísimo! Me gusta mucho.



19/03/00

He salido Espana hoy. Reiko y Nils han venido al aeropuerto conmigo. Reiko tuvo una problema, y ha llegado un poco tarde. Estaba muy preocupada para ella. ¡¡Vamos a encontrar en Japón tambien, Reiko!! y tu tambien, Nils. ¡Ven a Japon! Voy a visitar Suecia tambien, claro.



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