Sunday 18 September 2011

Back to England!

So we have all safely arrived back home! ^_^ All very tired! The journey back wasn't too bad went rather well really a few of us had a few problems with the amount of luggage (we were allowed 23 kilos but i had 25) so i had to move some thnigs around haha! Then I realised that I didnt know where my camera was and thought I left it in Spain so I was worrying the whole journey back hoping that I had my camera in my suitcase, emptied everything and didnt see it so I gave up and felt completely devistated that two weeks full of amazing photos had just gone - along with a camera my parents brought me for christmas..... buuuut then! I FOUND IT WOO! =D Soooooo happy! ^_^

We have had such a fantastic time in Spain, at some point it started to feel rather homey =) Although I think I can speak for all of us and say that we have missed our own beds =P

I may not really put much more on here now really unless I get to go back to Spain with Leonardo (hint hint =P) who knows, I may be an accompanying person one day!

BUENOS NOCHES!

xxx

Home time =(

The day has come! Time to head off back home to good ole Wolverhampton to be British again =P

had our very last night which was awesome i found myself dancing to rolling on a river with lots of spanish people and giggling at everything....

Right time to finish packing our coach is at 12 eek!

Adios amigos of Espanol we shall meet again maybe!

=)

xx

Saturday 17 September 2011

Day 13 - our last full day!!!






So the time has come! This is officialy our last full day where we can go do last minute crazy things, quickly pack our bags and hope to not be in a big rush for tomorrow!

A few of the guys have gone on a long day trip out to Vigo so most of us stayed here in La Coruna, we went to visit Picasso's house which was quite nice, went up to millenium point which was nice, done a bit of last day shopping, had some very nice tapas spaghetti bol (im never ordering 3 tapas meals ever again its just too much!!) and went to another football match xD we won again 2-1! hehe was awesome!

So we are just chilling at the moment again really getting ready for a good proper night out =P

ciao!

Day 12




Soooooo last day of placement! Can not believe how fast our trip has gone, we leave on Sunday!! =(

Today in my placement I recorded me playing guitar and singing, I done a cover of Amy Mcdonalds - Mr rock n roll and Marcus is going to mix it for me so it will sound a lot nicer than the raw recording hehe xD So I've had a great last day with my placement and said my goodbyes =)

After placement we all came back to chill, I updated my blog, and most of the group went out for meal at an Italian restraunt we went to earlier on in the week but a couple of us didn't fancy it so I called my Espanol friend and headed off for some tapas elsewhere xD was 1 euro per tapas how awesome is that!! yum!

Friday 16 September 2011

Some photos to laugh at!




Day 11

Sooooo im trying to catch up with my blog posts as you can probly tell most of them are sent on the same day as i'm out here having so much fun that i have to back track on the past few days, thankfully most of the time I have been writing them down to job my memory haha =P its been a little difficult now and then keeping up with the blog because of internet connection and because ive been using my phone its made it not as simple as it should be, plus by the time i get back in from wherever we have been I am pretty tired and just want to rest

however..... dont worry, I havn't forgotten about you all =)

yesturday was such a great day for me, ive not been feeling myself the past few days maybe i'm home sick or something not sure, but we just chilled out for most of the day after our placement really then later we went on to irish bar and then another bar where we bumped into our Spanish friend! Had a few drinks and just had a nice chilled out night...... then of course we went to shamrocks =P but by this time I was pretty tired so whilst the other went off to another bar I went off to bed hehe =)

Day 10

So I had a real sleep in today =P Placement wasn't till 3pm today so we just chilled till then, placement wasn't too bad same as the other days really as there is only so much we can do to be honest

so beach time me thinks! =D feeling pretty good today so i'm going to pluck up the courage and go swimming in the sea, get my kit off and all that jazz =P I'm pretty glad I've actually caught the sun though and thankfully no burns! woooo ^_^

usual shiz tonight really (its getting a little too obvious now where we are heading off to) we went out to an Italian resteraunt was very nice had lasagne yum! =)

Day 9

Well thats the best night sleep ive had so far! Here in Spain we stay up much later =P

The weekend is over now so we are back at our placements, Marcus had shown us his band Who Lies - they are a tribute rock cover band and another group he is in as a duet playing music at weddings of covers of artists such as Michael Buble =)

The buses over here have the radio on - how awesome is that! And people at the back of the bus don´t have thier music thumping really loud at the back of the bus because they actually understand the meaning of headphones.....

So the plan today was pizza and drinks at some of the other guys apartment when all was going well.....until we realised we may have had the music a little too loud as we ended up with police at the door!!! Eek! So the rest of us went out and made our way to shamrock bar and ended up going to karaoke! haha was hilarious! xD A load of us singing queen, Brian Adams and god knows what else was an ace night and a lot less cheesey than I thought it was going to be! =P

Making our way home was a little difficult though.....

dont have placement till 3pm tomorrow so thankfully I dont need to get up early hehe =)

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Week 1

Well our first week of officially over! How time flies when youre having fun ;)

It has been amazing! I have never been out the country this long and this is only my second time outside of the UK, I love the cultures here even small parts of it like paying for your food and drinks afterwards (although I have at some point almost forgot to pay eek!)

I have really enjoyed my first week here in La Coruña I have been learning not only the language but seeing the surroundings and day to day life of the city, we came across many people who speak English (usually not so great English but compared to our Spenish their English was very good!) one of our Spanish friends has been talking to me about music the rock scene here and the culture, places to visit and so on, I love that there are so many people around here who have similar taste in music as myself xD

Highlights of my week

<3 staying out till 8am!
<3 learning ukelele
<3 Tapas time!
<3 Santiago
<3 The beach
<3 The Hercules Tower
<3 Bumping into random Spanish people
<3 Singing random songs down the street =P
<3 Salsa dancing xD

Voice of the group!

Loved our first week here, there was a few small problems with some of our placements but they have been sorted and we are enjoying our time here visiting places, drinking with the locals, eating tapas and enjoying the sun!^_^

Touch wood, there hasnt been and mayjor problems or accidents, one of the girls lost her necklace on the beach and one of the others broke the screen on her phone! =( But thankfully no injuries! =)

Look forward to next week!! ^_^

Day 8

Last day of language training - interupted by Matt getting us to fill out our reviews to send off 0) made our way back for Burger King - it was only about the 3rd time ive ever had burger king and I was very impressed it was HUGE! way too much food haha went around for a bit of shopping got myself some new shoees and a mardio tshirt hehe ^_^ I love the shops here, although a lot of the time there arnt many open and the isnt much veriety in sizes - they charge more for bigger sizes tut tut!

So we headed over to the beach, stupidly I forgot to put my cozzy on so I couldnt go jump in the sea with the others =( but the rest of the group had an ace time bet it was cold guys haha! So I just stopped on the beach to catch up with some sleep and get the sun lotion on ;)

At first we had a plan to make bangers and mash and do a come-dine-with-me night but we changed our minds and decided to go on the look out for some piella! Unfortunatly though the place we were thinking of was closed =( so after a strole along the pormenade and trying for fit a load of us into a photobooth (which was hilarious!)we ended up having mexican food instead which was very nice! yummy! ^_^

Afterwards off to our good ole now recently adopted Flann irish bar =P Had an early night though so we could all catch up with the sleep we have so very much missed!

Day 7

Slept till 12 but for some reason I felt fine after only 4 hours of sleep! Not much happened today to be honest, most places here are all closed on Sundays so just chilled most of the day reallywe went to Flanns irish bar again of course =P They were playing Robbie Williams and seeing a load of rockers dance around to Rhianna was hilarious! We should do this more often!

By the end of the night we were all ready for bed, stupidly tirede and really not prepared for our language training early the next day..... eek!

Day 6

So last night most of us didn´t really get in till stupid-o-clock haha..... off to Santiago on the train, we went to a massive catherdral, there were a lot of pilgrims who have traveled miles to be there (although im not sure they could quite beat our trip all the way from Wolverhampton =P) gone into an art gallery there was an exhibition on TV (the weirdest art exhibition I have ever been to was a little creepy, don´t fancy getting into too much detail lol)there was one room with a mic and a rave hip-hop bloke saying "alleluya" every so many minutes me and Matt couldnt stop laughing! then we went and ate pizza yum =)

A few of us went to just have a few drinks and maybe a walk across the prom prom prom! most of the group didn´t come out they were too tired from the previous night!

Tonight was the craziest night I have had in a while.... and definatly the craciest for me in Spain haha! I bumped into a guy in a latex nurse outfit! He was on his hen night =P it was hilarious we got talking, spoke about music and why we were in Espanol etc etc lots of photos!

We have befriended a Spain guy who took us to anotherrock-metal bar after a few drinks and dancing around to Life of Brians always look on the brightside of life I ended up going to yet another bar.....it was AMAZING! I didnt get back intill 8am..... the last bar I was at doesnt even close till 9am which sounds crazy compared to the UK - Espanol people really know how to party! Although there isn´t really many proper clubs its mostly bars.... but its all good =)

\m/ YO ALALUYA!

Saturday 10 September 2011

Couple of photos =)




Day 5

Day 5

Placement today was pretty good! We recorded our own 15 second soundbite for our trip here (it was a bit cheesey but laughable making it and listening back haha) Marcus taught me some chords on ukelele ^_^ so i'll provbly actually pick mine up now when i get back =P was playing somewhere over the rainbow a verson by Israel Kamakawivo'ole he is amazing you must youtube him NOW!

Off to see the Hercules tower! My feet are absolutly killing me =( a few of us went to see some ruines (a bit like stonge henge) and bumped into a Spanish lady and her daughter was so nice speaking to them we spoke about music laughed and sang together haha they thought i looked like Adele! We exchanged facebook and youtube may be able to keep in touch =) had a paddle in the sea which was nice as our feet were aching but it was freezing!

Once again tapas is on the menu =) we ended up going to see a short film showcase in one of the many bars - it was a ten minute experiment where they put sofas in random places around La Coruna to see peoples reactions (sounds a bit like something you would see Jeremy Clarkson doing, just the sofa would need wheels, an engine and a gear stick....) xD

Afterwards was off in our Irish metal/rock bar which was pretty awesome! I had a kebab! It brought back memories of the UK....

Day 4

Day 4
So our second day of placemen, not really any different to yesturdays to be honest, few small things we need to sort out with some of our placements but we shall find a way around things =)

Spontanious decisions really do it for me theyre my thing it makes things much more exciting! XD so we went decided to go swimmingjust before our tour through la coeuna =P was so expensive though!And we had to wear a swimming cap haha we shalt all be bald together! So we had a quick rush back to apartments to get ready for our tour, was a bit crazy! We saw the different sides to the city seeing the old town and the modern areas, went inside a stunning church that was built in the 15th century (if i remember correctly) walked around outside of a convent that is still being used today have to admit thats a little scary! Found some of the history of La Coruna including a heroine Maria Pita who faught off a lot of British troups back in the day of wars.... Yeah... Lol

Tapas once again xD so I though I would try octopus.... Interesting experience =P back in our Irish bar (seems to have become a favourite now hehe) somehow we ended up in a salsa bar (first mistaken for a swingers bar) and some of us ended up dancing with Pat! o_O

Friday 9 September 2011

Day 3

So today we had our first day of placement, im in a recording studio which is pretty cool =) its a bit of a treck to get there and back thoughso we need to find a better way to trave, no way is the bus station 15 minute walk it takes us half an hour!

So later on we went for tapas (this happens quite a lot as you may notice =P) love the food here its yummy! Haha

so im not really a football fan but i love a great atmosphere with people cheering and having a good time so we went to see Deportivo La Coruna vs Gorona, i actually really enjoyed it! We ended up in the sports paper haha xD only tiny of course blending in with the crowd.... Aaaaaaand we wont 5-1 so that was just ace!! Woo! ^_^

Went around a few shopsalthough ive bot really brought anything yet. After a glorious win at the match we went to our Irish bars had some chicken curry and went off to see a jazz band they were very impressive =)

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Day 2

Officially our first full day in Spain =)

Back to another language lesson! Was a little intense to get used to at first but eventually got the idea =) starting to put our lingo skills into practice =P

I have to admit, no matter what reastraunt we end up in the food and atmosphere is always super cool!

Finally went on the beach ^_^ although Im not too sure what happened with having real sand! Was gorgeous =)

At last we finally know what our placements are, im going to a video production company some of the others are working in an art gallery and for other media companies so its all pretty exciting we all have our first day of work shaddowing tomorrow! =)

By the evening we all went for another wonder around seems to be the best way to find the best places xD went in an awesome Irish bar and found one of many tapas bars down the road was really busy you can really see that the people are all very sociable with and without being surrounded by alcohol like in the UK.... There was a lot of people even pushing prams at around 10at night so it feels pretty safe in its ways really

came across some ace buskers and people performing on the street there was a guy making the biggest bubbles ive seen haha xD

so its that time.... We shall all huddle into the kitchen with a couple of beers chatting about this and that and just having a good night =)

Buenos noches!

xx

Monday 5 September 2011

Day 1

Wooooo! So we finally got to Spain xD its stunning! Much cleaner than Wolverhampton have to say and Ive always personaly really liked he nice simplicity here with bars tapas and boutique =)

Anyhoo! Traveling wasnt too bad, except for when a few of us ended up half deaf through the plane but we're all fine now =)

Got to La Coruna the appartments are really nice actually we even have a washing machine cooker fridge freezer and a lovely looking bathroom with a shower we are all testing out tomorrow morning =P so we will have to see who the bathroom hog is!!!

We all went out for a get together cause some of us are in seperate hotels decided to go for a mooch by this point we were starving so had a nice meal together couple of drinks and had a really nice first night thanks guys i really look forward to getting to know you all these next few weeks ^_^

Sooooo glad i have free wifi here wooo!!!

Right im pretty tired and we have Spanish lingo lesson tomorrow so mucho gusto!

Buenos noches!

xx

Espagne here we come!

Hola!

^_^

So today is the day! Bags are packed, It's that crazy moment where you hope you haven't forgot anything then by the time we get there....there's always one!

Just don't forget your passports guys! =)

Not much to say until we actually get there really!

Woo00p!

xx

Sunday 4 September 2011

Tomorrow!! ^_^

Hola!

Where has the time gone?!? Blimey!

Well the time has come, as from tomorrow around 8pm i think? We shall be in Spain, guessing to be a bit tired from traveling but this is where the fun starts! =P

Now I do admit I'm a little bit of a last-minute lady so I'm still packing!

Hasta manana!

xx

Friday 19 August 2011

17 days to go!

Here is a short introduction to start this all off! :)

We are a small group on a Leonardo Programme going from the West Midlands in the UK to La Coruna Spain. Gaining experience within a European country of the creative arts industry and business

A few days ago we all finally met our group, started to get to know everyone and had a long day of Spanish language lessons (with the few mishaps on my Spanish numbers, I'll get there eventually!) and so the excitement for what is laying ahead has started to kick in! ^_^

I shall, of course, upload photos and update the best I can!

Mucho Gusto!

Amy

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