Aka. "Destination Anywhere", "The Boy and Girl from County Bavaria"... After a very intense year in Würzburg (Germany), I'm back in Salamanca. I probably won't have that many experiences to write, but there's always an excuse to post a new entry!

We leave the wonderful world of fiction for a moment to talk about reality. My reality, more precisely.

As you all know, I'm back in Salamanca for one more year. Yeah, in the end I decided to lengthen the agony and give myself one more year until the miracle happens. This time I'm preparing myself to be a German teacher, which means I have some fun courses such as Psychology and not-quite-so-much-fun courses like Structure and History of the School System. On my first day, I literally left the classroom crying, since the lecturers seem pretty demanding and they are a bit strict regarding attendance. At least my classmates are cool and the atmosphere in the classroom is pretty nice. But I won't tell you much about it, since I'll probably have a different entry in a few days just to talk about my studies, as usual ;)

The other big novelty this year is that for the first time I'm living in a flat in which everyone is Spanish and I already knew two of my flatmates. It's quite a nice place (painted in yellow, yeah!) in which I have my own fridge and washbasin in my room, big mirrors on my wardrobe doors and great views from the window. As for the people living here... well, all I can say is that they can be a bit loud and I had never heard anyone use the word 'bitch' that lightly. Every now and then I can hear a slightly off-key Lady Gaga song or someone laughing hysterically. So yeah, you can never feel lonely :) At first I was a bit reluctant to move here, since it's not in the city centre and not exactly close to my faculty (that's the other big difference), but then I realized that the area is a bit Wisteria Lane-like... and when I saw that there's a writing on a wall saying "Metaaaaaaal!" I knew I was in the right place. Sometimes I feel like throwing horns...

Regarding my social life, I really can't complain. This week has been pretty intense, actually. Yesterday we had a class dinner, so I went clubbing with my classmates in the master's course. And on Tuesday it was my birthday, so I celebrated it with one of my flatmates and some fellow translators and delicious Indian food (plus ice-cream!) The sweetest moment was when the waiter found out it was my birthday. He turned the lights off and brought a candle for me to blow... and a pair of earrings. So the presents were a beautiful journal from my aunt, Betty Boop post-its from my Li'l Mushroom, a bookmarker from one of my flatmates and the earrings... plus some other things I presented myself with. I also wanted to buy Tarja Turunen's new album, but I unfortunately couldn't find it here... And sadly there are no pictures from my birthday, so I can't share with you the nice outfit I got myself... hopefully I'll take some pics with it soon ;)

Expectations for this year? Simply to have fun. There's no place in which I feel better than Salamanca, so I just want to make the most of this extra year I've given myself. Whether I fail or succeed in the master's course is not really that important to me, since I'm doing it mainly to distract myself and have something more to write on my CV. I don't even know whether I'll take the competitive exams to be a teacher when the moment comes, so... quoting Delain, which has become some sort of soundtrack to my life...

"We'll live all there is to live; be it pleasure, be it sorrow. Whatever prosperity lies in me, lies in me, I'll be all that I can be. My forever starts tomorrow."