Where is the Time Going?!

It's been a long time without a post. Sigh. I'm trying lol.

Lets start with Sunday - My Birthday! 20 years old, and it was defiantly the oddest birthday celebration ever. My host family was gone for most of the day, so I spent the day doing homework and watching like 4 movies. But they came home that night and got me a present-a really nice wool scarf, and we sang and had some birthday doughnut-type things. Although here they blow out the candles before they sing, so my host brothers got to my candles first.

Moving on to Monday - most exciting day of the week. My host family got a puppy!! She's 10 weeks old and is a golden retriever. My host brothers wanted to name her Charlie, but the guy who had the puppies already started calling her Dama, so we just stuck with that name. (Dama means "special little lady") She's super cute and very laid back. Inside the house she just likes to sleep and lay under the coffee table, but outside she doesn't stop running and playing. 

Wednesday - Halloween! It's very different here than at home. Not very many kids here trick-or-treat but we had a party at the house. It was all decorated and the kids had their friends over. Everyone in the house had to be dressed up - I was a vampire with bright red hair. Three groups of kids came by and my host mom scared them. The first group she told she was gonna eat the children. The second group we wouldn't let up the stairs, so we were answering the intercom in all of the different languages the people at the party spoke (Spanish, English, Galego, and French). Eventually we made them send one kid in the group up alone so they could scare him. And then the final group, they made a kid cry, so we gave him pizza because they didn't have candy.

And now, it's Thursday - and I'm packing to go to Poland. I've got my Ryanair approved luggage, so hopefully it meets the weight limit. I've got some warm clothes and boots and my camera and hopefully everything I need. We're going to Krakow to visit Auschwitz and the Salt Mines and whatever else we can find.

So yes, I am off! Will attempt to update when I get back Monday night =D