Toros?

OK, so the tale continues. Festivals are usually festive and beautiful with lots of glamerous lights surrounding the streets. This festival, The Running of the Bulls, is nothing like this.

The scene goes as follows. In Sagunto, our little town, there was a main road where everybody set up camp. It was just a mile's worth of road, but on either side of the road there was different roads that connected to the main road where barriers were set up to contain the bull. These barriers were at a slant, with the boards separated so someone could easily run up them and be safe from the bounding horns that would be close behind them. I stationed myself behind the barriers so i could see, but i could be safe...AT THE SAME TIME!

The experience started out by waiting....and waiting. We werent sure what was happening, but good things come to those who wait right? Finally a truck came out holding the toro. All the people in the street crowded around to be right by the toro. From all the way back i could hear the truck shaking because of the bull inside, it was quite frightening. Finally the toro was released, only held by a rope, and fire balls were basically stuck on the ends of his horns to make the experience more exciting! It was pretty easy to see it coming, but there was no need to actually see the bull to see if it was coming or not, more like all of the people running out of its way!

The enviroment wasnt exactly what i expected, dim lighting, except on the main road, the air was full of mind-altering smoke, and little boys who were almost clinging to my leg because everyone was so close.

Seeing the bull made heart race! This is something i have only heard about, and i am expierencing it!!

There is one thought on my mind...a feeble attempt

There is one thought on my mind/Tengo solo uno pensamiento
the feeling inside,/La sensación dentro de mi cuerpo
the touch,/El tocado

the sentiment,/El sentamiento

of going home to the people i love/En iré a mi casa a mi familia

First,/Primer
I will pack all my things in my suitcase,/Hizo mis maletas

then pack my books and tokens of remembrance/Hizo mis libros y las cosas de recuerdo

in my carry-on,/En mi equipaje de mano

to go home to the people i love/Iré a mi casa a mi familia

Second,/Segund
I will ask for a better seat on the plane,/Preguntare por un mejor asiento

then i will board the plane from VAL to NYC,/Entonces iré a embarcar en el avión desde VAL hasta  NYC

from NYC to WASH i will be tearing up,/Desde NYC hasta WASH, tendre lágrimas

to see the people that i love/A ver mi familia

Third,/Tercer
I will disembark from the plane,/Desembarcare del avión

i will get my luggage/Tendré mis maletas

go through customs, get welcomed by the officer on duty,/Pasare la aduana con las bienvenidas

about to see the people that i love/A cerca de ver mi familia

Fourth,/Cuatro
I will walk though the doors welcoming me back,/Caminare entre las puertas

i will see all the people waiting in that familiar hallway,/Veré la gente esperando en el pasillo

i will find my parents, both mother and father,/Encontrare mis padres, los dos

I am with the people that i love/Estoy con mi familia

What will i do afterwards?/¿Que mas?

Only time will tell,/No se

the list is forming/Hay una lista

on paper and in mi mental/Un papelito en mi mental

I long for the feeling of the steering wheel under my hands,/Quiero el sentado del volante

I long for the deliciousness of suicide chocolate cake,/Quiero un dulce de chocolate

I long for the embrace of my friends,/Quiero los abrazos de mis amigos

I long for home, which ever state it is/Quiero mi casa, en Tennesse o en Maryland

Don't get me wrong, Spain is in my heart,/España es en mi corazón

in my soul, and in my mind,/En mi alma y in mi mental

but my heart is torn/Pero mi corazón es en dos partes

until this wears off, until the 31st./Hasta 31 de Mayo

:)

Events, 13 January and 14 January!

Hello ya'll :) It has been a grand while since ive written a long post, during christmas break wifi was not always available and so i only wrote outlines of each day, not even doing the bulk of Hungary. I am sorry for this, and maybe when i have ample amount of time i will be able to fill my family and friends in on the wild happenings of my life :) In the mean time, here is what has been transpiring during the last couple of days!

This whole previous weekend has been a dash and stop spectacle. One moment something will be going on and then the next few hours there is absolutely nothing happening. Maybe this is because i have yet to get used to the new schedule for this trimester, or it also might be because my life is meant to be spontaneously bored and then abruptly filled with events!

Yesterday, Sunday, was a pretty fun day for several reasons. The night before i was watching Across the Universe with a few of my girlfriends and at the end, one of the Spanish ladies came in and asked for volunteers to help with a half marathon in Sagunto (our town). After one person said yes, i buckled and agreed as well, followed by my two remaining friends. Hooray.....!!! We had to be at the guy's dorm by 8 am. Ok...thats not BAD....but its definitely horrible for a Sunday morning, ugh! We arrived at the guy's dorm at 8 am SHARP and there were already people waiting, but no adults that were supposed to drive us. Ok, i said, i will wait until 8:30 and then im ditching. 8:30 came along, still no one....Ok, i said, Spaniards are known to be late, no big deal, 9 o'clock rolls up, (breakfast starts at 9) I am hungry, i will get something to eat with a friend of mine and then come back to see if anyone has shown up yet. 9 o'clock, the adults come! We still went to get something to eat and the adults were there to take me and my friend. No pasa nada.

We get to the town square of Sagunto and we end up flinging confetti all over the runners as we started! it was very fun, my heart was pumping cause of the excitement. But FYI, you think spandex is bad in the United States? imagine 100% of the mostly men at the event wearing spandex and/or REALLY short running shorts. It was not a pretty sight for my eyes, but my eves got used to not looking eventually :).

After the run started everyone in the square kind of hung around and chilled. There was a drum corp that was playing! One of the guys in the corp was "looking for a girlfriend" and apparently one of the other chicas in my group motioned to the leader of the corp that i was looking for a boyfriend, so he kept on motioning to me to come closer to their band. It was absolutely hilarious and i was freaking out. A. I didnt know how to talk to them, B. random guy in Sagunto for 1 hr??? C. that was just aqward. I could of made a fool of myself cause i would never see them again, and i like being random, but i was not expecting that one :p So throughout the morning the leader and the guy kept on looking our/my direction. once in a while we would make eye contact, but then i would just swirl my head away like an embarrassed chica, giggle!

That was the main thing that happened sunday. after i got back from Sagunto, i went immediately to my room and chilled out. studied a little, slept a little, ate at the specified times, and finally went to bed.

Today, monday, the first day of the school week. Has been uneventful. After class i came back to my room and studied until dinner. I now have everything done up to homework from today! Horray!!!