Algunas dificultades

I don't really have much to say, so I guess this will probably be the shortest and least epic of all of my posts, but let's just say that Spain isn't everything I was expecting it to be. Much of this frustration stems from the fact that, for the past three days, the only place I can get internet is in a café, which means that communication with my family is scarce and communication with my friends is nonexistent. I don't mean to sound like a little spoiled kid who can't survive without stuff, as has been alluded to, but when the internet is your only lifeline to the people you love, it's a big deal if you can't get it. I realize that I was spoiled last semester, because I lived in a country where the internet is a lot more common, because it seems to me that Spaniards haven't quite graduated to 21st-century technology yet. So please excuse me for saying that my experience, thus far, has been anything less than perfect.

So if I have a Skype date with you and you find, at the agreed-upon time, that I'm not online, don't be offended. I'm not not online because I don't love you or don't want to talk to you, but I'm not online because I haven't been able to find anywhere with sufficient internet access. As you can see, from my lack of enthusiasm in this post, I feel, basically, blah. And yes, I realize that this was MY decision to spend an entire year in Europe, but that doesn't mean I can't have difficult times during this process. I'm not expecting (nor do I particularly want) sympathy or advice from any of you, just understanding. So hopefully, I'll have the chance to speak to all of you who are reading this sometime during my semester in Salamanca! I hope all of you are well, and, as always, I'm sending you my love. Hopefully I'll be in better spirits for my next entry!

Kristen