May | 2015 | We're On Tapas the World

Wow, we cannot believe we are sitting here writing our last post. This semester has truly been amazing and one of the best 4 months of our lives. Thank you so much to our parents for supporting us (mentally, emotionally, and financially) through this incredible adventure. This post is dedicated to remembering the best and funniest things of abroad.

See you all soon (a.k.a. today AHHH what?)

People We Will Miss (or maybe not)

coke waiter with great egg breakfast dishes #HugsNotDrugs
crazy cab driver who “didn’t speak english” yet yelled at us then spoke perfect english and told us it was all a lesson #ThanksTeach
our spanish cinema teacher that we walked out of his class 5 minutes in when we learned it was all taught in Spanish #NoHabloEspañol
The waiter who told us to stop ordering food because we had too much…. and then we ordered more food shortly there after
the very mean and sassy waiter from La Gallina Blanca who told Cassie to say thank you
Man in Marriott Copenhagen that reminded us it was a 5-star hotel and therefore we wouldn’t fit in
The spectacular man from hotel in Venice whose toupee was on fleek
Manu (no more words needed)
The cab driver that let us pick our own playlist aka queen and “dangerous”
The British Airways rugby team that acted as if they were at a bachelorette party
“ON THE ROAD TO MOROCCO” man
London tour guide who made us cry of laughter and then gave us ponchos
Woman in Harrods who bought her 4 kids all Moncler jackets #the1percent
Our pink-vested Lisbon tour guide that sang our troubles away
Chef at Cooking class in Seville who changed our lives with paella
Guard at Arc di Triumph that was the sexiest thing since sliced bread
actor who played Charlie in London Production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory #TheProductionDoe
Lady at Rue 8 that gets an A+ in dainty jewelry
Our sunglass lady that let us play with her baby
JOBO’s son up at Glasgow University

Things We Will Miss

not having to do school work #HardlyWorking
the idea that going out for a meal is cheaper than cooking for ourselves
convincing ourselves that ordering 7 tapas is perfectly natural
finding a 2 euro coin in our wallets
getting a gel mani/pedi for under 20 euros
never having to tip anyone, anywhere, at any time
The ability to casually travel every weekend from Thursday to Sunday
Being able to drink/purchase/order alcohol #Still20
Living in a “patio” with a rooftop terrace
Never having to decide what we want for dinner and just order tapas of everything
Wonkandy cuz… Bae
Getting a Toblerone for each trip
Finding symbolism in every city
Free breakfast buffets
Sharing a closet-sized room and loving every second of it
Watching a movie every night as Cassie falls asleep
The morning cookies in Mary Alice’s class… Making 9:30am classes worth it
Getting “aceitunas” before every meal
Hearing Jodi ask for them 5 times throughout the meal
Each other… Obviously

Things We Are Looking Forward To

the general feeling of being clean
being able to use a dryer for our clothes
get a salad/healthy lifestyle
not needing to ask “is there WIFI” everywhere we go
getting water for FREE at restaurants
the ability to use our phones on the go (basically – being able to speak to our moms when we are walking alone)
the use of a car instead of walking #MamasTired
Being able to watch a show during its scheduled showing
Not using military time
See our family and friends! (Thank you for reading thus far)

Mistakes We Know We Will Make in the States

saying “hola” when we walk into every store
asking for WIFI passwords
Saying euros instead of dollars
Still using military time
Always looking for our blackberry’s

Jodi and Cassie’s Favorite Tapas Bars

Perro Viejo
Viniera San Telmo
Mamarracha
Mercado Lonja del Barranco (aka glass market)
Ovejas Negras
Dos de Mayo
Contenedor
Gourmet at Corte Ingles
Nikkai Bar
Vega 10

Jodi and Cassie’s Favorite Hangouts

Abril (PSA: Jodi only went once)
Casino
Bandalai
Alfonso
Ruko N’ Roll
Tokyo
Antique
Botellon at the river

HASTA LUEGO, SEVILLA! ILY AND IMY ALREADY ❤

Hello all! We are back with our (sadly) second to last blog post of the semester. It has truly been an amazing four months and we can’t believe we are 11 days away from saying goodbye to this amazing experience.

Jodi enjoyed the wonders of a Beer Bike in Sevilla. Don’t worry, they had sangria #GF. The bike moved MAYBE 5 miles an hour and I’m pretty sure Jodi is in the background of hundreds of Sevillians pictures on their iPhones #epic. It was definitely an experience that is #TypicalAbroad #Basic.

SOOO College

Beer Bike N’ Hoes

Jodi travelled to Lagos, Portugal this weekend as a final hoorah with some friends! The weekend was full of fun times spent in their rented out villa. Yes, a villa, you read that correctly. Pedro (the owner of this villa) was more than accommodating, despite his first impression (picture four girls waiting outside the villa in the heat with no one to let them in). However, Pedro showed up in fabulous Ray-Ban sunglasses and gave us a full tour of the villa. It was beautiful and full of odd-oversized decorations (picture two enormous sunflowers framing the TV in the living room as ONE example). Soon after, we set out for the beach and began our last vacation from our vacation. The weekend can be summarized by: cooking, eating, cleaning, tanning, boating, sleeping, and relaxing. To clarify, the eating entailed going to one of the top 50 burger places in the world: Nah Nah Bah Burger. To say Jodi met the love of her life is cold hard truth (and no, it’s not the burger – it’s the restaurant owner). OH, and the burger was delicious as well. Lagos was a beautiful city that Jodi is overjoyed to be able to visit and end abroad with.