In budgeting my spending here in Europe, I have always gone for worst case scenario. I always rounded the exchange rate against my favor, planned on needing more than I really would, rounded up how much I had actually spent that day, planned on not being reimbursed for things not because I didn’t trust that person, just because that’s how I’ve been doing my budget. Well, yesterday I was reimbursed so I took a moment to re-evaluate my budget and I HAVE MONEY!! I’m not going to go on any spending sprees, and it’s still going to be a tight summer in Provo unless EFY comes to my rescue, but I have so much more to work with than I thought, so I guess Ben is off the hook.
Today, Ariel said goodbye to oh-so-perfect Granada to come to Sevilla. Our wanderings didn’t produce anything super amazing, but it is a pleasant enough sort of place, even though it is super hot. Granada was about 91 F, Sevilla is about 100 F. But it is a dry heat, so after Croatia and with the breezes here, it’s still not as bad as I had expected even though we had to walk an extra bus stop length hauling all our stuff to find our hostel.
After some tasty paella and gelato, we went to a bar (*gasp*) to watch a “free” flamenco show. We had to buy really expensive drinks (a juice and a coke, sheesh, what kind of a girl do you think I am?) for the privilege of being there, but it was such a great way to spend a Friday night IN SPAIN!!! I felt so grown-up and authentic. So, so far, Ariel and I have been to a bar and a nude beach. Yikes.
So now I have 10 days left. I know that because of redoing my budget and because I’m a little bit OCD when it comes to counting things, not because I’m “counting down the days.” I have such mixed feelings about it. Europe has been so good to me, everything I dreamed it would be with only about half the stress, I couldn’t have planned it any better if I had known then what I know now. But there are people and things that I miss in the states and other things in my life to look forward to. And for that, I count my blessings. So for now I’m going to try to forget how long I have left and enjoy every minute.
Also, here is the quote of the day:
Ariel: What's a day without a kebab and gelato?
Me: Pft. You might as well be in Provo.
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