I’ll admit that this is a slightly random post but I still
find it strange after two months of being here, so I thought I’d share how I get
to school every day. To begin with I take a bus or get a lift from Bilbao to
Ermua, pretty normal thus far. However, both of the schools are situated on the
top of a massive hill; so, to get up this big hill the town council have kindly
provided not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 (!!!) escalators right in the middle of the
pavement. I’ve never seen outdoor escalators like them before, and I’m not sure
if the steepness of the hill justifies the walking assistance, but the
escalators are very convenient for me and they’re even covered by a roof so can be used whatever the weather. Although, they have forced me to become even lazier and when
one doesn’t work, which occasionally happens, it has the potential to ruin my
day before it’s even begun.
Also, I have a confession to make. After my very positive
previous post I have to admit that I did actually get very homesick
for the first time this weekend. It’s not so much that I wanted to be at home,
but the fact that I couldn’t contact the people I wanted to when I wanted to
that made me emotional. I didn’t have the best Saturday for various reasons, and
all I wanted to do was hear a familiar voice tell me that I was being stupid, but that obviously wasn’t
possible and at that moment in time it felt very unfair and pretty much like
the end of the world (I’ll admit that it was my fault no one was on
skype because I chose to have a breakdown at the inconvenient time of 1am). However, after talking to my
parents and some of my closest friends on Sunday I now feel so much better and a lot more rational (it probably also helps that it's not the early morning and I slept last night). Despite not being there at my most crucial breakdown moment because they were too busy partying (selfish), I have the best friends ever.
I knew this year would have its ups and downs, but it’s safe to
say that I’m not making any immediate plans to emigrate to Australia.
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