Florida Girl: Weeks 33&34. Spring Break.

Hey unconditional followers!

I will start telling you how great and amazing was my break! After nine hard weeks of school (I say hard because school days here are endless but it's not hard at all) finally some time off came. I started the break with one day in advance. My host family, Chiara and I went camping for five days to the Springs. On Thursday after four days of school making up work our ten days off started. We went to Publix to buy all the stuff for camping (food, plates, movies for the ride and bathroom stuff). We also picked up all the blow-up beds, sleeping bags and wetsuits that we needed. We came home and had pizza for dinner while we watched a very interesting movie that my absolute favorite teacher (Mr. Lewis) recommended. It was a movie than was based in a real story called "Complaince". The movie was about this man that pretended to be a police and called fast food restaurants and invented stuff about young girls. In this case he called MacDonald's and said that a young girl stole from someone. He convinced the manager of the store to take off the girls clothes. He also convinced a few men to punish the girl and rape her. The movie wanted to show how people follow rules without thinking about them if they come from an authority and it's crazy to think that this really happens. After watching it I downloaded some music to play on our road trip.

On Friday we left Vero at about 9 am. We had MacDonald's breakfast and we arrived to our campsite in Ginnie Springs at five. While we were putting the tent up it started raining and it took us a long time to figure out how things were going to be organized. We had burgers and hot dogs for dinner.

On Saturday we went on Canoes along the river. It was so much fun, we saw turtles and tons of different birds and plants. In the afternoon Maddy, Chiara and I went tubbing along the river. The water was so cold and clear. Maddy fell off the tub and we ended up swimming in Ginnie Springs. The nights at this campsite were so cold. It was in the thirties and I didn't bring with me any warm clothes. The tent was really big but getting used to sleep in sleeping bags was difficult. On Sunday we went to Crystal River. We had seafood for lunch in a real american restaurant. That afternoon after we organized all the stuff in our new site (it was way quicker than the first time) we went to buy some warm clothes in Walmart. The nights at this campsite were not as cold but mosquitos were horrible and they bit me all over. Chaira and I stayed up really late Sunday night. We sat around the fire and we started to remember all the cool and exciting stuff we've been throw this year. On Monday we rented a boat and went to swim with Manatees (so thankful we had wetsuits on). I took some cool underwater pics of them. At around four we arrived to our site and Chiara, Maddy and I went to the dock to sunbathe. We went out for dinner at a restaurant that was in the middle of nowhere but facing the Golf of Mexico. We saw an amazing sunset and took some cool pics. On Tuesday we left early to St. Petersburg to visit the Dali Museum. I learned so much about his life and paintings. He was a very interesting person. He was concern about the unconscious world and that's why he drew his dreams and wishes. I am excited to see his other museum in Figueres. We had Spanish food for lunch (that was so cool). We left the museum at four and arrived to Vero at eight. On Wednesday I just went to the beach with my whole family. We had a lot of visits. My Dad's sister and her husband have been in Vero almost since I came (they are going home in a few days and I think it's going to be the first real goodbye I am going to say) Their son also came to spend his break with his children and wife.

On Thursday after going to Micheal's with Maddy I went to Taylor's new house. Aurora and Mads were also there and we sunbathed and played music. I got a piercing with Taylor in my ear (the cartilage). It's so weird and crazy that I did it because I am usually so scared of needles and shots. On Friday Tay drop me of at my house after having Starbucks breakfast and I went to Wabasso Beach with Chiara (I am getting so tan). In the afternoon we went bowling with Maddy, Andy and the two kids. We also went skating and we had an ice-cream at the beach with Dillon. Today I've talked to my parents back in Spain and Chiara and I just finished our third video.

I thought I should post something today because I know tomorrow I won't have time. I have so much homework to do and it's also Easter.

I am so jealous of all the people in Spain that still have ten more days of vacation. Last eight weeks of school. Forty-one days and school is over. Summer is almost here and I am so prepared!

This break was great and one of the things that made it great was that I got to know my host sister, Maddy, way more. On school days she is always very busy doing work .She's a great student (top 5 %) and she's also involved with so many extra activities and clubs. On weekends I don' usually spend much time home and we usually do our own thing with our group of friends. This holidays I was able to spend so much time with her and I just loved it. I am so glad that I ended up in this family and I am so thankful that I met her. We're both interested in the same stuff....politics, world relations, law and it's great having someone that you are able to talk and that shares the same principles than you. We have so much confidence now and I am so glad that I can call her my american amazing host sister. (See Maddy I actually talk good about you....I lav u).

Write to you next week!