Day 17-Finalmente mi intercambio

Today was the day for the BIG EXAM!  I cannot believe I have only been here for 2 weeks and I am already taking a midterm!  I actually, believe it or not, woke up early so that I could get in like an hour more of studying.  We all got these Flamenco books yesterday when we were at the Center and they are in English, so a lot of us went through and read some of it because it has the history but in English so a good refresher!  So I studied and ate and then headed to the study center.  For the first hour and 15 minutes of class, we went through all the powerpoints and reviewed, which was okay, but at that point, I just wanted to take the test.  I felt like I was pretty prepared, but the more I tried to study, the more confused and bombarded I thought I was going to feel.  We took a five minute break and then got the test!!  It was 10 short answer questions, and like we thought most of them were pretty broad.  There was one however, that was not at all, and I was not sure about that.  Overall, I think I did okay, but it is quite subjective so I guess I will have to wait and see.  At least, I did not feel awful about it, and I actually put in effort and tried, so that's what matters I suppose!  After the test I went home and had 

lunch with my señora: chicken and rice and gazpacho!  She was telling me again about how bad her allergies are, and how she cannot even clean because it makes her feel awful and barely able to breathe!  Then I got to catch up on somethings and finally took a siesta because I was EXHAUSTED!  Then I skyped with a friend, and then finally got to go meet my intercambio.  Our schedules had not worked before, but tonight finally did!  I kind of got lost on my way to our meeting spot because I do not go to this place often, but I found it shortly after.  She is WONDERFUL!  She is a 27 year old who was 

born and raised in Sevilla.  She is an English teacher for 3-4 year olds in what she called a kindergarten.  She wants to improve her English because she has to pass a big exam in the end of July to get her title.  So we basically walked around Sevilla for an hour and she showed some important buildings and things, and we got to talk in Spanish for most of the time.  She speaks pretty slowly for me, which is so nice, and it is cool to be able to have a normal, like young adult conversation with another girl.  Then we talked some in English as we walked back.  I am so glad I got to do that and I hope we will be able to meet some more!  Then I went home and had dinner, some noodle soup and the tortilla again!  Then I  

rested for a little and wrote to some friends.  After a little, I met up with my friends to go out for the night.  We met up with some friends down by the river for a while and hung out; it is absolutely beautiful at night because the light shines from the bridge onto the water.  We had a good time hanging out, but had some interesting conversations about the people eating each other in the states (and we were nervous about coming to Europe...)  We also had a weird lady come up to our group and try to get stuff from us, but she didn't stick around too long.  We were going to try to go to a special club, but it was a much longer walk than we expected and when we got there, there was a long line and wedid not really want to pay to get in.  We just went back to Big Ben and hung out there for a few hours and played some foosball.  I got to talk with one of my friend's intercambios, Jóse, which was great because I got to work on my spanish again and he told me so much about Spain.  Then we walked home and went to sleep about 4:30: Craziness!!