soo since my keyboard is STILL in spanish, im gonna have some fun with accents as i explain my journey to being a madrileño. firstly, apparently the € is doing badly so THAT's great! not that it has anything to do with me becoming more spanish, but its a button on my keyboard now which is kewl ¡¿Sí o Sí!? as our profa Cecilia would say
anywayyyyy, me becoming more spanish. i had a date with a hispanic guy (technically hes colombian but he lived in barca for 7 years and now hes living in madrid, so close enough). we met in a salsa bar/dance club type situation on Thursday (obviously being latin american, hes a phenom dancer which is the BEST TRAIT EVERRR) and then went on a date last night. I was supaaa nervous at first becasue of the whole language barrier sitch but it was totally fine and not hard to speak with him in Spanish... though he can always tell when i pretend to know what hes saying when i actually don't... ¡lo siento Francisco! Things i have learned from him: 1. In colombia, the name Carlota (the spanish version of my name that I tell ppl here bc they legit cant prounounce CHARlotte) means you're from the upper class 2. also in colombia, people with light skin, freckles and red hair (re: gingers) are considered really pretty because they're so rare
moral of the story? I should move to Colombia. Hasta luego estados unidos.
Moving onward, after my date last night, i met up with Allison, and since she has mad Spanish conexiones because of her buddy from our University (Luna), we went to like a Spanish pregame party situation at one of Luna's friends' apartments and then to a club called Moma after.
Suchh a spanish night haha and legitimately I spoke spanish 99% of the night. success.
well obvs I read yours too! if you were considering places to move on a basis of your ginger-ness, London should not be high on your list. everyone is distinguished by their ginger-ness (tom vs ginger tom, ginger james, andy the ginge). and really just in general they get hated on a lot. I however miss your flowy red locks and freckles, miss you tons!!
ReplyDeletewhy didnt you include all the exciting events that happened at moma???
ReplyDeleteI could totes have told you about the ginger fame in Latin America. Also, very proud of your dating internationally!!! Do you now understand my annoyance with American boys? They just don't live up to the Latin American standards.
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