Seniors Week

Como ya habreis podido comprobar en los ultimos posts, tras terminar examenes la vida en Marquette es bien distinta,, hasta el tiempo ha cambiado y hemos pasado de gelidas tardes al cobijo de una manta a torridos atardeceres haciendo barbacoas en el lago. Si, Wisconsin cambia de tiempo tan inesperadamente que al dia siguiente de la torrida tarde puedes sacar el jersey de nuevo y te falta el abrigo que ya has metido en la maleta...

Esta ultima semana, denominada "Seniors week" por ser la semana previa a la graduacion de aquellos estudiantes de ultimo anyo que pueden decir por fin adios a sus dias de estudiante, ha estado cargada de actividades, fiesta y locura. Tras las celebraciones que ya os contamos y nuestra visita a Madison, la semana ha estado llena de emociones agridulces ya que ha habido muchas despedidas pero tambien actividades y reencuentros que han hecho de estos ultimos dias en la cuidad una inolvidable experiencia.

Tras las fiestas, el partido de baseball y Madison he aqui un pequenyo resumen de nuestros ultimos dias por la uni:

- Visitamos la Brewery Miller (comunmente denominable como fabrica de cerveza) con degustacion de cervezas gratuitas incluida y terminamos el dia comiendo un delicioso helado en Copps.

- El miercoles nos reencontramos con Emily, fuimos a comer las tres junto con Hannah y Jen, las "SanSe Chicas", a California Pizza Kitchen. Para cerrar el dia unas cervezas por los bares de water street.

- Para disfrutar el soleado dia que tuvimos el jueves fuimos al lago a hacer una barbacoa en companyia de los GVers que aun quedabamos en Milwaukee,, barbacoa que tras ciertos imprevistos salio de 10.

- El viernes, los estudiantes internacionales disfrutamos de nuestro propio acto de graduacion como cierre de un semestre lleno de vivencias en Marquette. Tambien tuvimos que decir adios a nuestra pequenya Maggie :(

En cuanto al fin de semana,, tendreis que esperar al siguiente post. Prometemos no tardar en colgarlo....... pocas horas os separan de saber todos los detalles!!


Xoxo!
 
PD. la falta de acentos y "enyes" debido a escribir desde un ordenador americano sucks! sorry :S
 
   
   
   

A random tuesday @ Madison

After the crazy weekend we had after finals, it was time to relax so we planned a visit to the state of Wisconsin's capital: Madison.

There we went with little Maggie, taking a bus to the city while drinking a coffee and eating some delicious donuts we bought on our way to the station...

It took us almost 2 hours to get there due to the stops the bus had to make, but it was worth it as our destination was a really nice and cozy little city full of life. We drop off at the Wisconsin University Campus where some friends were picking us up to have lunch at "Mediterranean Cafe", a small ethnic restaurant where we had a delicious arab dish. Afterwards, Lauren (better known as the girl that could climb a vertical wall) and her friend Crissie showed us around, going up the main boulevard to the Capitol Building.

We ended our little walk back in campus, where we seated on a terrace next to the lake eating some ice-cream made in the university itself. We kept on walking through the lake-side, enjoying the sunny weather and the amazing sights.

We ended the day at Lauren's new apartment and drove back to GV (home... but not for much longer) tired but grateful of the wonderful day we just had.

Thank you girls for making yesterday's day such an incredible day!!

Let's enjoy the rest of the week,,

xoxo ;)

Bukatu da, c'est fini, se acabó!!

El viernes acabamos los exámenes y por lo tanto las clases en Marquette! We're finally done!

Así que ahora que estamos de vacaciones no nos queda mas que disfrutar de nuestros últimos días hasta la vuelta. Y esto ha empezado así....

- Cena fin de curso/despedida con entrega de premios incluida:

Mariel and her roommates

Discurso y entrega de premios

- Fiesta en Apartment 720 con Lil' Jon de DJ!!Lujazo!Y farra increible!

- Partido de baseball en Miller Park Stadium, Milwaukee's Brewers contra Pittsburgh's Pirates:

- Y otra American house party más con foto de las chicas de Deusto incluida:

Maitane, Marta, Mariel, Ane

Xoxo!                

Burritos, coronas y margaritas....¡Que viva Mexico!

Ayer celebramos Cinco de Mayo, una fecha realmente importante en la historia de México: la Batalla de Puebla. 

La noche se resume en burritos de Qdoba, coronas, margaritas y una fiesta con  nuestros queridos vasco-boricuas que les presentamos en el siguiente vídeo...

Burritossssssssss

Chaparrita!

En Murphis con Guli

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Home, Sweet Homewood! (Easter Break)

It's been a while since you don't have news of our adventures here in the USA, don't you think is time?

After St. Louis we were soooo into our studies (hahaha) that we didn't have time to update the blog... but then Easter Break arrived. We have had a great time at Nata's house, she and her family invited us to enjoy the traditions of this vacation as if we were at home so that's what this post is about,, our unforgettable time in Homewood.

We arrived to Homewood, a small town in the outskirts of Chicago, the 21st of april. Nata showed us her neighborhood before having dinner with her family. Afterwards, we enjoyed a Vikings High-School Girl Soccer Game where her sister, Suzanne, plays. It was such a fun experience as well as freezing (we spent all the game covering ourselves with some blankets). Vikings won by a punch of points, but the best of the night came when a boy jumped to the field and asked one of the girls to go to Prom with him. Meanwhile his friends were in the terraces supporting him by showing PROM written in their chests. AWWW SO CUTE!!! (and so American... hahah). We ended the day in the basement, watching "The King's Speech".

Next day Chicago was waiting for us. We had the chance to understand why they call it "Windy City", there was such a bad weather... it was raining cats and dogs :( Our boots were flooded, the umbrellas broke... Anyway, the fog around the skyscrapers created a magical scene of the city that we will never forget. We spent the day shopping (as walking in the streets was mission impossible) and took the train back early cause the rest of the family was waiting for the Spanish Chefs and the Spanish Tortillas we were about to cook for them. 

After that we spent the night painting the typical Easter Eggs with little Carter and Evelyn. Eggs that the Easter Bunny (Paddles) was supposed to hide all over the house during Saturday night so that everyone went find them next morning and get their Easter Basket full of candy. 

As we didn't have time to do all our shopping (yes, we love shopping), we went back to Chicago downtown on Sunday too, where we enjoyed a beautiful sunny day. We had lunch in the 95th floor of John Hanckok tower and took a water taxi through the Chicago River to the Navy Pier. We also visited the beach and other nice areas in the city. Once back at Homewood Nata and Adam prepared a bonfire where we had the chance to eat marshmallows with m&m's. Just a perfect ending of the day!

Easter day started with Nata and her sister looking for various dozens of eggs all over the house... their basket was waiting!! We went to the church and then hang out before having easter dinner with all the siblings (they are such a big family: Nata's mum and dad, 8 siblings with their partners, 6 grandchildren...). It was more like a banquette full of delicious food and nice company. After finding eggs with the children we took the car and come back to Milwaukee, singing all the way and saying bye to a wonderfull holiday.

Thank you a lot for everything Nat! We will always remember our days with your family!! Thanks to all of them!! You are just AMAZING!