Just Another Day in Paradise

When my host mom told me the very first day that we met that I was the luckiest girl in the world, I nodded my head in agreement, and probably said si si si loudly and aggressively, just so she knew I understood her. I knew that I was lucky to be in Spain and to get the opportunity to study abroad. I could not even have imagined how much luckier I was going to get throughout the next months.

After two months of being in this beautiful country, saying that I am the luckiest girl in the world does not even begin to describe how I am feeling. It is completely an inadequate way to describe everything I have had the opportunity to do. I honestly don’t know why I have been so fortunate, and it seems so unfair that everything is going so right in my life when so many people have so little. I would not even want to ask for any more than what I have right now. Well obviously there are a few things I wouldn’t mind, but really that’s just me being human.

This weekend, it was finally supposed to be sunny, so a group of us decided to head to the beach! Although the wind made it too cold to tan, I actually got a lot of studying done, which came in handy on my test today. Although I am told that I didn’t go to the prettiest beach around Granada, the view from the top of the rocks was incredible; with the blue- blue water and the white painted houses on the hillside.

When I thought of going abroad, I always pictured myself wandering around in the sunshine, eating ice cream, lost but perfectly happy. This Sunday, Emily and I walked up to watch the sunset to the side of the Alhambra. We got a little lost, and there was ice cream. As the sunset, it reflected against the snow-covered mountains behind the Alhambra, and everything just kept getting prettier and prettier. The magic of the moment was only intensified by Emily’s excitement; I’m sure people around us thought we were crazy.

Not only am I lucky for seeing all these beautiful things, I have also met a lot of just really beautiful people. I have the best host mom and friends I could ask for. I have had a little bit of a cold this week, and one night I was coughing. My host mom knocked on my door holding a cup of tea. She proceeded to tuck me into bed, kiss me on the forehead, and tell me that she would be in the next room over if I ever needed anything. She is an angel sent straight from heaven. I am convinced. And my friends here are actually some of the best and nicest people in the world, I don’t know what I will do without them (so I’m just not going to think about it).

As if all of this wasn’t enough, I just got offered an internship with Amnesty International. I had a preliminary interview, but was not really hopeful, so when I got offered the internship in my second interview I was blown away (and giggled like a 15-year-old I’m ashamed to say). I hope that I can return the blessings that I have been giving by helping people who need it, just a small way I can say thanks for everything I have!

I really don’t even know how I got to be so lucky, but I thank everyone who has played any role in my life, you guys are amazing and I probably don’t thank you enough xoxo