Respuestas
September 2, 2016.
My life has changed a lot in the past couple of years. Everything is turning out different than I expected. And this summer was no exception.
Since I don’t have a “real job”, but I still have a lot of work to do, I can travel… or not. All I have to do is get my work done before leaving. Or I can work while travelling. But that’s not too much fun.
Anyway, at the end of June I finished my book Inglés Coloquial.
In July, I went to Santander with some Spanish friends. I stayed at my friend’s house in the center of Santander, and had a great time. For me, the most exciting part was that my friend’s mother made cocido montañés, one of my favorite foods. We also did some nice walks in the towns around Santander. I got a bit sunburned at the beach, but otherwise enjoyed the cool weather, the food and the beautiful landscapes.
En algún lugar de Cantabria de cuyo nombre no me quiero acordar… Bueno, sí quiero, pero no puedo.
After a week in Santander, it was back to Madrid, and back to work!
I wrote an ebook about all the different English verb tenses, which my lovely subscribers to Pasaporte al Inglés have received, and I made a bunch of videos. I passed a million views on my YouTube channel. And I finally published the softcover version of Inglés Coloquial on Amazon.
Of course, summer is no excuse to stop working out. I continued going to boxing class in Parque Retiro, and I wrote an article about it too: Feeling the burn with Madrid for Refugees.
I also spent a lot of time reading. I read almost every day, and I’m still trying to read a book every week.
After a few weeks of work (and a bit of boredom because of the general lack of activity in Madrid) I was off to the Pyrenees!
In this case, I was going to Vielha, a town in the mountains close to the French border. I had never been to the Pyrenees before, and I was excited to explore the mountains.
The first place I visited was Calpe, a town in Alicante, because I was invited for some days by a friend who has a house there. I went with some friends, and we spent there just five days, but it was enough time to want to come back next summer! We stayed on the beach for hours, in the mornings, just lying and asleep, taking enough energy for the rest of the day and for the night! At night, we went out until next morning. We danced, met people, walked near the beach... while we watched the moon in silence.
Next, I went to Paris with my parents and my sister. Actually, I did not go to Paris, I went to Disneyland. We stayed there for four days, and it was really unforgettable. When I saw the park, I opened my eyes the most I could and I did not close them until the night at the hotel. I felt like a little girl again.
Finally, I was in Salou. My parents looked for a really relaxing time, and we were on the beach for some days. There, we did not visit anything, we were there just to rest. After those days, we came back to Madrid, and, unfortunately, we had to start our routines again.