Spain

I was a junior in high school and close to turning 18. There was a program through school that I signed up for to go to Spain. I had taken a couple of years of Spanish, and I had even lived in Guatemala when I was 7, so I definitely had some Spanish speaking skills up my sleeve. The best part of this opportunity (at least in my eyes at the time) was that my best friend, Megan would be going with me. Plus, we would be rooming together at a host family's house. My Spanish teacher that came with us was very laid back and had no problem speaking up for me when I got too embarrassed to try and explain to our waiters that I did not eat meat (which is unheard of in Spain). Our trip had too many fun experiences to try to cram into 2 paragraphs, so I'll just share one.

We went to school for a month in Salamanca and one day, one the way home (which was about a 45 min walk , one way) my best friend and I had the idea to get tattoos. We weren't old enough in the U.S. to get them, but we were in Spain! We ended up in a dark tattoo parlor near the Salamanca square. I had a hard time finding a place they would agree to putting it since I was sunburned everywhere! I finally settled on getting a tiny lady bug tattooed on one side of my lower back. A little silly, I know. I was really scared though! Since then, I've actually gotten the tattoo enhanced. It started to look a little like a mole, so I had it turned into hello kitty wearing a lady bug costume. Yeah, I know, even sillier you might think. :) Now, I have some great memories and awesome stories behind that cute little lady bug tattoo.

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Grey's Anatomy

I work for a television company. Of course I'm obsessed with TV. It's part of my job to know what is new and hot. So, obviously I'm having a hard time picking just one TV show. I settled on Grey's Anatomy. This is my favorite show, ever! The first time I ever saw it, I was actually baited with the promise of a home cooked meal and was instead, forced to watch Grey's Anatomy.

My major is nursing, so the whole hospital setting drew me in at first. I know a bunch of medical terminology from my previous training. This show doesn't make many mistakes. It has all of the exciting, shocking, crazy plots of soap opera. However, it also has extensive medical scenes filled with drama and more crazy plots. These two components to this awesome show help to balance it out. I know a lot of guys that will admit to watching it religiously. There are a lot of things that happen it that show that make me wonder if its actually true. I resort to googling some weird crazy disease almost immediately after watching.

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Sin City

My 2010 Spring Break was amazing! It was definitely not a restful vacation. I went to Las Vegas with my two very best guy friends and we were armed for a good time. We spent the first day drinking fruity alcohol drinks, sight seeing,taking a zillion pictures and getting sunburned. The first few days we were there we were too excited and ended up going to sleep pretty early,considering we were in Vegas. We packed our days full of walking and seeing everything that we possibly could.

The rest of our trip was honestly, a little blurry. I really won't go into detail why, I'm sure you could imagine. We went to the wax museum,and we took another zillion pictures with fake celebrities. Our last night we packed full of adventures. We went and saw a Criss Angel show and got to sit in the fourth row. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen in my life. I loved it!! After Criss Angel, we decided to go to the Minus 5 bar. We had seen it in a show about the top 10 coolest bars in America( or something like that) on the travel channel. Before entering the bar you have to put on huge coats,gloves and furry boot. Everything was ice; the bar,chairs,statues,decorations, and even the glasses we were drinking from. I'm still not rested up from my trip and I can I definitely say that I have some "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" stories!!

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