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-       I'm starting to realize that it is going to be a lot harder than i thought to update this everyday and even come close to describing things accurately. We are so busy all the time i feel like were constantly running around except for yesterday we just bummed around all day. Two days ago we woke up around 12 and hung out around the apartment until it was time to go to the scavenger hunt. We were excited to do the scavenger hunt because its supposed to help us learn about our area of the city and the winners got a "smart pack" which is a bunch of trips to choose from like kayaking, skydiving, etc which we really wanted. We left about an hour before the scavenger hunt started and we got something to eat. I got pasta pesto which was good but the portion was way too big to finish so quick. We went across the street to the market where we were supposed to meet and there were 6 other CEA students there 2 boys and 4 girls who live close to us. They all seemed really nice. We waited for about a half hour and nobody from CEA showed up so that was disappointing. We went home and hung out until we had to go to the welcome reception. The welcome reception was at a museum on the water so it was really nice. This was the view:

fThere were various tapas there and I ate salmon which for anyone who knows me knows that is a big deal because I hate fish. We all weren't really in the friend-making mood so we all kind of talked to the people we already knew. We ended up coming back home and getting ready to go out. We went to duvet which is another club. All of the clubs here are very classy and have couches and stages in the middle of the dance floor and give drinks in tall glasses. We got 4 drinks and it was 40 euro...needless to say we don't plan on buying drinks out that often. We all lost each other throughout the night and decided that it can not happen again and I need a phone. Yesterday Liz and I woke up around 11 and left to go get coffee. Instead we ended up getting ice cream and pastries. We didn't realize how far we walked and by the time we got back we were dead. We both ended up taking another nap and I woke up around 7. We hung out and then got ready to get something to eat/go out. We left around 11:30 and went to a place called pans to eat which is kind of like a subway. We walked to the main strip where all of the clubs are and were going to go to a bar called hot bar which is a bar where you play games with the bartender and if you win you don't have to pay for your shots. We walked in and got looks from all of the locals. It was really crowded and the age range was probably around 25-30 so we felt a little uncomfortable and left. We ended up just going home. Were still all lacking sleep. Its 11:11 here no and Liz and I are going to go venture off again!