1. My bag didn't come for almost a week.
2. I got really sick and had to miss a couple days of class (only to find out AFTER that we're only allowed to miss 3 days out of the entire semester!!)
3. And my bag still didn't come..
4. And then I got food poisoning when I thought it would be good to try out a true gaditano acquired taste...raw sea urchins bought from a street vendor during the pre-Carnaval erizo festival. Or it could have been from the raw oysters that had probably been sitting out in the hot sun for an hour too long...
5. And therefore missed more class.
6. On the bright side, my bag finally came!
7. I saw the Torre Tavira, one of Cádiz's oldest towers, which has a gigantic camera obscura. The tower wasn't so interesting, but the camera obscura was definitely worth it.
8. Went to some more pre-Carnaval celebrations. The plazas in Cádiz get completely packed to the point where you cannot even move. There are stages set up in many of them and large all-male-choirs that sing very emphatically with really big hand gestures.
9. I started classes at the University of Cádiz: 2 language classes, Spanish history, linguistics, and translation. They're all interesting, but some definitely seem like they'll be significantly more dificult than others (translation most of all...)
10. My 21st birthday came and went. Came and went very well. Although, I think I might have been the first person to head home from the bar and go to sleep...
11. Tornado warning (thankfully a false alarm...)
12. Joined a gym. Weird. There are virtually no women (except the girls from UW who by this point have practically over-run the gym) and it is very small. With too many mirrors, so you can't tell where anyone or anything is in relation to you.
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