¡Hola!
being in spain has been one of the most amazing experiences ever! living with a bunch
of spanish people has been tough but muy muy fun! im glad that ellie and i got to live in the
same house because when the rest of the familia(the spanish family) started speaking spanish, i
had someone to go talk to! however i have learned quite a few new words in spanish. actually i
think ive learned more spanish here than i did in spanish class this year! jk!
swimming in
an international meet was amazing! getting the opportunity to swim with some of the fastest
swimmers in the world was definitly an unforgettable experience. during the meet i swam pretty
good and got best times in both of my events! but the best part of the meet was meeting my new
girlfriends: the turbo girls! during the first finals session i was being some what of a creeper
and took a picture of the girls without them knowing. but on the second day i got a picture with
all of them and i made 5 new girlfriends! i also met cullen jones and mark gangloff (us
olympians from swim mac) and got to take pictures of cullen, ciesar, and fred after the 50
freestyle with cullens camera!
saturday night the familia took my parents out to dinner. we
went to a very interesting resturant that was on a farm. it was good but when i saw a very dark
salchicha on my plate i became a little concerned. but im always up to try new things. so i took
a bight and almost threw up. little did i know it was made up of really grose parts of an
animal. on our way out of the resturant we noticed that there wernt any rabbits in the cage
(there were 5 or 6 in there when we got there) and realized that we probably ate those rabbits
for dinner!
today we went to la playa! (beach). all of the guys were rockin their colorful
speedos and quickly ran away from the girls so we didnt have to be seen with them and their
horrible tan lines! me, logan, peter, and juan miguel ran around talking in austrailian accents
and got many complements on our georgous swimmer bods and sexy speedos!
now we only have
one more day in españa and i am very excited to be back home but at the same time am going to
miss mì familia, and living with ellie (sike!). be aware that i might talk with some what of a
spanish accent when i get home!
adiós!
Ian Manzana!