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So here I am for the past 3 weeks, at the south of Spain in a small city called Cartagena. I have to admit that I’m impressed by the city and the people and the way of life. Everything functions on “tomorrow” system and at first, I really liked it. A few days ago, when I was at university again, the people couldn’t agree on what papers do I need to carry with me and they were sending me all over from the Rectorado to the Secretaria. At the end, I was just laughing.

I live in an apartment with 2 guys. One of them is a local policeman and has a pet, ferret. He speaks English so we talk quite a bit. The other one works in the museum and is so called Murcia patriot. He doesn’t speak English and that’s a reason we say hello to each other and that’s quite all. Ok, I understand Spanish but the vocabulary is the other thing and I have problems forming the sentences without words. But I’m learning and few people told me that I speak quite well for just 3 weeks spent here.

The most interesting thing is that here are people from almost the whole world. In Residence Hall I met a man from Costa Rica, my roommate is from Canary Islands and the other roommate is from Murcia. One Erasmus friend is from France and he’s dating a girl from Portugal. One girl is from Romania. And so on.

The weather is a bit fuzzy (if that’s the right expression), one day it was 23 degrees Celsius and today it’s foggy and 14.

I cook for myself, I wash my clothes and iron them, I work and I clean up the flat once and a while. It’s nice here. I really like it. There are 68 days more in front of me and I have to take the best from my Erasmus exchange.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right,

forget about the ones who don’t.

And believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance,

take it.

If it changes your life,

let it.

Nobody said it would be easy,

just that it would be worth it.

Author: M.G.