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My Favorite Things (State-side Edition)

I have absolutely loved my time here in Spain. Although I am not fluent in Spanish as I had hoped nor am I as “Spanish” as I thought I would be, wearing five-inch stilettos on my moped or dangling a shiny pink flag in front of a bull that wants to dance, after four and a half months of living in Sevilla it has still been an incredible journey. That said, finals have commenced, the Mediterranean diet is seemingly decreasing in variety, I’ve started to catch a cold and Christmas lights are up all over the city. I am officially homesick. These are a just a few things that I’ve realized I have taken advantage of in the past and never truly appreciated.

These are my favorite things, state-side edition.

Good coffee
Spicy food
Clean public bathrooms (equipped with toilet paper, functioning sinks and soap)
Snacks
Eating at regular hours of the day
People who pick up their garbage
Cold weather (yes, I know it’s weird.)
My pets
The ability to watch a television show and understand it
Receiving the newspaper
Thai food (specifically Thai Tom’s)
Hanging out INSIDE a house, not in the streets
GOOD wifi
Driving
A comfortable bed, preferably one that does not leave spring indentations on my back.
Food that has been refrigerated, not mysteriously left out overnight
Carpet
Central heating
A good hamburger (I know it sounds super-cliché American but I just don’t care.)
A cockroach free house
A cell phone that does not require “topping up”
Curling up with a movie and hot cocoa