Bowdy’s study abroad trip

To start off, after I posted my last blog on Sunday we went on a hike to the top of Urbino where an old fort is located. It’s the prettiest view here. On our walk, we saw a wild pig and stopped to video it. As it kept walking uphill towards us, we just stood there waiting on it to get closer. Long story short, we let it get too close and it started chasing us. It was a massive pig and he still got pretty close to us. It was definitely the highlight of our day! The hike to the top made it worth it. He started chasing us right after I took this video.

Monday was the first day of school. I was actually excited to start so I could get back to work on thesis. Every morning so far we have stopped and gotten espresso and breakfast before class.

We met in our thesis lab at 8 and worked until about noon, then went back to the city to the Mensa (cafeteria) for lunch. It’s about a mile walk from campus to the city (uphill). The cafeteria lunch is pretty good so far, nothing special.

After lunch we went back to the thesis lab and worked until about 5, then did some planning for our free weekend trips until 7 when the Mensa opens back up for dinner.

Tuesday was a long day as well. Pretty much just worked on thesis all day again. I got a picture of a rainbow on the walk back to the city after school all day.

After dinner we went back to the fort to show the class. It was absolutely beautiful.

Wednesday we worked in the thesis lab from 8am until 9, when our class started with all of the UTSA students. That class is from 9am-11am. As you can imagine it’s not fun being in class that long. We had a short meeting after class, got lunch, and went back to do thesis until 6. Nothing but thesis these last 3 days! Our heavy thesis days are Monday-Wednesday and then usually Thursday-Sundays are more relaxed fun/travel days. We have an organic farm tour and wine tasting tomorrow so that will be included on my next blog.