Happy Valentine's Day

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Feliz día de San Calentín! I'm loving life and everyone in it. Valentine's day is definitely not the same in Spain, and thank God for that! It's not quite as commercialized and overdone here. It is not really celebrated like in the U.S., or not that I can tell. Sure, people are roaming around in bright red outfits but they do that here anyways. Men in bright red pants (especially on game days) are very common. It's quite a fashion trend here to wear bright red pants. Personally, I find the look to be atrocious but we have Uggs and nike shorts in the States, so you win, Spain. I have yet to see girls walking around obnoxiously huge teddy bears and balloons. My professor today gave us candy in class and said he hoped to sweeten our day a little, especially if we didn't have a valentine. lol it's the only candy I'll be receiving today. Anyways, it's refreshing to not have love and couples thrown in my face. Thank you, Espana for keeping love and romanticism more private and less loud and public( cept the 24/7 PDA), but who knows maybe I haven't noticed all the Valentine's day festivities because I've been in class and home all day. Crossing my fingers and maybe calling to cupid so I can prevent myself from getting sick. I think I may have gotten a cold or something. Anyhow, I may not be a huge fan of Valentine's day (minus the chocolate part) but I hope you and yours are able to spend time together and appreciate the love you share. I will update you if I find any interesting Spanish Valentine's day traditions, so far got nothing to report.