When setting up for dinner at his home away from home, as is the routine everyday,the student realized that the door leading to the balcony was open.When he gazed out, The sharp contrast of the yellows and golds of the age old Cathedral against the blue created by the mixture of the infinitely black night and the bright setting sun made it quite a sight to see. At that moment, Amparo comes in with the two plates and places them on the table which is set to perfection by the student, studying abroad in the beautiful country. She pours him a glass of cold water from the plastic bottle and they begin the conversation which they have both been looking forward to all day. The theme of the exchange has ranged from Feminism in Spain as compared to the Middle East, to why the beaches in Cuba are better than those in Barcelona. What a wonderful woman Amparo is. Today, this student could not imagine being in any other place but sitting at this dinning room table, eating this wonderful meal, and gazing out this window admiring the gigantic monument, and thinking to himself: "If all things could be this wonderful..."
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