Oof. It's Thursday already. Where we last left off, I was about to purchase my Grammar book, which was not in... yet again. Let's just say we had quite a few troubles with buying that book. I walked down to Fray Luis about 9 million times (and by that I mean like 5 or 6), but I did have great fun in the different bookstores. I really would like to return to Maxtor to spend a day looking through books there. I have a bit of an inanimate crush on the place, is that weird?
Hmm, let's see what else has happened. The days seem like a bit of a blur because we're finally getting into a routine around here, which is very nice. Also, I tend to waste a lot of time sleeping for much longer than siesta allows. Naps here are short; my body doesn't agree. So the proceeding tales have happened sometime between Monday evening and now.
Shopping: Yes, I've been shopping. It's good and bad. There are tons of rebajas (sales), so I don't feel too bad. I'm also doing pretty well because there are a lot of things that I could just buy impulsively and have not, so kudos to me on that one. I did buy jeggings, though... Not so sure how I feel about it myself, so please no judgment. 1) They were on sale, 2) they are extremely popular here, and 3) Andrea told me I needed them. They will stay here upon my return home more than likely. There was also a vair vair cute shirt that those that would judge about the jeggings would approve. Don't worry, I'm not completely insane just yet.
Cafes: We've stopped at a few cafes. I like them a little too much. I need to stop. Coffee here is completely and inexplicably wonderful. I always want more. Also had some good little sandwiches and ice cream. Phwoar! I have an addiction to helado (ice cream), so I'm surprised it took me this long to get some. I'm pretty sure there are some photos that shall be on Facebook in good time. There are tons of places to go here, though. Almost every time I turn around there's something else to try. Fun stuff.
Class: Class is well... class. We definitely have things to do, but it's no where nearly as much work as back home. I appreciate it. It also almost feels like high school because we don't really leave the room unless it's break. Beside that, I'm liking all the subjects so far. Some classes are much better than others, but I attribute that to the professors more than the subject area. None of the professors are bad, just some are less enthusiastic than others. And yes, I am actually doing by work around. It's not all fun and games- although there is a lot of that today.
Food: I love the food here. It's beyond yummy (almost all the time). I can't really remember too much of what we've eaten, but I had to put this in here for my funny story of the day. So I don't know if you all know this (I know my mum does), but I had a HUGE problem eating things like fish and chicken when I was little. If it had bones, I couldn't do it. My mom would take the meat off the bones, and even then I found things wrong with the food (like veins). Today we had some fish... with the spines still in them. I couldn't look at it. I did eat it, but I was freaking out the entire time. The one and only time I have not wanted to finish my food here. Okay, so that wasn't really as funny as I thought it would be. As cliche as it sounds, I think it was one of the things you had to see.
Other than that, I'm really loving it here. I feel like I've been here for such a long time already, and it's also crazy to think that we've really only been here a week and a half. Even more, I feel ready to go home at any moment. It's a weird conglomeration of feelings. I could easily stay in Valladolid like this for the rest of my life; I'd just have to take you all with me.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
I Need to Buy Tooth Pasta
Still alive everyone! I know you were probably worried since it's been a while and the last thing I spoke of was seeing the Grim, but todo es vale!
So it's been a pretty good couple of days. We did not sleep in nearly so late on Sunday (even though I stayed up until halftime of the Packer game... so like 4 am or later?). We couldn't sleep in so we could go to the free Oriental Museum. Yeah, I know that sounds really strange because I'm in Spain, but they like to learn about other cultures here, too. Like I said, it was gratis, and apparently connected to a church? We walked into what we thought was the museum, and it turned out to be a mass. Needless to say, we quickly turned around and left feeling awkward before moving next door to the actual museum. It was very cool. I took a lot of fotos if you have not already seen them in Facebook. It was a grand time to be had by all. It had everything: comedy, pain, romance, music. Then after we left there was some big market type thing... I don't know, but I found more Harry Potter stuff! Wow, makes my life a little better here as if it's not stupendous enough.
The rest of the day was pretty chill. We ate and did homework. I siesta-ed for much too long again. It came to bite me in the butt later. I ended up writing the end of Cinderella (Cenicienta here) in Spanish. We'll see how that went. My reflexive verbs and object pronouns are probably really sketch, but whatever. It's called learning, after all. What else...? Yeah, I think that was all of Sunday.
School again today. Lunes (Monday) sucks even in Spain with wonderful classes like Grammar and Culture. We took a little break where we bought Magnum Gold! It's ice cream over which we get way too excited. Also, we spoke in Spanish for pretty much the entire time (over an hour). It's really good for us because when we have more than 2 or 3 people we convert to English very easily. Later we're going to go shop and hopefully buy our Grammar book. Oh well, more adventuras!
So it's been a pretty good couple of days. We did not sleep in nearly so late on Sunday (even though I stayed up until halftime of the Packer game... so like 4 am or later?). We couldn't sleep in so we could go to the free Oriental Museum. Yeah, I know that sounds really strange because I'm in Spain, but they like to learn about other cultures here, too. Like I said, it was gratis, and apparently connected to a church? We walked into what we thought was the museum, and it turned out to be a mass. Needless to say, we quickly turned around and left feeling awkward before moving next door to the actual museum. It was very cool. I took a lot of fotos if you have not already seen them in Facebook. It was a grand time to be had by all. It had everything: comedy, pain, romance, music. Then after we left there was some big market type thing... I don't know, but I found more Harry Potter stuff! Wow, makes my life a little better here as if it's not stupendous enough.
The rest of the day was pretty chill. We ate and did homework. I siesta-ed for much too long again. It came to bite me in the butt later. I ended up writing the end of Cinderella (Cenicienta here) in Spanish. We'll see how that went. My reflexive verbs and object pronouns are probably really sketch, but whatever. It's called learning, after all. What else...? Yeah, I think that was all of Sunday.
School again today. Lunes (Monday) sucks even in Spain with wonderful classes like Grammar and Culture. We took a little break where we bought Magnum Gold! It's ice cream over which we get way too excited. Also, we spoke in Spanish for pretty much the entire time (over an hour). It's really good for us because when we have more than 2 or 3 people we convert to English very easily. Later we're going to go shop and hopefully buy our Grammar book. Oh well, more adventuras!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
El Perro y el Creeper
Welcome back, all! So discoteca was not discoteca but a good time anyway. There was mucho confusion about getting to the place. Lisa (who talks to everyone!) started asking some random guys about discotecas and bars, so they brought us to the bar region of the city. It seemed a little sketch for a while, but we had a ginormous group, busy streets, and we left them as soon as they brought us to the area of the city. Anyway, we eventually ended up at this bar...... STOP! We had pre-discoteca across the street! It took us about a million days to decide on what to get, so we all just got a shot of honey rum and some woman there took our picture and offered us free shots. Well, no one but Esteban y yo were willing to, so we didn't. Back to this one bar. We thought it was discoteca, turns out no, but we had a grand time. It was quite loud, which was undesirable and ended up meandering back to some other bar with muchos less people and a bit too much American music. It was alright, and we ended up leaving at about... 2:45. We got home with no problems, but I didn't get to bed until much later because I was talking to people.
Cue this morning... that came and went before we got up at an early hour of 2:30 pm. Buenisimo! Yeah, it was very late because the alarm clocks in our moviles (cell phones) are way too quiet. Because of this, we did almost nothing. We missed churros con chocolate with Andrea, Esteban, and Kelsey, too... We did have some rice with mushrooms (gross) and shrimp though. Our host madre really likes to make us eat a lot of food though, so we did not finish. We also did not siesta after due to our massively late start to the day. I did get most of my homework done. Maybe Katie and I can go on an adventure in Campo Grande tomorrow instead of doing that. I also talked with the parentals. Then before you know it, it's time for cena (dinner). It was also un gran tiempo (great time). We had huevos fritos (or fried eggs), and Katie doesn't like eggs. She tried really hard to eat it, but she just couldn't do it. She felt really bad and made THE silliest faces trying to choke down one more bite. My entertainment in Espana.
After dinner, we had a little time to get ready (by the way, I still can't bring myself to wear leggings by themselves). We were off once again. We wanted tapas (appetizers) and started fumbling around the city for a good place even though Esteban's host madre gave him a list. The first place had too much seafood and was really busy, so we returned to the Plaza Mayor where Lisa proceeded to ask these guys about tapas. They looked really confused before asking us if we spoke English. Turns out they were Swedish and in high school studying abroad! Que comico! They were of little help, but it's okay cuz we found a place. I wasn't hungry so tapas will be for another night.
After that we returned to the same bar as last night (the second one with no people). I add that only because tonight it was completely packed. Craziness! It was a lot more fun... and also way less fun in some ways. There was a huge asshole there that Andrea and Lisa met. These posts will probably include a lot of Andrea and Lisa meeting boys. Anyway, he took my beer, shook it up, and sprayed it all over the floor. Rude. We stayed away from him after that. But it was good. We chilled there, danced, and enjoyed ourselves before leaving at 2.
The only notable thing about the walk home was that we saw the grim. No fricken lie. I was going to have Esteban take a picture of it for me to put in the foto book I'm making Eric when it came running at us and growling! I was frightened like none other. Terrifying for realsies. So if this thing doesn't get updated in a while, you can figure that the grim caught up to me. And on that note, buenas noches
Cue this morning... that came and went before we got up at an early hour of 2:30 pm. Buenisimo! Yeah, it was very late because the alarm clocks in our moviles (cell phones) are way too quiet. Because of this, we did almost nothing. We missed churros con chocolate with Andrea, Esteban, and Kelsey, too... We did have some rice with mushrooms (gross) and shrimp though. Our host madre really likes to make us eat a lot of food though, so we did not finish. We also did not siesta after due to our massively late start to the day. I did get most of my homework done. Maybe Katie and I can go on an adventure in Campo Grande tomorrow instead of doing that. I also talked with the parentals. Then before you know it, it's time for cena (dinner). It was also un gran tiempo (great time). We had huevos fritos (or fried eggs), and Katie doesn't like eggs. She tried really hard to eat it, but she just couldn't do it. She felt really bad and made THE silliest faces trying to choke down one more bite. My entertainment in Espana.
After dinner, we had a little time to get ready (by the way, I still can't bring myself to wear leggings by themselves). We were off once again. We wanted tapas (appetizers) and started fumbling around the city for a good place even though Esteban's host madre gave him a list. The first place had too much seafood and was really busy, so we returned to the Plaza Mayor where Lisa proceeded to ask these guys about tapas. They looked really confused before asking us if we spoke English. Turns out they were Swedish and in high school studying abroad! Que comico! They were of little help, but it's okay cuz we found a place. I wasn't hungry so tapas will be for another night.
After that we returned to the same bar as last night (the second one with no people). I add that only because tonight it was completely packed. Craziness! It was a lot more fun... and also way less fun in some ways. There was a huge asshole there that Andrea and Lisa met. These posts will probably include a lot of Andrea and Lisa meeting boys. Anyway, he took my beer, shook it up, and sprayed it all over the floor. Rude. We stayed away from him after that. But it was good. We chilled there, danced, and enjoyed ourselves before leaving at 2.
The only notable thing about the walk home was that we saw the grim. No fricken lie. I was going to have Esteban take a picture of it for me to put in the foto book I'm making Eric when it came running at us and growling! I was frightened like none other. Terrifying for realsies. So if this thing doesn't get updated in a while, you can figure that the grim caught up to me. And on that note, buenas noches
Friday, January 14, 2011
I'm eating a chocolate sponge
OUR ALARM CLOCK SUCKS! Aka, my iPod. Did you know that when you plug in an iPod to charge to a computer in a different time zone, it will change the iPod's time to said time zone? No, well now you know. Anyway, that was our predicament this morning. Everything was vale (okay) because we got up and to school on time. We also didn't miss the bus, but there were soooo many people on it. I guess Fridays are just more popular. But seriously, it was ridiculous.
We had class again. Imagine that?! Anyway, it was good. Had some more oral expression, history, and grammar. I'm thinking we're going to have a lot of grammar. Also, oral expression should actually be called speaking and vocabulary. Phwoar, are we learning some new words. Like despota... I look it up in the dictionary, and it tells me despot. Very helpful, dictionary. Turns out it's an adjective for a tyrannical person... like Hitler or Stalin. Anyway, history was good. Everything we're learning at the moment has nothing to do with our finals, so it's fun. Also, I won't have it for the next 2 weeks because Agustin won't be here. Woot! And grammar... it's grammar. Still doing that subjunctive thing. I learned about some Spanish metaphors. Good stuff. I also learned the difference between tener que + verb and necesitar + verb, but I won't bore you with those details.
After class we checked out the cafeteria which is muy cerca (very close) to our building, because we had to wait for Esteban. We only had 3 hours of class, whereas he had 4. So we chilled there. There was some ice cream buying and very bad Spanglish. We are freaking pros. Anyway, Esteban finally left class and we could return a casa. Again, success here. We got this city down... or at least our route home. So we had our lunch (lentils... They're actually good!) and no siesta when we really need it because we are festajamos-ing (going out basically) tonight.
Then we went on another adventure to buy our grammar book, and it's STILL not there. However, we looked around the store and there are so many funny books in there. It's known for languages, so there was a lot in English, too. Pictures to ensue in Facebook. So then on the return, we found this wonderful little store where everything costs about 2 euros. I got a necklace, leggings, eyeshadow, and a coin purse, because the they have euro coins here which make it impossible (another word to read in either language) to shut my wallet. I really like it there, so I'm there will be a definite return. And for now, we are waiting en casa for dinner before going out to the bar across the street from us, tapas, and la discoteka!!!
We had class again. Imagine that?! Anyway, it was good. Had some more oral expression, history, and grammar. I'm thinking we're going to have a lot of grammar. Also, oral expression should actually be called speaking and vocabulary. Phwoar, are we learning some new words. Like despota... I look it up in the dictionary, and it tells me despot. Very helpful, dictionary. Turns out it's an adjective for a tyrannical person... like Hitler or Stalin. Anyway, history was good. Everything we're learning at the moment has nothing to do with our finals, so it's fun. Also, I won't have it for the next 2 weeks because Agustin won't be here. Woot! And grammar... it's grammar. Still doing that subjunctive thing. I learned about some Spanish metaphors. Good stuff. I also learned the difference between tener que + verb and necesitar + verb, but I won't bore you with those details.
After class we checked out the cafeteria which is muy cerca (very close) to our building, because we had to wait for Esteban. We only had 3 hours of class, whereas he had 4. So we chilled there. There was some ice cream buying and very bad Spanglish. We are freaking pros. Anyway, Esteban finally left class and we could return a casa. Again, success here. We got this city down... or at least our route home. So we had our lunch (lentils... They're actually good!) and no siesta when we really need it because we are festajamos-ing (going out basically) tonight.
Then we went on another adventure to buy our grammar book, and it's STILL not there. However, we looked around the store and there are so many funny books in there. It's known for languages, so there was a lot in English, too. Pictures to ensue in Facebook. So then on the return, we found this wonderful little store where everything costs about 2 euros. I got a necklace, leggings, eyeshadow, and a coin purse, because the they have euro coins here which make it impossible (another word to read in either language) to shut my wallet. I really like it there, so I'm there will be a definite return. And for now, we are waiting en casa for dinner before going out to the bar across the street from us, tapas, and la discoteka!!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
I'm dyslexic so I read "imoron." Also, I suck at siesta
Hola again mis amigos! Today has been a not so exciting day, but I will impart my happenings anyway. Katie and I got up on time. This is a first and huge accomplishment. We probably deserve a cash prize for it, so if you're interested, let me know. Oddly enough, we were late to the bus stop and had to wait for the next one. Really, Espana? Anyway, the second bus is different from the one we're normally on (aka, there are no accordion sides). We got there in time, so there wasn't a problem really, plus we beat the walkers (Andrea, Steve, and Kelsey) who left earlier today and still were un poco late.
So then it was that whole class thing. Only 3 today, still 4 hours. Literature included answering questions about the middle ages of Spain. I knew most of the answers from high school, but whatever. We have some homework for it, but it went by quickly. Then we had art. I'm really excited for this class. Ivan is really cool. He reminds me of Pace. Quick information break: According to Ivan, we're in the city with the second most amount of bars! He also had us listen to interesting songs. If you want to check them out (and are not offended by bad language) go to these links. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2spZ-NDfS4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw&feature=channel. Then we had two hours of grammar. Really not as bad as it sounds besides it being the subjunctive. Except for writing a full page in Spanish about our first day here in 20 min. That was horrible (you could read that bilingually if you really want to). Then we were done!!!
We walked home again, except this time, we knew what we were doing. Yeah, we're pros. We didn't use a map. Turns out we walked the wrong way on Paseo Belen which totally messed us up the other day. We got this down though, so we feel a little better. Also, what is also wonderful is that we walk past "Tu Secreto" a little dirty lingerie store. We have a laugh each time we walk past it. I'm sure one day we will have to stumble into it. It'll be some good stuff. I'll keep you posted on that one.
Then we were home. We siestad for too long... again. We're still tired. We also really haven't done anything besides eat dinner and do homework. So begins the life of a student. I still blame the siesta...
So then it was that whole class thing. Only 3 today, still 4 hours. Literature included answering questions about the middle ages of Spain. I knew most of the answers from high school, but whatever. We have some homework for it, but it went by quickly. Then we had art. I'm really excited for this class. Ivan is really cool. He reminds me of Pace. Quick information break: According to Ivan, we're in the city with the second most amount of bars! He also had us listen to interesting songs. If you want to check them out (and are not offended by bad language) go to these links. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2spZ-NDfS4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw&feature=channel. Then we had two hours of grammar. Really not as bad as it sounds besides it being the subjunctive. Except for writing a full page in Spanish about our first day here in 20 min. That was horrible (you could read that bilingually if you really want to). Then we were done!!!
We walked home again, except this time, we knew what we were doing. Yeah, we're pros. We didn't use a map. Turns out we walked the wrong way on Paseo Belen which totally messed us up the other day. We got this down though, so we feel a little better. Also, what is also wonderful is that we walk past "Tu Secreto" a little dirty lingerie store. We have a laugh each time we walk past it. I'm sure one day we will have to stumble into it. It'll be some good stuff. I'll keep you posted on that one.
Then we were home. We siestad for too long... again. We're still tired. We also really haven't done anything besides eat dinner and do homework. So begins the life of a student. I still blame the siesta...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
You Can't Sing in the Shower Here
This is what I learned in class today. First day of classes, woke up late. I have an issue with setting my alarm clock for the right time. We're working on that. Otherwise, class... it's pretty basic. I had completely different classes today than I did yesterday. We had geography, oral expression, literature, and culture. Oral expression is for speaking in Spanish with one another and our prof. just walks around to help us. It's nice, and I made a friend from Taiwan in the class! Geography will be... interesting. It's super introductory right now, but it's about all the parts of Spanish geography, not just the land... and really, not just Spain. We looked at the Spanish territories and even Portugal. I like literature (surprise, surprise). We're not reading any entire novels (que lastima!) but doing a survey of literature from different time periods and how they influence modern writers. Plus, we played a game in class today. How cool is that? And my ultima clase (last class) was culture. It's really short (only 10 hours this semester) which is muy triste (really sad). The prof. is crazy- but awesome. We talked about how Spanish people like to stare at others and don't shower for a long amount of time because there are lots of droughts. Yeah, less than 5 min people, and I'm succeeding, but as soon as I'm back in the States, hour long shower, baby.
Then we walked home..... after we got lost. Luckily, we found some girls from our program. One of them is in my classes, so we recognized her and followed them until we could at least get on our map. Yeah... the map they gave us of the city doesn't freaking have the university on it. It's really dumb, but now, I think we know what we're doing, so we'll walk back tomorrow and then to school again on Friday because we don't know how long it takes us. Anyway, we were lost. We had an adventure and saw more of the city outside of Plaza Mayor. That being said we got back really late and ate lunch late because of it, but Katie and I finally ate all of our lunch. It was tuna (but it looked like steak, how weird!) and green beans with oranges for dessert. Also, since mi maleta (suitcase) finally arrived, we gave Belen our gifts for her and got to share some of the chocolates I got her, MMMM!
Right after lunch, we left to figure out why are phones cost money. It was a sad day because we couldn't siesta... craptastic. Anyway, it's because there's a connection fee, but after it's free. Also, we found our exact phone and plan at a different store for 30 less euros. We tried to return our phones, but apparently, you can't do that. We want to check at the other store to see if that's true. The employees there are much nicer anyway. We are even setting up an intercambio (language exchange) with one of the girls because she's taking English classes! In any case, the phone situation is really stupid and kind of put a damper on my fantastic day.
We decided to stay en casa since we've been out the past two nights and had pizza (SO MUCH BETTER HERE!) and rotillas (which is like pudding with a cracker on top... I don't know, but also very good). I also put all my crap away. I'll probably need to organize a little more, but it's sufficient work for now. Katie and I also watched La Casa de los Espiritus. It's normally in English, but this was dubbed in Spanish. It was really funny because we couldn't figure out why they were using vosotros (a verb form really only found in Spain) since it takes place in South America. Then Katie realized that it's in Castellano (what we speak here). We also learned cabron, which is a he-goat (there you go, Andrea!), bitch, bastard, a bunch of other ugly words of the sort. It was interesting to watch it in Espanol because I'd only seen it English, but this is Vino-a-go-go land and I must do as the locals do!
Then we walked home..... after we got lost. Luckily, we found some girls from our program. One of them is in my classes, so we recognized her and followed them until we could at least get on our map. Yeah... the map they gave us of the city doesn't freaking have the university on it. It's really dumb, but now, I think we know what we're doing, so we'll walk back tomorrow and then to school again on Friday because we don't know how long it takes us. Anyway, we were lost. We had an adventure and saw more of the city outside of Plaza Mayor. That being said we got back really late and ate lunch late because of it, but Katie and I finally ate all of our lunch. It was tuna (but it looked like steak, how weird!) and green beans with oranges for dessert. Also, since mi maleta (suitcase) finally arrived, we gave Belen our gifts for her and got to share some of the chocolates I got her, MMMM!
Right after lunch, we left to figure out why are phones cost money. It was a sad day because we couldn't siesta... craptastic. Anyway, it's because there's a connection fee, but after it's free. Also, we found our exact phone and plan at a different store for 30 less euros. We tried to return our phones, but apparently, you can't do that. We want to check at the other store to see if that's true. The employees there are much nicer anyway. We are even setting up an intercambio (language exchange) with one of the girls because she's taking English classes! In any case, the phone situation is really stupid and kind of put a damper on my fantastic day.
We decided to stay en casa since we've been out the past two nights and had pizza (SO MUCH BETTER HERE!) and rotillas (which is like pudding with a cracker on top... I don't know, but also very good). I also put all my crap away. I'll probably need to organize a little more, but it's sufficient work for now. Katie and I also watched La Casa de los Espiritus. It's normally in English, but this was dubbed in Spanish. It was really funny because we couldn't figure out why they were using vosotros (a verb form really only found in Spain) since it takes place in South America. Then Katie realized that it's in Castellano (what we speak here). We also learned cabron, which is a he-goat (there you go, Andrea!), bitch, bastard, a bunch of other ugly words of the sort. It was interesting to watch it in Espanol because I'd only seen it English, but this is Vino-a-go-go land and I must do as the locals do!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Cannibals in the Castle
Hola todos. This post will be much shorter. Not too much has happened because life seems to be starting a routine. It'll be nice, but a little less exciting. I guess that will make the special occasions even more special and this whole ordeal less of a vacation in my mind. I'm loving it nevertheless.
We had our first day of classes. I'm in the 5th level of 6, which I felt good about. We only had two classes today, history and grammar, and there wasn't much content in either. It was a special day since they kept us out so late last night. I think I'm going to like them a lot. We're focusing on two time periods of Spanish history (when Spain was the biggest empire in the world and from the Civil war until today pretty much). Agustin (our prof.) is very passionate about the subject and really nice. He's probably a little crazy, but he wants us to enjoy the class and history as much as possible, so I'm excited for it. We also apparently have one of the best professors for grammar ever. She also seems very nice, but we didn't do much work in grammar today. We'll be working a lot on the subjunctive (GAG!) but by the time we leave, we should be pros. That's the whole point anyway, right? Anyway, I think it'll be good. I don't really prefer taking classes, but if all of my professors here are like Beatriz and Agustin, it'll be a good semester, and I'll learn tons.
We also managed to get ourselves home by bus, except we're going to walk from now on. Our host mom asked us to so we're hungrier for lunch, but she just makes so much food. Today we had pasta with broccoli, and I don't normally like broccoli, but it was delicious. There was just way too much and she thinks that we don't like the food. So from now on, I'll be walking even more. Yay for my waistline!
Katie and I seistad again. God I love naps. Seriously, best idea ever. I could really get used to it. Then afterward, Kelsey, Andrea, Katie, and I went to go find our grammar books. It was an adventure. We got a little lost, but not too badly. Katie and I are learning how to navigate this city. Unfortunately the bookstore didn't have the books we needed, but I got a notebook and pencil for class tomorrow. All the notebooks here are like graph paper. It's super strange, but whatever. I'm becoming European now, haha. Then we had to head on home for cena (which is dinner) and it was at 8:30. I can really get used to the times for food here. I like it a lot. We had tortilla espanola again with tomatoes. The food here is amazing, and dinner is always manageable for Katie and I to eat.
After dinner, we made our way to Cafe Espana to see flamenco. It was like a little show in a coffee house back home. It was really awesome and I wish I could have gotten some pictures, but they were all horrible quality, so I deleted them. We also got bebidas (drinks) there. I tried a mojito, and me gusta mucho. I'm gonna have to stop having a drink every night. Tonight was the first night I had to pay for it, but it's really expensive, so it will have to be special treats, because I don't want to be poor. It was a fun night, though. I wouldn't mind getting to see more of the culture in that way, but probably not on school nights. Class starts at 9:30, but we need to be on the bus by 8:45 in order to get there on time. I wonder how long that will take to get home. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
We had our first day of classes. I'm in the 5th level of 6, which I felt good about. We only had two classes today, history and grammar, and there wasn't much content in either. It was a special day since they kept us out so late last night. I think I'm going to like them a lot. We're focusing on two time periods of Spanish history (when Spain was the biggest empire in the world and from the Civil war until today pretty much). Agustin (our prof.) is very passionate about the subject and really nice. He's probably a little crazy, but he wants us to enjoy the class and history as much as possible, so I'm excited for it. We also apparently have one of the best professors for grammar ever. She also seems very nice, but we didn't do much work in grammar today. We'll be working a lot on the subjunctive (GAG!) but by the time we leave, we should be pros. That's the whole point anyway, right? Anyway, I think it'll be good. I don't really prefer taking classes, but if all of my professors here are like Beatriz and Agustin, it'll be a good semester, and I'll learn tons.
We also managed to get ourselves home by bus, except we're going to walk from now on. Our host mom asked us to so we're hungrier for lunch, but she just makes so much food. Today we had pasta with broccoli, and I don't normally like broccoli, but it was delicious. There was just way too much and she thinks that we don't like the food. So from now on, I'll be walking even more. Yay for my waistline!
Katie and I seistad again. God I love naps. Seriously, best idea ever. I could really get used to it. Then afterward, Kelsey, Andrea, Katie, and I went to go find our grammar books. It was an adventure. We got a little lost, but not too badly. Katie and I are learning how to navigate this city. Unfortunately the bookstore didn't have the books we needed, but I got a notebook and pencil for class tomorrow. All the notebooks here are like graph paper. It's super strange, but whatever. I'm becoming European now, haha. Then we had to head on home for cena (which is dinner) and it was at 8:30. I can really get used to the times for food here. I like it a lot. We had tortilla espanola again with tomatoes. The food here is amazing, and dinner is always manageable for Katie and I to eat.
After dinner, we made our way to Cafe Espana to see flamenco. It was like a little show in a coffee house back home. It was really awesome and I wish I could have gotten some pictures, but they were all horrible quality, so I deleted them. We also got bebidas (drinks) there. I tried a mojito, and me gusta mucho. I'm gonna have to stop having a drink every night. Tonight was the first night I had to pay for it, but it's really expensive, so it will have to be special treats, because I don't want to be poor. It was a fun night, though. I wouldn't mind getting to see more of the culture in that way, but probably not on school nights. Class starts at 9:30, but we need to be on the bus by 8:45 in order to get there on time. I wonder how long that will take to get home. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
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