Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Mi familia!
I found out today who I'll be staying with while I'm in Spain. Her name is Sofia, and apparently, it's only her in the house, so hopefully we'll be able to chat a lot and she can help me get closer to becoming fluent. And the best news is....I'm "0 minutes" away from campus...meaning, I have a very short walk! Some of the kids in my group are quite a bit farther away, so I'm very thankful I'm close by. I can't believe it's almost here-it's a very surreal feeling. I don't think it will hit me until I'm on the plane, or maybe once I land in Madrid and realize that no one around me speaks English...what an adventure!
Friday, May 25, 2007
One week to go...
I'm new to this, so I hope this works out...I just wanted to give all of you a way to keep in touch and keep up with all I have going on in the next month. I don't know how often I'll be able to update it, but hopefully at least every few days--I know Mom and Dad will be much happier knowing somewhat where their daughter is! :)
I leave in about a week- June 2nd, to be exact. I've never been abroad before, so this will be quite an adventure! I'll be in Salamanca, Spain for the entire month of June. (Salamanca is on the west side of Spain)
Every day we have class for 5 hours; 4 hours of grammar and then an hour of culture class--that's what I'm looking forward to! We stay with a host family, so I'll be getting the "real feel" of Spanish life...let's hope I like the food! I eat two meals a day with them, usually breakfast and lunch. We have lunch when we get back from class (we go 9AM-2PM) each day, and after lunch, we have SIESTA! Which, for you non-speakers, equals nap time! How amazing is that?!? From what I hear, at night we go out and eat, socialize, and whatever else we can think of. Spainards have a little different time table than we do here in America-we probably won't eat dinner until around 10 PM each night, and bedtime....is a looonnng time after that. I have a feeling though that I'll be asleep pretty early most nights!
In case you don't know, Spain is 6 hours later than the time it is here, just to give you a little perspective on what time it will be.
Well, I think that's enough for now! More exciting updates to follow!
I leave in about a week- June 2nd, to be exact. I've never been abroad before, so this will be quite an adventure! I'll be in Salamanca, Spain for the entire month of June. (Salamanca is on the west side of Spain)
Every day we have class for 5 hours; 4 hours of grammar and then an hour of culture class--that's what I'm looking forward to! We stay with a host family, so I'll be getting the "real feel" of Spanish life...let's hope I like the food! I eat two meals a day with them, usually breakfast and lunch. We have lunch when we get back from class (we go 9AM-2PM) each day, and after lunch, we have SIESTA! Which, for you non-speakers, equals nap time! How amazing is that?!? From what I hear, at night we go out and eat, socialize, and whatever else we can think of. Spainards have a little different time table than we do here in America-we probably won't eat dinner until around 10 PM each night, and bedtime....is a looonnng time after that. I have a feeling though that I'll be asleep pretty early most nights!
In case you don't know, Spain is 6 hours later than the time it is here, just to give you a little perspective on what time it will be.
Well, I think that's enough for now! More exciting updates to follow!
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