Again, I seem to have neglected my blog, but I have a good excuse this time, too: exams! But now I'm almost done with all of them so I have time for a little blogging.
Updates:
-As of last Monday, I started volunteering at a middle school near my apartment for study hall on Mondays and music class on Wednesdays. So far, I've been to two study halls and one music class, and in one study hall and one music class they watched movies, and in the other study hall they did nothing except talk, giggle, and poke each other while the teacher tried desperately, and with no avail, to get their attention. I'm not super impressed with the school thus far, but I can't help but like the kids. They're really eager to learn about me, America, and to practice their English on me. When we were watching the Chronicles of Narnia in Spanish on Monday, one boy tried to explain in English to me what was going on in the movie every few seconds...it definitely didn't help my comprehension of the movie but it was very cute.
-I've been hanging out with some granadinos (Granada locals) who are lots of fun and helpful with my Spanish-learning. There are some bars that have board and card games that we went to over the weekend. I'm bad enough with card games in English, so learning one in Spanish was quite the experience...but I had fun.
-After about the first week of being here, my host mom got lazy and stopped cooking dinner (she would just reheat lunch so I'd always have the same meal twice a day, every day, which is completely not allowed on the program) so finally I sorted that out, and now I actually get to eat two different meals every day! It's quite a relief not to eat Spanish tortilla (eggs with potatoes--very greasy) multiple times a day.
-I went for the third time to Monachil (the mountainous area) two weekends ago--it gets prettier each time! I felt like Maria roaming the hills in the Sound of Music.
-This past weekend I went to the beach for the first time. It was in Salobreña, a town in the province of Granada. People say there are much more beautiful beaches in Andalucia (I just went there because it's close) but I thought it was really nice, so I wonder how nice the more beautiful ones must be...can't wait to find out!
Time to get ready for volunteering a.k.a. movie-watching! Hasta luego.
Updates:
-As of last Monday, I started volunteering at a middle school near my apartment for study hall on Mondays and music class on Wednesdays. So far, I've been to two study halls and one music class, and in one study hall and one music class they watched movies, and in the other study hall they did nothing except talk, giggle, and poke each other while the teacher tried desperately, and with no avail, to get their attention. I'm not super impressed with the school thus far, but I can't help but like the kids. They're really eager to learn about me, America, and to practice their English on me. When we were watching the Chronicles of Narnia in Spanish on Monday, one boy tried to explain in English to me what was going on in the movie every few seconds...it definitely didn't help my comprehension of the movie but it was very cute.
-I've been hanging out with some granadinos (Granada locals) who are lots of fun and helpful with my Spanish-learning. There are some bars that have board and card games that we went to over the weekend. I'm bad enough with card games in English, so learning one in Spanish was quite the experience...but I had fun.
-After about the first week of being here, my host mom got lazy and stopped cooking dinner (she would just reheat lunch so I'd always have the same meal twice a day, every day, which is completely not allowed on the program) so finally I sorted that out, and now I actually get to eat two different meals every day! It's quite a relief not to eat Spanish tortilla (eggs with potatoes--very greasy) multiple times a day.
-I went for the third time to Monachil (the mountainous area) two weekends ago--it gets prettier each time! I felt like Maria roaming the hills in the Sound of Music.
-This past weekend I went to the beach for the first time. It was in Salobreña, a town in the province of Granada. People say there are much more beautiful beaches in Andalucia (I just went there because it's close) but I thought it was really nice, so I wonder how nice the more beautiful ones must be...can't wait to find out!
Time to get ready for volunteering a.k.a. movie-watching! Hasta luego.
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