Professor Sharon

Hola!

Well it is Wednesday already and we have pretty regular days. We get up and eat at 9, go to school to use the wireless and do homework. Lunch at 1, and back to classes for 3 till 7.

Last night we went to a lecture in the school about Dali — understood about 5 % of it! But the slides were nice!

We did have a short “conversation” with our homestay hostess this morning and actually managed to understand each other about our weekend plans. We’re going on a school trip to Cordoba and need to tell her about our food needs for the day. The trip will be in Spanish, of course, but we don’t want to miss the opportunity to see the sites there.

We manage the restaurants, tapas bars and stores a bit better with our very limited Spanish. And, each morning when we go buy a pastry, even the women in the shop is helping us with our pronunciation! We did take the 40 minute each way walk to the Train station yesterday before classes to buy our ticket to Madrid. We are traveling to Madrid the weekend of Easter and didn’t want to risk not getting a seat on the train.

That week is called Santa Semana here and is very special. Thursday and Friday are total shut down of the country, and everyone travels those days to see family, etc.

So back to the studying!