So as I’m sure most all of you dear blog readers know, I am a huge nerd. So I am going to take a moment to be totally nerdy and tell you all about how much I LOVE my classes. So be warned and skip over the next part if you really just don't care.
I don’t hate going to class, which is a good thing, but kind of a new feeling. I only have class Monday through Thursday, so I can’t complain, and Monday I only have one class. I’m also interning, and that is taking up a lot of my time, but even that is not hard at all. I am taking a Spanish Grammar class, which has the potential to be boring, but I lucked out and my teacher is, I think, the best. He told us today that we were only going to have homework a few days a week, so we don’t start to hate him.
The more times I go to my Grammar class, the more I realize how little Spanish I actually know. Apparently this is a part of culture shock, but I feel stupid. I’m also taking and Anthropology class, which I think is going to be my hardest class because I actually have to write a 15 page paper in Spanish at the end, but the professor seems nice so I’m hoping it won’t be too bad.
Then I am taking Arab world in the West and I love the subject (plus its taught in English) but the professor is weird. I’m also in Islamic art and architecture and that is going to be SO interesting. We have one class period of lecture and one where we go on field trips all over to learn about different parts of Granada. I learned all about the differences between cities in Islamic culture vs. Christian culture and it is fascinating, but I’ll try not to be TOO much of a nerd and spare you the details.
My last class is my internship class, which is only one day a week and is a supplement to my internship. I like my internship because everyone is friendly and make me feel less stupid then I feel. So far I have just been doing paperwork, and it should be the simplest thing in the world, but it takes me so long to understand what they are trying to tell me to do. I don’t know why I am having such a hard time understanding people there because I feel like I have been doing pretty well communicating other places. I think that most of the workers are from South America, so maybe that has something to do with it. I hope that as the weeks go by, I’ll be more adjusted to the accent and actually able to communicate like a functioning human being.
I honestly think it’s a part of getting acclimated, but I think my Spanish skills are deteriorating as I’ve been here. I think its because before I was blissfully unaware of how many things I didn’t know how to say, but now everyday I struggle to get my points across. I know its something that will improve over time, but I just want to be fluent nowww haha.
The last few days have been rainy, but Saturday it was perfect outside. It was sunny and probably 65. There is a park-type thing across the street from my host family’s apartment and I spent all morning lying in the sun, then my host mom and I went back after lunch and she told me all about her past love life (she is so cool). Like I said the last few days have been gross, so I stayed in and watched a movie with my host mom called Pan Negro. I think it was interesting, but I really could have interpreted it completely wrong.
Fun foods I’ve had to eat this week:
-Fried fish- a whole fish, eyes and all, surprisingly really good
-Homemade chicken fingers and fries- really self-explanatory
-Octopus: not fired, still really good if you can get past the tentacles BUT it had OLD BAY on it (Maryland people, how cool is that?! I brought it for my host family to try and was so excited when they said they used it…so yummy)
-A bite of a cheeseburger: I still don’t know why I like cheese here
Fun facts:
-For Valentines day, my host mom gave me a rose and my beautiful date Carmen got me chocolates
-Getting back at 4 am is considered early
-It’s acceptable to eat a loaf of bread and peanut butter while playing trivia in a pub
-It will only rain on days I forgot my umbrella
-Going on a date in Spain is awkward too (or maybe I’m just awkward…)
-I see Chauncey and Jackson this weekend :) and am going to Madrid next weekend!
-I’ve been in Spain for THREE weeks already, when did that happen?!
I hope everyone at home is doing well! Lots of love to everyone
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