I awoke this morning to a nice little knock on my door from a girl I met last night, who promised to wake me due to my lack of alarm clock. I can´t imagine she will do that everyday, so I plan to buy one today. The morning was nice and relaxed. I went to breakfast, in a cafeteria style place. There I had a very typical Spanish breakfast; crossiant, cafe con leche y una pieza de fruta. Wow, I just realized that I had began to type in Spanish (this is a good sign for me, but not so good for those who are reading, sorry). I sat with my new friend Beth, a girl from Romania, a girl from Portugal and an Italian girl! Wow, so between all of us it was a surprisingly quiet breakfast. We spoke about the deaths from the running of the bulls this week, and a bit about where we were all from. After breakfast they broke us into our groups for class. I am with a group of about 20 other professors/teachers from all over the world. It's wonderful because we have to speak in Spanish. Fortunately, I've made friends with a girl named Camilia who is staying in the room next to me and is in my class. She is from Brazil and we speak very well together *that sounds funny, but my mind is already having a hard time with the language translation*. Class was more of a meet and greet followed by a writing and reading test to see where we needed help. Pues, I just came back from lunch with a guy from Romania and my new friend. It is siesta here, then to a meeting at 5. Chao chao todos.
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Hi Trisha,
Any word from Joey, yet? Wonder if he's still on the path with no access to a phone or cafe...let me know when you hear from him, ok?
Thanks!
Trisha,
(Posted Saturday July 18, 11:30 EST)
What a whirlwind trip with a very happy conclusion!
Have a good rest of your stay and try to avoid English during the day (other than emailing your friends/family). Blog in Spanish, read Spanish newspapers, watch Spanish television, etc. When Joey and Emily were travelling last year I sent them 'palabras del dia' to reinforce their vocabulary. It will be more difficult with you since your fluency is much better, but I will try a few times to give you some words that may be a bit obscure.
Palabras del dia:
1) (el)consejo: advice. Por ejemplo -- Consejo de la semana: No hables o pienses en ingles y mejoraras tu espanol.
2)(el) calambre (cramp). "Despues de haber caminado 50 kilometros, tuve calambres en ambas piernas."
Abur,
El padre de Pepe
what about the segundo dia?? I need some updates Trisha!! Nothing from Joey and nothing from you in so many days!!
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