I haven't posted in a while since my life hasn't been all the interesting since I came back from Paris...
I've basically hibernated in my room these last two weekends getting ready for finals since I leave for Italy with Kiersten on Wednesday (the 12th) and I need to be ready to go the day I get back. So I think my host parents think I'm crazy. They're not used to an American student who actually studies. I actually did go out this past Friday though, to a chocolate museum with friends, and later I went out to a club. My host parents were so thrilled and looked very relieved that I was leaving the house...
El colegio
I have now completed my 112.5 required hours at the colegio but I am continuing to work there voluntarily through the rest of the month. Next semester I will continue the internship again for what is equivalent to a 4-credit class since it has been such a wonderful experience!
This week was interesting. I had a student who said their favorite food was "soap" instead of soup...we worked on that. I had another student who created the new month of "Juny" (she claimed she didn't know if her birthday was in June or July...pretty inventive, no?). I had a 15 year old boy who started taking his pants off in class. I forget that 15 year old boys just really don't think logically. And finally, I have been asked several times this week what the "N-word" means. Goodness gracious.
My older students are writing an article in English about me that will appear in the school magazine. If I can get a copy somehow, I'll figure out a way to post it.
Las tutorías
My two students have done so well with tutoring. Pepa's daughter, Clara, is doing much better on her English exams. And Candela and I talked about Christmas vocabulary, made snowflakes, and played Simon Says which was an instant hit. She loved it so much, she wouldn't let me leave. And Candela's lovely mother Rosa made my favorite cupcakes after I had given her the recipe. She always has something delicious baked from the weekend that she lets me try. She's such a good baker! And she works so hard because she has to go to special stores or order online to get the right ingredients since people in Spain don't bake.
Mi familia
Speaking of baking, my host sister has been home for the weekend and made the best strawberry cheesecake I've ever had. She somehow made a graham cracker crust without graham crackers (they don't exist in Spain) and it tasted exactly the same.
I also met my host aunt and uncle this week (my host dad's sister and husband). They came to visit from Salamanca. They were very friendly and I enjoyed getting to know them.
My host dad has gotten really concerned that I don't eat enough...I'm not really sure why. I don't eat any less than I have been. But he raised his voice at the table the other night demanding I eat more. Everyone went silent and then his sister and my host mom told him to let me eat whatever I want. It was a little strange. It hasn't happened since. He's also just seemed concerned in general and always asks me if I'm okay. It's probably because I come out of my room looking like a zombie after studying for hours straight...
He bought me what are essentially cocoa puffs for breakfast. My host mom rolled her eyes at this (she usually buys really hearty/healthy cereal). This is the exact scenario that would happen in my real family so I found it amusing.
Valor: El museo de chocolate
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| Museo de Chocolate |
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| Mateo, me, and Harley getting ready for the tour! |
El viernes
After we got back from the museum on Friday, we went out with some of my students from the colegio. We walked around town and looked at fairs with shops just for Christmas and saw all the Christmas lights that have been put up. It was really pretty. Later, as I said, I went out for drinks and went clubbing with Kiersten and her friend Hannah, who is visiting from the States, to show her a real Spanish night :)
This week I turn in a paper and do a final presentation. Then, the next day I head to Italy with Kiersten to meet her family! I can't wait!
And it's now just under two weeks until I'm home for Christmas! I can't even believe it!
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