Just sitting here watching Bob Esponja with Didi and Cocque (Diego and Jorge) and getting really excited to visit El Alcázar in about an hour! J This past week has been great and the days go by really fast since we are starting to get in a routine.
On Monday we just had an orientation of our school and it is so incredibly beautiful! Here is a virtual tour of the school if you are interested…
There are different parts of the school that are from all different time periods. One room is from the 1200s! I am becoming more and more interested in history, which has always been my least favorite subject, because there is just so much extraordinary history here in Segovia, and not to mention all of Spain. All of the history about the monarchy really interests me and that’s why I am so excited to get a tour of the castle today!
First day of school picture
Tuesday was my first day of classes and I had 3 in the morning right in a row from 9:30 to 2:00 and of course I woke up late on the first day of school! Katee called me at around 9:15 and I was out the door by 9:20 because it takes 10 minutes to get there! But, there were people who showed up later than I did so it was ok J haha. All my classes are really interesting so far. I have cinema, grammar and linguistics, a Spanish culture class and Seminar, which is about religion in Spain.
After my first day of class I came home for siesta and lunch. The boys and Jorge all come home at that time as well and then they return to school and work at about 4. Diego asked if I could pick them up for school with Dani (the nanny) on Tuesday and of course I wanted to! It was about a 15 minute walk and almost all up hill (Dani has to do it 4 times a day!! How crazy!) It took about 45 minutes to get home because Jorge was being naughty and running around and Diego was playing with a motorized fire truck. It is very weird to not be in the nanny mode and position when I’m with them! But it is also nice that I don’t have to discipline them because I don’t think I would be able to! They are very sweet and fun boys! J
On Tuesday night we went out to a discoteca that is called “Toys”. We just hung out, talked and danced!
Didi with his motorized truck, which also has a motorized helicopter inside! He drove this the whole way home from school!
Wednesday I have class at 4:30 in the afternoon so I was able to sleep in! I woke up at around 10 am and still needed to get some school supplies so I set off to the streets to look around! I walked around Segovia for about two hours…by myself! (sorry mom I know you are probably freaking!) I felt very independent and was very proud of myself! That night I had to write my first paper for Seminar, so I stayed in and did that all night.
Thursday I had class in the morning and then went home for siesta. The boys were home from school with fevers L Dani put a bottle of nailpolish remover on my desk on Monday and finally today she was like “Morgan you need to take your nailpolish off your nails look really ugly!” haha I thought that was so funny, they are just chipped like usual, but I took it off in order to make her happy. Jorge padre went to the Real Madrid fútbol game and it started at 10 pm! He is ALWAYS on facebook and knows so many people. He is always posting status updates and stuff, so it is fun because I always know what he is doing or what interests him like the news of Segovia and Spain. I have watched a lot more news here than I do in the US (which is almost nothing) The news here is kind of a mix between ET, local and world news. So there will be something about the US and then 5 minutes later there will be a music video of Ricky Martin and then a story on how he has come out about his sexual identity. More on the music, everywhere there is American music and that is really comforting to hear. My family loves Lady GAGA and her CD is always playing in the kitchen.
It is so fun to come home to a surprise for lunch and dinner everyday! I have not had the same thing twice and I have really enjoyed everything Ive eaten…besides a little bit of blue cheese that was on a salad. I never knew how many different kinds of meat existed. There is meat in almost every dish! At lunch we always have two plates...first a lighter one like soup or a salad and then the meat plate. Marta told me that she doesn't cook as well as Jorge padre or Dani and I told her I am a terrible cook and "no soy domesticada" ( I am not domestic)... she got a kick out of that and said they were going to teach me how to make some special dishes so that I can show my friends and family when I return to the states!
I have stopped at burbuja everyday (the candy store)…its going to be the death of me and my teeth!! Its really hard not to because its soo cheap, addicting and yummy.
The other day we stopped at this ice cream place on the corner of my street. There were soo many yummy flavors, but it was like 3.80 for one scoop of ice cream! Things are really backwards here because I can get a Medium Blizzard from dairy queen for like 4 dollars ha!
The only thing I have been having trouble with is feeling like I am not able to show my personality or true expressions still. My Spanish is definitely not as great as I thought it was and I know its only been a week, but its really hard. I am just hoping and praying it gets better soon so I don’t have to continue just nodding my head saying "sí" and "gracias" to everything. When I try to talk they correct me, which is wonderful because I am learning, but it just seems like I do and say everything wrong. Although, I have a notebook on the kitchen table and everynight after dinner Jorge padre y Marta teach me new words and new things and I also help them with their English!It is really nice that they care about helping me, I just hope its not too frustrating for them!
Marta told me the other night that Diego has never acted like he does with me with any other American student. He is always trying to play with me through tickles, saying “boo” and coming up to my room. That made me feel really special because I had felt like I wasn’t doing well with them since its harder to talk and play with them because I can't find the right spanish words! But, when she said that it made me really excited and gives me a lot of hope!
Well I am off to the castle!! :)
Hasta Luego!
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