Hi everyone! I decided to start a blog while I'm in Spain so that people can keep up with what I'm doing cause sometimes it's hard to keep in touch with everyone!
It seems crazy to me that I've only been here for a week because I already feel like I've learned so much and done so many things. I spent the first half of the week in a hotel with my group and the second half of the week I've been in my homestay. The hotel was just like the hotel we stayed at in Kitzbuhel during the Europe trip! There are 17 people in my Teaching Development Program. 2 of them have already been here for a semester, and they are really helpful cause they already know a lot about the city and their Spanish is really good! I love the group and how small it is. We're just like a big family :) We're all in the same boat in a strange city with a new language in new families or living situations and I already feel like we've been friends for years.
So far we've been in orientation sessions learning about our new culture and the city and classes, the program, everything. Next week we'll start a 2-week intensive course with classes 3 hours a day, and then after that we start our regular semester. So right now we spend a lot of time exploring and going out and meeting new people every day! Yesterday I bought my first Spanish cellphone. The brand is called Yoigo :p
The temperature here is pretty mild. During the day it's anywhere from 50-65, and at night it's in the low 40s. I was told that in a couple weeks the "bad season" is coming. What this means is that for a few weeks it's going to rain sometimes. I'll take this over the sub-0 temperatures of Iowa any day! :)
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