Another Week

Another week has pasted!! I can't believe how fast time is going here. Classes have been keeping me really busy and I haven't even been able to go to 3 of them. I have been taking an Intensive Spanish Course here that is Monday through Friday from 9:00am until 12:30pm which has been helping build my Spanish skills. That however will end Thursday and the next Wednesday I will be taking the next level class at a Semi-Intensive level (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) in the afternoon from 3:30pm-7pm. I will than have an Old English class, a Narrative in English Class, and a Linguistics Class (In English). Depending on how many credits WIU is going to give me for those classes plus my Spanish classes I may or may not take a Intercultural thinking class that is all in Spanish. I have been going this week but it is really hard to understand what they are saying and the final is a 5 page paper in Spanish which I know at this point that I would need to have my notes and a translator to help me and I don't know if we write it in class or bring it in. We will see what happens with that class though.

I have learned a few new phrases in my Spanish class that I want to share. If you say "No tengo pasta" (which translates to I do not have pasta), it is like saying you do not have a lot of money! Also they saw "Vale" a lot which is like us saying okay back in the states. So when I come home and am talking about pasta and saying Vale, you will all know what is going on haha!!

Yesterday we went to Pensicola on an excursion with the university and it was beautiful. We were able to take a tour and hear about all of the history, then we were able to shop, and finally ended up on the beach for a few hours sleeping and playing games to get to know each other. It was a really good time. There is another excursion in 2 weeks to another place and then at the end of October I am going to Salamanca over night with the university! It was such a good deal and it looks so beautiful that I couldn't pass the opportunity up!

Today I have studying and all that fun school stuff to do, but first I am going to try a Chinese Restaurant in Spain with one of my friends! I haven't really walked around town on a Sunday before but I have heard everything is usually closed. I have usually been watching a movie with Inma or with her and the rest of her family so I have been busy and not really noticed.

I hope all of you who read this are well. Sorry life has gotten boring here for me, too much to do for my classes! I love and miss you all!