miercoles, 26 junio

My morning routine is pretty much the same as it was yesterday. Today was the second day of class and we were in a different classroom than yesterday, but thankfully it was in the building that is in Plaza Padilla and we met up with our maestra, Natalia. We started the day with reviewing our homework, and I only had a couple mix-ups so I was rather excited. Afterwards we reviewed presente de indicativo especially the irregulars and the reflexive. We then played a game and I understood all of the instructions so I was starting to think that I was a class below my level. We then spilt into groups and worked on creating questions based on a particular theme. My group's theme was movies. Once we made a list of questions we interviewed our classmates and then summarized the data. We all shared our summarizations and talked about the different errors we made in our questions, responses, or summarizations. I was able to pick out the mistakes in 4 of the 5 incorrect sample questions which is an improvement over yesterday's confusion.

After class we met with the rest of the group to make sure that everyone remembered that tonight there is a clase de baile at 19:00 so we'll meet at 6:45. Almost everyone else was getting lost in their classes so I'm thinking that I'm in the perfect class.

I then walked home for lunch. We ate spaghetti and meat sauce with fresas (strawberries) for dessert. It was just like at home but I took a siesta afterwards. It was a weird siesta because I slept for exactly one hour. I went to see if there was anyone home or if I should go to Casco to people watch and instead I got to meet Sandra's madre, but we had some problems communication at first because I don't think she realized that I'm not a fluent speaker yet, but she was really nice. I watched the telenovela with Sandra and her mom and I understood more today than yesterday.

At 5:30 I left for Casco because I thought our clase de baile started at 6, but I stink at military time so we were over an hour early. Olivia and I met up with the rest of our group at a café called Malquerida. I got a strawberry daiquiri and I'm not quite sure if I like rum (I'm not quite sure what the alcohol is in different drinks, so we googled it... silly underage americans!) At 6:45 we went to meet the rest of our class and we walked to the girls' dorm for dance class. Our instructor was very good and went slow enough that I actually learned the Flamenco dance- granted I might not remember it in a few days, but I was pretty good when I was in class. It had 3 parts and was done with a partner. We learned that it's acceptable for two girls to dance with each other, but not for two boys. The instructor was hilarious when she explained it to us. When dancing you don't start the dance until after the singer finishes the first line of the song, which makes it easy for the group to stay together on beat. I will definitely be going to the rest of the dance classes if they are all this fun!

After class, we walked around the jewish quarter for a while before we left some people at a café for cena and then the rest of us headed back to our respective houses. I was the only one that had to leave Casco to get home and I am proud to say that, after getting some instructions from a classmate, I made it all the way home without getting lost, and in time for cena.

For cena tonight we had ham and cheese sandwiches but instead of bread, they were more like corn dogs that were fried and really good. We also had salad with some of the best tomatoes I've ever had. I want you to look at the nearest tomato and feel bad that yours won't be half as delicious as the ones here in Spain. During dinner, the tele was set to a show that was very similar to SNL and they used clothing irons to make pancakes, and we couldn't stop laughing at one that was supposed to be a dog, but when they tried to flip it over, it turned to a blob that looked like a spider that got squished. I actually understood most of the show since they were basically explaining what they were doing and there were pop-ups on the screen, and it's easier for me to read than it is to listen and comprehend. **post edit: the show is called 'El Hormiguero' which is spanish for 'the anthill' and wikipedia labels it as a talk show comedy**

Buenas noche y'all!