Hola amigos y familia,
I´m sure you can tell i´m enjoying myself. On tuesdays and thursdays both of my classes are in spanish. Today was the first real day of teaching and wow does my brain hurt. First, i have my advanced spanish class from 9-10:30 and then i have spanish civ from10:45-12. its pretty intense, but in a good way. it takes a lot of concentration though for 3 hours. i´m working on getting together with my spanish friend as part of a speaking partner exchange thing. basically we´ll get together for coffee or seomthing an i can practice spanish and she can practice her english.
Shout out to Mrs. Ferguson for emailing me really good questions! i´ll share the answers with everyone.
is there a zoo? um i don´t know, but i´ll find out. the bull ring is really close to my apartment. its beautiful and on the river. that probably doesn´t count though considering the bull gets seriously injured or killed.
do i walk a lot? YES! we walk everywhere. its about a 15 minute brisk walk to school everyday. My other friends from grove city live about a 40 minute walk away, near the university of seville. The torre del oro, a well known monument, is a good half way point for us. We definitely walk at least 3 miles a day. Its not bad though because thats what everyone does.
how´s the food and do we cook a lot? The food is muy buena. we cook a lot in our apartment, but a lot of american food. one of my roommates is from upper dublin so the other night we improvised cheesesteaks. they were so gooooooooood. we did however buy a spanish cookbook, written totally in espanol, and we are going to start trying to make some bigger spanish meals and save the leftovers. Its really fun eating out! even though i´m not a big coffee drinker, its relaly good here, and usually only a euro or 1.50. its different than in the us and with a lot of espresso. Also, going out for tapas is a must! tapas are small portions. the other night we went out for tapas and had tostada (type of toasted bread) with duck meat with an apple and onion sauce. it was really different, but really good.
if anyone has mas preguntas (more questions) let me know and i´ll answer! it helps me thikn of different things to write about! thanks mrs. ferguson!!!!!!!!
love,
steph
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OK, I (Mr. Ferguson) have some questions as well.
ReplyDelete1. What do most of the people do for work?
2. Is there a lot of manufacturing in the area or is it more of a farming area?
3. What would you say is the Highlight of the area? As an example people around here would say the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, or closer to home might be Washington's crossing.
4. Who would the people in the area say is the most famous person to come from there?
Well, that's all for now. More later.
Muggs (Mr. Ferguson)
Hi Steph: Sure love this blog & learning all about what you are doing. How did the tapas compare to what we had at Amada? Did you hear about the big snowstorm in London? Say hi to Elan when you e-mail him. glad you are walking, it's really good for you. Just spoke to Mimi & she sends her love. Her husband started walking about 3 months ago & lost 40lbs!! Also stopped white flour foods. It's snowing here today. Beautiful on the trees etc. Take care Lots of love & prayers, Grandpop & Grandmom Joan
ReplyDeleteHi stephanie... we are enjoying reading your blog and now my lovely (I mean handsome) intellectual husband has a few questions that I will type...
ReplyDelete1. Have you seen anything that relates to Don Quixote or will you be participating in any of his festivals?
2. Have you heard anything about the basque revolutionaries?
3. Can you get some opinions of America now that President Obama is in charge?
4. Can you figure out how their socialistic government works?
and from me :)
Have you bought any clothes and how is their fashion different? Do they not wear a lot of heels because of all the walking? Are you loving and living for Jesus in spain and is it difficult in that culture?
We love you steph and are so excited for you to have this experience. Thank you for keeping us involved!!
Love,
the Larews!!