Hola todos,

These past two days have been really busy but quite fun! The sun has begun to shine a little more which does wonders to the weather and everyone’s moods ☺ Thursday we had a short day at school, then took a tour of the Catedral. It is so grand with many small rooms. It wasn’t my ‘style’ of church, so I didn’t actually like it that much. It has a very cold feel and I guess just seemed too big for me. But it is an architectural masterpiece. I did like seeing the tomb of Christopher Columbus and the statue of Jesus (the Photo is on Google). Our tour guides for these trips are profesores at the school, and they are so knowledgeable and fun. After class, we went home for lunch and watched our new favorite show…actually I forget the name. It is kind of like a Judge Judy. Of course it is in Spanish though, which makes it more fun to try and decipher what the guests are trying to say. Carmen usually has to fill us in. We then went back to the school for dance class. Afterwards, we had a few hours to kill before our intercambio meeting, so we went to a travel-guide book recommended Tapas bar. I had the jamón ibérico which was very tasty. We all shared: croquetas, chicken, potatoes and rabbit. I tried it, and it was actually not bad :/ We then swam back to school through the rain for our intercambio meeting. My new friend is Javier, or Javi. He was nice to talk to but can’t speak English as well as some of the other people I have met here. He has a lot of friends in the program too, so it was nice to meet them. On the way home, we stopped at the way too convienenet churro stand and split a churro filled with vanilla cream. Wow, it was delectable. Oh-while we were at the intercambio meeting, I was talking to Carlos, one of Javi's friends and he was telling me about his recent trip to Czech-so I taught him the sign of the cross ☺

Friday was nice and sunny, so I went running along the river. It was so beautiful and a great way to explore! These next three weekends will be very busy with a trip to Morocco, then Gibraltar, and finally Granada. I am looking forward to seeing new places!

Em