Adventures Abroad: First Real Day of Class!

Selfie! First day of class!!

I had my first real day of class at the Centro de Lenguas today! I woke up at 7:30 for my first class which started at 8:30. It was quite a rough wake up, it was definitely the earliest I have woken up since being here! My first class was Spanish Civilization and Culture, which counts as a history Gen Ed. For a history class, I had a lot of fun. There are three other girls from UNH in my class which is nice. Today the class was shown a map of Spain with cartoon figures of all different things such as palaces and people and cultural things that represented each area of Spain. We were asked to discuss the things we knew. I was proud that I knew most of the things in Southern Spain because we had just visited Sevilla and I recognized the cartoon of La Giralda (the tower I climbed). We had to buy a workbook for the class, but it only cost 5 Euros, a bargain for a school book!

Yumm, waffles! Also, note: the
scarf I am wearing was made by
my Spanish Abuela Lola, I love it!

My second class with my UNH professor wasn't until 1, so a couple of us went to Cafe Futbol for snacks to kill some time. I got a waffle with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and strawberries! It was very good but very sweet. The waffle had little balls of sugar within it, and a sugary glaze; it was very rich. I cannot complain, but I think I'll stick to my crapes from now on.

My second class is a cultural class which reflects the excursions that we go on during the week. We have to write journals each week and then share them in class, which hopefully will only be help once a week (since excursions count as part of class). I ran home after class to eat lunch, since I only have an hour gap between my two classes. I ate and then ran back to the centro for my grammar class. My teacher for this class is crazy but awesome. She's this awkward lady probably in her 50s. We spent the class learning different phrases in Spanish and playing games to get to know each other. I really like the class; it only has about 14 kids in it, and we do a lot of talking and interacting rather than lecturing, which is really nice.

My last class of the day was immediately after my grammar class. The great thing was that my classes are in the same building! This never happens at UNH, usually I have to book it across campus to get to my next class. Pepe, a UNH professor that permanently teaches in Spain, teaches a politics class. I love Pepe, but politics is not my area of interest. Nevertheless, I think it will be an interesting class. And, we don't need a book! Best semester ever, I've had 4/5 classes and only had to buy one book, for 5 Euros!

When I got home from class, Ana taught Nicole and I how to make paper cranes since she learned about the girl with 1000 paper cranes in school today. Mine didn't come out so good but oh well. After dinner we had a pajama party in our bedroom. Ana and Beatriz brought their pillows and stuffed animals into our room and hung out. We played cards, danced to music, and had quite the pillow fight. Ana had some crazy dance moves, Nicole thankfully captured them on video but it won't let me upload them onto here. I will forever laugh at them though. It was quite the night filled with laughs and memories. Ana already wants to have another one this weekend. I'm pretty sure there will be lots more in the future!