First day of class

So today was actually our second day of class...but all the same classes have begun! I had to remind myself that I actually came here to take classes. For a while there, I thought I was just going to be able to explore Spain the whole semester without school or anything! But reality hit yesterday with the start of classes. Honestly it was probably the easiest first day ever. I only had one class yesterday for an hour and a half. It was Advanced Language Skills. We went over the syllabus, bought our books, and started the first lesson. For this first week we are doing a basic review of grammar before we go deeper into more specific parts. This semster I am also taking History of Spain and doing and internship. My history class only meets on Tuesdays, but it is from 5-8. And I have not started the internship or gotten much information on it yet. We have our first meeting about it on Thursday. It seems like I would have a lot of spare time to do homework, but it is amazing how fast the time goes, and what it goes to. I will just have to get better at prioritizing!

I have definitely begun to miss American food already. Not to say that the food here isn't good, because it is, but I would do anything for a nacho belle grande from Taco Bell right now!! However, yesterday was my first experience with squid. Lola made a type of stew with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and squid. The stew wasn't actually that bad because all of the flavors and textures ran together. But on our salad we had some fried squid. it looked like onion rings, but was actually part of the tentacle of the squid. I have been trying to have an open mind about everything here, so I tried it. If it had had any flavor at all, it might not have been too bad...but it didn't. So it felt like I was chewing slimy rubber. I swallowed, but didn't eat any more of it. But other than that, I have not been traumatized yet by any of the food here.

It remains to be about 105 degrees everyday. So we try to stay inside as much as possible. Even though sometimes its better to be outside in the heat with a slight breeze than inside with no air conditioning. But the weather is perfect in the mornings for the walk to school, and then at about 9 pm around the time of the sunset, the weather is perfect.

After this first week of school, I hope to be completely organized here at home as well as with school and scheduling everything. And it won't be too long before I start to plan my trips to other countries! I can't wait!