HOLA :)
Sorry that it has taken me so long to write....I have been very busy! so beware-this is a long update coming up!
My first month back went very smoothly, after getting adjusted to the time difference and back into the swing of things.
I have more classes in the afternoons, which makes my life nuts! But I am loving it and learning a lot!
In February there were some students and teachers here from England and it was awesome to have them here! We took them everywhere and it was really cool to see the students interact, having to speak English! and the English students having to speak Spanish! Before they left we have a costume going-away party in honor of Carnival and myself, along with my boss and 3 other teachers all dressed up in traditional Spanish dresses! It was a blast and everyone thought that I looked the most Spanish of them all! haha
My boss and I are working to set up an exhange, or intercambio, with WHS and Mrs. Geaney which we are hoping to have for next year!!! How cool would that be?!?! I will doing research this week to help get the ball rolling-it's going to be a lot of work but I think that it will definitely be worth it!
Other than that, school wise and teaching wise everything keeps getting better! I taught about St. Patrick's Day and Easter the past few weeks and we had an easter egg hunt! It was a blast and the best part was teaching them something that they didn't know and that wasn't grammar!
As far as the apartment, Teresa and I have more adventures every day! We have started to become more adventurous in our cooking skills! Some things include rice krispie treats, beef stew, chicken with wine sauce, friend zucchini sticks, and fondue-cheese, oil, and chocolate!
We also painted the entire apartment except my bedroom! Teresa's room is green-that was our first Do It Yourself project so that room needs some touching up. But the hallway is a beautiful yellow that we painted in only 2 hours! And the living room is a coffee/cream color (it matches the couch perfectly! haha). Everyone that has come to see it has loved it and since we have it down to a science now, I think that we might start contracting out!
A few weeks ago Kate came to visit :) After a long and stressful trip she finally arrived! It was so good to see her and have her here! We did everything! I even put her to work at school for 2 days doing presentations about herself! We went to the Alhambra, stayed over-night at the beach, saw the Cathedral, met some of my students and I can't speak for her, but I had a ball!
Not long after Mom and Auntie Debbie arrived! They had already seen Marko in Italia and were experienced European travellers! haha We did everything on my tour-guide list and they got to meet people at school and some of my students! The night we spent in Nerja was so much fun and they even cooked brownies in my apartment! I was soo sad to see them go and I am happy that they are home safely!
I have vacation this whole week, as if it was spring break, because it is Holy Week here. Semana Santa is amazing! It just started yesterday and I am already loving it! Every day there are 5 processions through the center of the city. I thought that it was going to be like a parade but it was so different. There are people dressed up, kind of like the KKK, but it is supposed to be so that you don't recognize anyone, see them all as equal, and the big hats make them closer to God. Followed behind them is a big throne with images of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Last Supper, etc. Every thrown is different and weighs a ton! You can't see them, but there about 100 men underneath the thrown carrying it! They go all through the windy, cobble stone roads of the city and all you hear is a drum and trumpets. It is very moving, and almost sad. It is quite a sight to see. If you go to this website, to the right is a part called Semana Santa and there are videos on there that the TV station took (www.canalsur.es) because I can't upload the videos that I took onto the blog.
I hope that I will be seeing you all on Easter through Skype!!!
missing you all soooooooo much!!!
only about 10 more weeks and then Ill be home again!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
ps-this time I am really going to try and be better at the blog-writing thing!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
BACK!!
HOLA :)
So I'm back in Granada...after spending Christmas with everyone of course! I am so glad that I came home! I would have hated not atleast spending the holidays with you guys and a year without seeing everyone would have been too long!
It was a long trip back though! My first flight was cancelled and rescheduled bc of the weather in London and then when I got to the airport, my second flight was cancelled! But I did get a direct flight from Boston to Madrid, which I was psyched about bc then it meant only 2 flights instead of 3!! When I went to check-in, my suitcase was over the weight limit, which we already knew. However, bc I was flying with a new airline, my suitcase was too heavy to go on the plane! So I had to take out things and put them in a duffle bag and check 2 bags!! It took a few tries and lots of skill to figure out what weighed the most to seperate everything, but once we figured it out, I checked 2 bags and I didnt have to pay for them!!!
However, my luck ran out when I got to Spain bc when we arrived in Madrid it was snowing. And when I say snowing, I mean a dusting. But bc Spain doesnt usually have snow, they have no idea how to deal with it! If it was Boston there wouldnt have been any problem! Anyways, flights were being delayed and cancelled left and right. My flight was delayed 3 different times, but not after they posted the gate number and made all of us go to the gate and wait a half hour before they decided that it was delayed again. Needless to say, after 7 hours I got on the plane and landed in Granada around 6 pm.
I have been working since I arrived and I have been super busy! But its great! The kids loved the gifts that I brought back for them and they were amazed by the photos that I took of the Christmas lights and how much snow we had! I am getting another person to tutor so Ill be every busier, and I am hopefully going to start reading some Spanish and doing grammar exercises in the time that I have to improve my Spanish even more, since there are only 5 months left! Can you believe how fast the time goes?!
The group of students that is here this semester seems like a great group so far! Much more fun than the other group that was here last semester so I have high expectations for these last 5 months!
I am going to be as diligent as possible and write in the blog every other week! Hoping to hear from you guys soon!
MISS AND LOVE YOU ALL LOTS!
besos!!!
hasta muy pronto.....
So I'm back in Granada...after spending Christmas with everyone of course! I am so glad that I came home! I would have hated not atleast spending the holidays with you guys and a year without seeing everyone would have been too long!
It was a long trip back though! My first flight was cancelled and rescheduled bc of the weather in London and then when I got to the airport, my second flight was cancelled! But I did get a direct flight from Boston to Madrid, which I was psyched about bc then it meant only 2 flights instead of 3!! When I went to check-in, my suitcase was over the weight limit, which we already knew. However, bc I was flying with a new airline, my suitcase was too heavy to go on the plane! So I had to take out things and put them in a duffle bag and check 2 bags!! It took a few tries and lots of skill to figure out what weighed the most to seperate everything, but once we figured it out, I checked 2 bags and I didnt have to pay for them!!!
However, my luck ran out when I got to Spain bc when we arrived in Madrid it was snowing. And when I say snowing, I mean a dusting. But bc Spain doesnt usually have snow, they have no idea how to deal with it! If it was Boston there wouldnt have been any problem! Anyways, flights were being delayed and cancelled left and right. My flight was delayed 3 different times, but not after they posted the gate number and made all of us go to the gate and wait a half hour before they decided that it was delayed again. Needless to say, after 7 hours I got on the plane and landed in Granada around 6 pm.
I have been working since I arrived and I have been super busy! But its great! The kids loved the gifts that I brought back for them and they were amazed by the photos that I took of the Christmas lights and how much snow we had! I am getting another person to tutor so Ill be every busier, and I am hopefully going to start reading some Spanish and doing grammar exercises in the time that I have to improve my Spanish even more, since there are only 5 months left! Can you believe how fast the time goes?!
The group of students that is here this semester seems like a great group so far! Much more fun than the other group that was here last semester so I have high expectations for these last 5 months!
I am going to be as diligent as possible and write in the blog every other week! Hoping to hear from you guys soon!
MISS AND LOVE YOU ALL LOTS!
besos!!!
hasta muy pronto.....
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