My host family continues to be amazing but still there are things that are odd about living in a strangers house especially when you can't completely understand everything they say but only catch the main words and have to guess after that. One of the things that is the most annoying/ gross to me is the fact that they don't have dryers here. They wash clothes and then leave them outside on a line to dry. However, when it's 50 degrees outside, and super humid, nothing ever dries. So the towel that I use for the week is never ever dry. Gross! Also, you can only use hot water when you are taking a shower. You have to turn on the gas, and light this thing. It's super complex. But, when you just want to wash your face at night or something, ice cold water. A bit startling especially when there is no heating, only space heaters that you can't use unless you are in the room with them. But it makes me really appreciate all of the extra conveniences I have. It's not like I'm in third world and it's just too far different from home. Instead it's very similar and these people just don't need it. Interesting to think about.
Classes have begun and I'm a little back to reality. I'm taking three major classes and 2 classes on the side. I have short stories, Spanish art history, and a grammar class every day. It's nice because I start at 9:50 and am done by 12:30. My art class is going to be the hardest because I don't even know the word's I'm learning in English. But it's really interesting and I get to learn about the places around her much more in depth. One of the other classes is a current events/ culture of Spain class that just meets once a week (more or less) for an hour and the other one is a service learning class. I'm most excited for that class because it's through the University of Sevilla so I will actually be working with Sevillans and forced to speak Spanish with normal people my age. I will be assigned an intercambio which is a language partner type thing next week. They are trying to learn English and we are trying to learn Spanish.
Friday we went on an excursion to Cordoba which has a very popular mosque that is in art text books and stuff. It is truly gorgeous and it was really cool to be there. Here are some pictures:
We also went to an ancient ruins that's outside of Cordoba. I loved it.
Today, I went to the humongous mall that is in Sevilla. So much fun!!! We were there for 8 hours and just got through the normal indoor mall shops. We didn't even touch the shops along the main strip. I don't think I would be able to visit every store here in Sevilla if I had 4 years let alone 4 months.
I'm going to Barcelona in two weekends so I'm starting to get excited about that. We are planning out what to do with the rest of our breaks traveling wise. So much fun!!!
Love you all!!!
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