Today is my free day. I woke up feeling refreshed from my long lie, I joined the family for some toast who asked if I wanted to go to their holiday apartment for the day, however I was excited to spend my day alone at the beach. The nearest beach is around a half an hour walk, I found it with no troubles at all. Life is good. After a few hours relaxing I went a walk to find a shop or a cafe for something to eat. All I could see was extremely busy restaurants and ...

Today I woke up in the bedroom of the families niece Ana. After a crazy night we woke up at 2 in the afternoon, I looked out the window where I could see the amazing view of the beach and the island of Gibraltar simply fabulous. We were asked if we would like some paella as she was going to the shop to buy the fresh ingredients. This is why I love Spain, everything is so thought out and fresh. So as we were waiting, Ana went outside picked some oranges from the o...

Today is my birthday!! I am 22 años! I started the day by opening my cards and presents I had brought from home and video chatted my mum. I have to clean and do ironing today (another suicide mission task) IRONING IS NOT EASY it took me 2 hours to iron 6 things. When my family came home we had lentil/vegetable soup, every meal here is freshly made with vegetables it is great. I was then greeted with a birthday cake singing happy birthday it was very sweet. We dr...

I awoken feeling fresh and ready for a new day and some time to myself whilst cleaning. My first task was to hang out the washing from the 3rd floor on the apartment (suicide mission) an hour later I had completed the task! When the kids arrived home from school I spent some time with them learning to play chess and various board games, the Spanish/English awkwardness is still present but slowly but surely it is getting better. I had some tapas with the mother wh...

Today has been a crazy day with a roller coaster of emotions! I was collected by the Mum and Daughter I would be living with for the next 2 months. Right away I was surprised at the level of English she could speak, we drove to an outdoor where we ate tacos and spoke about life with the odd google translate saving my embarrassment of speaking Spanish. We then drove to meet the son and dad at Algeciras football stadium where the boy was receiving a medal for baske...