So week three of Spanish is done and dusted. Brain is mush. Lindsay is pretty confident she's starting to get it and understand what is going on, Fergus on the other hand is bashing his head against a wall and wondering why he ever thought this would be a good idea. We've been told to practice speaking with each other. Sure thing. Lindsay says, "Como estas?", Fergus thinks for a while, then replies with confidence "no entiendo." Practice is going well...

Friday was spent doing homework and study, Easter is off to a great start.

Let's be honest about this week of class. We got a new girl, German, who lived in Spain for a year, can hold down a conversation in Spanish no problems at all, she only wants to perfect the basics. So she's a level way above us. We changed teacher, to one that starts the day with about 10 coffees and speaks faster than we can think. So our ability to comprehend has got new challenges. Plus she refuses to give us any English which makes understanding very difficult when you are only assuming you've worked out what is going on.

After day 2, Nick our American friend cracks it and we don't see him again. He's off for private lessons, we guess so that he can insist on more English. Pierre-Jean, the Belgian waffle importer, decided that getting his business up and running was more important, so he won't be back. Class is down to 3, with the 2 of us the slower of what's left.

No classes Friday as it's public holiday, sweet, though we have to make them up in the afternoon. No one told us that it started Monday afternoon, oh well, we missed that. So we have an hour and a half to make up on Wednesday arvo, a full day! However, we had a different teacher who was concerned that we hadn't got the basics fully grasped, so he explained it in more detail, English included, so we're glad we got that extra help.

Hopefully week 4 helps it all come together. Either way it's then over to us to progress further and hopefully start understanding what's going on and conversing back, time will tell.

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