IR AL MONTE So it's been a LONG time since I've written a blog, to those I'm not keeping in touch with well on facebook or others I'm sorry!!! Here's a quick update before I get to the theme of this entry: school is going well, I had global exams (failed all of them :D ) but did actually study and all my grades I believe were above 1!! One exam I actually studied nine hours and things are making sense to me I'm understanding and learning but them applying wh...

FIESTA Saturday night, well mostly Sunday morning I experienced my first fiesta. Every town has some weekend to celebrate their saint and this means huge street parties. I'm not sure the total number of towns surrounding Pamplona but it seems to me like there is a fiesta every weekend. For this weekend I had quite a few people invite me out so it was nice to finally hang out with my friends outside of school. My evening started early, at seven, when I met u...

NOS VAMOS So "nos vamos" means "let's go" and is something I'm told almost everyday. Usually in an urgent manner, like this morning because I was running late before school. Most of the time though when my host mother says it I have no clue where I'm supposed to be going and I always feel bad because it seems like we're in a hurry and I still need time to run upstair to put shoes on and grab my bag containing hopefully everything that I w...

ROTARIOS The biggest thing I've noticed different from Rotary here and back in Canada is how organized they are and how unknown they are in the public. I know a lot of people have only heard of Rotary back home, they don't know all their projects and everything they help with, but here no one even knows such an organization exists. It's not as big as in north america and here it's more of a "gentleman's club" but they are very proud members of the ...

COLEGIO School is very different here. Every school has all grades, from ages four to eighteen. There are three different groups though - Primaria for six years, ESO for four and Bachillerato for two - and they usually are in different parts of the school. My school is quite large but I've seen only the part I'm in everyday. Like most european schools, I think, your courses are based on the option you want to follow. At my school there is four options; socia...