SAN FERMIN As most people know, (hehumm I found out in Spain), there is a saint for everyday. In Spain each city has a patron saint and for that day and however many they wish around it that town celebrates with a fiesta. Pamplona's patron saint is San Fermin who's day is July 7th and they celebrate from July 6th to 14th. The Fiestas de San Fermin is the most well known fiesta in the world (of Spain's cities I mean) and is more widely known by you guiris as...

LA DESPEDIDA Translated it means farewell and that's basically what it was for me. Also called "la graduación" or "la fiesta de fin del curso" it was my Spanish schools version of Prom. Definitely not as extravagant nor american and much more school oriented but a great party for the last time I might see some of my classmates. Also that morning I finished my DELE exam which I definitely passed (spanish proficiency B1 level). For a while now my friends ...

LO QUE SE So I've been meaning to update for a while, lo siento mucho. First of all I'm in my third and final family, but only for another week and a half. I'm happy here as well, my parents are Anabel and Miguel and I have one host brother here Adrian who is fourteen. We all get along well, laugh at dinner time and although my time with them is shor it is definitely sweet. They took me to San Sebastián so I could see it finally and I've been there twice si...

PREGÓN 2o Bachillerato(grade 12) is kind of a big deal here. As it is everywhere being the final year and everything but the systems are very different and it seems that in this year, here, there's something really special. In my school there are a few things this class does every year and I've really enjoyed being a part of it. Thursday and Friday we put on this years "pregón". I've been trying to find a word to describe it because the translato...

FAMILIA NÚMERO DOS So I have now been with the Ederra Fernandez family for a week and I have really enjoyed this week. This house is warm, and doesn't smell of tobacco but it is kind of far from my school and the centre of the city and lacks really hot water. It's about half an hour on the bus to get to school so I'm leaving my house at the time I used to get out of bed. Now with being back at school and having this very active family I go to bed earlier an...