Week 6 - Salamanca and Madrid So it is getting to the end of my trip and my professors have decided to actually give homework now.I have found this little café that has internet near the aqueduct so on Wednesday night I went down there and got a drink and did research for my presentation.The awesome thing is that at restaurants and cafes here, the waiters don't bother you.It is normal to just have a drink and sit there socializing for 2 hours.So I am sitting th...

Week 5 - Spanish Civil War Continuing from last time, I had my first intercambio on Monday with my dance teacher, Angela.My friend and I met with her at a café for about an hour and just talked.It was nice.She is full of energy and spunky so she was fun to talk to.We planned to make another time to meet this week.So recently Thursday has become my favorite day of the week due to the market, city excursions and the last day of class.This Thursday however was dif...

Week 4 - Siete de Julio… San Fermin! *Warning - This blog is very long * So this past week was a recovery week from Valencia for the most part until Thursday.On Thursday we had our city excursion again.We went to the Jewish Cemetery on the outskirts of town.What happened is that there was a large Jewish presence in Segovia and then there was a change in power and the Christians ended up digging up the graves because they were Jewish.We went and could see the ...

Week 3 - Valencia Monday night we had our welcome dinner.This was pushed back a week due to the holidays that were going on around here.For the dinner, every student went as well as all of the professors.It was really cool to see everyone together and we were all at one table.I don't think I have ever seen that many people at one table before.The dinner was really good.Basically we just had multiple small dishes that sort of gave a taste of local foods.First we...

Week 2 - Ferias, Fiestas, y Futbol So since I left off it has been about a week.My classes have been going well.The grammar class I could really care less about but it is nice to have while over here.It is a lot easier to understand when you can/have to use it every day.This class has helped me improve my Spanish which has been helpful.My other class is "Spain and its role in the European Union".I really enjoy this class.My professor is the head of the...