My First Day of School

So today was it-the first day of school-and I didn't even have a class! We met at the bus stop around 10am because Toni thought we should sleep in so that we weren't tired :) Then we eventually got around to actually getting on the bus and getting to the campus around 11am. The buildings on the campus look pretty modern, but it is not nearly as big as ISU. Maybe like a community college size in the US. We went to a classroom and listened to Toni tell us everything we needed to know about the school and our classes and life in Caceres and everything. She loves to talk! We were greeted by a Dean of the university. He said he wants to have lots of activities to interegrate their students and our students. We also took a picture with him. When Raquel was about to take the photo, Toni said, "Cheese and whiskey but not together!" That must be similar to what they say in Spanish when they take pictures! Then we took a 30 minute break and went to the cafeteria and talked to each other. We went back to the classroom for 2 more hours of listening to Toni talk and answer our questions and then she sent us home for the day. Toni is our program coordinator. So much for a first day of school...we never met a professor or other students! It just shows how relaxed the atmosphere is at the school!

I went home, had lunch and rested and then went shopping!!! I've been looking for boots ever since we got here and I finally found some cheap ones (20 euros=$30)-they are from a Chinese store called Mi Bo-ta but I don't care! Everyone wears boots all the time here! I also got a nice, new, shiny pink scarf for only 2 euros ($3!) When I got home, I FINALLY got to talk to my parents on Skype. It was good to see them and talk to them since they both were busy all weekend. I had dinner and I really liked it tonight! It was chicken and cheese soft shell tacos (they call them flutas-flutes) and a tomato, green pepper, onion salad. There was more to the salad but I'm not sure all of the ingredients, but it was delicious! As a note, Spaniards eat bread from baguettes at every meal. They also never have what we would consider dessert in America. They have a piece of fruit or yogurt instead. All of the food is very very healty, which is good!

Tomorrow I will have one of the four classes I am supposed to be taking. They are really starting us out slow, but that's fine with me!