Today I went to on the bus as usual. In my first class, we learned a Spanish song from the 1980s and our professor made us sing it in class. Then he taught us a Spanish drinking game. It was called "un limon, medio limon". I had my Spain Today class again and the professor spoke very fast and had slides that we were trying to copy down, but it was hard to get it all written. My notes are half in English and half in Spanish. It's easier to take them in English because I know how to spell words and can write faster, but I want to get to the point when I can write them in Spanish. We are talking about each region (similar to a state) of Spain and then special festivals, food, holidays, etc for each. After school, I walked home-about a one hour walk! It is so nice outside that I really don't mind and it saves on having to buy tickets for the bus.
This afternoon, I did homework...I have to give a 4 minute speech next Tuesday about Ames, the state of Iowa, and the US, and I am all ready for it! I also packed for the weekend! My host sister Maria took me on a walk through Caceres and showed me the supermarket, mall, and park. We also talked about Christmas/New Year's traditions on our walk. She said that at midnight on New Year's Eve, people in Spain eat 12 grapes for good luck in the new year. They sometimes have cake with two things inside-one is a bean and one is something else (I forgot). Anyways, the person who gets the bean in their piece of cake has to pay for the whole thing and person who gets the other item will have good luck for the whole year.
Travel Plans: Tonight at 1am, the five of us will get on the train to Lisbon. It will be about a 5.5 hour train ride. We will be in Lisbon until Sunday night at 10:30pm when we get on a train to come home. We hope to be back in Caceres by 5am Monday. Our Spring Break is Holy Week, and today, I made plans to go to Italy with Emily, Mindy, Shea, and Robert. We think we will fly into Naples and then have a Eurail pass for the train to travel north. We plan to be in Rome for Mass on Palm Sunday :) SO Excited!!!
I'll update my blog as soon as a get back! Hasta lunes!
Hi Netta!
ReplyDeleteNice to hear you're having a good experience. I've never been to Spain, but one of my favorite places in Europe is Florence (Fiorenza), Italy. I know many who prefer it over Rome. Still, Rome in Holy Week I wouldn't pass! Hasta luego!
Aunt Cathy
Sounds good! Maybe we'll have to see if a train goes by there because we might have a couple extra days! Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny that you learned a Spanish song in class. Was it La Bamba? That was the song I learned in 8th grade Spanish. :)
ReplyDeleteActually we learn at least 2 Spanish songs per week in our classes. It's pretty fun since we hear them on the radio afterwards and can sing along. Haven't learned La Bamba yet...it's kind of a Latin American song though, so I doubt we will.
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