Viva Espana

10/03/08
I should be studying for my History midterm right now, but I just have to write about my walk home from institute. Amy had already left to skype her boyfriend so I was walking back by myself. It was about 7:15 PM so the sky still held some light from the day, but the clouds were so dark and ominous, as if it was going to rain. I was listening to my Spanish mix on my ipod and just breathing in the fresh air and staring up at the seemingly endless sky. I decided to walk through the park and all the street lamps were turned on and there were a few older men getting their evening exercise in. The cold wind was blowing through my hair and I just couldn’t help but do a twirl as I was walking. I am living in Spain! I am living in Spain, learning Spanish, living with an amazing madre, and experiencing a completely new and exciting culture!
13/03/08
I was sitting in the plaza behind Alcalingua and it was just full of families and little kids running around, some were eating at the café and others were playing soccer. These two little girls were talking to me for awhile, Carmen and Maria. Carmen asked me “Why do you talk bad?” I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh! I’m just kidding, I was laughing, but it did make me feel a little down on my Spanish speaking efforts. I told Ana when I got home and she tried to convince me that it was because of my accent not because I was saying things wrong. I appreciated this, but I’ve just realized I need to increase my effort in studying Spanish and working on my accent too! I finally got to talk to my mom two days ago and it felt so good to hear her voice, it had almost been two weeks! My morning talks with my parents have been frustrated because Spain’s day lights savings is two weeks later than the time change in the United States. Well it’s almost lunch time and I still want to go looking for Twilight in Spanish in one of the book stores around here. Hasta luego.