Spanish Professors are Ghetto

Well, I am 9 weeks down, 7 more to go. Tomorrow I am flying to Rome with my friend Amy, from Taylor. I just got done packing, and everything I need for the week is in a backpack and a purse. We are not checking any luggage because we just don’t want to have to deal with all of that. Sometimes (I say sometimes, other people might say “generally”) but, sometimes I can be a little high maintenance with my things for my hair, makeup, and cute clothes… but that’s just not going to be happening this week. I will be taking a brush for my hair, and my clothes are far from cute… tshirts people… I did allow myself the luxury of some makeup though… I decided I shouldn’t scare the citizens of Italy. Anyways, I’m all ready to go. I leave my apartment at 6:30 tomorrow morning, and we fly out of Seville to Rome. Lately, nothing too exciting has been happening here. School has been going well, and I have been learning a ton. However, I definitely am in need of this break. It’s coming at a good time. Gracia has been ridiculously great these past few weeks. Britton and I aren’t exactly sure what has happened to her… I think she just all of a sudden likes us or something… I’m not entirely sure. I have to say though, I haven’t gotten yelled at about the light in over a month! She does still try to control us, and tell us what to do. Britton generally listens to her, but I refuse to let a 70 year old women tell me what to do. Haha, I don’t think she likes my stubbornness all too much. I mean, if it’s something about the apartment, or something that actually affects her, I will listen to her, and respect that… but not when she tells me to do things that have no bearing on her. That’s just crazy! And, generally her requests are kind of ridiculous. So because Halloween is next week, today the school had a “costume day.” Which, I find kind of funny since the ages of the students range anywhere from 19-22. However, Britton and I decided to participate… big shocker right? Anyways, we bought these costumes at a hippie market in Seville. Deciding they were probably a bit too inappropriate to wear by themselves, we wore things under them. This is our professor Salva. If you take one look at what he is wearing, you will understand his personality. He is such a goof. He is my prof for Literature. He lived as a foreign exchange student in the states for 3 months, and he remembers a decent amount of English. Every once in a while he will pull out some random phrase in English just to get the class to laugh. The other day, he stopped what he was doing, looked at the class, and goes “That’s ghetto.” It was about the funniest thing that has happened here so far. Not only because of the fact that a Spaniard just said that phrase, but also his wonderfully think Spanish accent that was used to say it. Anyways, so here is a picture of that. I figured everyone would enjoy this!







Well, I dont really have a ton of updates, but i will definitely post a good blog when I return from Italy, pictures and all. I hope everyone is doing well. Love you!

Don Quixote de La Mancha

Well nothing too exciting has happened recently which is why I have not posted in awhile. Generally my days consist of: breakfast, school, lunch, nap, homework, talk to Ry, more homework, shower, and bedtime. Of which I am sure everyone does not care to hear the same things over and over again. So my newest update I can share is about my school’s trip to Toledo. Well, we had to get up at 5am for starters… that didn’t go over so well with me haha. My senora was extra crabby that morning… which I don’t blame her… no one wants to be up THAT early! We got to the school and we all piled into a bus, which much to my dismay would be my new home for almost 7 hours…. Me and road trips don’t generally get along too well! However, it was well worth it. Our first stop was a little bit outside of Toledo, at the Windmills of Don Quixote. They were pretty cool to see. Here are some pictures.

We then continued into Toledo where we got to our hotels and ate some lunch. Then we all went to a church and monastery which were both really cool. The architecture in the monastery was amazing. Here are some pics.

Afterwards we had free time, so Britton and I went shopping. We were in this jewelry store, where I bought a bracelet for myself, and Britton bought some earrings for her mom. The owner of the store was helping us, and he was probably the sweetest man I have ever met. He was the artist of all of the jewelry also. He made some beautiful things. He was very impressed with Britton and I, and that we were speaking Spanish too each other, and he commented that our Spanish was very good… which that made me happy. We talked to him for probably 30 minutes, asking him questions about Toledo, about Spain in general, and about his jewelry. The people in Spain have a tendency as a whole to be very cold people. It is rare when you find someone who actually cares to talk to you, and particularly with Americans. He was incredibly helpful, and the nicest Spaniard I have met. Britton and I asked him for a good recommendation for dinner, of which he talked about one “La Bodera” for probably 10 minutes… Britton and I decided to check it out. Oh my gosh... The food was INCREDIBLE. Probably some of the best Spanish food I have eaten. Britton got lamb, and I got something that originally came with liver, but I told them I didn’t need that haha. Mine was this apple, cheese, salad thing type thing with a raspberry sauce… okay sounds weird, sounds bland, sounds not very exciting for being some of the best Spanish food I have ever eaten…. You guys will just have to take my word for it... it was so delicious! We then got the most amazing dessert… A chocolate brownie soufflé, with thick gooey chocolate in the center… It was like the consistency of chocolate sauce, but it tasted like the best raw chocolate brownie/cake batter ever. It was amazing. Here are some pictures. Everyone likes pictures of food!!!

The next day the school went to the Cathedral which was absolutely gorgeous. There were beautiful paintings, and sculptures and it was basically a museum inside the Cathedral. We were in there for a couple hours, and it was crazy cool. Of course, I have pictures of it too...

Britton and I then went exploring on our own, and we found this church where you can go up in the tower and you can see the entire city. The trip to Toledo was well worth the almost 7 hour drive… It was a beautiful city, with beautiful buildings, and a completely different aspect of Spain than I had seen before.

Well I have tests coming up this week. My first set of tests went well, so I’m not too nervous about these ones… let’s just hope I say that after I take them! In a couple weeks Amy (my friend from Taylor) and I are going to Italy for the week…. The school has a week break at the end of October, and so we are packing our bags and flying to Rome, to spend a few days, taking a train to Florence, which we will be there for a few days as well, and we will spend our last day in Pisa, where we will then fly back to Seville. We have already bought our plane tickets, and made our reservations for hostels and hotels in Italy. I am looking forward to the trip, and I will definitely put pictures on here after the trip. I hope you all are doing well, and I look forward to seeing everyone in 2 months!