Study Abroad 2005...

Its like Kindergarten in the sense that you dont necessarily know what is going on. Like in Kindergarten you arent paying attention because you are half crying cause you want your mom and your toys, and half so excited you cant pay attention. But for me, paying attention is a lot of work. Having all my classes taught in Spanish requires a huge amount of concentration, especially on the first day when you are trying to make sure you understand the goals of the course and the way tests work and grades (which are entirely different in Spain) are assigned. Luckily my regular classes: Spanish Language, History of Spain and International Relations, are only Monday thru Thursday 9:30-2:00 with a 1/2 `descanso´or break in the middle. Fridays are reserved for special activities like field trips, movies, and performances, or we get the day off for a long weekend (most likely to be filled with travelling).

Other than that nothing new here. Some of the people from my program and I were planning on taking a trip to Cadiz, Spain (a ancient little town on the West coast of Spain with great beaches) tonight and tomorrow cause tomorrow is a holiday here in Cordoba: Día de la Fuensanta (she is a patron saint of the Córdoba). We were rained out tho so we are going this weekend instead. My host `mom´Carmen, is from Cadiz so she has given me the run down of the place and all the best plazas to visit and times to go places.

Hope all is well on the California-front. Waves of homesickness come and go as i see things that remind me of home, or miss things that i have at home, but in general things are great and im starting to get used to life here, including the siesta!