¡Hola otra vez!
Wanted to update you all on how my first weekend in Oviedo went.
I live in Fresneda, which is kind of like a neighborhood but with a plaza, library, supermarket, and various parks. Five other students live in Fresneda too. Saturday, my roomate Julia and I spent the day with Chela and Angela, who live about 10 minutes away from us. We spent a lot of time in the plaza, exploring the book and movie rental store. We also ate ice cream (which, in my opinion, is 100x better than the ice cream in the US) and spent time talking inside the cafe. I finally was able to find and buy a card to call the US and spent almost 20 minutes talking with my family. It was hard and a bit strange to find words to say in English, but it was even harder to say goodbye. Thank goodness for this one hour of internet a week.
Sunday, my family and Chela and Angela´s family spent the day in the mountains. Chela and Angela´s host mom, Salome owns another house there. I took probably over 200 pictures that day, of everything. Little towns in the distance, flowers, snails, antique decorations, you name it; I have a picture of it. Salome invited her friends and their grandsons, Pablo (7) and Fernando (13) over for lunch, which consisted of paella, a famous dish in Oviedo, beef, and my favorite, arroz con leche. After lunch, we all went for a long walk in the mountains. Words can´t even describe how beautiful it was. I intended on posting pictures, but I can´t with the computer I am currently using.
Monday, after school, Chela, Angela, Julia and I watched Aladdin (in Spanish, of course). It wasn´t too hard to understand, but it was fun to hear how the ¨Spanish¨ Aladdin, Jasmine, and Genie talked.
We´re going on our first excursion tomorrow to Monte Naranco, probably one of the most famous sites in Oviedo. I´ll for sure take lots of pictures and find a way to post them on here.
¡Adiós!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Hola!
Hello, all!
I can't believe it's been almost a week since I've arrived here in beautiful Oviedo. I wake up every single morning in awe of not only the gorgeous mountains and views, but also the fact that I'm living in SPAIN of all places. I love it here. But of course I miss all of you back at home, too.
I have so much to tell but not enough time to tell it all! For those of you who don't know, I'm living with a host mom (Fernanda) who has a ten year old son (Jesús) and a dauchsand named Maggie. I can understand Jesús a little more than I can Fernanda, but that's because he knows English and that I'm just a "chica americana" and need more time to think. But I'm amazed at how much more I can comprehend and speak each day. It's honestly a little hard to write in English right now! Anyways, I'm also living with another student: Julie. We, along with seven other students, ride the bus into the city and back every day. Then we have a ten-fifteen minute walk to school. I'm slowly getting used to the amount of walking and stair-climbing.
Yesterday was the first day of classes, and my teachers, though I love them all, gave us a TON of homework for this weekend. Just what I wanted. But as all of us students say, "no pasa nada." Tomorrow Fernanda and her friend Salomé (who also is hosting two students, Chela y Ángela) are taking us all to Salomé's house in the mountains. Can't wait!
Now I'm off to go shopping with Fernanda, Salomé, Julia, Ángela, Chela, and friends of Fernanda! Next week I'll try to upload pictures of what has quickly become one of my favorite places in the world.
Until then,
Magdalena
I can't believe it's been almost a week since I've arrived here in beautiful Oviedo. I wake up every single morning in awe of not only the gorgeous mountains and views, but also the fact that I'm living in SPAIN of all places. I love it here. But of course I miss all of you back at home, too.
I have so much to tell but not enough time to tell it all! For those of you who don't know, I'm living with a host mom (Fernanda) who has a ten year old son (Jesús) and a dauchsand named Maggie. I can understand Jesús a little more than I can Fernanda, but that's because he knows English and that I'm just a "chica americana" and need more time to think. But I'm amazed at how much more I can comprehend and speak each day. It's honestly a little hard to write in English right now! Anyways, I'm also living with another student: Julie. We, along with seven other students, ride the bus into the city and back every day. Then we have a ten-fifteen minute walk to school. I'm slowly getting used to the amount of walking and stair-climbing.
Yesterday was the first day of classes, and my teachers, though I love them all, gave us a TON of homework for this weekend. Just what I wanted. But as all of us students say, "no pasa nada." Tomorrow Fernanda and her friend Salomé (who also is hosting two students, Chela y Ángela) are taking us all to Salomé's house in the mountains. Can't wait!
Now I'm off to go shopping with Fernanda, Salomé, Julia, Ángela, Chela, and friends of Fernanda! Next week I'll try to upload pictures of what has quickly become one of my favorite places in the world.
Until then,
Magdalena
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