I think my blogs have gone from every other day to once a
week... and I don't know if it's because
I'm busier now or because there's nothing to blog about! I also noticed that I don't have very many
pictures this time... and as most of you know, it's not like me to not take
pictures every day! Especially of food ;)
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| One of our Easter meals... |
So the rest of my Semana Santa was pretty lame. My host mom
was in her village and I decided to stay in Caceres and go to the processions.
But I didn't know anyone who was in town, it rained the ENTIRE time (fun fact: this
is the most it has rained in Spain in 60 years!), and I got sick right before I
came back to Caceres. So I basically sat on my butt every day, ate Nutella
(which I'm sure didn't help my cold), and watched movies. On Easter, I was
going to go to a procession, but I didn't know that Spain went through Daylight
Savings Time the night before, so I totally missed it! Paige came back on
Sunday afternoon and we ended up going to Burger King for lunch... then we
ordered Pizza Hut online for dinner. (Two great Easter meals, huh?) We weren't
sure if ordering pizza would work because we have such a funky address here (with
degree symbols and random letters) but it was successful!
On Monday, we didn't have school... I was told that there's
no school because everyone needs to rest from Semana Santa. So they need a day
to rest from a whole week off... I can work with that. Paige and I walked to
the market in the afternoon, then Lola came back from her village and we went
for another walk to a nearby park... one that we hadn't been to before. On this
walk, my host mom told us to appreciate the "smells of nature"... aka
animal poop.
Yesterday we finally went back to class. After spending an
entire five days completely alone then having a busy day like yesterday, always
surrounded by people, I learned something about myself - I need to be around people! My mood completely changed and I felt so
much better yesterday! I spent the day at school, came home and ate with Paige
and Lola, went to tutor one of my teacher's sons, printed some pictures at the
library, then went to get tapas with Paige. Speaking of tapas, I think Paige
and I found our new favorite place. We got two huge glasses of sangria and a
large plate of food, which consisted of fried fish and beans. As I was eating
the fish, the bartender noticed that Paige wasn't eating (she doesn't like
fish... or anything else really ;)) so he brought out two ham and cheese
sandwiches with fries. And we got all of this for a total of 5 euros!
Today, I brought in pictures of Iowa, Sioux City/Sergeant
Bluff, and Ames and I talked about Iowa with a 5th grade English class. I think
I was asked at least four different times which place I like better... Iowa or
Caceres? They wouldn't let it go until I said Caceres... :)
After school, I went to Liceo to set up my schedule so that
I can get help with my Spanish and plan some of my lessons. Then I went to
tutor a 16 year old girl to help her with her English for a half hour, and then
her mom (one of the teachers at the school) helped me with my Spanish for a
half hour, which was VERY helpful!
Also, some good news! Starting next week, I'm going to start
working at the school twice a week in the afternoons to help organize some
activities in English with about 10-15 students... which will give me some
extra spending money :)
Hasta luego!
Shea
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