Tonight, I am wrapping up my 5th day in Spain, and my 4th full day. TCCSevilla (the name of the institution I am studying with) has been keeping us VERY busy. I’m not even sure what to write here, because if I wrote everything, this would be pages long. But I can say that I am SO happy.
Spain is the country that has always been and I think always will be on my heart and mind. To actually be here again, to be eating tapas, to be “tomando siestas”, to be walking EVERYWHERE with perpetual blisters, to be surrounded by my favorite language ever….I’m falling in love all over again.
Because of this, the non-stop activities haven’t drained me as I expected them to. Just to name a few, we took Culture 101 (a class where they told us all the most important cultural differences and how to act/look less like a “guiri” [foreigner]”, we took a 2 hour tour of the city, we participated in a “gincana” (scavenger hunt) and our group won (!), we went out for tapas “ir de tapas”, we went shopping for clothes to fit in with the VERY classy Spaniards, and we’ve eaten delicious foods prepared with love by my very kind and funny host parents.
The people in my program are wonderful, we’ve shared so many laughs and struggles already, and I’m so excited to see where the semester will bring us.
Classes start tomorrow, and hopefully by the end of the week I will have learned tons of fascinating things and have learned how to properly order in a bar or cafe without sounding too much like a “guiri”.
If you are wondering anything specific about my adventures this weekend please feel free to comment or message in whatever way you can:)
Hasta luego…
Emma in Seville 