Hotel Estrella del Alemar
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Random Happenings in Cantabria
... known as the town of 3 lies because
1. It is not saintly: Santillana del Mar
2. It is not flat: Santillana del Mar
3. It is not on the coast: Santillana del Mar
The town is also SUPER TOURISTY. Let me repeat…SUPER TOURISTY. I have never seen so many souvenir shops in one place! My God it was incredible! I also love that in every shop, they literally sold EVERY TYPE OF SPANISH SOUVENIR. If you had just traveled all through Spain, you could ...
A little bit of Sevilla in San Vicente
On Wednesday, Savannah and I were sitting in the teachers room and one of the teachers, Carmen, invited us to her Sevillanas class at a bar named Bitacora. At first, I was like," DANCING CLASS....NOOOOOOO." I have taken one dance class in my entire life and I lasted one day. I attended one irish dancing class with Aileen and Meghan and never went back. But, Savannah and ...
The start of "afternoon" classes. Joder.
... grades. Monday was the first day of these sessions, and to be honest, I thought they were going to be horrible! I imagined American kids going back to school at 4:30 on a Monday and having to sit through 2 hours of lessons. Sounds like the WORST DAY EVER, right? Actually, no!
The school is empty, besides 2 teacher and about 40 kids, so it is kind of cool. The school is quieter, so the kids are actually quite mellow. The teachers try and make the ...
Oh the pains of not having internet
... Mahou...which are the only beers on tap at most places. I was spoiled in Sevilla because there was a "Cerveceria Internacional" which had beers from around the world! The place ended up being great and we actually tried a Cantabrian beer named "DouGalls". The night before we went to a traditional Austurian Cider bar and were graced with one of the most interesting ...
First Week OVER!
... a decongestant, I had to go back and explain what was wrong and get cough syrup. I have to take it like 6 times a day, too! Is there any cough syrup in America that you take 6 times a day?
Anyway, classes are going fine! The kids are still getting used to me and my accent(also my voice is a bit raspy because of my cold). It is so hard figuring out what words they know and don't know. It is even more difficult to try and explain words using words they ...