La Casa de Guela
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... because i NEEDED wifi.
When Luis finished his dinner, he looked back at me and said "Bye" and literally RAN out the door. As he was running out, his mom looked at me and at that second they realized that Luis knew me and I looked at his mom and said, " Soy la professor de Luis" and then she laughed and said that she noticed that he looked as though he was in a hurry to get out of there!
Finally, the awkward silence was broken!!!! She was super nice and ...
A little bit of Sevilla in San Vicente
... to dance Sevillanas because in Sevilla, Sevillanas is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
What is Sevillanas you ask? Well, it is a type of flamenco and the dance of Feria de Abril in Sevilla. Maria, my host sister in Sevilla, tried to teach Melanie and I how to do it....and we FAILED. Well, to be fair, Melanie was pretty good! Jose Luis, who is our other "beginner" is hilarious ...
The start of "afternoon" classes. Joder.
... my ears and he reaches into his desk and pulls out an air horn. He then opens his window and the air horn SCREECHES and startles all the boys playing soccer right outside the window. When the boys realize where the noise was coming from, Juan just laughed at them and shut the window and continued chatting with me. No big deal. Is he not the best principal?
If these first two days were any indications, I think I am going to like afternoon classes...
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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!
... 8230;I have no idea what carne I got from the butcher, but it was not cow.
2. When you buy cheese for a sandwich, it is literally just called, " Sandwich slice". I have no idea what kind of cheese it is..some kind of mild swissy type thing.
3. It is common knowledge that Spaniards smoke up a storm..but it is the strangest thing to walk into school where the kids are no older than 9th grade and seeing TONS of students smoking! GAHHHH! There were ...
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