¡Sean Está en España!
Hola, todos! I´m in Madrid now. I arrived yesterday at about 7:35 AM to a beautiful Spanish sunrise. I spent the next four hours waiting in line at customs and trying to figure out how to get a shuttle to take me to my house. But, I eventually made it.
My family is super sweet. There´s mi madre, Maria Jose, y mis dos hermanos, Manuel (17) y Gaspar (11). I think Manuel is a bit of a rebel, and Gaspar is pretty typical of an 11 year old boy, i.e. magic cards and playing ping pong next to open windows.
I met with the other students today, and everyone seems really nice, cool, etc. I only know a couple of people on the program, so it´s going to be a lot of fun getting to know everyone. Class starts tomorrow at 10, so I figure that´s when the bonding begins. I´m not quite sure what it is we´re studying here, but I know we have a class on spanish art, another on spanish history, and Humberto is teaching a class on urbanism, or something along those lines.
The architecture here is amazing. Practically every building or every block has a statue, or is linked to some war or king. I´ve already seen three palaces, and I´ve been to at least as many parks. Despite being so dry (it hasn´t rained here all summer), the parks are incredibly green. Basically, Madrid is the most beautiful place I´ve ever seen. I wish I had remembered to bring my camerawhen I came to the internet cafe, I´ve got some incredible photos.
It´s really hard speaking only spanish. I´m not that bad, but everyone else is speaking fast enough that I´m having trouble following native conversations. They probably all think I´m really dumb, so I´m gonna have to pull some crazy shit to get them to believe I´m not a total dunce. I´m thinking some sort of mix between MI:3 and a Disney film.
Eventually I´ll get a regular schedule here, but it´s only my second day. Until then, much love to everyone.
Sean OUT
My family is super sweet. There´s mi madre, Maria Jose, y mis dos hermanos, Manuel (17) y Gaspar (11). I think Manuel is a bit of a rebel, and Gaspar is pretty typical of an 11 year old boy, i.e. magic cards and playing ping pong next to open windows.
I met with the other students today, and everyone seems really nice, cool, etc. I only know a couple of people on the program, so it´s going to be a lot of fun getting to know everyone. Class starts tomorrow at 10, so I figure that´s when the bonding begins. I´m not quite sure what it is we´re studying here, but I know we have a class on spanish art, another on spanish history, and Humberto is teaching a class on urbanism, or something along those lines.
The architecture here is amazing. Practically every building or every block has a statue, or is linked to some war or king. I´ve already seen three palaces, and I´ve been to at least as many parks. Despite being so dry (it hasn´t rained here all summer), the parks are incredibly green. Basically, Madrid is the most beautiful place I´ve ever seen. I wish I had remembered to bring my camerawhen I came to the internet cafe, I´ve got some incredible photos.
It´s really hard speaking only spanish. I´m not that bad, but everyone else is speaking fast enough that I´m having trouble following native conversations. They probably all think I´m really dumb, so I´m gonna have to pull some crazy shit to get them to believe I´m not a total dunce. I´m thinking some sort of mix between MI:3 and a Disney film.
Eventually I´ll get a regular schedule here, but it´s only my second day. Until then, much love to everyone.
Sean OUT
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