The time is flying! I can't believe I have already been here a month! I feel completely settled now and know the ins and outs of the bus system, campus, shopping, and the bars :) or so i hope.. It has been so eye opening experiencing such a different culture and actually living here out of only two suitcases! (I'm quickly accumulating a lot that will definitely not be making the weight limit on the way home..)
Starting the post out with this crazy man from the market... continue reading.
That whole thing about me being able to be a vegetarian here- definitely not after this trip. I couldn't resist the ribs-Henry and I split them and devoured them in like 5 minutes.
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| i love crepes and gofres (waffles) |
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| little piggy! |
The people were all dressed up and it was a great afternoon wandering around trying different foods and looking at all of the crafts.
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| tons of olives! |
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| baking project when i get home! |
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| that's a pig roast if i've ever seen one.. |
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| Henry with a horn of wine! We continued our travels to give Alicante a break from us and I stayed in my first hostel in Murcia. It was actually not what I was picturing for a hostel at all- more of a small hotel. I had a room with my friend Sarah and we all had our own bathroom even! There were about 12 of us from the group who stayed and we had fun exploring a new city. Once again, the map ap I have came to the rescue as we stumbled to our hostel with all our backpacks after getting off the train. Here are a few pics of the night- Abby, the brunette, is my friend from Mizzou and the other two are girls we hang out with a lot, Kim and Sarah. We make a wild bunch that's for sure! |
After thinking we had to check out at 11, we jumped out of bed to walk around in search of food. We came across this great little hole in the wall place where a woman and her mother make all homemade dishes and you pick whatever you want and can take it to go! It was soo good. Roast chicken, baked fish, roasted vegetables, and lots of potato things were what we needed on a hungover Sunday morning.
I wrapped up the weekend meeting my intercambio, Alicia! An intercambio is like a cultural partner-a Spanish person who is learning English and wants to practice with someone who is learning spanish. CIEE has this set up where students can sign up to have an intercambio from the University of Alicante and we can choose based on an interest inventory sheet they filled out. I chose Alicia because she was 23, had an "advanced" English level, liked to run, go out with friends, shop, and wanted to meet Americans. She was so nice and we had a really nice time getting to know each other at a coffee shop. It was good to meet another Spanish person to talk about the cultural differences and hopefully meet her friends soon too! (they speak English too) We have a ton in common and are going to have a lot of fun going shopping and helping each other learn a new language. My Spanish is not nearly as good as her English, so I have a feeling we will be speaking English most of the time..
Classes are going well too! I still haven't started my business class (I start that next Monday) but my Spanish class, Spanish society, and cultural adaptations class will be great. There are about 8 classes to choose from and are only for the 20 kids on our program, so all of my classes only have 7 or less kids in them! It is so different from what I am used to but really nice for a change.
Abby and I were kind of sad we missed such a big "American" weekend with the big Mizzou-KU game and the Super Bowl.. What a great time to be a tiger! And Mizzou got the number one recruit in the nation, so looks like next year sports will be even better!
Check out this video our program director made of the first weekend of our program- I'm in a few pictures if you look closely! But you can see all the other kids too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrKk6g3ORas
I also put a ton if pictures on Facebook so if we're friends you can check those out too!
-k
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