Another day has come and gone! I had my first art class here in Spain and was pleasantly surprised when the teacher told us we were going on a field trip once a week!! Field trips will NEVER get old :) I didn't have to eat lunch or dinner at my house today, so that was also very relieving!! 


Tonight at school we had a cena de rompehielos (Ice-breaker dinner). It was to introduce students to members of the Spanish community that wanted to participate in something called Intercambios. The Spanish speakers are looking to improve their English and we are looking for someone to help us with our Spanish. So we would just meet once or twice a week and just talk for about an hour each day. One day in English and then the other in Spanish. It was quite awkward walking into a room filled with a bunch of native Spanish speakers. So we headed right to the dinner table. The school served pizza tonight. Don't get too excited because it wasn't Pizza Hut or Papa Murphy's by any means!! It was still nice to have a food that looked like something I have seen before :) About 15 minutes into the dinner a mom walked in with her two kids! Being the caring, mother-like person I am, I immediately called them over to the table to talk to them! Nerea is eight and Aarón is seven. Aarón has the most adorable curly hair I have ever seen. Their English was almost flawless! They taught me how to say some animals in Spanish so that was a treat! They reminded me so much of my cousins (Isabella and Mateo) who lived in Spain for a while! Aarón told me he had two girlfriends and 3 hamsters!! They really were the most adorable things ever! I am going to email the head of the Intercambio program and request their family!!! I took a picture with them so I'll put that on here (along with my other photos that I still haven't put up!)


After the dinner tonight we went out to have some refreshments! The wine is amazing here :) Also, when you buy drinks, some bars have free "tapas" or snacks. So along with our drinks we got french fries and mini sandwiches! It was a great evening!!!!


The travel planning process is under way. Next weekend is Madrid with the weekend after that taking me to Santiago de Compostella. It is a city in the north of Spain. A round trip flight for 27 euros....WE COULDN'T GO WRONG!!! I think planning the flights will be the easy part. It will be looking for a hotel/hostel that may be tough! Some hostels seem sketchy so it may be interesting!!!! There is a bed bug epidemic in major cities of Europe so lets hope they don't find their way into my bed!!!! 


It is now way past my bed time and I need my sleep tonight! Tomorrow we are taking a walking tour around the city of Toledo! 


Have a great night everyone!!!
besos y abrazos
xoxoxox
B