Quick Update!

I don't have a lot of time and my computer is kind of dying, so I am just going to write a quick update!

This past weekend, I went to Segovia on Saturday with school! We paid for five trips with our program and this was one of them! It was so fun! I went to Segovia when I went to Spain in high school, so it was nice having some knowledge of what we were seeing before hand. Three of our professors came with us to tour us around the city. We saw so many things... I'm going to post some pictures of the major buildings that we saw.

On Sunday, my church here had an international dinner with SO much food! Everyone brought a dish to pass from their culture. I didn't end up bringing anything, because I wasn't sure if Dioni (my host mom) would care if I used the kitchen, and it's kind of hard to think of American things to make with so many Spanish ingredients. Also, I am really liking my host family. When we have class later in the day or get home early, we get to spend time with their grandson Arón. He is THE happiest baby that I have ever seen! He is also a little chubby... probably since he can't say no to all of the food that Dioni gives him! She gives Emily and I so much food, that I'm not sure if we've both ever been able to finish the food that she gives us. The food here is pretty good, but we get a lot of seafood. In the states, I really didn't like sea food, but I'm trying it here and I actually like some of it, I think it's because it's more fresh!

Other random things about Spain...:
-The chocolate here is amazing. I want to bring back so much of it to eat!
-It is COLD here! BELOW 0... (Centigrade... and only 1 below... but it's still cold!)
-In the region we're in, they try to consever water, so showers have to be really quick. We don't have a shower curtain and the showerhead is not attatched to the wall, so it's kind of a challenge!
-We don't have wireless in our house, so it's kind of hard to skype/keep everything updated.
-I teach English four hours a week... One hour to a lady I met in a cell phone store (merecedes, who is a teacher here and is basically fluent in English), two hours to her son (Fran, 10) and two hours to her friend's sons (José Felix and Alejandro, who are 10, too)
-Right now are the rebajas (sales) in Spain, so it's really hard to resist shopping ... a lot! I've already bought a few purses from my new favorite store misako.
-My battery has one minute left!