The university I go to is the Centro de Lenguas Modernas, a branch of the University of Granada. I'm now starting my third week of school, and classes are going well! My classes are: Spanish Literature, Art History, Political Systems of Spain and the EU, Grammar, and a culture class; all the classes are taught in Spanish and some of the teachers don't know much English! Most of the professors speak slow enough so that I can understand them, but the Political Systems teacher always gets so excited that he speaks very quickly and sometimes I have absolutely no idea what we are learning. Most of the material is interesting, although I have the tendency to fall asleep every class. The classes are nearly two hours long and it is soo difficult to pay attention! I have to keep an arsenal of snacks in my backpack to help me stay awake. The worst part about school is that if we have to go home for lunch, and we have class after lunch, we have to walk all the way back to school aka I have to walk an hour and 40 mins just to go to school! And I thought UConn was bad!
Two weeks ago we went with our culture class to a flamenco show! It reminded me of tap dancing, but seemed much more difficult and more passionate. Here's a quick clip:
Since it was a Thursday, we continued our tradition of going to Hannigan & Sons 2 for karaoke!
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| Brittany and I always sing together... |
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| and drink together! |
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| UConn friends at El Botellón! |
I also started practicing regularly with Penultimanos, the frisbee team based in Granada. The team is composed of a lot of students studying abroad, so I have become friends with kids from Germany, Ukraine, and Italy! The only language everyone understands is Spanish, so I really get to practice speaking a lot. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to explain vert stack in Spanish! Most of the players are fairly new to the sport and though I'm certainly not an expert I have to explain some of the throws and drills to them, which is quite difficult. There are three American guys who now live in Granada who are really good, and are teaching me some new things too. The team drinks just as much as it plays; which is really fun, because I'm making some good friends! After practice we always get tapas and drinks, and a couple weekends ago we did a beer scavenger hunt around the city. The team has been planning a fun Halloween weekend filled with parties and tournaments! The theme for dressing up is: famous people who died tragically. I'm not sure that's correct because all the emails are in Spanish and sometimes I have to ask my señora's granddaughters to help me understand them; but if you have any ideas let me know!
The weather here is amazing! It's still high 70's and has only rained 2 days since I've been here. Although I am missing the fall, I really can't complain!
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