First days of Classes

The first first few days of classes have gone pretty well so far. I am taking 4....Texts and Interpretations, Phonetics, Translation and History of Spanish Art. I am also doing a teaching internship. I don't know too much about it now, just that I will be working with students in their English class about 2 to 3 hours a week. All my professors are really great so far. They like to be called by their first names, which I think is really cool. It makes it easier to create a friendship with them to ask questions and just soak up all the information they have to offer. I am meeting some really cool people in the program as well. The guys are cute, and the Spanish guys are hot (Sorry Dad!). Valencia is rainy today, which is pretty rare apparently.

I have to admit it, I am a bit homesick. I miss my friends back home and just knowing everything (i.e. language, restaurants, streets, people, etc). Even though my Spanish is already exponentially times better, there is still a language block that is exhausting to jump over every day. I'm trying to not let it get to me because hey, I have only been here 1 week.

This weekend, the program is going to Xátiva, a city right outside of Valencia. I am very excited to learn more history of Spain! I am such a nerd and have been reading all about Spain from the B.C.s to now. Very interesting and intriguing country...Oh, and the paella is fabulous. Supermegaguay.