Hello all, I’m now in my third week of my adventure and the second week of school. Despite this, I’ve already found myself in the beginning of a routine and I feel a bit like I’ve already been going to school for a while. Although the first day of school was very difficult in understanding teachers and figuring out what I was supposed to do, I quickly found people who were happy and willing to help me out.
School is rather different from America. For the most part, I have one room that I stay in and the teachers come in, teach and go, except for a few electives (Geology and Physics, in my case) that we travel to. Understanding the teachers is still very difficult (along with everyone else), despite this, I can usually use my background knowledge of the subject or other material to halfway figure it out. On the other hand, I’m quite happy my grades here don’t transfer, because it’s still a long road to perfection.
Outside of class I’ve begun to make friends. In the beginning, it was difficult as I could really only talk about so many subjects, but finally, I’ve met a group that I have lunch with who seem interested in what little I have to say and entirely fine with me quietly listening to their conversation. Which really, is all I ask.
On a sidenote, last Sunday, Pablo, Pilar and I went to the Montcayo region where we saw a gorgeous old monetary, had lunch at a café hidden in the woods, where I had rabbit and French fries, and went high up into the tranquil mountain (pictures coming soon). During all of this, Pablo was narrating the details as I’m quickly finding out that he does in fact know a little about everything.
Tomorrow, I go with the other exchange students to Madrid for our first orientation, which I’m certainly looking forward to. After that, on Sunday, I have the day to myself, so I’m going to the museums.
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