buena semana : )

sooooo last week my parents came to visit me and arrived in Santiago Wednesday after a lil excursion of their own. it was fun. apparently we walked an awful lot but i have no concept of what a lot is anymore cuz on a typical day i walk a lot and besides i had softball and the hills and stairs of the LC to keep me occupied before the hills and cobblestone of Santiago. we went out for tapas a few times. thursday we went out for Kely's (friend from Brazil) last night in Santiago and chatted in Spanish with some English so that all could understand. i had a blast.

friday, my american family met my spanish familia and mi mama espanola cooked up a grand meal with a bunch of typical dishes (which i love!) that means tortilla espanola, croquetas, empanada, carne con patatas, pan (porque "yo como pan como un gallego" so i'm told) y i think i'm missing one but that's all in my spanish journal so no worries. but for POSTRE (because i can't spell that in english) she made my gallegon crepes con nata y strawberries mmm : ) que delicioso! i stuffed myself and still had room. i'm kinda used to it now. but my family , on the other hand, was struggling thru it haha. oh right, she also made chocolate flan mmmm Dad loved that! i've been eating it since they left. and you can just eat it and eat and eat it cuz its THAT good! and to think i'm not a flan person. (mabes that'll work with art...gonna be learning about arte in class ick but mabes after i see what we're learning about i might like it? nawwww but i'm sure the profe will make it interesting!) but yeah, the lunch (bigger than a american-sized dinner) passed well.

i know no limits

you place churros y chocolate in front of me and you bet i will eat them until there are no more! Pura serves the italian guests first (cuz i'm part of the family right) the paella from lunch. i got the pasta from yesterday mmm!! she heated it one by one in the microwave so yeah it took awhile well, lucky for me she treats me so well. while the other got served their paella, i got served churros y chocolate omm nom nom mmmmm delicioso!! que fabuloso! i must be special or something. so i got the first share of the desert. she commente, something along the lines of "poor kelly being served last, i know you don't mind mixing foods (you american you: i know that's what she was thinking! lol) wanna start with chocolate?!" mwuahhhhhh cheyaaaa you bet i will!! kinda feeling all the chocolate i just consumed...do i regret it? nahhhhhh of course not silly : P

today's classes

this morning i had my 2 favorite classes. comp and then civ with 2 of my fave profesoras. our classes are each an hour right. our second hour we spent the whole entire, yes the whole ENTIRE class talking about beer and coffee. maybe now i'll know how to order things with no questions! this is the culture tho so topic was well suited for our night out! Lola asked us during tapas what we learned and i don't think i've ever been able to repeat that well what i had learned in spanish. props to us : )

i wake up every morning...

to the smell of Pura cooking something deliciously wonderful for lunch on Saturday afternoons...tortilla espanola mmmm

¡Troya!

just watched my favorite movie en castellano...¡ Que buena! but i'm leaving prematurely to go to bed now. waking up muy temprano to catch el tren for Vigo. good night.

haha...that's all i can say

nuestra untilmo clase hoy, hemos oido sobre una "fantasy de amor" de nuestro profesor porque no entiendo algo...de nada : )

living with the experts

i love living with people who can help me with my spanish homework. i swear, the more i sit in this class, the more confused i get. it would help me not to pay attention cuz all she does is confuse me with what i already know. ¡ay dios mio!

Pura was havin a ball thinking of Spanish sayings for me but then trying to explain them to me was another story haha. but i just had to go down and ask pops some questions about "ser, tener, y llevar" good thing he knows what he's talking about : )