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.

to study or to speak spanish, that is the question

well i kinda have an exam for my least favorite class 2maro on all the different varieties of spanish and it's boring material, altho i do have to say it has been handy at the museums when the descriptions are written in one of these languages and i am able to understand it so props to it, but its dry boring material. just spent the last 2 hrs chatting away with mi mama espanola and the 2 german girls after dinner about various crazy topics like: about Japan and i made the comment about the world ending in 2012 which sparked one conversation, about america and how it censures everything and there's not really any here (is what i took from the convo), about younger generations in general, i brought up how not only the school system and how the children behave i guess is different but now that i've taken educacion classes how the US is so much more strict with what and what not a teacher is allowed to do and all that stuff. we had some really interesting conversations and its even better cuz i get to give my input. so much easier just having a convo like this around the house and whipping out my spanish with good grammar than talking in class gahhh haha. but yeah, besides learning how to speak, as in roll my "rr", my goal is to in general just be able to speak spanish much better and at ease so in my opinion it was worthwhile and i'll just have to look at my notes a bit later and in the morn. i was told you'd have to make decisions asi but i didn't think i'd actually have to. now i understand and i know what i want so i'm going for it. couldn't be more happy with my spanish family.

¡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.

a day spent in heaven

with the exception of our first class. me encanta Pura. so yesterday i was telling her about our trip to Padron and how i ordered patatas ali oli and that they were basically horrible. well i come home during la siesta for lunch and what did she make? PATATAS ALI OLI!!! mmmmmmm i was in heaven. she had me try the sauce before lunch was ready...que delicioso! she thanked me for reminding her how much she also likes them so i was like DE NADA....MUCHAS GRACIAS : ) oh and she whipped out a nice bottle of red wine to top it off : )

and not to mention, i didn't bring my sun glasses to school today...during our break there was sun!!!  have never seen such a beautiful sight (ok i have have but there was SUN!!!) i'm meeting up with a few people to get some school supplies and possibly read in the park while we wait for las entiendas to open.