Thursday March 13, 2008
Today was the last day that Tracy, our teacher from Simpson, is going to be with us all. She is pregnant and can’t fly back during her third trimester, so she leaves tomorrow morning for the States. I have kind of mixed feelings about this; I’m not so sure how it will work out. I’m hoping for the best though. It’s kind of nice having someone who knows us and knows English well to talk to when we have problems. We have to send all of our assignments to her via the Internet and we have a new teacher for the 2 classes that she taught here. So far all of the Spanish teachers have been amazing so hopefully Carmen, the new teacher, will be as well. I can’t believe that I only have 4 weeks of classes left…ah. It’s going to go by quickly!
After class/our going away party Melissa, a girl from Simpson, and I decided that we wanted to sit down and plan a few day trips for during our weeklong break. We have the following week off for Semana Santa. We sat down in the plaza and picked two random cities on the map, found prices, major monuments, and we headed to the bus station to buy tickets. Our following plans, tentatively, are as follows: Córdoba on Friday and Ronda on Saturday. For both sets of round trip tickets, our bill only came to 35 Euros apiece and I’m really excited to just go. We don’t really have many plans other than finding the tourist office, getting a map, and just seeing the sights. We have a Spain book that will hopefully have some information about these places, so we will have to look at that on the way there. This kind of trip tends to be something that I would never have done before coming to Spain, but now, I’m not so worried. We don’t really have a concrete plan, and it really doesn’t bother me all that much. These trips will be fun as well as cheap because the bus rides are only a few hours, we are taking a packed lunch with us, and we are returning home before dinner. Therefore, we wont really be paying for much other than for entrance fee’s and many times we get pretty good discounts for being students.
Tonight at the pool, for my ONG, I had a good time. For some reason all of the kids were really wired, so it was a rather hyper time in the pool. The little kid Alvaro, he’s about 11, is really precious. He spent the entire hour trying to swim with his floaty after me, splash water in my face, and then give me a high five. Love him. He can barely walk and talk, but he has the best time and he really knows how to enjoy life. It’s really been a good time working with the kids at the pool that have disabilities; I swear that they have taught me more than I have taught them. But it’s always a great break from the week and the director, David, really appreciates the help.
Also, Allison left for Latvia today to visit a friend and Fatima (Encarna’s daughter) came back to visit for Semana Santa. It’s going to be a busy week and I’m excited to have Fatima back. She is full of energy and is really fun and easy to talk to. I’m sure that all of the family will be in and out of the house this week and that will be a lot of fun. My favorite part about living in Sevilla is being part of a “family” here; the trip wouldn’t be the same without Encarna, Rocio and the gang.
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