Being the new kid

Well, we have officially finished our 3rd day of classes, and I have finalized my schedule. After attending two lectures with one professor, I had to call it quits and switch classes for the sake of keeping my sanity. I'm pretty sure I only understood about 1/4 of what he said, and he kept writing words in Latin on the board. That's when I knew it was time to admit defeat. Luckily the class I switched into seems much more straight forward. My two University classes are pretty interesting and it's a new experience to have classes with Spaniards. Our geography teacher loves to call out the foreigners, but this could play to our advantage because she said she also goes easier on us come exam time. I think that I'll definitely have my work cut out for me in these classes, but the grade really depends on the final exam.

My two classes at EUSA with other UNC students seem to be fun as well. We have our favorite professor, Fernando, again, so I know that I will like that class. Our literature class is small, which is fitting for our professor who might be 5 feet tall. She seems a little crazy, but the good kind of crazy where she doesn't mind making a fool of herself.

Our first day of school brought back memories of the first day of college, when you walk into your lecture hall not really knowing what to expect. The only difference was, the University of Sevilla apparently doesn't believe in heated rooms...or hallways...or bathrooms...or really heat at all. I'm sure I will be missing these days once its hot, but its a little awkward to have to wear my coat and gloves during class. I'm happy to say that I was not thrown into any trashcans or lockers, and that our Spanish classmates seem really nice! One boy passed me a note (4th grade style) telling me that he is the class delegate for foreign students and I could email him if I needed anything.

We also got the name of our intercambio partner today. Intercambio is a program run by our director that sets each UNC student up with a Spaniard who is learning English. We're supposed to meet once a week for 2 hours and speak half the time in English and half the time in Spanish. I'm pretty excited to start doing this, because I think it will be a good way to make new Spanish friends! My intercambio partner is named Fernando, and I'll give you more information once I actually meet him.

Two of our siblings have been home sick for the past week, and today they were feeling much better and we spent the majority of the day playing with them. Luis came in our room to ask if we would play "Mon-y-poly" which we soon found out was Monopoly, and we got the pleasure of playing with Euros and Spanish cities; although I did miss the thimble and dog playing pieces, which the Spanish version doesn't have. Afterwards we played ping pong for awhile until we had to go back to class. All of that Monopoly must have gone to my head a little bit, because it took two flights of stairs and walking outside of our building for me to realize that I was still wearing my slippers when we left for class. So much for not looking American...