I can officially say that I am now living in Granada after spending two weekends here. My Spanish has perfected and I've done many fun activities with my Spanish friends and family.
I have a friend here named Marta, who I met through a program called Intercambio. The program matches up a local student and a foreign student so they each can practice speaking in a different language. For example, when Marta and I meet, we begin by speaking about an hour in English and finish in Spanish. I think this is a much better way to learn a language than in a classroom.
Last Saturday, Marta invited me over to her house to eat with her family, which ended up being a super fun day. We started by going to a little market type thing (I'm not sure how to describe it) where they were selling all types of clothing items for verrry cheap. She helped teach me clothing vocabulary, which was very helpful for the quiz I had last week. Afterwards, we went to her house where I met her family, ate lunch with them and soaked in the last bit of warm sun for the year. Her family is so welcoming and hospitable, definitely got a little bit of a family-fix. We ended our day by seeing a movie, of course it was in Spanish, but surprisingly I understood the majority of what they said. Needless to say, I can sum up my day by saying I practiced my Spanish and didn't even get exhausted from speaking so much (which has happened multiple times here).
Friday, I spent the day with my host family, Elisa (host mom), Ela (sister), Antonio and David (nephews). We went to Ela's house for lunch, then went to Antonio's soccer game. Holy guacamole, those six year olds can play... better than me I think. It was a day to remember, Antonio won his first game, and David fell off a retaining wall right onto his arm. We thought at first it was broken, so I babysat Antonio while they took David to the hospital. Fortunately, it wasn't broken, just bruised and stiff.
Sorry for more text than pictures, didn't take too many this week. Until next time!
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