Monday

I've decided to post about my daily life here in Granada, starting with Monday.

Monday mornings I start class at 9:00am. It's about a fifteen minute walk from my apartment to school. I have two classes in the morning; one from 9-10:30 and the other from 11-12:30. Here is a photo of my first class (I wanted my professor to take a selfie with us in the background and this is what we got). Yes, there are only 6 students in my first class, Oral Spanish. There are I believe 8 in my second class, Spanish Literature, with the same teacher, Elsa.

 I have an hour and a half to get back home and relax for a little, usually chat with Elisa, my host mom, until I meet up with a different Spanish family. At my first day of volunteering at an elementary school (will explain later), the mother of a student came up to me and asked if I would be willing to come to their house once a week to help tutor their child in English. Of course, I agreed, which ended up being the best decision ever. They are such an amazing family, and I'm starting to feel like I am part of their family. Juan Antonio and Raquel are the parents, and María and Raquel are the girls. Each day they greet me with such open arms. I go to their house to eat lunch first, then María and I go work on some English. We practice vocabulary she's learning in school, sing songs, and record our voices in English so she can practice when I'm gone. It's safe to say I will miss them sooo much when I leave.

The first day I went to meet up with them, they introduced me to Raquel's brother, David. David is job searching, and today in Spain, with a high unemployment rate and difficulty with finding a job, English is key. In fact, some jobs here only interview people in English. So after I help María for the day, David comes over and I also help him with his English. We've done practice interview questions, translated his resume to English, and practiced anything else he feels like he needs help on. 

This picture is of Raquel (the mom) and David (the brother). I'm not posting any pictures of the girls, but I do have plenty on my computer for my memory.

Then I always finish up my day by eating dinner with Elisa, which usually is around 9:30. The meals here are much different. Breakfast is small, usually bread and coffee (but I still get my cereal fix). Lunch is around 2:30/3 and dinner is around 9:30/10.