Yesterday we met with tutors one-on-one. I was a little nervous at first because I didn’t think I would be about to understand or communicate just by myself. The guy that I was pair with was great though! He spoke some English, which help a lot. If I wasn’t making sense or didn’t know what something was called in Spanish he could help me very easily. It is so hard because they speak SO FAST (not to meant he did also have braces!) Braces+Sevilla accent= very hard hard to understand. But everyday I get a little more confident.
Angie was paired with a girl who spoken NO English at all- so that was a struggle for her. We actually just went to a little café right down the street from the school with most of the other girls and their tutors. It was a great learning experience. We will do the same thing every Wednesday night.
After tutoring all my friends and some of our tutors decided to go to Cien together (Cien= our regular Wednesday night spot). We met up with my German friend (who speaks English, German, and Spanish- impressive) and met some of his friends too. Our group was very diverse to say the least- German, American, Spanish, Greek..) It was quite an experience. We all had dinner and drinks together and literally just sat around and spoke “Span-glish” for hours! (Span-glish= a mixture of Spanish and English) So much fun!
For class this morning we went to the market. Our assignment for the day was to find something that we like and bargin the price down to at most 5 euros. The market was really cool. They had all sorts of things that you could by from these awesome painted over-alls to soccer jerseys to Eric Clapton records to handmade jewelry- they literally had everything. I bought a beautiful red ring for 4 euros (originally 6). Aren't you proud dad?
As I walked around the market wearing my jean shorts, chacos, and my Canon Rebel (obviously a tourist) this older man who was selling little trinkets at booth called me over. He asked if I was an American (which obviously I was) and told me he had an important question for me. He pulled out a key from his pocket and unlocked this important looking display case on his table. He then pulled out this stack of tickets. In very broken English the man asked what they were. I told him that they were tickets and he asked for what. Try explain what and American circus tickets is to a man who hardly understands any English. I did my very best to explain it while he looked very engaged and excited about these amazing American circus tickets. He then asked if the tickets were interesting or valuable. When I asked no, I think I ruined his day. I think he found these tickets and thought they were some amazing American treasure he had found and was going to sell him for “mucho dinero.”
After the market we went back to our school and talked about what we bought. Our professor (Dr. Stratton) had bought this cheap “necklace.” The necklace was more like a long string with this giant crystal hanging off it. Not the most stylish piece of jewelry at the market. In class he gave the necklace to Angie. Dr. Stratton advised Angie to wear this beauuuutiful crystal necklace out to the “disco-tech.” Angie is extreme excited about this necklace and will most likely be wearing it every night we go out.
After class Angie and I just came home for lunch and now I am about to knock out a little homework so we can hang out with our friends tonight. I think we are all going to go to the Rio (river) tonight which should be so much fun! Now it is time for a siesta!
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