Last Wednesday, Teresa came back after two weeks in Madrid, and she came with Sandra and baby Jaime! Jaime is adorable and he rarely ever cries! I'll get a picture sometime when he's not sleeping. It's nice having more people in the house again.
I had midterms in my two cursos concertados (university classes for Americans), so of course I completely over-studied. There was the potential to have reasonable tests for both classes, but they were both ridiculously easy (although maybe I should wait until I get the grades to say that). For Propaganda, we just had to write an in-class essay and he gave us really broad options for what to write about. I guess that's good for a class like that. And for Cocina y Alimentacion, the test was just really easy. I had memorized a lot of dates and geography plus I knew a little bit about the history and culinary practices of the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and groups in the Iberian Peninsula plus a tiny bit about sources of information for studying these cultures, yet I probably could have done fine on the test without studying the majority of that stuff. At least I know the stuff now (and learned some of the dates again - yay 8th grade world history!). Anyway, I'm glad those are over.
Yesterday morning I went to a local orienteering meet and I got a ride with a group of university students who live in a nearby dorm. None of them are very serious about orienteering, but it was really fun finally going to an orienteering meet with Spaniards my age. I also got to see the inside of the dorm I walk by every day (they invited me for breakfast before the meet - Spaniards seem big on inviting you to meals). Then, yesterday evening I went to the theater with Tiffany in the evening and we saw a production called "Ciudad Cero" which was interesting. It was at an alternative theater and the actors all played jazz instruments throughout the show and there were even puppets for part of it. I understood the general idea of the performance, but I was really tired, so I think I missed a lot too. It was fun though. And we walked through the old Plaza de Armas on the way back, so I finally go to see that (the old bus station made into a mall).
Today, I just hung out at the apartment. I spent the morning helping my senora make paella, so now I'll be able to make it at home (for you, Dad!). It's actually pretty simple. I'm excited to experiment with that when I get home. It was nice having a couple of weekends to relax here in Seville, and starting next weekend I'll be traveling again for several weekends.
I had midterms in my two cursos concertados (university classes for Americans), so of course I completely over-studied. There was the potential to have reasonable tests for both classes, but they were both ridiculously easy (although maybe I should wait until I get the grades to say that). For Propaganda, we just had to write an in-class essay and he gave us really broad options for what to write about. I guess that's good for a class like that. And for Cocina y Alimentacion, the test was just really easy. I had memorized a lot of dates and geography plus I knew a little bit about the history and culinary practices of the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and groups in the Iberian Peninsula plus a tiny bit about sources of information for studying these cultures, yet I probably could have done fine on the test without studying the majority of that stuff. At least I know the stuff now (and learned some of the dates again - yay 8th grade world history!). Anyway, I'm glad those are over.
Yesterday morning I went to a local orienteering meet and I got a ride with a group of university students who live in a nearby dorm. None of them are very serious about orienteering, but it was really fun finally going to an orienteering meet with Spaniards my age. I also got to see the inside of the dorm I walk by every day (they invited me for breakfast before the meet - Spaniards seem big on inviting you to meals). Then, yesterday evening I went to the theater with Tiffany in the evening and we saw a production called "Ciudad Cero" which was interesting. It was at an alternative theater and the actors all played jazz instruments throughout the show and there were even puppets for part of it. I understood the general idea of the performance, but I was really tired, so I think I missed a lot too. It was fun though. And we walked through the old Plaza de Armas on the way back, so I finally go to see that (the old bus station made into a mall).
Today, I just hung out at the apartment. I spent the morning helping my senora make paella, so now I'll be able to make it at home (for you, Dad!). It's actually pretty simple. I'm excited to experiment with that when I get home. It was nice having a couple of weekends to relax here in Seville, and starting next weekend I'll be traveling again for several weekends.
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