Well hello there avid reader! I'm so glad you could make it for this installment of me writing about my life. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I am. ;)
Remember the power problems I told you about? Well as it turns out there was something majorly wrong with the house I was staying in and the family I was with had to move out. This would have left me homeless, luckily Anabel, a very nice fellow teacher, invited me to live with her and her son. So here I am in my room with power and dun dun duh INTERNET! I really liked Moises and Flor, but I think I will feel much more at home here. So that is a blessing.
This Sunday I attended a wedding at the church. Moises and Flor have been married for a while, but they never got a big church wedding so this was it. I arrived on time to find very few people at the church. After a half hour or so things started to liven up, and about an hour late the wedding got under way. It was very similar to an American wedding. The differences I noticed were... the Bride and Groom walk down the isle together, they get to sit down while the pastor talks, they didn't seem to have vows, and they put the rings on after the kiss. All and all it was interesting to see and I'm glad I went.
Today I got confirmation from Carrie the sm in Madrid that she would like to tour Rome over Christmas break. So I hopped on Ryan Air today and purchased my ticket from Paris to Rome and from Rome back to Zaragoza. I haven't decided if I'm going to do anything before Paris yet... It's quite expensive even with the cheap plane flights. I'm so excited to be going for sure though! Paris and Rome are cities I have always wanted to see. I am itching to go and explore and see all the things I've always wanted to see. I've decided no matter how much I get to see this year, I'm going to have to come back, because there is way more to see, then I have money and free time to see.
New Years in Paris should be a great time, then 4 days in Rome! :)
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Power Problems and Sagunto
Last Wednesday when I got home from school the power was out. Moises had candles for me and I got around okay and even got some reading by candle light in before heading to bed. Thursday morning the power was still out so I had a cold shower and headed off to school. That night Moises told me that the power issue has something to do with the wiring and it is a serious issue, the power will probably be out for a while. I told Ana Lugo at school and she is going to try and find out more about it. I can't talk to Moises very well about it as he only speaks Spanish. Anabel found out I didn't have power and offered to let me stay at her house so I stayed there Friday night and got some laundry done. The next morning I met Hector, one of the older church youth members and rode with him and some friends down to Sagunto. There was a big volleyball rally going on and we were all going to play. We got there early and waited through church before I got hooked up with the sister of the Pastor in Zaragoza's wife. I went with her family to eat lunch and hang out for the afternoon. As it turns out her husband moved to Walla Walla from Spain when he was 14 and went through highschool at the academy there. It was fun to talk to him and he was very helpful with telling me about travel options here as well.
Next I played volleyball. I was put with a random team called Freaky Team 2. We played two games and lost them both but it was fun anyway. The second team we played was against a lot of the Americans at Sagunto. One of them tried to ask me for a translation and was surprised when I told him that I didn't speak Spanish. I met a lot them and found out that they will all be in Paris for New Years. It was good to talk to people fluent in English and I may have found some travel companions.
I stayed in the dorm that night, watched the championship games the next morning, ate lunch at burger king, and then headed home. All in all it was a great weekend, I really need to go back to Sagunto though, I didn't get to swim in the mediterranean and I really want to. I did get to see all the mandarin orange trees though and it was beautiful.
Disclaimer:
I know my posts don't flow very well and they probably have some grammatical issues, but I am writing them very quickly. If I stopped to make them sound good I think I'd lose interest. So I'm sorry but this is what you get. :)
Next I played volleyball. I was put with a random team called Freaky Team 2. We played two games and lost them both but it was fun anyway. The second team we played was against a lot of the Americans at Sagunto. One of them tried to ask me for a translation and was surprised when I told him that I didn't speak Spanish. I met a lot them and found out that they will all be in Paris for New Years. It was good to talk to people fluent in English and I may have found some travel companions.
I stayed in the dorm that night, watched the championship games the next morning, ate lunch at burger king, and then headed home. All in all it was a great weekend, I really need to go back to Sagunto though, I didn't get to swim in the mediterranean and I really want to. I did get to see all the mandarin orange trees though and it was beautiful.
Disclaimer:
I know my posts don't flow very well and they probably have some grammatical issues, but I am writing them very quickly. If I stopped to make them sound good I think I'd lose interest. So I'm sorry but this is what you get. :)
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