I don’t have too much to say about today. Got to school around 8. Getting up at 6:30 for breakfast was a little early for me, but now we don’t have to be there until 8:30 and we know where it is, so breakfast is at 8:00 tomorrow. I tested into the level of classes that I expected, which is good-otherwise I would not be getting very much credit back home! I was nervous about not getting into the right level, but after doing some studying the night before, I was fine. We just did a multiple choice test then had a short interview (or long interview if you were really advanced (mine was medium lengthed)), then they put us in our classes. I’ll have school from 8:30-1:30 Monday thru Friday. It’s a long day of class, but then we’re done for the day after that!
After class we went into “El centro” which is where everything is, but it is a little far from our house. We rode the bus there. It’s interesting getting used to using public transportation, but it’s pretty easy (at least to get to el centro.) However, we were way off on time, because we were too late to meet our group for the walking tour. We just walked around for awhile with a few other people that rode the bus with us. (And when I say we, I typically mean me and Amber!)
After our dinner, we pretty much just came upstairs and went to bed. I would like to go out and not be a bum but we are both soooo beat. I feel like I haven’t gotten much rest since getting here, its just go, go, go, all the time and we really haven’t had a lot of free time. So I’m staying in tonight and hopefully I will catch up on sleep for the weekend.
Soo…all in all, not the most exciting day but a long one for sure!
I’m going to make a random list of things that are different here….
- · No mountain dew. Ahh!! If anyone feels like shipping me a crate, go right ahead!
- · Lots and lots of walking or public transportation
- · The toilets flush weird and it’s not unusual for public bathrooms to be out of either toilet paper, soap, or paper towels (or all three)
- · You always wear shoes in the house.
- · Short and fast showers!! (Especially since you are sharing a bathroom with three other girls!)
- · Hours of the stores. I can’t even really tell you how they’re different because I don’t know yet, other than most things are not open that early, and they close from around 2-5 for siesta. And banks close at 2/ 2:30 for the day and are not open on the weekends (basically if you want to go to the bank you have to miss class)
- · Stores themselves! You have to remember to bring a bag to the mercada (market) because they charge for plastic bags (which is ingenious idea to get people to recycle), and there is no such thing (at least not that I’ve seen so far) as a super store that has everything you need.
- · EVERYTHING COSTS 10 MILLION BAZILLION EUROS!!! Que pena….
- · Errr euros! They are different but not too hard to get used to. The most frustrating part is that the smallest bill is the 5 euro. After that there is a 2 euro and a 1 euro coin, so that change can start to weigh down your purse! Wait…the most frustrating part is the fact that they disappear so quickly.
- · Los puertos y los llaves (the doors and the keys). (more on this in the next post.)
- · Warm drinks and hard bread. However the food is great and the water is usually at least chilled, even if there is no ice. Oh and there is bread with every meal, so I’m happy.
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