Salamanca so far.

Salamanca so far.

Ok, I promise this entry will get you caught up to the present.

After finding Lacey and Rachael, we hopped on the metro and rode to the train station. We had some difficulty finding our train, and once we did we had trouble boarding because a fellow in front of us in line was in a wheelchair that didn't fit through the aisles of the train. That was fun. The train ride was a couple hours and I wanted to sleep so bad, but I didn't because Mommy and Daddy told me when they gave me my camera for Christmas that they had better see lots of pictures so I took a ton of the country side. Actually, it looks alot like Texas in the summer-- brown and dry-- except with Spaniards. Haha.

When we finally arrived in Salamanca we grabbed a snack and then got in taxis to take us to our dorm. Now, only two or three could fit in a taxi and unforntunantly I got in a taxi with two people whose Spanish is not as adept as mine and mine is next to nothing. Let's just say it was fun when the cabby got lost and tried to drop us off in some random place. I had to explain that we didn't know where this place was either and that no, we didn't have cell phones to call someone and that this place was a university dorm. Our cabby was just as confused and irritated as we were so us getting to the dorm was an absolute miracle. Once we arrived we had to wait for dinner to be ready and I was absolutely starving so I unpacked to keep my mind off my stomach and then I blogged too. Dinner was fine-- as most every meal has been here-- and then Ashleigh, some one else and I went on a walk about the neighborhood just to see what was around our home. That was my trip here, Salamanca.

Yesterday, we took our class placement test in the morning-- to see how good our Spanish was and what corresponding class we needed be enrolled in. Then we basically wandered around practicing our Spanish with one another and slept the rest of the day. I did go to a Spanish Wine that afternoon. There was some nasty wine; I'm not a wine person in the first place and this wine was a little warm so it definitely cleansed the palate. *choke choke cough cough* They also served us fancy finger food type stuff. Like I had some caviar on a little piece of bread and some cheese on bread and also some kind of little slices of meat that looked like bacon. It was good and later I saw something similiar on a restuarant menu and a plate of that stuff costs 17 euros!! This was some high quality chow here! That was the highlight of yesterday.

Today I went to class for the first time. It was a little overwhelming because well, it's taught by a Spaniard in Spanish, imagine that. I was starting to get the jist of what the teacher was saying by the end of the class and we started with basic stuff, which makes me wonder if I need a higher class. But at the same time, the other people in my class seem to be in the same boat. I know the textbook Spanish pretty well, I'd like to think, but I need some major work on just listening and understanding what others are saying and speaking myself. I'm not sure if I want to change classes yet; I will decide after class tomorrow.

My roomate, Keelan, arrived today. She was late because she was in a beauty paegent last weekend. Yeah lucky me with the beauty queen roomate. :-p Haha. She really is sweet.

Probably the most interesting thing that happened today was on our way back from the plaza mayor this evening. Myself, Dominque, Sarah, Katie and Rachael were looking at what some street peddlers had to offer when one accused us of stealing some of his merchandise. I know I didn't, but it kind of rattled one of the group, when the vendor got mad and told us to go away if we were going to steal his merchandise. We made ourselves feel better though by being adventurous on the way "home" by taking a different way back than we had before.

Well, that's about all that has happened so far. Exciting, no? I may try to post some pics on that link on the right panel in a minute so try that out in a little while.