If I'm learning one thing about myself, it's that I should never promise to keep up a blog. I appear to be terrible at it. But that said, here's an attempt at an update on my life here in Spain.
As far as classes, they're mostly good, but I'm maybe overburdened. I have lit, history, and linguistics as far as classes with a normal amount of content, and then I also have dance and speaking classes. That would be a fine load if it weren't for the fact that I'm also trying to tutor a kid in English, go to choir rehearsals, and start doing a bunch of work on my honors project. I'm enjoying everything except for one or two classes, though, and the class I like least is one of the most useful when I return to SPU, so I have to work through it anyway. And it's a manageable enough load, although it is stretching me pretty far.
Tutoring is good, and hard. I'm enjoying it, and the boy is learning, although I'm definitely having to stop and think sometimes how to actually make progress.
The choir is fun too, and I'm enjoying the more traditional Spanish music we're working on now. It's a different musical tradition from the one I've grown up in, so it's a great experience.
I'm travelling a lot this month, both with the program and without. So far, I've been to Córdoba with the program and Granada on my own. Córdoba was nice enough, but I'm kind of tired of running around and seeing all the sights, and the larger the group the more stressful it is. When I went to Granada, I went with almost no plan, and just planned to relax and enjoy the city. It was one of the nicest trips I've been on, and it was great to just be able to do whatever. I have a lot of pictures from Granada, and a few from Córdoba as well. I'll share them when I can. This weekend, we're going to Méridad, Cáceres, and Trujillo as a group, and next weekend I'll go to Rome on my own. Then I'm actually staying put for a while.... Again, I'll post pictures when I can. And I'll try to post something with pictures and maybe about our trip this weekend next week.
