09/10/2008

pic 1: me in the centro

2: the view from our balcony

3: riding our bikes around town

4: Me and Ellie's Bedroom

5: La Calle de Brasil is the street we live on.

Today was my third day of classes here in Spain. I am taking Advanced Spanish, Comparative Grammar, which is a class that compares the grammar of English and Spanish so we will be able to understand and speak it better, im taking the History of Spain and Culture and Society of Spain. I like all of my classes and my teachers so far. One of my professor’s names is Judy Cotter she is a fabulous woman who has lived a long, passionate, and extremely intriguing life. She studied at Stanford University and traveled to Spain in her twenties to study abroad. She fell in love with Sevilla, the culture and the liveliness. Afterwards she went back to the states to fulfill her dreams there and when that was finished she missed Sevilla and all of Spain so much that she decided to leave everything, take out all her savings and make a life for herself here. She ended up meeting and marrying the only American to become a full-fledged and very famous matador who preformed in some of the most extreme bullfights all over Spain. What an amazing glorious life to live. She still has such a passion for Spain, her excitement hasn’t changed from what she felt when she first visited which I am experiencing now. Her eyes light up teaching us all about it.

This Sunday I am going to see my first bullfight. I am nervous about it, Judy said that after watching her first bullfight she was so upset she threw up. But she explained to us how it goes, the tradition behind it and the technique behind it. Im feeling much better about going although im sure it will be hard to watch. It is such a huge part of Spanish culture, how could I not go? It will be very exciting and I will make sure to write about it.
Hasta Luego.