Back to School..

Scott started school this week and is feeling a little overwhelmed to say the least. The first day of class was pretty rough. He said he understood about 1/3 of what was going on. It takes a lot more consentration when the lecture is in a foreign language. He said whenever the teacher would move around the room or someone would make a lot of noise it would throw him off a little. Luckily the second day was easier, and I am sure it will just continue to get more comfortable for him. Also I just have to add that everywhere we go he gets complimented on his Spanish speaking skills. He could definitely pass as a native. Although one lady who complimented him yesterday was sure he was French. I got a kick out of that because he is always teasing me about the ¨dirty Frenchies¨, who knew people actually thought he was one!



My Spanish on the other hand is still pretty lame. I have picked up on a few words but I have a really hard time not pronouncing them with a French accent. I am really wishing I had taken a few Spanish classes in highschool that´s for sure! The people have been really helpful though. I ventured out on my own the other day and I had to ask for some directions...side note here...Everywhere we go Scott and Brad think they can figure out exactly where we need to be even though there are a ton of tiny streets and none of us have navigated them before. So here I am the only one of the group that does not speak Spanish saying, ¨Hey I have an idea, you speak Spanish...all these people around us are from Spain...why don´t you ask them where this street is...¨, ten minutes later..still looking for the street on our own.. Okay so back to my story. I have no problem asking for directions. Even if that means I have to ask several times before I actually get there. The point is I always get where I need to go! The people I talked to were so sweet, none of them spoke English but it is amazing what a few little hand signals can do for you!



And the biggest news is that we finally found an apartment! It only took us a week of staying in a super fun bunk-bed filled bedroom with another couple and a one year old suffering from serious jet lag...but we made it! We opted for sharing an apartment with our friends because it will save us about $1500. We decided to sacrifice some personal convienences for some extra travel money. I think it will be worth it. Now that we have taken care of the living situation we should be able to get out and enjoy this fun city. I have pictures from our travels thus far, including the hostel, and I will take some of our new apartment. So just you wait. We will not have internet in our apartment but I will get some pictures on our computer this weekend so you can see what we have been up to. I´m off to go move into my new apartment, oh it´s on the fifth floor...that should be fun with all six of our over packed bags! Gotta love old European apartments! ¡Adios!