My first complete week of classes ends tomorrow. I would say "whew!" or something along those lines but to be frank, the schedule isn't terribly taxing. I only have to wake up before 8AM twice a week, and the other days I don't have class til 1:00 or 4:00. And did I mention there's no classes on Fridays? So great. While the schedule and timetable of my classes is nice, the classes themselves are another story. Never been a big fan of writing, so I purposely selected classes with CIEE that didn't seem writing-intensive: Conversational/Colloquial Spanish, Spanish for the Health Professional, and Spain Through its Popular Culture. All of them are interesting, but since they're regulated by CIEE, they ALL have a writing component. FML.
I also was disappointed to find out today that Spanish for the Health Professional is a little more than I bargained for. I was hoping for a nice vocab-intensive course where I would learn lots of different terms to help me in the field, and it will be eventually, but right now it's a little heavy in the politics with debates and discussions over differences between health insurance in Spain and in the US. All interesting, but also mostly over my head.
This past weekend, I stayed here in Alicante while others opted to do some traveling. I went to el barrio in the evenings and spent most of my time during the day laying on the beach. TOUGH LIFE. It wasn't quite warm enough to get in the water yet – probably only in the mid-60s – but it was warm enough to break out the bathing suit and start working on the tan. It was an easy, stress-free weekend (other than the Steelers' loss...still bitter).
Next on the list: MADRID! A group of us are flying out tomorrow evening and I'm slated to get back Sunday night. We hope to see El Prado, Reina Sofia, and Palacio Real among other famous sites. Veryyy exciting!
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