They have an amazing view of the whole city, the ocean, and the Cies Islands which I'm told are paradise on Earth with the best beaches in the world. This was our view after lunch, but no matter the hour the view is breath-taking.
This morning I woke up late, but Spain works to my advantage--"morning" is until 2pm when you lunch. Afternoon goes until maybe 9 or so, then you eat dinner, and afterwards is night. I played all morning with Laura, the daughter--soccer, basketball, swimming--and we talked a lot. I am impressed with her level of English. A ten year old that can communicate almost everything in a foreign language. I am so jealous.
Andres was at his last day of summer math class this morning and came back with company. The whole family and I were joined by the mom's sister and her family, as well as the grandmother for lunch.
We had a nice lunch together on their balcony, enjoying the simply beautiful weather they have here. Just heavenly.
As for my Spanish....well. On the one hand I'm learning a lot of words. Am I'm retaining them? Maybe 20%. Otherwise I feel very insufficient most of the time. If I speak in small groups or one-on-one then things are fine, but unlike my friends in Madrid, these guys don't enunciate and speak slower so I'll be sure to understand. It's just the first day, so we're going to try to have a positive outlook and say at the end of 5 weeks like that I'll have improved a lot...for now it's really just kind of depressing.
The internet connection here is only so-so, cutting out sometimes, but it'll do.
First 24 hours of family time? Good.
2 comments:
Yay, glad it's gorgeous and going well so far. I'm sure the spanish will get easier; you seem to pick up things like that pretty well :P
Hah, yeah, basically what Kristen said. I am sure you'll be wonderful at Spanish in just a short while, and I'm glad that your family and scenery is great.
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