Update again!

Sorry these are so few and far in between. I tend to get caught up in everything and forget completely about my blog. :P

Wednesday: On Wednesday our group, and the group from Texas went to the Museo de Cadiz. A tour guide lead us around and explained what everything was to us, in Spanish of course. I was surprised at how much I actually understood. He spoke a lot more clearly than most of the people I've encountered and I really appreciated it. The museum was split up into two sections, Art and Artifacts. We started with the artifacts and then headed to the art. To be honest, I paid a lot more attention when it got to the art history portion. There were paintings in the museum by Murillo, Ribera, and Zurburan, whom I had studied in my high school Spanish class. It was amazing to see the works up close. They are GIANT! I wish I could have gone to Madrid to see Guernica and all of the Goya paintings there, but I suppose that will have to wait for another trip. After the museum, a few of us decided to check out some stores. A few of the girls got new purses and then we realized we needed to get back for dinner (which consisted ham and cheese sandwiches and Gazpacho :)) We were also given our first homework assignment (aside from all of the reading homework we've been doing). I found it to be very difficult because I've never taken a linguistics class before, but my classmates were really helpful and helped me to get through it. (Thanks Denny!) We all went up to the top floor (where the laundry room is) and there is a really nice huge classroom and a terrace that overlooks the plaza. It was such a gorgeous night! The temperature was cooler than it has been and there was a nice breeze. It was wonderful! After finishing our homework we went into the classroom to play cards until we all decided to call it a night and head back down to our rooms.

Thursday was our last day of class (yay!) A few people went to the beach, some went shopping, and the rest of us slept and lazed around doing our reading assignment. Two members of our group left for Morocco for the weekend, others played cards and hung out with the Texans again.

Friday: Friday morning we all got up for breakfast and wished the Texans a Happy Fourth before heading back to bed for a few more hours. All of us had stayed up pretty late the night before and were exhausted. My roommate left at 5AM for the train station to head up to Malaga. Another member of our group decided to go visit her old host family in Cordoba. That afternoon, all of the other members of our group left for the API trip to Granada. Alice and I were the only ones left at the residencia, along with two girls from Russia, who seem to want nothing to do with us.
This idea was a bit frightening at first, seeing as Alice and I are by far the least confident with our Spanish. We both decided to take advantage of our spare time and the extra space to do laundry, which we both decided to hand wash, and it took FOREVER. Neither of us realized just how long it takes to hand wash and hang dry a load of laundry.

Saturday: Saturday both of us decided that we needed to catch up on sleep. After lazing around the residencia for what seemed like days, we decided that we NEEDED to get out and get some fresh air. Because of this, we grabbed our money and our map (just in case we got lost) and headed out to the supermercado in search of snack food and nail clippers. I am pleased to say that we managed to find both of these and make it back to the Residencia without getting lost. We did however, forget that lunch is served an hour early on Saturdays. :( Luckily the ladies in the kitchen were very generous and saved ours for us. :) However, we did have to explain where everyone else in our group went. hehe. For the rest of the day I did some research on the couchsurfing website about the area. I talked for a bit on MSN to a kid who lives in Jerez (30 minutes away by bus or car) and comes to Cadiz quite often. He seems really interesting, and I am now convinced that couchsurfing project is a very positive one. :)

I think I'm going to do some more of the reading before I head to bed.
Goodnight all!