yay weekends!

This weekend has been such a great weekend! I just recently realized that this is our first normal weekend here in Spain. I got to sleep in for the first time yesterday, and it was ah-may-zing. Of course, I also slept in this morning just because I could. Amanda and I were both surprised about how long we slept in this morning. I think it's just because our bodies are still recovering from the past week and a half of go-go-go-go-go. All I know is I slept like a baby.

So now that the first week of class is over, I can make generalizations that I think will continue to be true. I LOVE classes here. Our professors are so enthusiastic and just wonderful! I have already learned a lot in just the past week. It's amazing what different teaching styles can do for you. I mean, for the past three years in every Spanish class I've ever taken we've learned about the preterit and the imperfect tenses, but this is the first time that I have ever learned it the way I'm learning it now. It was a slightly mind-blowing experience honestly.

Oh, another mind-blowing little lesson for ya here: what do you call an umbrella for the sun? A parasol right? Well in Spanish, para=for and sol=the sun, so it's a parasol for the sun. So what's the Spanish word for umbrella? Paragua! Because it's para el agua! Isn't that crazy?! I will never forget how to say the word umbrella in Spanish ever again (and I bet neither will you!). :D

Anyway, I still don't have any pictures of the city really because the ferias started recently, so the city is a mess with stages and mini-bars out in the streets. I'm going to take pictures of those of course but I don't want your first impression of the city to be that! I just uploaded a few pictures that weren't affected by the festivales on facebook, so you can check them out there.

I've also decided that (I think) I'm going to start a new picture album on fb dedicated to all the different sweet things I have eaten/will eat in Salamanca! Here's a collage of the pictures that will be in there so far!

Anyway, I'm going to go shower so my hair can dry before tapas tonight!

xo besos! :)