I like how it took about 30 minutes to get there and we still got one of the fancy buses. Oh, Europe.
Monday, 30 January 2012
road trip!
I like how it took about 30 minutes to get there and we still got one of the fancy buses. Oh, Europe.
Sunday, 29 January 2012
We´ve made it !!
We´ve made it here in Seville! After surviving the insane flight from Boston to Madrid , Allie and I are finally here!! Don´t underestimate my use of the word insane in this situation either- the trip too Madrid involved two unsupervised teenagers on an international flight to one of the biggest airports in the world (London, Heathrow) an impromptu cab drive on a highway that took 30 minutes , tea with a total stranger, a train ride , and two days without sleep to pretty much sum things up. Did I mention that we were unsupervised?
But everything turned out all right in the end. Our host famlies picked us up at the train station and that was that.
The anticipation building up for this Exchange was huge. Allie and I had known about it for over a year and have both been interested as well as dedicated to participating in it. I have a love for languages which is why I wanted to go to Spain so badly to try and become fluent in Spanish. Currently I speak Serbian and English fluently as well as a little bit of Mandarin Chinese (only a little bit, mind you). I also wanted to go for the experience- I mean, who doesn´t want to spend 3 months in Europe ?!
Allie and I both attend a non-traditional Spanish school that is very similar to our school back in Rhode Island. The school has a farm and all of the kids have known each other since they were just three years old. I think it´s safe to say that on the first day Allie and I didn´t understand a thing, we both had a severe case of jet lag. The only thing I remember from the first day of school was always hearing the word ¨vale¨ over and over again- I had no idea what it meant. Vale actually means Ok , I had quickly learned, and just after spending 3 weeks in a foreign country I am more than Ok- I´m fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3s4cn-rrw&feature=fvst
If you don´t know much or anything at all about Seville check out the link!
p.s. I´ll try to get pictures up soon :)
But everything turned out all right in the end. Our host famlies picked us up at the train station and that was that.
The anticipation building up for this Exchange was huge. Allie and I had known about it for over a year and have both been interested as well as dedicated to participating in it. I have a love for languages which is why I wanted to go to Spain so badly to try and become fluent in Spanish. Currently I speak Serbian and English fluently as well as a little bit of Mandarin Chinese (only a little bit, mind you). I also wanted to go for the experience- I mean, who doesn´t want to spend 3 months in Europe ?!
Allie and I both attend a non-traditional Spanish school that is very similar to our school back in Rhode Island. The school has a farm and all of the kids have known each other since they were just three years old. I think it´s safe to say that on the first day Allie and I didn´t understand a thing, we both had a severe case of jet lag. The only thing I remember from the first day of school was always hearing the word ¨vale¨ over and over again- I had no idea what it meant. Vale actually means Ok , I had quickly learned, and just after spending 3 weeks in a foreign country I am more than Ok- I´m fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3s4cn-rrw&feature=fvst
If you don´t know much or anything at all about Seville check out the link!
p.s. I´ll try to get pictures up soon :)
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