August 29 - Move in Day

kitchen

hallway

dinning area

Today I moved in with my host family. They are absolutely the sweetest people I've ever met in my life! I have a mom (Conchita), an abuela (grandmother), and a 24 year old sister (Teresa). They've been so, so so, helpful with everything and so patient with me and my lack of Spanish! :)

When I first got to the house, they gave me a tour of the place, and showed me where my room was. Then I spent an hour or so fixing up the place and unpacking my suitcases. My room is small, but I really like it. It's quaint and super cozy.

living room 

After I unpacked and settled in a little bit, it was time for lunch. Teresa had two friends over to eat. It was so difficult to understand their Spanish because they would talk so fast and get so animated with each other, I could barely keep up! They were all really sweet and funny though, and tried really hard to keep me in their conversation.. Even though the most I could really do was smile and nod! haha! :)

hallway to bedrooms

Lunches in Spain are the main meal of the day and are usually eaten around 2 pm. For lunch my first day, we had bread and this amazing mashed potato-ish dish with tomato sauce and I believe chicken in it! :) For our second dish we had backed chicken legs in gravy! For dessert we had the best melon I've ever eaten in my life, as well as pie and these other pastries. Basically I ate so much I thought i was going to bust out of my pants!! The food was DELICIOUS though!!!

living room again

After lunch I sat around with Teresa's friends and they attempted to teach me vocab and fix my accent! They were so nice and we were all laughing SO hard! :)

They have important exams next week, so after we talked for a while they had to leave to go study. I on the other hand, went and took a crazy long nap.

me with Teresa (to my right) and her friends

For dinner, it was just my senora and I. Teresa was still studying with her friends and I guess my grandmother doesn't normally eat dinner with us because it's too late for her (we usually eat between 10 and 11). For our first dish we had this vegetable soup and then fish. I was so stuffed I had to refuse all the desserts! I can tell I'm going to LOVE this family!! :)