<>Things here are going great. I am starting to fit in and realize that I am living here, I am not on vacation. It still blows my mind, and I have to pinch myslef all the time still. I went to Sevilla/Seville with Nerea and my host Mom. It was absolutely beautiful, but very hot. I was a lot bigger than I expected and I could just feel the history walking around there. We took a bus tour so i could see the whole city and then had lunch in the center of the city. I also went to an amazing place named Plaza de Pilatos while I was in Sevilla it is where scenes from Lawrence of Arabia and Star Wars Episode I were filmed! While I was down south I also got to go to Tarifa which is a small summer town right on the Strait of Gibraltar. It is famous for windsurfing. I got to see Morocco from a distance! I can't beleive I was that close to Africa, I hope to take the ferry (30 mins) there one day and explore. I explored a little more of Jerez, where my host Mom lives, it is also very rich in history. It was built 1000 years BC, so the streets are so narrow in the center of the city that sometimes you have to fold in your mirrors to get through.
Other than that I have just been going to school everyday and occasionally taking a trip into the city to meet up with some exchange students. On last Saturday about 25 exchange students met up at a main train station in Madrid and took a series of 3 trains to the mountains above Madrid. When we got there we all hiked about 5 miles to the top of the highest peak in Madrid at about 8,000 feet. The name is El Pico de Peñalara, The peak of Peñalara. It was beautiful and it felt so nice to get out of the city for a little while. I noticed how quiet it was up there, life in the city is always loud. It was nice to speak english for a day also, and I absolutely love the exchange students. I have made some of my best friends in the Rotary students.
Language here is getting way better, sometimes it scares me how much I understand. I have started reading Harry Potter and that is quite a challenge, but I am learning lots of vocabulary.
Halloween is this weekend and my host sister is going to Jerez by herself, I chose to stay in Madrid and dress up and go out with the rest of our friends. The boys happen to be dressing up as the Village People and it should be hilarious. They dont carve pumpkins or trick-o-treat so it will be a different feel, and it will be the first Halloween in my life where its not freezing and snowing!
Hope all is well!!
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