Things are still going well here, I really enjoy my job and have good
relationships with the other teachers. The highlight of my week last
week was the lesson plan I made which consisted of listening to and
analyzing a Taylor Swift song, "You Belong With Me." My students
learned a lot of new words and enjoyed it, and of course I loved it.
Haha.
I am not sure if I told anyone about this but a couple weeks ago one
of my teachers invited me to a family party. Her dad has a house on a
vineyard (it was beautiful but I didn't take any pictures because I
didn't feel comfortable doing so). We went there with her husband and
kids, and I met all her siblings and nieces. There were about 8 of
them, roughly my age and we hung out all day eating (home made paella,
and I tried some really nasty seafood thing) and drinking sherry and
listening to various family members sing or play the guitar. They are
a very talented family! One of the young women, maybe 20 years old,
was a fabulous flamenco singer. Another, 14 years old, played guitar
and sang her own songs in Spanish and English. She was so good,
almost everyone in the room was crying (including me, well... I wanted
to cry but I didn't let myself because I was at a stranger's house!).
She was so talented. Also one of the family friends sang Portuguese
music (Fado) and it was extremely emotional as well. It was so
different from any party I have been to - it was so Andalusian! I
really enjoyed it.
Over Columbus Day weekend I took a trip to Portugal with my American
friends. Another weekend we went to the nearby city of Cadiz, and we
have taken a couple other short day trips to nearby towns: San Lucar
de Barrameda, and Arcos de la Frontera. Here are my photo links:
Cadiz trip-
http://www.facebook.com/album.
Halloween party-
http://www.facebook.com/album.
Jerez photos-
http://www.facebook.com/album.
Portugal-
http://www.facebook.com/album.
YAY emi is blogging!!!!!!!!
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