Mi primera semana

So tomorrow will mark the first week since I left home. So much has happened in the last 6 days. Last night I moved in with the family I will be living with for the next three and a half months. The family consists of a single mother who works as a nurse in a near-by hospital, her two children and their adorable dog. She has a 24 year old son and an 18 year old daughter.

I talked with the son for awhile yesterday because he was the one who picked me up. He is studying law and history so we had a ton to talk about. He also spent a summer in Pennsylvania taking english classes so I assume he knows english pretty well. Last night at dinner, his mom asked me to speak some English with him so I can practice. Its very comforting knowing that someone would understand me if I needed it. So far though, Spanish has worked out much better than I thought it would. Much much better. I can understand almost anything any one says to me and only have problems when I'm trying to communicate what I want to say. For the most part, I haven't had too much trouble. I've been able to say almost everything I want without too much trouble. Thats definitely been the most surprising part of the trip. It has helped me to make me feel a lot more relaxed. I'm starting to think I'll make it through this semester.

The dog is adorable. I'll post a picture of him in the next post. He is a little black mutt named Blacky. He is super sweet and almost never barks. He is pretty old and well tempered.

The food has also been so amazing. I should make foods its own post. I should probably make a blog just for my food experiences.  I tried ham for the first time yesterday at dinner. I wasn't sure if I wanted to try it but decided to not to be rude. So. Good. I was surprised. I actually liked it. The mother just asked me if I wanted a different type of meat for lunch. I asked her to explain what kind of meat it was and have no idea what she said so I'm just going to go for it. Woooo adventures. I think my favorite meal so far was Paella we had two nights ago at the Hotel the whole group was staying at on the beach in a suburb outside of the city.

So much more has happened so I think I'll have to cover it little by little. I'm going for a run after lunch to explore and then hopefully meet up with some people from my group. The city is so wonderful and I think everything is going to work out very well.