Molly y yo hemos decidido que cuando vamos por la calle o el metro solo debemos hablar en español y nada más.
(Molly and I decided that when we are walking in the street or on the metro we should only talk in Spanish.)
The big event of the day was that we actually had some spare time to get out and explore a little bit of the city. And when I say a little bit, I mean a very little bit of it. We got to go see the Plaza de Catalunya and the Cathedral of Barcelona today, but didnt really have all that much time..
Other than that we're were pretty busy with classes today. We had our first art history class today and it was seriously one of the worst classes of my life.. The profe speaks in a very monotone voice very slow and spanish. All of our other professors slip between spanish and english relatively often just to make sure that we're getting it but he just kept on going and going. Not only that, but he dumbed the material way down. There is still just a lot of vocab about greek architecture and art that we dont know though...
In other news, I found my favorite spot to stand on the metro. Right against the door in the corner track-side. You can't go anywhere no matter how hard the conductor stops at the estacion.
In Spanish news, I learned something that I think everyone from the US has said wrong while learning Spanish:
When describing what you did last night, you might say in English,
"I didn't do anything"- direct translation= "No hice mucho"
But REALLY- we should be saying,
"No hice nada en especial"
That's about it. Molly and I are going to go write a quick emilio then head to bed.
GOODNIGHT
10 comments:
I dont know if this is possible, but you should start doing some serious photo bloging. Building and People are always fun to see. Also if you see any VW's snap a few shots for me
hope the storm didn't hit your part of Spain and this message reaches you alright
i miss you
Hola Ryan!!!
Pues ya estas! Hace no se cuantos dias que no leo el blog - pero se ve que estas entrando en el pulso de la vida alli - lo bueno con lo menos bueno.
Hay noticias por aqui, pero estoy demasiado cansado para contartelas ahora - nada de mucha importancia.
Recuerda lo basico - pan, vino, aceite, ajo, queso, jamon, pescao... y ya esta.
Y jo, buena suerte con ese profesor de arte - debe ser la clase mejor. Lo siento si no sale asi.
Sr.
I always feel so useless when I see someone writing in spanish...
Hope everythings going well, and that you're having tons of fun! We all miss you. The Jays is crumbling without you.
(BTW, Barb says hi!)
i dont understand any of the spanish either... except for the part about food
I want more.......Blogs are my anti-drug
Hola Ryan,
Que tiempo esta haciendo? Donde estas viviendo? Como es la mezcla de Catalan y Espanol? Y que tal la clase de arte??!!
Por aqui, frio. Gran anticipacion por la llegada de 14 estudiantes de Madrid, incluso Irena, la hermana menor de javier, la recuerdas? Ya tiene 17 años.
Pues, nada. Sr.
Oh, I meant to tell you, although we tried and the techies gave it a reasonably sincere try, your blog is blocked at Rondout - so I just use it from home and will bring in what I need.
Sr.
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