El Primero Día a La Universidad

¡Buenas Noches Amigos!


Today was my first day at the Universidad de Alicante.  It was a beautiful day with amazing weather.  No rain.  A friend and I took the bus to campus and got yelled at in Spanish by the bus driver.  Something about my friend not putting the money in correctly... it was very confusing but somewhat comical after it was all over.  My first class of the day was my Spanish Composition I class.  There are about 10 students in the class and we have Juan as our professor.  He is really relaxed and has great style.  Haha.  We are going to use a workbook and read a few novelas.  We will have two tests and some compositions, which shouldn´t be too difficult.


Before I begin telling you about my second class, let me begin by telling you that I wanted to drop immediately.  My second class is El Gobierno (Government) and when I looked at the class roster there was only my name and another guy´s name (who is in advanced, might I add).  So of course I was intimidated... two students, one teacher... I like the ratio a little less even.  However, I told myself that where God put me is where He wants me to be.  So I delt.  Then 2:40 rolled around.  The other student was really nice but I was so nervous with the teacher because he spoke so fast.  At times I could not keep up.  By the end of class it got a little better.  Anyways the whole climax of the story is that I was talking to the guy after class and it ends up that he is involved in Campus Crusade for Christ on his campus!  Since he is studying in Alicante the whole year, he told me that he has been to a non-denominational church around Alicante.  How amazing!  I was so excited!  I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would meet another guy from Cru in Alicante.  If I would have dropped the class I never would have met him.  It is so crazy what happens when you just go with what the Lord provides.  He meets our needs before we even know we need something.  ¡Que bueno!


I know I have been lacking in the details of this blog (and in the picture department which I am working on).  The language barrier definitely creates interesting circumstances like with the bus driver this morning.  Things also get lost in translation along the way... I pray that I will improve and that things will become more clearer.  I love speaking with my host family.  They are wonderful.  Tomorrow Alba and I are going to watching Grey´s Anatomy in Español.  She is a fan as well!  I am hoping this weekend I will have some more time to spend with both of them.  Maybe we can go to the grocery store.  The food Feli cooks is amazing.  She was very pleased that I like just about everything because now she can cook whatever she likes and whatever they usually eat.  I remember that the first night we had caviar on crackers.  One night we had a mixed dish of peas, eggs, and ham, which was delicious.  We also had salmon, which is one of my favorites.  Feli even packs me lunch for school - usually consisting of a sandwich (un bocadillo) and an orange (una naranja).  Spain has the best oranges I have ever tasted, even better than Florida.  Many times with the language differences, we just end up laughing at the misunderstandings.... which happen a lot. 


I am really torn with the traveling situation.  Being in Europe, makes you want to see everything, everywhere, immediately.  However, I must remember and consider that my first goal, the reason I came to Spain, was to learn Spanish.  I know I will be very disappointed if I come back only learning a little.  I want to see everything in Europe but it might be more beneficial to stick to Spain and a few other key areas for the first part.  In order to learn the language.  Honestly, it doesn´t matter where you go, everything is beautiful.  Many things are more famous than others but no matter what this is the experience of a lifetime.  I am meeting so many wonderful people from all over.  I have only positives in my life.  Thank the Lord.


Well I am going to attempt to work on the pictures soon... so stay with me.


¡Hasta Luego!
Sarah


PS  okay if you go all the way to the top of the page there is a heading called ´"My Pictures" and under that are two photobucket.com links.  One is for Madrid photos and the other consists of some Alicante photos.  ¡Enjoy!