Orientation- Day 2

Friday was our second day of orientation. It wasn't much of an orientation though, it lasted about two hours which was spent just walking around the city. It was still fun though, we got to see some of the old medieval buildings and Roman buildings in the area. We also have two guys in our group now! It would be nice to have more though, some of the areas around here can get pretty dangerous at night and it would be better if we had more guys with us.

After orientation, Caroline and I had lunch again with Veronica and Calli. After we ate, they had to return home because their host mom was taking them to the beach, so Caroline and I walked around for rest of the afternoon. A few hours later we were starting to get really hungry so we went to the grocery store and bought bread, wine, prosciutto, and cheese. We walked to one of the plazas and made sandwiches and basically people watched. It was funny trying to buy wine though... we obviously didn't have a wine opener on us so we were able to find little tiny boxes of red wine (they came in packs of three), it basically looked like a juice box!

We kept walking around and then had dinner with our host dad. Over dinner we talked about music, the Spanish language, and what life is like in America. He doesn't like big cities, he said he didn't like Los Angeles or New York when he visited America. He doesn't even like Barcelona! It was nice practicing our Spanish with him because he corrects us more than our host mom does, which I like a little better.

After dinner, Caroline and I went to the same Irish pub! (Sad, I know). Our host dad was telling us about some of the fun areas to go to at night, but since we didn't exactly know where we were going (and we would have to walk around some of the more dangerous areas) we didn't think it was a good idea for two girls to try and find a bar in the area he recommended at night. So we just walked the block and a half to the pub. We were hoping to meet some locals there, wanting to practice our Spanish. Well, we didn't. But we did meet some guys from Australia and Denmark! The guys from Australia were traveling around all of Europe for a few months, just basically having a good time. The three guys from Denmark are living here for a few months, trying to become fluent in Spanish. (One lived here permanently, while the other two were friends of his only staying here until the end of October). It was fun talking with them, but after awhile we started to get tired (we stayed out 'til three!) and decided to go home.

I hope everyone is doing well and I miss you all!