June 4-7, 2013

June 4, 2013:

First day of classes! I was so nervous, but I found friends on the same metro I was on! Classes were very hard, but I think that they will get easier with time. I am taking two classes, one that has 4 students and the other has 6 students! It is nice to be in such a small class size, but the classroom is SO tiny! The classes are long, but time passes quickly because my teacher is so animated and teaches us in a very hands on way. (I have class from 9:40am-2:00pm every day)

After class we went on a tour of Getxo, the town that we are living in! It was nice to see all the areas that other students are living! I didn't realize we were so far from each other!

I went out after dinner with some friends to hang out, and we ran into some students from the USA that have been here since January! They gave us a ton of advice, so it was great meeting them.

June 5, 2013:

Today after class we went Paddle Boarding in Getxo!! I learned that there is no spanish word for paddle boarding because many of the new sports invented just keep their english name. In fact, when I tried to describe paddle boarding to my host family, they did not even know what I was talking about because they had never heard of it.

Some of us with our instructor-David

Group 2! We are so excited!

Paddle boarding! 

After paddle boarding I finally got to go to the beach! It has been cloudy for a while, but it was the perfect day to go to the beach.

Beach day with amigas

Fútbol is everywhere!

Something interesting that I learned is that some Spaniards put fútbol above everything else. They would rather buy a ticket to go to a fútbol game rather than pay their monthly rent!

At around 9:30pm I went out to dinner (because everyone eats later here) and had the most amazing bocadillo, which is basically a toasted sandwich, at a restaurant called Krunch...it was so nice to not be rushed while I was eating. We could take as much time as we wanted because here is customary to spend a lot of time with friends over a meal or wine or coffee.

June 6, 2013:

It rained today! I had plans on going to the beach again after class, but since it was cloudy so I went shopping instead. Then it started raining, and I did not have my umbrella, so my friends and I went to the metro and went home.

I have been having a great time, but this storm needs to clear out! I want to go back to the beach! I also only packed clothes for warm weather...if it doesn't warm up it is going to be a problem!

June 7, 2013:

It rained again today! Once again I was caught without my umbrella in Bilbao (you think I would have learned from the day before) and it down poured!

She did not forget her umbrella! 

Interesting building: the photo was captured 15 min before it rained! 

Later I went over to my friends apartment to hang out. Around 10:00pm a bunch of us met up to go to "Art After Dark" at the Guggenheim art museum. It was really cool because they had a DJ inside of the museum and a bar to order a drink for while you walked around and looked at the art.

At my friends apartment

On our way to the Guggenheim Museum.

I have been living la vida España, and loving it! I can't wait to have more adventures while I'm here!