Monday, December 17, 2007
It's Snowing!
Everybody in Logrono always says that it only snows in January or February and only about once or twice a year. It is officially snowing right now and it is only December 17th! It really feels like the Christmas season now. I didn't think we would get to see snow here this year. Enjoy the mini video that I took of the first snow. Happy Holidays!!!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Happy Holidays!
Hello everybody! I hope you are all having a great start to this wonderful holiday season. Last night Ben and I went to watch the act of lighting all of the Christmas lights in our city at 7:00 in the Square that is very close to our apartment. There were lots of people in the square watching marionette shows, giant puppets running around, getting free hot chocolate and waiting anxiously for the lights to turn on. Our city looks very beautiful now with all the lights on. Tomorrow, Ben and I head to Milan, Italy with one of our friends from here that is from California. I can't wait! This will be our first time leaving Spain to another European country. I love Italian food so I am planning to eat a lot of great pastas there. We will be there until late Tuesday night. I will update you all late next week on all that has been going on here in Logrono. I am also very excited because 2 weeks from today my whole family will be here with me in Spain to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Wow, how the time here is flying by! I will leave you with a few photos from last night that I took of the great Christmas lights. Have a happy holidays!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Supper with the Primary School
This past Friday night Ben and I went out for supper with my teachers from the Primary School where I teach at in Logrono. It was a great night! We started out by meeting everybody at 9:30 at a local bar for a drink before we went to our restaurant to eat. There was a total of 22 of us that got together. I didn't have a clue that it was going to be the biggest meal I had eaten so far since being in Logrono.
We sat down and they started bringing around many bottles of water and wine to everybody. After the wine, they brought out baskets and baskets of fresh bread. The appetizers we had were amazing. There was a total of 5 different kinds of appetizers! I couldn't believe it every time a new one came out of the kitchen. The first appetizer we had was 'croquetas' which are ham and cheese snacks in a breaded shell. They remind me of mozzarella sticks. The next appetizer we had were very large mushrooms with a garlic taste. Then we had typical Rioja ham and slices of cheese. After the ham and cheese we had cut up octopus pieces that we on top of sliced potatoes. Finally we had salad that had fried red pepper, sardines and tuna with it. I tried all 5 of the different appetizers.
While we were eating the different appetizers a waiter came out and read off a huge list of foods that we could choose from for our main meal. Ben and I had no clue what to choose. I had no clue even what was a meat or a fish from the list. It was hard to understand the man. He talked very fast. Finally all of the teachers started trying to tell us what we should choose to eat. The two ladies across from me helped me choose my meal and Ben's. When my meal came out it ended up being a huge steak fillet with potatoes, kind of like french fries. It was really really good! I ate the whole thing even though I was already stuffed from all of the appetizers I had eaten. I completely forgot about dessert! I am not used to eating dessert after every meal. Here in Spain it is always served with each meal. We all laughed when we saw our dessert come out. It ended up being 7 pieces of different kinds of desserts for each one of us! It was unbelievable. I was so full but I had to eat (because I really wanted to and love dessert) all of the different types of desserts. I was really full. After dessert they brought all of us either a cup of coffee or tea. I chose to drink a tea. After the tea and coffee they asked everybody want kind of shot of alcohol they wanted. That is very typical for people to do after a meal here. I declined the offer due to how full I was by that time. I couldn't possibly add anything else in me. Finally the bill was about to be given to us. I was scared! I couldn't imagine how much we would pay for this incredibly excellent meal. It ended up only being 24 euros per person. That is about $35.60. I have never paid that much for a meal before but I swear it was the most food I have ever eaten before at a restaurant. We were also at the restaurant from 10:00 until 1:30 AM!!! They eat supper very late here.
We all decided to go out to the local bars next to the cathedral to go dancing for the rest of the night. We went to two different bars and stayed out with all of my teachers until 4:00 AM! It was so much fun. We danced and danced and danced! I hope that we will be able to go out dancing with my professors again. We were able to talk Spanish all night and learn a lot more about the Spanish culture from them. The meal on Friday night was like having another Thanksgiving Day dinner. It was great!!
We sat down and they started bringing around many bottles of water and wine to everybody. After the wine, they brought out baskets and baskets of fresh bread. The appetizers we had were amazing. There was a total of 5 different kinds of appetizers! I couldn't believe it every time a new one came out of the kitchen. The first appetizer we had was 'croquetas' which are ham and cheese snacks in a breaded shell. They remind me of mozzarella sticks. The next appetizer we had were very large mushrooms with a garlic taste. Then we had typical Rioja ham and slices of cheese. After the ham and cheese we had cut up octopus pieces that we on top of sliced potatoes. Finally we had salad that had fried red pepper, sardines and tuna with it. I tried all 5 of the different appetizers.
While we were eating the different appetizers a waiter came out and read off a huge list of foods that we could choose from for our main meal. Ben and I had no clue what to choose. I had no clue even what was a meat or a fish from the list. It was hard to understand the man. He talked very fast. Finally all of the teachers started trying to tell us what we should choose to eat. The two ladies across from me helped me choose my meal and Ben's. When my meal came out it ended up being a huge steak fillet with potatoes, kind of like french fries. It was really really good! I ate the whole thing even though I was already stuffed from all of the appetizers I had eaten. I completely forgot about dessert! I am not used to eating dessert after every meal. Here in Spain it is always served with each meal. We all laughed when we saw our dessert come out. It ended up being 7 pieces of different kinds of desserts for each one of us! It was unbelievable. I was so full but I had to eat (because I really wanted to and love dessert) all of the different types of desserts. I was really full. After dessert they brought all of us either a cup of coffee or tea. I chose to drink a tea. After the tea and coffee they asked everybody want kind of shot of alcohol they wanted. That is very typical for people to do after a meal here. I declined the offer due to how full I was by that time. I couldn't possibly add anything else in me. Finally the bill was about to be given to us. I was scared! I couldn't imagine how much we would pay for this incredibly excellent meal. It ended up only being 24 euros per person. That is about $35.60. I have never paid that much for a meal before but I swear it was the most food I have ever eaten before at a restaurant. We were also at the restaurant from 10:00 until 1:30 AM!!! They eat supper very late here.
We all decided to go out to the local bars next to the cathedral to go dancing for the rest of the night. We went to two different bars and stayed out with all of my teachers until 4:00 AM! It was so much fun. We danced and danced and danced! I hope that we will be able to go out dancing with my professors again. We were able to talk Spanish all night and learn a lot more about the Spanish culture from them. The meal on Friday night was like having another Thanksgiving Day dinner. It was great!!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you are all having a fabulous day. Today Ben and I are going to host our first Thanksgiving meal here in Spain. We are going to have people from all over the world come over for it. There are going to be 11 people here including Ben and I. One girl from California, two boys from New Mexico, one boy from Florida, one girl from Italy, one girl from Germany, one girl from France, and one boy & girl from England. The people not from the USA are very excited because they have never had a Thanksgiving meal before.
We went shopping last night at a grocery store and found great things for our menu. We will have turkey breast fillets with sauteed mushrooms and onions, mashed potatoes with garlic, a lettuce salad with sliced almonds, orange slices, lemon juice & olive oil, corn niblets and a mixed bag of vegetables that consists of white asparagus, pepper, green beans, carrots. We are also going to have two different kind of desserts. We were unable to make a pumpkin pie but really wanted to.
It should be a great time. I am also very scared of how we are going to cook enough food for all 11 people and keep it warm at the same time. It will be served at 9 PM tonight. That is when people have supper here. It is actually kind of early. Most people eat about 9:30 or 10 at night! We have a nice kitchen but not as many pots and pans as well as serving dishes as we would like so we are just going to have to see what we can do with what we have. I hope everybody likes it! I hope that you all have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving vacation. I will let you know tomorrow how the Thanksgiving Day meal went. Bye!
We went shopping last night at a grocery store and found great things for our menu. We will have turkey breast fillets with sauteed mushrooms and onions, mashed potatoes with garlic, a lettuce salad with sliced almonds, orange slices, lemon juice & olive oil, corn niblets and a mixed bag of vegetables that consists of white asparagus, pepper, green beans, carrots. We are also going to have two different kind of desserts. We were unable to make a pumpkin pie but really wanted to.
It should be a great time. I am also very scared of how we are going to cook enough food for all 11 people and keep it warm at the same time. It will be served at 9 PM tonight. That is when people have supper here. It is actually kind of early. Most people eat about 9:30 or 10 at night! We have a nice kitchen but not as many pots and pans as well as serving dishes as we would like so we are just going to have to see what we can do with what we have. I hope everybody likes it! I hope that you all have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving vacation. I will let you know tomorrow how the Thanksgiving Day meal went. Bye!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Exciting Times Ahead!
As I sit here drinking some hot strawberry cream tea, eating some wonderful Spanish cookies and listening to Christmas music at 6:00 PM on Sunday evening, I figured it was a great time to tell you all about my exciting plans for the start of December and Christmas break.
First, I am going to explain a few of my previous photos in the last blog that I posted. I wanted you all to completely experience what the photos actually were of. The first photo is of the three strange faces. I saw those in Museum Wurth in a nearby city next to Logrono. There was three white round objects in this small dark room. All of a sudden these three faces were projected on to the white objects. They continuously were moving their eyes, noses and mouths. It was quite a sight to see! I had to capture the looks of them on my camera.
The second photo is of the huge man sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs. This man was very big. He would change colors every few seconds. The man also also had many embossed words of the body parts all over his body such as head, leg, arm, nose....etc. It was really cool. I took many photos of this man. I liked the blue color the best.
The third photo from the museum is the blue dress. I captured the dress with the photo in the background of it. At one time the dress in the photograph was actually worn by two sisters. The dress could fit two people and now they have it on display at the museum with the original photo of the sisters in it next to it. I thought it was pretty cool and artsy. Okay, good. I really wanted to clarify the photos that were taken from the museum so that you could capture the whole effect and experience like I did. Now, on to the fun times that lie ahead for me.
I am very excited to say that we just bought plane tickets to go travel to Milan, Italy. Ben, our friend Kara from California, and I will be going to Milan on December 7 - 11. I decided to take an extra day off of work to be able to see all Milan. According to Wikipedia, Milan is considered one of the largest cities in Italy and one of the most highly developed urban centers in Europe. The metropolitan area of Milan accounts for 7.4 million people! I can't wait to experience it. I absolutely love all types of Italian food and can't wait to try them all. We are going to be staying in a hotel that is close to the center of the city. Milan has the second largest church in Italy and the third largest in the world. We will be about a 10 - 15 minute walk from that church. Right after we purchased our plane tickets this past week we found out that December 7th is the Festival of the Patron Saint Ambrose. We will be arriving on that evening to have a ton of people celebrating. It should be a fun time while there are so many people celebrating. Also, one exciting thing I also found out is that Milan holds Leonardo Da Vinci's original "The Last Supper" in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. I hope we are able to view it while we are there. If you want to read more about Milan and what other cool things the city has to offer you can visit Wikipedia by clicking here.
After we get back from Milan we will just have one week before we head off to Madrid to meet up with my family on the afternoon of December 20th! We have rented a great apartment in a fabulous location, Puerta de Sol, that will fit all 7 of us to stay together. It will be good to walk to all the tourist locations that everybody wants to see when they go to Madrid. On the 22nd we are planning to head for a day trip to Toledo. A small city that is about an hour away from Madrid. Last time I was in Spain I bought a sword from Toledo.We are going to be staying in Madrid until noon on the 23rd and heading to Logrono. We will be celebrating Christmas in Logrono on the 23rd - 26th. We have a few day trips planned to such places as Bilbao and maybe Pamplona. Bilbao is known for the Guggenheim Museum and Pamplona is known for the running of the bulls in July. We will be heading back to Madrid on the 29th to spend two more days there until my family flies out on the 31st. I can not wait for all of our adventures with my family to begin. After they leave on the 31st, Ben and I are planning to stay in Madrid to celebrate the New Year and head off to take a long way back to Logrono going through cities such as Segovia, Valladolid and Burgos. They are all in northern Spain. We are lucky we have vacation from December 20th - January 8th.
Due to Spain not having Thanksgiving Day here the streets are getting covered by hanging lights ready for December 1st. Pablo, the boy I tutor, told me that they will turn all of the lights around the city on the night of December 1st. I can't wait to be walking around the city with all of the Christmas lights on. I will miss the snow but the Christmas season will still be great here without it! Another great thing for Christmas here they actually have little huts that sell chestnuts that have been roasting over an open fire! Ben and I tried 7 of them the other night. They were great. I never knew that they actually had them. I just thought it was part of the song.
Ben and I are going to plan a big holiday Thanksgiving dinner for all of our friends here for Thursday evening. We are still trying to find out if Spain has turkeys that you can bake. We don't know for sure. If not, we will be having chicken for supper. We are going to try make it as traditional as possible. There should be about 14 or 15 of us in our apartment! Luckily we have a lot of free space to share with everyone. I also will be teaching all of my classes this week with worksheets and photos the story of Thanksgiving. Well, I am very excited for all of the wonderful events that are going to be happening in the next coming month! I am off to prepare my Thanksgiving Day classes. Have a great and wonderful Thanksgiving everybody! I will be missing the great food that my Grandma Bernie prepares for us every year. :) Speaking of which, I really enjoyed having my last slice of banana bread that I brought in the plane to Spain right when we moved in to our apartment. Thanks again Grandma! Here is me back in September with my last slice of banana bread. I had to take a photo with it.
First, I am going to explain a few of my previous photos in the last blog that I posted. I wanted you all to completely experience what the photos actually were of. The first photo is of the three strange faces. I saw those in Museum Wurth in a nearby city next to Logrono. There was three white round objects in this small dark room. All of a sudden these three faces were projected on to the white objects. They continuously were moving their eyes, noses and mouths. It was quite a sight to see! I had to capture the looks of them on my camera.
The second photo is of the huge man sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs. This man was very big. He would change colors every few seconds. The man also also had many embossed words of the body parts all over his body such as head, leg, arm, nose....etc. It was really cool. I took many photos of this man. I liked the blue color the best.
The third photo from the museum is the blue dress. I captured the dress with the photo in the background of it. At one time the dress in the photograph was actually worn by two sisters. The dress could fit two people and now they have it on display at the museum with the original photo of the sisters in it next to it. I thought it was pretty cool and artsy. Okay, good. I really wanted to clarify the photos that were taken from the museum so that you could capture the whole effect and experience like I did. Now, on to the fun times that lie ahead for me.
I am very excited to say that we just bought plane tickets to go travel to Milan, Italy. Ben, our friend Kara from California, and I will be going to Milan on December 7 - 11. I decided to take an extra day off of work to be able to see all Milan. According to Wikipedia, Milan is considered one of the largest cities in Italy and one of the most highly developed urban centers in Europe. The metropolitan area of Milan accounts for 7.4 million people! I can't wait to experience it. I absolutely love all types of Italian food and can't wait to try them all. We are going to be staying in a hotel that is close to the center of the city. Milan has the second largest church in Italy and the third largest in the world. We will be about a 10 - 15 minute walk from that church. Right after we purchased our plane tickets this past week we found out that December 7th is the Festival of the Patron Saint Ambrose. We will be arriving on that evening to have a ton of people celebrating. It should be a fun time while there are so many people celebrating. Also, one exciting thing I also found out is that Milan holds Leonardo Da Vinci's original "The Last Supper" in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. I hope we are able to view it while we are there. If you want to read more about Milan and what other cool things the city has to offer you can visit Wikipedia by clicking here.
After we get back from Milan we will just have one week before we head off to Madrid to meet up with my family on the afternoon of December 20th! We have rented a great apartment in a fabulous location, Puerta de Sol, that will fit all 7 of us to stay together. It will be good to walk to all the tourist locations that everybody wants to see when they go to Madrid. On the 22nd we are planning to head for a day trip to Toledo. A small city that is about an hour away from Madrid. Last time I was in Spain I bought a sword from Toledo.We are going to be staying in Madrid until noon on the 23rd and heading to Logrono. We will be celebrating Christmas in Logrono on the 23rd - 26th. We have a few day trips planned to such places as Bilbao and maybe Pamplona. Bilbao is known for the Guggenheim Museum and Pamplona is known for the running of the bulls in July. We will be heading back to Madrid on the 29th to spend two more days there until my family flies out on the 31st. I can not wait for all of our adventures with my family to begin. After they leave on the 31st, Ben and I are planning to stay in Madrid to celebrate the New Year and head off to take a long way back to Logrono going through cities such as Segovia, Valladolid and Burgos. They are all in northern Spain. We are lucky we have vacation from December 20th - January 8th.
Due to Spain not having Thanksgiving Day here the streets are getting covered by hanging lights ready for December 1st. Pablo, the boy I tutor, told me that they will turn all of the lights around the city on the night of December 1st. I can't wait to be walking around the city with all of the Christmas lights on. I will miss the snow but the Christmas season will still be great here without it! Another great thing for Christmas here they actually have little huts that sell chestnuts that have been roasting over an open fire! Ben and I tried 7 of them the other night. They were great. I never knew that they actually had them. I just thought it was part of the song.
Ben and I are going to plan a big holiday Thanksgiving dinner for all of our friends here for Thursday evening. We are still trying to find out if Spain has turkeys that you can bake. We don't know for sure. If not, we will be having chicken for supper. We are going to try make it as traditional as possible. There should be about 14 or 15 of us in our apartment! Luckily we have a lot of free space to share with everyone. I also will be teaching all of my classes this week with worksheets and photos the story of Thanksgiving. Well, I am very excited for all of the wonderful events that are going to be happening in the next coming month! I am off to prepare my Thanksgiving Day classes. Have a great and wonderful Thanksgiving everybody! I will be missing the great food that my Grandma Bernie prepares for us every year. :) Speaking of which, I really enjoyed having my last slice of banana bread that I brought in the plane to Spain right when we moved in to our apartment. Thanks again Grandma! Here is me back in September with my last slice of banana bread. I had to take a photo with it.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Some Excursions in Spain
We have had the opportunity to do a lot of different things living here in Logrono so far and it has only been 2 months! Here are a few things that I have enjoyed doing since the middle of October.
Ben's high school invited him and I to go along to a tour of a new museum that has opened up just outside of Logrono on October 18th. It is called Museo Wurth. It is a German/Spanish museum made with many different art pieces from all over the world that one German man had collected and now put in a museum. There was a book opening the night that we went to the Museum. We were even given the book as a free gift for going to listen to the speeches. We got to explore the museum for about an hour and then were able to feast on many different types of tapas (appetizers) and wine for free before heading back to Logrono. I enjoyed the museum a lot! Here are some photos from the museum.
On October 20th Ben and I enjoyed traditional food from Spain. We indulged in churros and also another thing I can't remember the name of. It is like fried mini potato chips and then you either put spicy ketchup, guacamole or garlic mayonnaise on them. They both were very good! We bought them at a local place called "La Perla". It is a small shop set up right on a corner of the street and they open every night.
On October 27th, we went on a tour of a local winery, Franco-Espanolas, that is just across the river from our apartment. We met up with Juan, our friend, who was confused about just being able to go there on our own. We ended up talking with one of the tour guides and getting a personal tour for just the three of us! It was my favorite wine tour. We even received diplomas from the place after the tour was finished!
Here is a photo of some beautiful leaves in Logrono during the fall. It is weird. I think that since they grow a lot of grapes here for wine that the soil must make the leaves in the fall turn especially darker red colors. I have never seen such brilliant colors in the fall.
On October 28th, Ben and I received free tickets to go watch a local basketball game in Logrono. It was fun to go watch a sports event live. Our team here is called Caja Rioja. Caja Rioja is the name of a large bank company in Logrono.
On Halloween night Ben and I carved a pumpkin. We had all of our friends that are doing the same as us here over for good pizza and then went out to an Irish Pub afterwards. It was lots of fun! At the bar they had scary people dressed up with chainsaws and would turn off all the lights in the bar and run around. I was scared!
This photo of the cathedral by our apartment was taken very late on Halloween night. It is one of my favorites here so far!
One important holiday in Spain is celebrated on November 1st. It is called All Saints Day in the United States. They celebrate All Saints Day a lot more than they do Halloween. The week before All Saints Day the flower shops sell huge amounts of flowers and then people visit the cemetery on that day. They also have no school on that day. They have two types of pastries that are very popular for that day as well. They are called Huesos de Santos (Bones of the Saints) and Bunuelos. Ben and I tried one of every flavor. They were great! The bunuelos are on the left and the Huesos de Santos are in the middle next to our favorite bread here to buy!
This is just a quick tour of what we have been up to lately in Spain from October until now. There will surely be a lot more on its way. I can't wait to celebrate the Christmas holiday season here! I am also very excited that my parents, Tony, Rob and April are coming to visit us from December 20th - December 31st. If anybody wants to come visit us here just let us know! We would love to have visitors any time and have seen some great roundtrip prices for the spring months. Have a great rest of your Monday. Also, make sure you read the next blog below this one. I was so ambitious today I wrote two blog entries and don't want you to miss out on either one! Bye and until next time.
Ben's high school invited him and I to go along to a tour of a new museum that has opened up just outside of Logrono on October 18th. It is called Museo Wurth. It is a German/Spanish museum made with many different art pieces from all over the world that one German man had collected and now put in a museum. There was a book opening the night that we went to the Museum. We were even given the book as a free gift for going to listen to the speeches. We got to explore the museum for about an hour and then were able to feast on many different types of tapas (appetizers) and wine for free before heading back to Logrono. I enjoyed the museum a lot! Here are some photos from the museum.
On October 20th Ben and I enjoyed traditional food from Spain. We indulged in churros and also another thing I can't remember the name of. It is like fried mini potato chips and then you either put spicy ketchup, guacamole or garlic mayonnaise on them. They both were very good! We bought them at a local place called "La Perla". It is a small shop set up right on a corner of the street and they open every night.
On October 27th, we went on a tour of a local winery, Franco-Espanolas, that is just across the river from our apartment. We met up with Juan, our friend, who was confused about just being able to go there on our own. We ended up talking with one of the tour guides and getting a personal tour for just the three of us! It was my favorite wine tour. We even received diplomas from the place after the tour was finished!
Here is a photo of some beautiful leaves in Logrono during the fall. It is weird. I think that since they grow a lot of grapes here for wine that the soil must make the leaves in the fall turn especially darker red colors. I have never seen such brilliant colors in the fall.
On October 28th, Ben and I received free tickets to go watch a local basketball game in Logrono. It was fun to go watch a sports event live. Our team here is called Caja Rioja. Caja Rioja is the name of a large bank company in Logrono.
On Halloween night Ben and I carved a pumpkin. We had all of our friends that are doing the same as us here over for good pizza and then went out to an Irish Pub afterwards. It was lots of fun! At the bar they had scary people dressed up with chainsaws and would turn off all the lights in the bar and run around. I was scared!
This photo of the cathedral by our apartment was taken very late on Halloween night. It is one of my favorites here so far!
One important holiday in Spain is celebrated on November 1st. It is called All Saints Day in the United States. They celebrate All Saints Day a lot more than they do Halloween. The week before All Saints Day the flower shops sell huge amounts of flowers and then people visit the cemetery on that day. They also have no school on that day. They have two types of pastries that are very popular for that day as well. They are called Huesos de Santos (Bones of the Saints) and Bunuelos. Ben and I tried one of every flavor. They were great! The bunuelos are on the left and the Huesos de Santos are in the middle next to our favorite bread here to buy!
This is just a quick tour of what we have been up to lately in Spain from October until now. There will surely be a lot more on its way. I can't wait to celebrate the Christmas holiday season here! I am also very excited that my parents, Tony, Rob and April are coming to visit us from December 20th - December 31st. If anybody wants to come visit us here just let us know! We would love to have visitors any time and have seen some great roundtrip prices for the spring months. Have a great rest of your Monday. Also, make sure you read the next blog below this one. I was so ambitious today I wrote two blog entries and don't want you to miss out on either one! Bye and until next time.
So little working hours but yet so busy
Well, it has been about a month and haven't sat down to write a blog. So here it goes. I am really enjoying my time here in Logrono. Everybody here is in more of a routine and time just keeps flying by faster than ever. Each week seems to get done faster than the next.
Here is a typical week for me here. On Mondays, Ben and I don't have classes so we are either gone on vacation or taking a nice day to relax. On Tuesdays, I start class at 9:00 am at the Primary School. Each Tuesday I have different age groups each hour. I sometimes get very confused on how old all the different classes are. Also, at that school I work with the ages of 3 - 12 year olds. The three year olds love to repeat what I say even though they have no clue what I am even saying. I guess I must be kind of interesting, new and different to look at. I work from 9:00-11:00, 11:30 - 12:30 and again at 3:00 - 4:00. They take very long lunch breaks at the Primary Schools.
On Tuesday evenings I tutor two different families. I tutor a 6 year old boy and an 8 year old girl from 6:25 - 7:25 PM. I then walk across the street to go tutor two boys ages 8 and 13 years old from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. Tuesdays are my super long work day!
On Wednesdays I start my week at the Institute (or high school level kids). I work on Wednesdays from 12:10 - 2:25. It is 3 different classes but yet it feels like so long to teach. I guess being at the high school age means it is not cool to want to learn English from an American.
Every Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 - 5:00 I tutor a 13 year old boy Pablo. He is very easy to tutor and is even willing to walk to our apartment so that I don't have to walk very far twice on Wednesdays.
Thursdays I work from 8:30 - 1:30 PM at the Institute. I have two classes of 16-17 year olds and two classes of 15-16 year olds. Fridays I work from 10:45 AM until 1:30 PM.
Even though I work only 12 hours a week and tutor for 3 extra hours I seem to keep myself very occupied. I love to go shopping at the local supermarket to find good deals on food, trying the local food, taking walks around the city, watching and learning new things on Spanish television, and also meeting up with friends for coffee with milk (cafe con leche). I also have to make time to do the necessary laundry most weeks. Saturday and Sundays we try to go discover something new in the city or travel around Spain.
This past Saturday night we went out with friends and I realized that I sometimes don't match what the people are wearing here. I was told that my cute gloves I wear in North Dakota look like big oven mitts and that my 'cool' shoes from North Dakota look great for hiking in snow in the winter in North Dakota. So after hearing that, I decided to venture out this morning and find new shoes! I bought a cute new pair of shoes that I can wear. They were on sale for 12 Euros which is about 18 US dollars. They are sure not like my good old brown boots I have been wearing for the past 2 months here that I love so much! I have decided that I am going to spend a little extra money here on the clothes and shoes. Those are some things that are specialties here in Spain.
On November 2 - 5 Ben and I went to San Sebastian. It is a city on the northern coast of Spain about 2 hours away from Logrono. It has very beautiful beaches and I hear it is super crowded during the summer months. Unfortunately when we went it was too cold and cloudy to enjoy the beach. The cloudy weather though did make for great photos and we were able to explore around the city a lot. San Sebastian and the northern area of Spain is known for their political demonstrations. During a climb up a mountain to see a huge monument of Christ we were able to see one of the demonstrations from far away. You will see a photo I took of it below. It was very loud even from that far away. I have posted some more photos from San Sebastian on the blog if you click on the link to the left. Here are a few that I really like from San Sebastian... Hasta luego!
Here is a typical week for me here. On Mondays, Ben and I don't have classes so we are either gone on vacation or taking a nice day to relax. On Tuesdays, I start class at 9:00 am at the Primary School. Each Tuesday I have different age groups each hour. I sometimes get very confused on how old all the different classes are. Also, at that school I work with the ages of 3 - 12 year olds. The three year olds love to repeat what I say even though they have no clue what I am even saying. I guess I must be kind of interesting, new and different to look at. I work from 9:00-11:00, 11:30 - 12:30 and again at 3:00 - 4:00. They take very long lunch breaks at the Primary Schools.
On Tuesday evenings I tutor two different families. I tutor a 6 year old boy and an 8 year old girl from 6:25 - 7:25 PM. I then walk across the street to go tutor two boys ages 8 and 13 years old from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. Tuesdays are my super long work day!
On Wednesdays I start my week at the Institute (or high school level kids). I work on Wednesdays from 12:10 - 2:25. It is 3 different classes but yet it feels like so long to teach. I guess being at the high school age means it is not cool to want to learn English from an American.
Every Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 - 5:00 I tutor a 13 year old boy Pablo. He is very easy to tutor and is even willing to walk to our apartment so that I don't have to walk very far twice on Wednesdays.
Thursdays I work from 8:30 - 1:30 PM at the Institute. I have two classes of 16-17 year olds and two classes of 15-16 year olds. Fridays I work from 10:45 AM until 1:30 PM.
Even though I work only 12 hours a week and tutor for 3 extra hours I seem to keep myself very occupied. I love to go shopping at the local supermarket to find good deals on food, trying the local food, taking walks around the city, watching and learning new things on Spanish television, and also meeting up with friends for coffee with milk (cafe con leche). I also have to make time to do the necessary laundry most weeks. Saturday and Sundays we try to go discover something new in the city or travel around Spain.
This past Saturday night we went out with friends and I realized that I sometimes don't match what the people are wearing here. I was told that my cute gloves I wear in North Dakota look like big oven mitts and that my 'cool' shoes from North Dakota look great for hiking in snow in the winter in North Dakota. So after hearing that, I decided to venture out this morning and find new shoes! I bought a cute new pair of shoes that I can wear. They were on sale for 12 Euros which is about 18 US dollars. They are sure not like my good old brown boots I have been wearing for the past 2 months here that I love so much! I have decided that I am going to spend a little extra money here on the clothes and shoes. Those are some things that are specialties here in Spain.
On November 2 - 5 Ben and I went to San Sebastian. It is a city on the northern coast of Spain about 2 hours away from Logrono. It has very beautiful beaches and I hear it is super crowded during the summer months. Unfortunately when we went it was too cold and cloudy to enjoy the beach. The cloudy weather though did make for great photos and we were able to explore around the city a lot. San Sebastian and the northern area of Spain is known for their political demonstrations. During a climb up a mountain to see a huge monument of Christ we were able to see one of the demonstrations from far away. You will see a photo I took of it below. It was very loud even from that far away. I have posted some more photos from San Sebastian on the blog if you click on the link to the left. Here are a few that I really like from San Sebastian... Hasta luego!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
One Month!
I have officially lived in Spain for one month and things are still going great. Ben and I have gotten a lot of our necessary paperwork done that we have to do to be able to live here for such an extended period of time. We have also applied for internet so we should have a WiFi connection in our apartment by next Thursday! I will be able to keep in communication easier with everybody. We also had a land line put in our apartment today if anybody wants to call or telephone...(once we go out and buy a cheap one). Also, I have switched my blog so that people are now able to leave comments without having to make a Google account.
I have been very busy teaching kids from the ages of 3 to 19 years old. My second week of teaching at the Primary School (I teach at that school only on Tuesdays) I received a note from a little girl from a class I had met and talked with my first week of classes. I thought it would be nice to share with everybody on here. She had typed it on a computer, cut it out in a small square and used different colored pens to make lines around it for a frame. It was very cute and touching. I now figure that I can make somewhat of a difference teaching the students English here in Spain....well at least the young ones. Here is the note. It is half in English with some in Spanish. I will translate the Spanish into English in ( ).
hello hello hello I am called karem
Rodriguez gutierrez I am 10 years old
I am student of sesto (sixth) B and I to liked
much cuado (when) came to my class to speak
to us in English and to mostrarno (show us)
different photos yours me pleased n
much were very pretty the truth to ber (see)
when vuelbes (comes) to come to my class I
wait for to you since to my the
English costs a little to me has to
ber situ rambien (also) me you can write a
day of theses I wants to learn as much
English as your so that he enchants
the English to me and other languages
to be able to travel to different
countries and places and to know their
languages so that always it is good
send to many kisses and abrasos (hugs)
karencita good bye that estes (you are) well
always
Hope everybody is doing great! Hasta luego...
I have been very busy teaching kids from the ages of 3 to 19 years old. My second week of teaching at the Primary School (I teach at that school only on Tuesdays) I received a note from a little girl from a class I had met and talked with my first week of classes. I thought it would be nice to share with everybody on here. She had typed it on a computer, cut it out in a small square and used different colored pens to make lines around it for a frame. It was very cute and touching. I now figure that I can make somewhat of a difference teaching the students English here in Spain....well at least the young ones. Here is the note. It is half in English with some in Spanish. I will translate the Spanish into English in ( ).
hello hello hello I am called karem
Rodriguez gutierrez I am 10 years old
I am student of sesto (sixth) B and I to liked
much cuado (when) came to my class to speak
to us in English and to mostrarno (show us)
different photos yours me pleased n
much were very pretty the truth to ber (see)
when vuelbes (comes) to come to my class I
wait for to you since to my the
English costs a little to me has to
ber situ rambien (also) me you can write a
day of theses I wants to learn as much
English as your so that he enchants
the English to me and other languages
to be able to travel to different
countries and places and to know their
languages so that always it is good
send to many kisses and abrasos (hugs)
karencita good bye that estes (you are) well
always
Hope everybody is doing great! Hasta luego...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Link for Photos
Hello! I just finished putting up a link to see some of my photos from last weekend´s winery tour. You can find the link by going to the left hand side of the blog under ´Links´and clicking on ´My Photos from Spain.´ I hope to have captions for the photos within the next few days as well as more photos for you so keep checking back! I am off to school now for 2 hours. Have a great day!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Thanks for the Birthday Wishes!!!
I just wanted to take some time to say thank you to all for making my 24th birthday super great! Yesterday Ben and I woke up at 7:00 AM to go hand in our paperwork to receive our International Identification Numbers. It was very very early for us. We had to sit outside for about 2 hours until the place opened but it was worth it. It was very cold outside and now, because I wore flip flops and sat outside for a long time, have a head cold. Everybody here seems to be sick also. We were more prepared than we thought with our paperwork and we were out of the place in 10 minutes. After we were finished we went out for churros and chocolate for breakfast. It was so great! The day was spent relaxing around the city. I also had to do some laundry. I haven't had very much time here at all to do laundry so I was in great need! After laundry, Ben and I went to the grocery store and bought an amazing chocolate truffle cake.
Last night at around 8:30 we invited all of our new friends we have met here to go out to eat at Pizzeria Da Marcos. There were 9 of us. 4 of us were from the United States, 1 boy from England, 1 girl from Italy and the other girl from Germany. I was really hungry for pizza so this place in Calle San Juan (San Juan Street) looked great. The pizza I had was amazing! It had spicy hamburger meat, red pepper, oregano, cheese and tomato sauce on it. I received two gifts from my friends. A book in Spanish called "The Shadow in the Wind" and also a bath set. I am very excited to read the Spanish novel soon. After we got done eating, Ben and I headed back to enjoy the cake that we had boughten earlier. It was sooooooooo good. I haven't had cake that good for a long time! I am glad we will have the cake for awhile to eat.
Today I headed back to school to CP Breton de los Herreros. I always have Mondays free which is really nice. This school is for 3 - 12 year olds. Last week I met the older kids in the school. Today, I was in classrooms with 3, 4, 5 and 6 year olds! Wow, they have a lot of energy and do not know much English. I am on my long lunch break and I only have one more class left at 3:00 - 4:00. I am starting to think I will like having this long break at the school. It lets me relax a little bit and also have time to use the internet. I had learned last week that my school had WiFi to use so I brought my own computer today. After about 15 minutes trying to ask the Secretary for a password for WiFi I got frustrated. He only wanted to use his English with me yet he did not understand what I kept trying to ask him. So I finally asked him in Spanish and he handed me a paper with the password. Now, I will be able to load a few photos on my blog today. I plan to write bigger blogs on Tuesdays when I have my really long break.
If anybody has any ideas of what I could teach here for any of the English classes I will take ideas at abbylynnelarson@gmail.com. I have been trying to think of very easy songs for the little kids to repeat and learn. I am also hoping to play a lot of games and read many stories. I received one idea about a traveling bear from my mom yesterday about what cousin Tim told her so I think I will also use that so everybody in the US that I know may receive a bear in the mail. Also if you want to know my new address, I finally know how to write it! You can also email me for that if you would like.
Finally, this past Sunday, Ben and I went on a tour of two local winery's and also an old cathedral in La Rioja. They were very impressive. I will be posting photos from that excursion and also from our walk around the city soon. I will post a link on the blog. Here is one of the photos of me that was taken near the very famous bridge in Logrono.
Last night at around 8:30 we invited all of our new friends we have met here to go out to eat at Pizzeria Da Marcos. There were 9 of us. 4 of us were from the United States, 1 boy from England, 1 girl from Italy and the other girl from Germany. I was really hungry for pizza so this place in Calle San Juan (San Juan Street) looked great. The pizza I had was amazing! It had spicy hamburger meat, red pepper, oregano, cheese and tomato sauce on it. I received two gifts from my friends. A book in Spanish called "The Shadow in the Wind" and also a bath set. I am very excited to read the Spanish novel soon. After we got done eating, Ben and I headed back to enjoy the cake that we had boughten earlier. It was sooooooooo good. I haven't had cake that good for a long time! I am glad we will have the cake for awhile to eat.
Today I headed back to school to CP Breton de los Herreros. I always have Mondays free which is really nice. This school is for 3 - 12 year olds. Last week I met the older kids in the school. Today, I was in classrooms with 3, 4, 5 and 6 year olds! Wow, they have a lot of energy and do not know much English. I am on my long lunch break and I only have one more class left at 3:00 - 4:00. I am starting to think I will like having this long break at the school. It lets me relax a little bit and also have time to use the internet. I had learned last week that my school had WiFi to use so I brought my own computer today. After about 15 minutes trying to ask the Secretary for a password for WiFi I got frustrated. He only wanted to use his English with me yet he did not understand what I kept trying to ask him. So I finally asked him in Spanish and he handed me a paper with the password. Now, I will be able to load a few photos on my blog today. I plan to write bigger blogs on Tuesdays when I have my really long break.If anybody has any ideas of what I could teach here for any of the English classes I will take ideas at abbylynnelarson@gmail.com. I have been trying to think of very easy songs for the little kids to repeat and learn. I am also hoping to play a lot of games and read many stories. I received one idea about a traveling bear from my mom yesterday about what cousin Tim told her so I think I will also use that so everybody in the US that I know may receive a bear in the mail. Also if you want to know my new address, I finally know how to write it! You can also email me for that if you would like.
Finally, this past Sunday, Ben and I went on a tour of two local winery's and also an old cathedral in La Rioja. They were very impressive. I will be posting photos from that excursion and also from our walk around the city soon. I will post a link on the blog. Here is one of the photos of me that was taken near the very famous bridge in Logrono.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Hello Again!
I am still doing great here in Spain! I have been way busier than I ever thought I would be. On Tuesday I started meeting with all of the students here. I am sitting in a Teachers Lounge right now waiting to go to meet my next class. I am done working at my schools until next Tuesday. This weekend I have purchased a ticket to go on a Vinobus (a tour of vineyards in La Rioja). I can´t wait to take a lot of photos there. I will write more when I have internet again. It is harder than I imagined to find a place and time to have internet. Today we are going to a local bank to get a Spanish bank account so that the school will be able to pay us there. It will be nice to finally making euros instead of always thinking in US Dollars! Hope you can all come visit here. It is so wonderful and can´t wait to share it with all. I am off to my next class. I have 3 more classes left today. It is one of my long days. Goodbye!
Friday, September 28, 2007
Ready to start school
After three days of being gone in Madrid to attend an orientation and meet other people that are doing my same job here in Spain from many other countries I decided that I was ready to go ´home´ (to Logroño) and start work on Monday. I stayed in a hotel room with three other girls from England. It was great to meet so many people and exchange information with them in hoping we can visit them all around Spain during the year. It has been very busy here for my the past 2 weeks. I can´t believe I have been here this long already. It is great that I can call this place home as I feel very comfortable here.
I am supposed to start teaching on Monday morning but neither of my schools that I work for have contacted me as of yet. I am not sure of when schools start in Spain or where exactly I am supposed to go, but I guess I will find out more on Monday when I go in there hoping to find answers. We found out at the orientation that we are only supposed to work a maximum of 12 hours per week and that we usually will work Monday through Thursday. That schedule works great for traveling around. It will be very nice for the next year.
Tomorrow we are planning to sign a contract for our apartment. We will have it until June 30th. I have been living in my suitcase so far and it will be great to be able to unpack it and make the new living space our own. There is plenty of room for all to come and visit. We would love the visitors and be able to show you around our town!
Next week we have decided that we are going to find an internet company and get internet in our apartment. It is very nice to live very close to the library but we think it would be easiest for us to update blogs and write emails if we had an internet connection there. The internet is free at the library but it tends to be very slow.
I have adjusted well to the Spanish lifestyle. I am sitting here writing this blog at 8:20 PM and going to have supper afterwards. It is weird but normal now to eat so late. I will update you more on our apartment and put up some photos of it next time. We have found out that we are by about 15 different disco bars and bars so it might be loud on the weekends. We shall see. The great thing though is that around the corner from us is a 7 theater movie theater. I hope to be able to go and watch many spanish movies.
Since Ben and I have been to Logroño for a week already before going to Madrid we acted like tour guides today when 2 other people that were coming to Logroño for the school year came with us on the same bus. It was great! Little did I know I would already have so much experiences to share. We will have a lot more by the time other people come visit.
Hope everybody is having a wonderful start to the fall season. The leaves are just starting to fall here and are very beautiful! I hope to go on many walks and take a lot of photos. The leaves on the trees here are a lot bigger than back home.
¡Hasta luego!
I am supposed to start teaching on Monday morning but neither of my schools that I work for have contacted me as of yet. I am not sure of when schools start in Spain or where exactly I am supposed to go, but I guess I will find out more on Monday when I go in there hoping to find answers. We found out at the orientation that we are only supposed to work a maximum of 12 hours per week and that we usually will work Monday through Thursday. That schedule works great for traveling around. It will be very nice for the next year.
Tomorrow we are planning to sign a contract for our apartment. We will have it until June 30th. I have been living in my suitcase so far and it will be great to be able to unpack it and make the new living space our own. There is plenty of room for all to come and visit. We would love the visitors and be able to show you around our town!
Next week we have decided that we are going to find an internet company and get internet in our apartment. It is very nice to live very close to the library but we think it would be easiest for us to update blogs and write emails if we had an internet connection there. The internet is free at the library but it tends to be very slow.
I have adjusted well to the Spanish lifestyle. I am sitting here writing this blog at 8:20 PM and going to have supper afterwards. It is weird but normal now to eat so late. I will update you more on our apartment and put up some photos of it next time. We have found out that we are by about 15 different disco bars and bars so it might be loud on the weekends. We shall see. The great thing though is that around the corner from us is a 7 theater movie theater. I hope to be able to go and watch many spanish movies.
Since Ben and I have been to Logroño for a week already before going to Madrid we acted like tour guides today when 2 other people that were coming to Logroño for the school year came with us on the same bus. It was great! Little did I know I would already have so much experiences to share. We will have a lot more by the time other people come visit.
Hope everybody is having a wonderful start to the fall season. The leaves are just starting to fall here and are very beautiful! I hope to go on many walks and take a lot of photos. The leaves on the trees here are a lot bigger than back home.
¡Hasta luego!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
We made it!
Hello everybody! Ben and I have made it to Logroño, Spain. I have had barely any time to write due to the Fiestas of San Mateo that are going on in our city and also looking busily for an apartment to start living in. Everything here has shut down for all of the Fiesta. I will write more and post photos and video when I have time. Things are going great here! The fiestas are ending tonight so the pace here should slow down a more. We have experienced so many different things in just the little time that we have been here that I can not wait to share it with all of you in my next blog. ¡Hasta luego!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Official Countdown to Spain!
21 days....Wow, the official countdown has begun. 21 days! Wow, not very much time left at all. The craziness that I will be living in Spain very soon has started to hit. I am starting to get very excited now. As of August 31st, I will no longer have a job in the US. I have been doing much packing of my apartment lately and I am taking a short break to update you all on the adventure of Spain. We have bought our plane tickets and we are leaving at noon on Monday, September 17th out of Minneapolis. After we arrive in Spain, Ben and I plan to take a bus or train, haven't decided what we would rather ride in, straight to Logroño. It will be a very long 2 days but very much worth it. We will head to Madrid after a few days of apartment searching to go through orientation with many different people from all over the world. It will be exciting!We received emails to say that we are both going to be teaching two different schools each. The 12-18 hours of teaching might grow to be even longer!
First of all, I want to tell you a little bit about the city that I am going to be living in. I have been doing a lot of research on the city itself as well as Spain for quite awhile now. Logroño is the capital of the province La Rioja. According to Wikipedia the population of Logroño was 147,036 in 2006. It is a very nice sized city. To read more about the city on Wikipedia you can go here.
Logroño is in the north eastern part of Spain. It is very close to Pamplona, for all of you that know of the Running of the Bulls. We plan to visit that city often.
Logroño is in the wine country of Spain. It is known for its great wine all around the world. The winery's close for the year on November 4th. I hope we get the chance to go tour some before the end of the season!
Most things I have been reading on the internet for Logroño have all been in Spanish. I have found one really great website in English that I thought I would share with you. It is the tourism website for Logroño. On that website you will find many different PDF's that will show the highlights of the city. Maybe after you read over some of them you will get the bug to come visit us. We are always welcoming all friends and family to come stay and visit! We would love to have guests. I am hoping to catch on to the Spanish culture and learn how to cook so when people come visit they can try some of our home cooking.
Since Logroño is in the valleys of Spain, we have a large river going through our city known as the Ebro River with a very pretty bridge that goes over it. Along the edges are beautiful mountains. I am very excited as there is a ski resort not too far away called Valdezcaray and I am hoping we may even get to go skiing some time!
Some of the links that I frequent to learn more about La Rioja and Logroño are located below. I will continue to write more about the city and culture. As for right now, I must keep packing my apartment as quoting my mom who I talked to earlier this evening said, I am in the final countdown. Only 21 more days. Hope you enjoy the links!
La Rioja Tourism
Spain Information
La Rioja
Valdezcaray Ski Resort
Rioja Sports
Logroño Tourism in English
Logrono Tourism in Spanish
Logrono - Wikipedia
Spanish Living
Ideal Spain
http://www.vcarious.com/Travel-Guide/Spain/LaRioja/Logrono.html
http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-rioja.htm
http://www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_information.asp?id=12
http://www.davidandjuliecurran.me.uk/
http://www.wineintro.com/regions/spain/links.html
First of all, I want to tell you a little bit about the city that I am going to be living in. I have been doing a lot of research on the city itself as well as Spain for quite awhile now. Logroño is the capital of the province La Rioja. According to Wikipedia the population of Logroño was 147,036 in 2006. It is a very nice sized city. To read more about the city on Wikipedia you can go here.
Logroño is in the north eastern part of Spain. It is very close to Pamplona, for all of you that know of the Running of the Bulls. We plan to visit that city often.
Logroño is in the wine country of Spain. It is known for its great wine all around the world. The winery's close for the year on November 4th. I hope we get the chance to go tour some before the end of the season!
Most things I have been reading on the internet for Logroño have all been in Spanish. I have found one really great website in English that I thought I would share with you. It is the tourism website for Logroño. On that website you will find many different PDF's that will show the highlights of the city. Maybe after you read over some of them you will get the bug to come visit us. We are always welcoming all friends and family to come stay and visit! We would love to have guests. I am hoping to catch on to the Spanish culture and learn how to cook so when people come visit they can try some of our home cooking.
Since Logroño is in the valleys of Spain, we have a large river going through our city known as the Ebro River with a very pretty bridge that goes over it. Along the edges are beautiful mountains. I am very excited as there is a ski resort not too far away called Valdezcaray and I am hoping we may even get to go skiing some time!
Some of the links that I frequent to learn more about La Rioja and Logroño are located below. I will continue to write more about the city and culture. As for right now, I must keep packing my apartment as quoting my mom who I talked to earlier this evening said, I am in the final countdown. Only 21 more days. Hope you enjoy the links!
La Rioja Tourism
Spain Information
La Rioja
Valdezcaray Ski Resort
Rioja Sports
Logroño Tourism in English
Logrono Tourism in Spanish
Logrono - Wikipedia
Spanish Living
Ideal Spain
http://www.vcarious.com/Travel-Guide/Spain/LaRioja/Logrono.html
http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-rioja.htm
http://www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_information.asp?id=12
http://www.davidandjuliecurran.me.uk/
http://www.wineintro.com/regions/spain/links.html
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Logroño here we come!
We have found out that we are going to be going to the city of Logroño. It is the province of La Rioja. We start training in Madrid on the 26th of September and officially start in the schools in Logroño the 1st of October.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Accepted!
Today is Monday, June 4, 2007. Last Wednesday, Ben and I found out that we got accepted to go to Spain to teach English part time in a school. We will be leaving around the end of September. We have yet to find out where we are going to be located at.
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