Time Flies + Eminem

Time has flown by so quickly I guess I have forgotten to blog as much as I should have....Anyway, I have gotten used to the daily school routine and classes have started to go much quicker. I now feel very close to Oscar and his family, and we have a great time watching futbol each night on TV, yelling for whichever team they want to win, and laughing at the players when they flop (fake their injuries).

My family recently found out that I really like Eminem, and they went on to tell me that he is their favorite rapper. Not just Oscar, but the entire family. Now every time we are in the car we blast Eminem while they all look at me expecting me to rap the words perfectly, which is impossible. They pause the music every few seconds to ask me what the last phrase meant, and it is quite fun explaining all of Eminem's lyrics to them ;)

Weekends are the best time of all. We have gone into Seville every weekend night to eat dinner at different places and to hang out. Wes, Buck and I have been together most nights, although last weekend just Wes and I went with Ana, Vega, and Tal from last years immersion while Buck and our host brothers went out in Seville. It is very fun to be the foreigners here, because everyone at school wants to talk to you, is very nice to you, and wants to hang out with you any time they can, which makes me always feel very welcomed and like I fit in perfectly.

Each day, Oscar and I take the bus to and from school. The 80 minutes I spend on the bus each day is one of my favorite times, because I have made a great group of friends on the bus that I love to be with. The diversity here is unbelievable, and on the bus I sit next to a kid from Australia, and we talk to Pablo and Kate. Pablo is from Luxembourg and Kate is from Liverpool, and along with Oscar that means the five of us are from five countries and three continents. It is so fun to compare things with each other and ask each other questions, especially about things we say or what there is to do in our home towns. We can just say teenagers from all over the world seem to be pretty similar....

As if that isn't enough to keep me entertained for a few more weeks, the architecture and landscape here is quite nice. The Cathedral is the third largest in the world, and all of the cobblestone streets are lined with buildings that have ancient architecture. The river that runs through the city is also very nice, and there are many bridges that I would love to jump off if it wasn't so cold outside. Hanging out by the river is also very fun because there are a lot of people during the night there, which creates a very lively atmosphere.

A monsoon has hit the past few days, which makes school slightly less pleasant since most of the areas to hang out are outside. Hopefully it will clear up soon so I can have some new school adventures to discuss.

More Soon. -Ian