First Week

So I have been in Caceres for almost a week now. It has been pretty relaxed, meeting with the group every day so our directors can show us around and give us information. But everyone is still getting used to the time difference, the food, our families, so we have had a lot of free time too.

I love everything. My host family is awesome. They're younger than the other parents, so they are more like friends than moms. They give advice to us, they make sooo much food for us, they like to hear about where we went last night, etc. One day they came home with a bunch of groceries like peanut butter, coca cola, nutella, kiwis. They don't even eat most of that stuff, they got it for Steph and I. They do our laundry, clean our room and bathroom, and on Wednesday they took us to different shops to buy the things we needed and to show us the best places to shop.

Food: For breakfast we can have whatever we want. Fruit, bread, cereal. I always have coffee. They have the best coffee in the entire world here, it's sooo amazing. It's super strong, way stronger than anything in the U.S. and I love it. For lunch, we have had fried fish and lentil soup, steamed veggies and meatballs, pasta, tuna enchiladas, potato omlettes. Today we had a cassarole thing with eggs, mushrooms, and hot dogs. We always have bread with it, and dessert is usually fruit or chocolate mouse or vanilla pudding with cinnamon and cookies. Dinner is lighter, but still too much food. And it's hard getting used to eating at 9:30pm. Our moms don't take no for an answer when we say we're too full. They are like, "no you're not, what do you want for dessert?" or "ok right, but eat more bread."

This weekend Steph and I have been super lazy. We slept in both yesterday and today, and spent the whole time reading or watching movies. It felt nice not to have to be somewhere at a certain time, but it will also be nice to start classes tomorrow and get on a schedule. We went out Friday night to a free French movie, then ate at a small restaurant/bar. Last night we went to a discoteca for the first time. We were there too early, it didn't start to fill up with people until 2-2:30am. But once it did, it was fun. They played salsa, some reggeton that I recognized from Ecuador, and also music from the U.S. We all had a good time, and it's close to my flat so Steph and I definetly want to go back.

So that's my life right now. School starts tomorrow, I'll post something within the next few days about how classes are.