We're always busy here in Spain. Between group activities, classes, time spent with our homestay families, and enjoying the city with friends, its been hard to find the time to write about all my amazing experiences. After a week and a half I finally feel at home in Cadiz, like I truly live here and am more than just an american tourist. This saturday we took a trip to arcos de la frontera, another white village about an hou from Cadiz. We followed the winding cobblestone streets, admiring the breathtaking views of the spanish countryside, up the hills to a closed convent were you could buy cookies from a none through a rotating door. The cookies were amazing, but we never saw the faces of the mysterious nuns who made them.
Back inCadiz we´re all enjoying the beautiful sandy beaches, quaint street cafes and plazas, and the annual sales that luckily coincide with our trip! Of course we still have daily spanish classes, but they are far more enjoyable and beneficial than anything I´ve ever taken before. We spend far less time memorizing grammatical concepts and more learning about the culture and customs of Spain. We work on our speaking and listening skills by discussing the La Pepa, the Spanish constitution while admiring a monument conmemorating it, learning about the architectural aspects of the two breathtaking cathedrals here, and talking about nutrition with people in the market. Our language skills come with learning about the culture, allowing us to fully appreciate our time here.
