Sean Buy's a Phone

Today was our second day of class and I had a culture class. The professora is very good and extremely energetic about teaching us the Spanish culture. Classes are an hour and a half which seems like a marathon to American students. Tomorrow I have class from 9 until 2 straight with a half hour walk to and from (grandpa you have nothing on me walking uphill both ways in snow). The professors speak extremely clear Spanish but as students of a second language we have to focus extremely hard on what they are saying which wears us all out quickly. Siesta at 2 in the afternoon is almost mandatory for the first few days to get adjusted with everything.

Today we went to a museum for one of our activities. Sorolla was the painter and had some great works. This was my favorite:

It's the beginning of Semana Santa a Religious Holiday where the "sinners" walk in front dressed somewhat like a dark version of the KKK. They carry Mary on their shoulders and have very ominous music playing from what we are told.

After Sorolla, we went to Corte Ingles the local store. The store is much like a mall but it is a single store. It is basically a Walmart that you would find on Saks 5th in New York. It has really fine quality items and most of them are a fair price.

Although there are TWO of the 6 floor Corte Ingles' within 100 yards of each other it took us a while to find the second. I was so impressed with how buying a phone works here. I paid 19 euro (around 35 dollars or so) for a phone and it has 15 cent texts. If I put 20 euro's on it by next week Vodaphone will double it for free. It was such a hassle free way to buy a phone and I can easily communicate with everyone on the team now. I believe I can accept incoming calls for free but in case you were wondering my phone is 617168847 (you may have to look up the area code if you desire to call me).

- Sean