Yesterday was our first day of class! I was definitely not ready for classes to begin yesterday. It felt like Christmas break should have lasted another couple weeks. I made it to my first class on time and without getting lost at all. I've got this metro commute down! I had pathophysiology in teh morning, and then a 4 hour break until my spanish for nursing class in teh evening. During the break we got to know campus, figured out how to print things at teh library, and sat around for a long time! Our spanish class was extremely intimidating. The teacher spoke very fast and only in spanish. The entire syllabus was in spanish, and I was one of the "victimos" that had to read the largest paragraph to the class. I can speak and read Spanish really well, I just don't know what words to say usually... I need to learn some more vocab for sure! We had to take a test during class that will determine which section of the class we are in. I'm guessing I passed in to the lower level section... that's fine with me though! I'm very motivated and excited to learn more Spanish while I'm here! I'm hoping I will be somewhat fluent by the end of the 4 months here, and definitely fluent in the medical terms. It was a good first day of classes!
After class we got home in time for dinner, which was a chicken broth with macaroni noodle soup, chicken with a garlic type of sauce, mashed potatoes, and chocolate mousse! Esta muy delicioso!! We then gave some gifts to our host mom since Taylor's luggage finally came! We talked to her and her friend Juan Carlos for a long time. They told us about some of the cities in Spain that we should travel to- Toledo is a must! They told us how grateful they are that we are nice houseguests, but we can't imagine doing anything to disrespect their hospitality. It is so great to feel so at home here in a foreign country. We all really appreciate our home away from home! They have helped us a lot with our Spanish, and are grateful that we can teach each other our languages. Juan Carlos made us all say "Hablo Espanol" and told me I said it the best! Too bad I can speak it but don't know how to say anything... I'm learning a lot though!!
This morning all teh nursing students had an orientation to meet our director and one of the teachers in charge here. They informed us a little how it works here in Madrid. It was really intimidating hearing how much work it is going to be, and how much more studying we have to do than the other students here, but it was really motivating to. I feel totally ready for this semester and excited about everything we're doing. It might be a really difficult semester, but it is all interesting and practical content. I'm very confident that this is going to be my best semester yet- academically and socially!!
My pharmacology teacher is Irish! Her accent is totally awesome, and I think she is a really good teacher! So far I've enjoyed all the teachers in my classes, and they seem very willing to help the students!
After classes we had to go buy school supplies. We went to a Chino store. It's a Chinese store that has everything!! It was a cool store...
Time for dinner! It smells delicious!
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