We have had a fabulous weekend here in Zafra getting
to know our town and each other. Rebecca
stayed at our flat this weekend. We are
very lucky that we can host guests; there is an extra trundle bed that stores
underneath mine. We stayed up soooo late
last night, like 3:30 AM, just talking and sharing stories. Rebecca is a hilarious story teller, very
animated. She also tells stories like my
sister Katie (shout-out to you, Sister!), where the story starts about one
thing, but then ends up about 50 other things before finally circling around to
the original point. We had our first
home-cooked “family” dinner, cooked by yours truly! We ate tortellini with marinara sauce and salad,
served with tinto de verano, which is this cheap wine-like drink that is fizzy
(sprite-like) and the alcohol-equivalent of a light beer. One of the strange things about Spanish homes
is that many of them do not have dining tables.
It is much more popular to sit around a table in the living room and
eat, which is what we did. I think I am
going to be the flat chef, since I like to cook and Marissa prefers to
clean.
We went out and walked around the town, trying to
find places where we can buy cell phones yesterday, but it is all very
confusing. I don’t want to get one and then
realize that I could have gotten a cheaper phone and “plan” elsewhere. I say “plan” because I will actually be
getting a pay-as-you-go phone, but there are still a large variety of rates and
types. It is looking like we will be
going with Vodafone, which is Spain’s equivalent of Verizon; I actually heard
they are owned by the same company.
I already think we have found one of “our
places.” It is around a block from our
flat and has good food, relatively cheap food, and free Wifi. Considering how Internet starved we are right
now, that is pretty much the clincher right there. We have already gone by twice, though today
we had to find somewhere else because it was closed. That is one of the things about Spain, nearly
EVERYWHERE is closed on Sundays. I was
really thankful we found another place up the street because I had some
homework to do. If we don’t figure out
Internet at the flat soon, I have a feeling we are going to become experts on
all the places around town that you can get free Wifi at.
School starts tomorrow, and I have no idea what to
expect. My mentor, Chus, is being very
Spanish about the whole thing, so I feel a bit overwhelmed. I am fairly sure that I am supposed to go to
school and walk around meeting teachers and getting to know the place and that
is it. I also think that tomorrow may be
the only day that I am expected to go to school this week. My schedule is not set yet because they are
supposed to meet on Wednesday to finalize it.
Zafra’s Feria starts on Thursday, so I won’t have lessons at least on
Thursday, Friday, or Monday and possibly Tuesday as well. I have no clue what I am going to do with
myself if I have all this free time, but I guess I will get to see a lot of
Feria and walk around town a ton. I’ll
let y’all know how it all pans out!
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