Today was our first day of school, reminding us all that we are actually "studying" abroad, not just on a pretty sweet vacation. We got our schedules yesterday, and after dropping one class that I didn't really need, I have a schedule that thankfully allows me to come home for lunch every day which I love! (Lunch is the most important meal of the day here and I would hate to miss it!) The only thing I am pretty bummed about is that I have split classes Monday and Wednesday so I am probably going to have to buy the more expensive metro pass because to walk there you have to go through like the ghetto of Sevilla and I unfortunately can't do that by myself at night..bleh.
My first class was taught by a somewhat eccentric but lovable professor who took care to mention to us that he, being named Enrique, shares a name with Harry Potter (Harry is the English translation for Enrique). He is a little OCD and I was thoroughly entertained watching him straighten everything on his desk into perfect little rows before class started. The class is very small so it isn't very intimidating, although I have to say I have a newfound respect for students that study abroad! It is a little bit intimidating overall!
After class, my roommate Drew decided to stay at the school and try to get into another class that she wasn't registered for but wants to get into so I ended up taking the metro back by myself. I was working on trying to act like a Spaniard, and I was doing really well working the whole metro system and cutting in front of cars if I had a crosswalk, and then, just as I was really starting to embrace the Spanish attitude, there was this cute little old man behind me so I had just had to hold the door open for him and smile. Well, if my blond hair didn't give me away, that definitely did! But if smiling makes me stand out then I don't want to fit in because I can't not smile!!!
This whole living in Spain thing is starting to become more and more real every day, and I am loving every second of it! :)
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