El Chisme

That first blog was long enough - I wanted to break it down a bit.

Thursday night we got into Sevilla and my family picked me up. My host-mom looks pretty young, is very trendy, somewhat stuffy in a Spanish sense but very nice. My host-brother is real sexy and his room IS right next to mine and I find myself just staring at him for no reason. BAH! My host-sister is a student but also works as a Flamenco instructor. She went to Granada for the weekend so I really don't know that much about her yet. She seemed very sweet though which was a pleasant surprise. 

OH MY WORD, they all speak so fast! I literally can not believe the pace. I was eating dinner and my mouth nearly hit the floor-- they sounded like some commercials, where the announcer is speaking super fast and low about the hidden details and stipulations, but only in like... Chinese and to the nth degree. They said I spoke really well and that I was keeping up just fine but I think they're lying. For some reason I get really nervous to talk to them -- maybe it's because I don't have much to say or can't put on the front like I know what's going on, but I've been hanging out in my room a lot... door open, so don't hate. 

Last night I went out to the bar with some friends and I got home around 2:30ish... I went to the bathroom only to discover that the toilet wasn't flushing. Great. I did what I could to fix it and then finished washing up... when I went to open the door it was stuck. I kept trying to turn the knob, but it wouldn't budge. Finally it started turning little by little but it was so loud I thought for sure that I was going to wake everyone up. I stood there for almost 10 minutes, panicking at the thought that I was going to have to spend the night locked in the bathroom. Finally, I just pulled as hard as I could and then ran to my room. There are a lot of little things like that that I really need to ask about...

The weather here in Sevilla is great - think late summer, early fall in Michigan. Really comfortable and brisk. Gas is .87 euro cents per liter for those of you who might be wondering. The milk is still unpasteurized and  there's still ham and eggs everywhere. Ha!

That's it for now!