Sunday & Monday

Hola,

Saturday night was a late one so we slept in on Sunday. After lunch we decided to walk around the city and explore. It didn't take long before my legs were exhausted, but somehow we managed to wander for 3 or so hours.

So far, my favorite thing is to stand at the edge of old Toledo and look out at the hills and at new Toledo. It's such an odd concept that part of the city is surrounded by walls. Inside the walls there are pretty much no street names, so when I said we wandered around, I meant it. Most of the time we don't really know where we're going. We always manage go end up where we intended though.

This is part of new Toledo- Taken from inside of the city. It's much more modern than the part I live in.

Of course, I had to take the cliche "Chelsea with the beautiful scenery in the background" picture.  The mountain behind me has hiking paths so we are all really excited to go explore on that side of the river.

I <3 the landscape in Spain. It is hard to capture the true detail, depth and beauty of the country.. but hopefully you kind of get it.

This was taken in the main plaza of the city "La Plaza Zocodover".. It's the main common area in Old Toledo.. There is a McDonald's there. Oy Americano

The sun setting over the hills, and part of old Toledo. It was truly breathtaking.

So far classes have been going well.. I had 4 yesterday (Mon), one this morning and one this evening. All of the teachers are so kind and understanding. I am taking a class on the History of Spanish Women, a Spanish conversation class, a class called The Art of Spanish Literature, a general grammar class and a Service Learning class where we actually volunteer in Toledo. Yay! 

The text books are less expensive, the food is great and so far, I have made some amazing friends. Kyle's roommate, Carlos, is from Puerto Rico, and he is absolutely hilarious. It is so fun to talk to him in Spanish, and it is a really great learning experience because he knows English as well so he helps us figure out what we're trying to say (because most of the time we don't really know...)

It is weird to live and learn in an entirely Spanish speaking world. My brain is confused a lot of the time about what language it is supposed to speak in. Last night before I skyped someone, I was thinking about a story I wanted to tell them when suddenly I realized that my brain was translating it into Spanish. Its a bit confusing, but it certainly makes things more interesting.

I'm off to my last class of the day but before I go, here's one more picture of the cathedral that I took while the sun was setting. Beautiful.

Besos y amor,

Chels