holaaaaa....
so i just got finished studying a little bit for my final...im not nervous about the test part, but i ammmm nervous about giving a 5 minute oral presentation in spanish. we can use notecards (whew), but im still scared...I have to talk about how spanish people treat foreigners. I'm going to talk about how they stare you down on the metro, especially if you are in a big group and you're all speaking english...and how they look at our clothes because its obvious that we did not purchase them here...i'll talk about how they talk soo fast when you ask for directions or anything, but that they are usually very helpful and willing to help you figure out where you are going! I'll say something about how on the street, some spanish men yell "rubia! rubia!" (blonde hair) to the blonde girls in my class....i'll say how waiters are not very patient with us in restaurants...."um, perdon...que es THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS?" haha...but i'm also going to talk about how generally, people enjoy talking and helping us..like at the bullfight, there was a man in front of us who told us allll about the history and culture of bullfighting..he was great. anyway...i'll let you know how my presentation goes.
Yesterday, I went over to my friend ashley's house..she is in a homestay and lives with a senora. She had told me mannnyyy stories of her senora before, but I fiiiinally got to meet her...and it was definitely an experience... haha. Her name is Pilar and she is like, 75 years old...she is a widow and has children who live in Madrid. Ashley always tells me how she and Pilar just sitttt and talkkkk and eatttt together...watch tv together...do everything together. It's so funny. Ashley is one of the most talkative and patient people I know, and Pilar just talks talks talks Ashley's ears off because she's probably just happy to have another person in the house. When I got there, Pilar was at pilates class so we just heated up some food she had cooked ashley for lunch...it was gooooood...oh how i miss good food...i think i had my 40th grilled cheese sandwich today. anyway, when Pilar got home, she sat down and talked with us...it seems like everyyyyy old spanish lady YELLS when they talk. Like, everything was so forceful..."How was your day! What are you doing!!!? Is the pasta good!??? Where are you FROM!? EAT SOME MORE!!!!"...everything was just so loud and scary...haha...I had nooo idea what she was saying half the time but her tone was just scarrrryyy...she asked me some questions and I answered nicely...afraid she might hurt me....haha just kidding...she was nice..it just took some getting used to.
Oh yeahhhh... I'm going to Marrakech, Morocco this weekend! I'm so excited...Ashley, Tory and I are flying out on friday and coming back monday...I can't believe I'm going to be in Africaaaaa in a couple of days...crazy. Hope you're all having a good week!