My first week in Spain

The first week being in Toledo was very different from what I am use to. Thankfully, we were given Monday off to get settled in. The only thing we had to do on Monday was choose our classes. I am taking an art, history, literature, linguistic and film class. I also don’t have any class on Tuesdays or Friday. :) We ended up going out Sunday and Monday night to some bars to just check out the night life. It was a lot of fun and we met a couple of really nice locals. The Fund also threw up a little welcome party Monday night and we had some performers come and sing to us! There was also special Spanish food that was made for us. It was very nice.




The rest of the week went well with classes and all. I really like my history professor; he’s very enthusiastic and easy to understand. Everyday we get breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is 8-10, lunch is 1:30-2:30 and dinner is 8:30-9:30. These times are different from the US, so that took some getting use to. I actually like it a lot though. Another thing that is very different is that they have siestas during the day. We don't have class and everything in the city basically shuts down for a couple of hours, from like 3-5. The dish that Toledo is known for is called paella, which is a rice dish. It can be made many different ways, but usually it has clams and seafood in it. I don’t like the one with seafood too much, but the other ones are good!

The main meeting place in Toledo is the Plaza, which has cute places to eat…and of course a McDonalds! We would take walks after dinner around the city and there are always people eating at like 11 with their kids! It’s really weird to see. We like to go to the plaza and get sangria, which is a wine drink that is almost like a punch. Wine is soooooo popular here; when we go out we have it at least once a night!

So far I love it here! I’m meeting a lot of new people that are great, and the city is AMAZING! But don’t worry I won’t stay forever….