So, I thought I´d write a short overview of what exactly I´m doing in Spain, for those who don´t know:
I´m in Spain for the semster (through June) through a program called MCP Sevilla, a joint program between U of M, Cornell, and Penn. There are 40-odd students, only about eight of which are boys. We spent the month of January taking culture and grammar classes, along with a discussion, here at the MCP Sevilla program center (the ¨center¨). Now we´re starting with new classes for the actual semester - my first classes with the center are today, and my other three classes (I have five total) start next week. I´ll be taking a latin dancing class too, which starts the week after.
All of us are living with host families, though many of the families are single women. Most students have roomates too - mine is Hannah Gluckstein, who happened to actually go to both middle and high school with me, though we didn´t really know each other. My family is really nice- we really lucked out. The parents are probably in their 50s (Meli, short for Emilia, and Ernesto) and they have four kids: Ana, Ernesto, Maria, y Rosa. Ana and Ernesto don´t live at home anymore- they´re in their late 20s. I share a room with Hannah, then Maria and Rosa share a room, and our new american host sisters Britney and Raquel share another room (they´ll be here through May). Ernesto (the elder, though the son is actually studying to be a cook too) loves to cook, so we eat like kings at that house, which is fortunate because a lot of people take exchange students just for the money, and try to save money by not feeding them too much. That is definitely not the case here. They definitely don´t seem like they´re doing it for the money- maybe its a bonus, but they seem to really like having all the kids around.
Sevilla is a city in the south of Spain straddling the river Guadalquivir. The weather here is pleasant, though it can get quite chilly at night, and apparently it will get unbearably hot in a month or two. I´m really having a nice time - I miss my family and I (sorta) miss engineering and I definitely miss Francis, but I´m learning a lot, and I´m glad I came. :)
I´m in Spain for the semster (through June) through a program called MCP Sevilla, a joint program between U of M, Cornell, and Penn. There are 40-odd students, only about eight of which are boys. We spent the month of January taking culture and grammar classes, along with a discussion, here at the MCP Sevilla program center (the ¨center¨). Now we´re starting with new classes for the actual semester - my first classes with the center are today, and my other three classes (I have five total) start next week. I´ll be taking a latin dancing class too, which starts the week after.
All of us are living with host families, though many of the families are single women. Most students have roomates too - mine is Hannah Gluckstein, who happened to actually go to both middle and high school with me, though we didn´t really know each other. My family is really nice- we really lucked out. The parents are probably in their 50s (Meli, short for Emilia, and Ernesto) and they have four kids: Ana, Ernesto, Maria, y Rosa. Ana and Ernesto don´t live at home anymore- they´re in their late 20s. I share a room with Hannah, then Maria and Rosa share a room, and our new american host sisters Britney and Raquel share another room (they´ll be here through May). Ernesto (the elder, though the son is actually studying to be a cook too) loves to cook, so we eat like kings at that house, which is fortunate because a lot of people take exchange students just for the money, and try to save money by not feeding them too much. That is definitely not the case here. They definitely don´t seem like they´re doing it for the money- maybe its a bonus, but they seem to really like having all the kids around.
Sevilla is a city in the south of Spain straddling the river Guadalquivir. The weather here is pleasant, though it can get quite chilly at night, and apparently it will get unbearably hot in a month or two. I´m really having a nice time - I miss my family and I (sorta) miss engineering and I definitely miss Francis, but I´m learning a lot, and I´m glad I came. :)
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Puente de Isabel II, which I cross a couple times every day
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