SOUI!!!

So Liz and I have made up a new language called Franish, a mixture of French and Spanish, and the only word in the new language is soui, which means yes. And since I am one of the creators of the words, I say that it has much more meaning than just si or oui or yes. It is a very excited "yes!!!" And my blog is titled "SOUI!!!" because LIZ IS COMING TO VISIT ME IN 2 WEEKS!!! Gahhhh!! I am just so excited because I have been kind of lonely and homesick and I just miss her so so so much!! I am also excited because she might be the only person from home who will be visiting me here in Spain and I am just so excited to show her everything!

Since the last time I blogged, I have visited Córdoba which is a beautiful, kind of touristy, city about 2 hours northeast of Sevilla. We visited a mosque which was huge and just gorgeous. And we just walked among the narrow streets (even narrower than here in Sevilla if you can imagine!) I also walked around and shopped and overall it was a very nice trip. I still can't fully fathom that I am really here and get to see all these new and beautiful places. I'm sorry I haven't put pictures up yet. For some reason every time I try, the internet crashes. Hopefully they will be up soon, though.

I am still in my Intensive Spanish Grammar class. It isn't the greatest class seeing as it's 3 hours long, and like it says in the title, it's intense. But the final exam is on Saturday so it'll be over soon. But then I start real classes! I'm a little nervous about those, but also excited to learn so much and to really improve my Spanish.

I have also found that I am so much more tired here than I usually am. I'm not sure if my body is still adjusting to being in a different time zone or if it's from the fact that I'm walking about 1 1/2 - 2 hours everyday. All I know is that I wake up feeling like I could still sleep for hours. But I'm hoping that will pass soon enough. I mean, I am adjusting to a lot of differences.

Well, that's about it for now. I'm going to meet with someone to work on an oral presentation we have tomorrow about whether the media here in Spain is sexist or not. It's actually pretty interesting but I'm a little nervous to give a 5-10 minute presentation all in Spanish. Wish me luck!!