I know it's been a while since my last post, that's because the start of 2012 has been busy with settling into the new routine-new group of students, new classes, and starting my internship. All is going really well so far, the new group is really nice and a lot of fun to hang out with, so although I miss everyone who's back at Dickinson, I'm sure we'll have a great semester. This semester I'm taking 3 classes, literature and theatre, history of Spain and Spanish art history, and my fourth class counts as my internship, which is at a cultural center that archives literature, creates anthologies and puts on monthly cultural events in Málaga. Last week I was able to go to a poetry reading (the theme was wine--we were served a variety of wine to go along with the poetry), which was a great experience. I plan to do more of these types of things this semester!
I also wanted to make sure to write a post about a great trip I took with my other 2 musketeers (the other two girls who are staying for the year) a few weeks ago, before the new group came. Manolo had invited us to a festival in a mountain town, called Comares, and we jumped at the chance to spend the day in the mountain with Manolo and his friends. The celebration was for the patron saint of Comares, and the day consisted of drinking, eating and dancing with the whole village (I think we were the only foreigners, it was a VERY Spanish experience!!)
The town was absolutely beautiful, and the paella was unreal. Manolo, being Manolo, knew about everybody in the town, and even introduced us to the mayor of Comares.
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| View from Comares |
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| Traditional band |
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| World's biggest paella!! |
Getting to do stuff like this makes me so thankful for Manolo, and for having chosen to spend the whole year here in Spain.
Besos,
Sarah
