I think we went to the beach the next day:
It was MUCH prettier than before.
Monday, I started work at one of my schools. It's called Urritxe, but as you can see, some of the letters on the building are missing.
I love the kids. They treat me like a celebrity! Apparently, I'm the first person in my program to ever go to this school. A group of them followed me to the bus stop:
There are a few off to the side who didn't want to be in the picture. One of them was smoking (gasp), so I think that had to do with it. The smoking one was 15 and asked me what I thought about George Bush. The questions the students had were crazy. Examples: What is prom? What is punch? Do you see Hollywood films being made in the streets? What celebrities have you met? Do you know Kobe Bryant? Do you like Bruce Springsteen/Bon Jovi/U2/Linkin Park, etc.? Do you have a gun? Are drugs illegal in the US? Are the boys in Florida beautiful? Wow. I felt like I had to dispel SO many myths! They base a lot of their ideas about Americans on the movies, unfortunately, and few of them have ever met a real live one.
The commute out there is about 1 hour from door to door, and I work about 3 hours a day, four days a week. I also started tutoring a little bit this week out in Galdakao, which is about a 25 minute commute from here. Getting it together at the school basically took up my whole week. Next week, I have to do it all over again, since I'm starting at another school.
Last night, we went out for Indian food, and my GOD. It put me into the biggest food coma of my life. It did a number on the boys, too. I fell asleep at the table! We'd had nan (bread), bhaji (little deep fried things), lamb, chicken, basmati rice, and various desserts, not to mention a bottle or two of very tasty wine. No wonder we were immediately stricken with "the itis." I slept for about 11 hours last night, whew.
That brings us up to the present, so...bye. =)
6 comments:
Don't dispel the myths Ladaun! We have nothing else!
awwwwww im so glad to see ur having fun!!!
Remember this: "OMG the kids are gonna hate me!" lol glad to see that didn't come true. TOLD YA. hehe
And is this club in Bilbao??
Jealous, jealous, jealous. Yeah the kids there start smoking young. When I was in Segorbe, Spain I saw a couple of 14 year old's smoking =/
you should have told them that you did, in fact, have a gun and that you were accustomed to popping caps off in asses on a daily basis...life in Florida is tough, man.
lol Cheryl. I kind of feel like I´m disappointing them by not listening to gangsta rap/heavy metal, and by not being involved in extreme sports. I´m not exactly their ideal American. =/
Aw, that group of smiling european teens reminds me of the cover of my French textbook. I half expected to see a short film of them discussing a discotheque.
Keep up the blogging! The only thing that keeps me motivated after an 11 hour day is reading this and dreaming of the day when I, too, can catch "Black Fever" and eat Naan until I get the itis.
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