Today was the placement test. It was kind of hard, but not too bad, and I ended up placing into level 6 (out of 9) which is the first level of Advanced Spanish. So go me! I know a few other people who got 6, but most got 2-5, so it was a nice boost to my confidence. I start class tomorrow and am taking two different classes. From 9am to 1pm I have my intensive language course, and from 1:15pm to 2:15 pm I take Business Spanish. It's a lot of class all at once, but then I'm free for the rest of the day for lunch, siesta, and evening festivities.
We also had an orientation meeting which was a complete information overload but it just made me even more excited to be here. This week is actually a holiday week in Granada, I don't know if I mentioned that, but it's pretty awesome. It's called "Corpus Christi" (or in english,it's the celebration of the body of christ) and there are parades tomorrow and thursday AND I don't have school Thursday or Friday. Everything shuts down starting Wednesday after siesta. A bunch of us are going to bus over to "la feria" on Thursday, which is the festival fair, with drinking tents and carnival rides and such, and then this weekend we are going down to the beach and some of us are going to get a hostel and stay the night. Should be really fun :)
Also I was talking to a girl on my trip who also wants to go to Madrid and I think we're gonna head down the weekend of the 19th and hit up Toledo on the way. :D :D
Oh, and we allwent out for a welcome drink tonight after the orientation. They had pizza (from Dominos! lol) and we got free drinks. I had a sangria, which is wine and fruit juice and a soda (Fanta Limon). Sometimes it is made with other alcohol in it too, like vodka, but it depends on where you go.
So a very full day all in all! Now I have to try and hunt down hostels and bus trips for the weekend and read over all my information from the day.
Abrazos y besos,
Meredith
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