First Day of Classes!

Today was the fun day that classes began!So far I have had 2 of my 3 classes. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have 4 class sessions (each class for an hour and 15 minutes, each in the morning and the afternoon). So far I have had 3 of the 4 sessions and my next starts at 6:20 pm so in about 30 minutes or so. The classes seem like they will be very interesting. One class is Muslim, Christin & Jewish Art. Every morning we will be going out to a different place in Toledo to look at the art. Then in the afternoon class we will talk about it and do all of the history behind it, etc. My other class today is The art of reading literary texts. The professor is pretty funny and we will be reading all contemporary material so that will be a nice change of pace for me!

Yesterday we had our welcome party which was a lot of food (it all looked better than it tasted) and then some singers and guitar players came and performed for us. It was pretty funny, they kept corning people to dance. Then I had the adventure of taking the bus home for the first time at night. It wasn]t supposed to be dark (the sun doesn't even start going down here until maybe around 9:30) but it got dark quicker than I thought it would. My stop is one of the last, but normally we come around a traffic circle and that's where I press the button to stop. This time we came a different way and I had to quick press the button and the bus had to screech to a stop. My house parents thought this was hilarious of course when I told them. At least I made it home!

Today I had the happy surprise when my house dad told me he was going to take me to school. On the way he pointed out more things and history of Toledo--their train station is one of the oldest in the country. I also got to basically eat a cake for breakfast...its a spongecake with chocolate in the middle. Rough life, I know.

Today has also been the day we are trying to figure out plans for the weekend. We have a walking tour tomorrow of the city in the morning. The plan is probably to take a trip to Sevilla, but plans change so who knows!

Adios,
Emily