updates!

Lots of updates on life! First i'd like to talk about school and say that Spanish children have no discipline at all, they just don't listen to teachers. They are loud and crazy, ( really cute) but out of control. Teaching is pretty good, I work Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and most of the time I am just in the classroom talking to the kids. I have first, second, fourth and sixth graders. The first graders are super cute and hug and give me kisses on the cheek all the time( oh yah no no touching rules here kids can climb all over you and no law suits). The really split the classes into good and bad kids so some of my kids are amazing and other classes are just nuts. I am in classes durin the arts and crafts time, which is really just drawing and no crafts at all. The school director thought it would be a good idea to have me in there for whatever reason but it's really hard to incorporate enlgish and art. Some of the teachers let me do whatever I want, others have me take them into small groups, and some just utilize the fact that they have me and go for coffee breaks and leave me with 24 screaming second graders ( fun!). Besides that overall teaching is fun, I teach the teachers for two hours a week which is actually my favorite part since they listen to what I say and want to learn. My commute to school is pretty awesome, I have a 20 minute walk through the center of town and then a 20 minute bus ride along the mediterranena which is a pretty sweet deal.

Besides that life is pretty good, our apartment is great and we spend a good amount of the time sitting on our balcony and watching what goes on in our Barrio ( neighborhood). There is always something going on outside our window whether it be people fighting or a group of 200 roller skaters its never boring. Who needs a tv when we have our balcony.

We have had two dinner parties at our place which were pretty fun. I have been cooking a lot and get a lot of compliments which is surprising because I didn't think I was a very good cook.
Last weekend we went to Granada for the day, we were planning to go to Gibraltar to see the monkeys but the bus schedule didn't work out so we just decided to take the bus to Granada. IT was an hour and a half ride and we just spend the day walking around and exploring. They have amazing shopping! It is all things imported from Morracco, there is still a huge muslim influence there, they have a lot of hookah bars and amazing falafel. There was also a festival going on it was pretty much like a Spanish King Richards Fair, so that was also a nice surprise.

The Spanish night life is out of control! It is a big adjustment but I am working on being able to stay out until the morning light without drinking redbull haha. We usually sit on the balcony until about 12 30 and then head out for the night. Nothing too crazy has happened although the other night when my friend Maria ( she is from Sweden and awesome) were in line for the really popular club called Sala Gold, there was an expensive cover but lucky for us the security guy sketchily came and invited us to the back entrance where we were introduced to the owner and he bought us a drink. Last night we went back there and he recognized us and bought us a few drinks, he is definelty a good person to know.

We decided to stay in malaga this weekend, today we went to the beach and it was amazing! Then we ventured to Corte Ingles, which is a huge department store chain all over Spain which has everything you could ever want. We invested in a bunch of differenct sauces like hot sauce and curry which we can't get anywhere. Shopping here is a very old country experience since you have to go to about 200 places to get everything you need. We go to the main grocery which doesn't have produce or meat, we also go to the Panaderia ( bakery) for bread and the Fruteria for fruits adn veggies, then the Carneceria ( butcher) where we get a whole chicken and pretty much butcher it ourselves. After being here there isn't too much that will gross us out back home.

We are actually waiting for our friend to bring over the chicken so we can start making dinner so I am going to get that started. OH yah we don't have an oven, so we make just about everything on the grittle, oh and we have gas water and stove so we have to use a lighter to light our stove and almost get burned everytime and have not had hot water in a week since we don't know where to get a new tank. That's life in the Barrio for you, everyday is an adventure.